New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 30, 1926, Page 8

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, 15558568882 L885658. 3 SHHSDSLLLIHTELLOHLHLLOH8H. SOUTH CHURCH AND COMETS DEFEAT WAPPING TEAMS IN HARTFORD COUNTY Y LEAGUE—NATIONAL GUARDS MEETING CITY COLLEGE CLUB OF NEW YORK AT STATE ARMORY SATURDAY—RISBERG CLAIMS HE CAN SHOW 20 OTHERS CROOKED SCETIVIPCIPTPIPETIPIPNIIIIITIVITVICPICIEETI PTG ICTTPIIPIP PP IR EPIETTPITITOITIVPIPIPTVEIVITITT DECEMBER 30, 1926. TP EPEVICTEPIITITIPPIPITIIIEFIIIFTFITITCTPTRIPRITTRINPII PRI TOEIIPITFFPPPITIIFEEPIVEIVIV T PIRPEII Y NATIONAL GUARDS ! PLAY FAST CLUB Meet City College Quintet of New York Here Saturday RISBERG SAYS THAT HE CAN IMPLICATE 20 MORE Banned White Sox Claims There is Plenty of Crooked- ness in Baseball—Commissioner Landis Would Wel- come His Story — West Denies Placing Bets On (ame For Speaker or Cobb—Former Player Giv Gl Statement to the Chicago Tribune. COACHES VOTE FOR GHANGES IN RULES A new hase 20 (P— oned ction crookedness.” ¥ the in cor sberg, ba result of the scandal, made his Chicago Tribune dairy farm, from Bascball ( a declaration that he hearing Risberg's story. “Most certainly he would ¥ coine,” the commission reading & cusatior he declined to comment on the stat: A o ment, in wh decl “Landis and the big bas ball don’t want to facts.” The Tribune man who he ment and a burning finished.” Risherg told the newspaper has been “plents of crooked zoing on in haseball tinued: 19 world s »ment to the Minnesota ¢ drew mmissioner Landis would welcor Shilt Is Recommended (P —TLess 10 more look ot for 192 us protest o newly 1 i Dee. huddling Ma- ap- er- ion modern game, American F ation a hosses of ‘murder" mt the the associ ommend would 0 me s 0 hes’ work : motion “I¢ Commissioner Land owners and mana it, they're blind. big bosses of basel: know the facts. to the commissioner. he'll db about 1t.” Meanwhile the Speaker drama moved and although lawyers have for the present the lips of the two principals in the latest edition of the “scandal of 1919,” from others came statements that complicated the plot. One member of the cast, who spoke his prologue in the office the commissioner before the curtain ever rose on th center of the was Fred West, park avin field, home of Tigers, scenes of the West is the man nan miony ving place h nd vion of the s will b ion™ rule, nent in the plan t no stop watch his is a challenge Let's sce what fo_toll o during the ind the snapping of for officia vy Cob briskly alor sealed ponsc he crusade 1 the nt of la Tigers ne scont ably oppor pyor | work ar pro st would not any viction tI veloped W en could b ¥ of ta state v conts the co; dissatistaction s of which irhing a4 advant as hi Leon: Joe Wood, empts of some seript missiones nto the wear Pros banquet or Ch Princeton, and wuthority and writer nounce that *no such mon and Wool 1 would e of Detroi bet money, he 1s not The that is how each H in 5 and Woodl wealthier hy tember That, at planation. ir, fro to mov pass fir eports state that in ( West's il testimony, failed to impress ney, Willlam H. Boyd, “I cannot reconcils ment with tements that I know are fruthf Boyd commented. The statement with the transcript given before Commissic who, interro West question: “Did you with a bet Detroit game 1919, To this Wes answered: Yes sir. 1 pla Another voi ground was that president of the who spoke an said he wonld like appoint a sport dor to bholster sport players of both mafor 1 “ambassador” would the players Spe Prof. John Adams, at nd, growing op- and th tic directo all PREDICT AERIAL DUEL of o leti Yale, o con- ssed vy of the conflicted tion to scouting also testimony ion for studen to do have anything made on the Cleveland- | of September Practice the Stanford and Ala- t is reported to have 3 i bama Elevens Forecasts Much T d t rom of of Forwards, the Bob asid aE of vy of WILL USE FEW PLAYS of College Raymond ho can toss Aggrezation Grid Stars I Benefit Game Not (o Employ Trick Play~ kethall Rules Interpreter Says jons figured I Tnnovation Ts Al Right 1F It Doesn't Delay Game tormations W nd h immediate OIT CLUB RICHEST he Detroit Go vorld It is situat ity lim two 1 of Detroit nd they Two Seconds Hesitation Alter| weeded | | i i u.'- C the National Guards will engage ty College club of New York state armory on Arch street ed g feature W this city 1 v y night in what is consid as the outstand basketball season. in the York quintet appeared twice last th popular s to play against the G The local team will } limit to win year and proved to lone of the most aggreg nxte to {the ay night's game as the visitors are bringing an of haskethall one of the most ared teams in country. Tt has a svetem that is beautiful to watch ake th e s live to Keep with it. Nadel and Klauber the ards ¢ consi d to basketball court and sure shots and | er pair guards is selec {to play them Saturday night, these two are bound to make it a warm t that makes and T stest step two hav for- no | 1 v tricky | svssion, best attraction for an dividual on team, is 1z the co He is rated best pivot man cver to rep- i City College of New York | basketball and his play | vear was amazing to the| tehed him in action. ! The Guards, Match and Politiz | both played iinst the Guards in| the two games last year and they are Jing better than ever this season, | [The former is a past star with New | York university while Politz formerly | | played on the Columbia U. team. The team is well fortified in sul i i the i Moskos as the resent on s liere court fans w h L AT e et A pin on the sidelines T locals will h est lineup in the game. Sloman wi be with the Guards again and he will be paired up with ¢ r Taylor or Rubinstein. Reynolds will prob- | ably draw the jumping assignme while Sheehan and Capts will probably he named as gnards he Burritts will play M aletown Recreation five in liminn me nd th double feature for N The first game he promptly 8 o'clock with ond brir Dick Dillon SPORT BRIEFS P oir strong. is will mean a s night 1 started By the A Football offici: fat and lazy" in the Fr; “t00 opi of Major Fo! m gridiron inder of Georgia h with s keep in as told are gettin jor suppor treccommendation that they better physical condition, the A an Football Coaches' ase sociation that “in many cases they e heen ‘out on th before 1s over.' | hav anme wa have in in the terwe Baltimor February 4 Roberts is expe in New Robers of oma, Wi more than a month cast for his return we attle with Joe Dundee o X Ricka for the ted to begin train- York tomorrow ing v York betting commissions contributed a n sport reviews with 5,000,000 as the tot I's wages on athletic ev “lections, The Dempse ht, on which they clair d hands, led the chapter to n estimate 1 of this | nts and unne list Steeplec ing i old ( e sportsman apply holds no qualms orge H. Bostwick, Rostwick, million Youngest horse Bostwick sub record for er o r to d an in which app: proval o Hunt ting. s of ation A springtime world chapt bety Cardinals will the s series in b Yankees spread D starting up ¢ en the and the | Avon < of south in rk. t ville BOTH AFTER TUNNEY ckard and Humbert Fu ht's Sig f a make Building nt, promoter eliminatio; | it They ors. Yoc' ower Jove him the “Midget of the And he just that, atreau is only a mite. Hy ple inches margin, but he's the “Doe.” his D call M five-foot au made t last season. 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Mi When Manda cor of of their six policeman to pinch hit Minn., failed Dee, 1o stop and Lou Ta the M for I ns slashin right on wrated plenty x frames and the polic wndall ma M It Mandall and Six . ke end 10~ ANOTHER VETERAN . PASSES TO MINORS| \ \Jimmy Johnston, Wost Valuable | Utility Man in Nationals, Exits | New York, Dec. 30.— One | | one the veteran stars are (‘lo‘!llvh: | their major league careers. The lat- | {est to drop out of the big circle is | James Harle Johnston, alias *Jim- my,” one of the two brothers who | participated in the 1920 world se- rics between the Brooklyn Superbas and Cleveland Indjans. “Doc” John- |ston played first base for the latter | team. Jimmy, drawing his un release from the Giants recently, ~u.nu! to managed the Chaitanooga the Southern association. | one of the most | 1satile big leaguers during the past | | decade. He started as an ontficlder with Kewanee in the Central asso- | clatfon in 1908. Two years later he | 100k up sccond basing with Ottum- wa. He played so brilliantly that he | was draf the Chicago Cubs | Re d to Birmingham for | soning, Johnston returned to the | outfield and when he beeame one of | onditional | | fetub of IR Johnston w | the | JIMMY JOHNSTON | lie game's cleverest base stoulers fering 124 ba 0 in 1915 he “hicago again. In the big Ir he catching & 1in 1914 he n- | hased by s Johnston found | more but thr conside sold him to g rms bases Oakl D raiz He outficld and y positions. He soon d as one of the ers in the game, win had summer n for 10 around the four inficld ne recogni be- fleld tast 1w purcha from Jimmy trade upon 1 who dr: in las creen TOOKIN The Polish All New | Maven issues a challenge to the lead- ' ing teams in this city and surround- | ings. | b | Burritt club, AMES to hear from the ‘ew Britain this class hold w Meri lcons, nd leading industrial teams of New | Haven. They will travel to any part ‘ of the sta England for a| would like Toys' mes write to Stanley Pala- 768 State street or call Pioneer | . New Haven, Conn. 1 I la tie lics | chiurch te: by [ nome | the line-up, | times. | LEVEIEIIER 'S0. CHURCH AND COMETS ' DEFEAT WAPPING TEAMS South Church Runs Wild Against “Y” and Holds Visi- tors Scoreless For 30 Playing Minutes—Ties With Trade School For League Lead—Scores 32 Points in First Half — Comets Return From Wapping With 31-37 Victory Over Community Club Seconds. tapping to Ried who sank a sen- satlonal hook shot for the best goal of the game. It was nip and tuck for the first half each team playing on even terms. The score at the re period was 11 to 9 in the loc: favor. In sccond halt, the | rallied and brought the score to 2 | before the Wapping team could get County League Standing W Pct. 3 1.000 1.000 B. Trade School N. E. South Church . Wapping Y. M. C. N. B. Comets .. Wapping Com. C Manchester Plainville Kensington [ ith church s with the Trade school for the | “Y" lcague lead last night by burying a crippled Wapping Y. M. A. team under a 40-7 score in a one-sided game played at the Boys’ club. The visitors presented a team sadly shot by illness and were over- whelmed by the speed of the lighter am, being unable to pene- def in the first half and then losng their confidence so | that they ®lew many easy shots in closing periods. minute after play cored, and he and Morey kept the ball dropping through the hoop | until, with the count 10-0, Sharp | finally counted on a field goal. From | that time on the South church held | Wapping scoreless for 30 full min- | 'C¢ utes of playing time, the sccond and | 1™ Kup. third quarters being barren for the |5 Kup, visitors and no shot finding the hoop | Miller. nntil late in the last session. In the | Growskl | first hale Ben, Morey, and Barta, TSt ! seored five ba !being 15-2 at at half-time. the t Come:* ‘Stflr!r‘r]. B. Kup and stars for the losers. Morri: [tino and Ried played well for the Comets with Hewitt, Clark and Jevy doing somc neat guarding. ] score: Nichoison were the County Augus- Comets Ried, rf Hewitt, Morri: Needham, began Barta | AuRustino, | Levy, g Clark, g trate the . 1t c A Wappir Nicholson, rf Iz , the tally and 32-2 kets apic the quarter Games Tonight .| Two more league games In the sccond half the church | cpoquled for tonight, the Wappi cased up and contented iself WHh | youms paving a chance to atone for holding Wapping; basket by Bell| 1o qofeats of last ovening. The was the only score of the third| ommunity club team will meet th Referee Anderson gave the | Guito Trade school e oot plenty of —chances | sopjor High school gym, and K cheerfully neglecting their fouls) gngion will go up to Wapping and calling plenty on the South | o™ 0™ W§ toam there. The church, but the visitors made only | 1246 school is out for its fourth one out of 17 free tries good. The | ciraight, which will give it an ey team played the final period on the South church, | lash margin all its available substitutes In | \Ghile the Kensington players watcl and Wapping finally | nd |ed the game here last night through but was outscored | jooked over their opponents, so Gy | other bad night for Wapping is > passing of Bell and Morey, | prospeet. els' work on the fioor, Barta’s| The feature and the stern defensive | wil be pl v and Potts featured for | \haen the Bob Sharp played alcchool come great game for the visitors but the | gihgol in of the team was not up to his|The game standard and his efforts were futile. | protiminar The summary: hool Seconds and New Britain South Church e Fld ¥ Til | T 034 0 0 qui Wapping team with Wes: shooting, of the first vound week from tonight, h and T the high t place. by a Trade Church together battle f will be pr hetween So a t ede the 1 SEEKING BOUTS HERE Heen Carrubba, rf 0l | Morey, 1f s © (Capt.) Tom New Zealand Heavy - bor: rg-f weight Champion, Wants to Meet Phil Scott, British Champ. on Braves, | London, Dec. 30 (P —Tom Heen, New Zealand heavyweight champion, who since last July has several times challenged the British champion, Phil Scott, to fight here, sails soon for America and hopes to arrange « meeting with tt there. Heeney and Scott have met twice | before, the latter winning both times | on points rell, TR . Smith, 1g Personal | Wessels 13; church [eren 2 And DY been wood SHADE TO BI Dave Shade, who 1 {gaining his health at n the Berkshire. ready for action after "Shades is decply inter Walker, the new champion. Shade will box in the town last night by the score of 31 middleweight class and will file an to 17. The game was rough at official challenge to his old friend The first quarter saw Mor-| Walker. | l{l‘ | They | chop- will I n i 1in Mickey middleweight 3, Smith 3—17. Refer Seorer—JI'ar) Comets Also Win The Comet A. 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