New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 7, 1927, Page 18

Mmommmmmuogosuwewwwmn&e@@mwww~ SENSATIONAL AMATEUR FIGHT CARD PLANNED FOR ARMORY TONIGHT—NATIONAL GUARDS PLAY PLAINFIELD TOWN TEAM TOMORROW NIGHT—Y. M. C. A. WRESTLERS TO BATTLE HARTFORD TEAM—TRADE SCHOOL TRIMS SOUTH CHURCH GANDIL SWEARS DETROIT THREW GAMES IN 1917 Banished White Sox First Baseman Makes Affidavit of Charges—Says Frame-up Was Made Before First of Games Was Played—Offers to Go Before Judge | Landis At 4 o’Clock This Afternoon—Claims All| Players Didn’t Know That Series Was “bloughed” ‘ Chicago, Jan. 7.—(M— Arnold | Gandil, banished White Sox first | baseman, has sworn in an affidavit | that Detroit threw four games m\ the Chicago team in 1917 and that almost every member of the White | Sox gave $45 to a fund subsequcnny turned over to the Tigers. The affldavit was made in the of- \ fice of the Chicago Tribune, and the | charges uphold those made before Commissioner Landis on Wednesday | by Swede Risberg. Gandil came here | to testify In the resumption of the | hearing. In the afidavit Gandil maintained that he was the one who sent word | to the Detroit players that the Sox would reward them for “easing up.” | Gandil said the frame-up was made before the first of those four games was played. “I met Bill James under the grandstand at Comiskey Park before | the first game,” ~Gandil's affidavit | read. “Bill sald to me, ‘these are go- ing to be some pretty soft gam “And T said, ‘well, Bill, if it goes | all right T will see that you are fix- | ed up.' " Gandil offered to go before Kene- | saw Mountain Landis, ruler of l-:\se-| ball, at 4 o'clock this afternoon. After reciting his conversation | with James, the Tribune quotes the | affidavit as continuing: “The first intimation that T had that it was generally known among | the Chicago players that these games were being thrown was the night after the first ball games in | the clubhouse, when Rowland Schalk, Eddie Collins and Gleason were discussing how easily we had won the game; they mentioned dif- | ferent things that had happened | during the day and Eddie Collin made the remark how terrible the ‘ games looked."” At another point the fnhuti said: “I on't claim that every single | one of the fellows who contributed to this pool, which to my recollec- tion seemed between $900 and $1,- 100 did so thinking that we were paying Detroit for throwing four games: J only know that it was the general talk among the fellows that | Detroit had been pretty friendly with us in September when we needed it and we ought to do some- thing for them.” Chicago, Jan. 7 (P—Chick Gan- dil, one of eight men t scandal when organized cleaned house in 1920, was the cer tral figure today in t of Commissioner Land estiga- | tion into alleged baseball crooked- ness begun Wednesday with Swede Risberg’s story. | Although Risberg, another of the baseball outcasts, made charges of game “sloughing” involving nearly two score diamond lights, Gandil has been quoted as a Risberg idn’t tell half of it iends of this former White Sox first base- man sald he would appear at the | public hearing before the commis- sfoner today, endorse Risberg's sto and possibly embellish it with de- | tails Risberg omitted. Gandil has been described as the “collector” of the $1,100 fund raised by the 1917 White Sox and paid to some members of the Detroit team. | Risberg testified concerning the fund ng, and several of the men who played with the Sox in that year did not dispute that part of Risberg's testimony. When Risberg said, however, that the fund was pooled to pay Detroit to “slough” a four game scrics to Chicago, thus smoothing the road to Chicago pennant, he was denounced in a chorus as a “liar” by the men he accused. Acknowledgment con- tributing to a pool, several of the 1917 Sox indignantly disputed Ris- er5's explanation of the purpose of | ar from being a bribe to | vgers for them to “lay down” » Sox in a four s, the they said, ertain | ton three in a row a fort after the alleged “slonghed’” Boston was runner-up to that year. Bill James, man” is anot timoney tod: the so-called “p: er principal which tes- y was expected to let up another that h drawn around some of the dugout doings of Septem James travelled here from the coast to add his chapter to th ames, @ membe ng staff in rer on the W the man” the $1,1 tribution to certain 1 Detroit team newspape to for d whom ion of the most of the play ers who jamme ball's overlord W Wi & thos “I told Commissioncr would come here and s who took part in thos sala. “Well, And I'm still here, until Landis rer had been treat Wednesday's meeti “1 came to the and act as a gentl I think I did my part, players were allowed liar, a pig, “If any p out in an open lot and to the to ¢ and other nam of those fellow those nami i with it, let them name place.” time and { Miller vs. | was postponed. Mc | through the work of NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1927. PE PLAY IN BILLIARD CLASSES RESUMED Exciting Matches Are Staged in i (lass A and Other Divisions The Class A pocket billiard and straight billiard tournaments start- ed at TRog: Church street last ni former matches and latter being played. In the Class A play, Chef defeated | Greek 75 to 67 and Mashie beat Racker 75 to 51. Both of these matches were closely fought and un- | certain until the last block. The players are appearing under assum- | ed names and will continue in the league under the cognomens. In the billiard matches, Chet de- | feated S 75 to Knapp ot down Saxe to 41 and Nelson trim- med Kask 75 to 74. The last tch | closest of the entire season | as one of the most exciting aged in the popular billiard on | t, two of the three of the s Billiard Parlors and cver room Postponed games in Class A were follows Washer vs. Cook and oller vs. Driver. The postponed matches in the billiard play was | Micky. The tournament ill be resumed again on Monday | with the following battles in Cl. A: Washer Racker, Cook vs Mashie, Chef vs, Driver and Roller The billiard matches to Monday are: Saxe \s. 2 at 6:45 p. m.; Chef vs. Knapp, at 8:15 p. m.; and K vs. Micky at 10 p. m. The staae league match between yregor and McPartland, scheduled | for the other evening in New Haven, | tland has pur- | d the Green Billiard Parlors in | Elm City and on resuming play, present that concern in th Police will probably be re. ained to represent the Colonial | s ay night, Gregor will meet of New Haven at Rogers parlors in a state le 1e match. BOWLING TEANS MEET | Willie | ers i’@m@fimt'f@@@WN@TMWM"*?WM‘@MM"'#M’M@?N HOPPE IS LEADING |WRESTLING TEAM MEETS HARTFORD TOMORROW IN SECOND BLOCK Former Champion Makes Bril- liant Spure in Billiard Match New Yorlk, Jan. 7 (A—The world's | 18.2 balk Iy ! slipped billiard crown, which from the graying H was within re York master today. With a brilliant ond block of his 1, to win tr Eric Ha overtook two years ch of purt in the sec- tempt o cha 1ship from her, holder with ordi- in a fou y which ran v to the specta of hi: , the vet- final )t 16 1 ton WILLL He also will ha with the iy zoes back to Hoppe 1 be the fourth ti tle more than o crown ha anged Chic W w s e P wrd I point in Dx | mateh e | Clash Between Eddie Anderson :nhl‘ Ray Gaines Is Feature. of .Lanc| Battle at Rogers. | A special bowling match of un- | ual interest is scheduled to take| o tonight at 9 o'clock at Rogers' when the All-H ford five tlles the Rogers Recreation five. | Both teams will conta m | of bowlers in the two cities. The| Hartford rollers will lineup as ful-‘ lows: Durns, Del ind Ray Gaines. um will be composed of: Tronosky Rooney, Thor £d Anderson, he moeting of Ander i Gaines who will be opposed to each other, is a bowling spectacle that| cannot be scen ev vy day. Anders is former state champion and it was Ray Gaines that Eddie lost his crow When the two men battle against each other tonight, the fans in t city | will have a great of | hg how the pair up re-| rding the state bowling les season. RANGL‘{S INSTALL Oficers of Athletic Club Aré Indi ed Into OFice—Iootball Lecture Thursday. officers of the | stalled in office ann 1 last night in the ¢ irs in ident, th Al § FIGITS TONICHT ERIC HAG brought the titl who then last Marc Hiard was up 1 1 fans emen by head of | i S‘xm Davis, Ray (an\el nei, E. Hick, M. Canzellanei, L. Brown, Bald- Coach “Here N. ( rowley,.V. Squillacote and A. Pinaro. L. toR.; ont row: Back row, asaris. Brit in | plers in this Hartfor . Thelpouts will be presented, the first o LA ‘“‘J which start at 1 word is sent down here | 0'clock. am is out to win. Eight the public. Above Is pictured the N Y. M. C. wrestling te will defend y latirels won la on, the Hartford association team of grap- city tomorr which 3 mpionship will promptly 3 The tournament is open to i d FCPTTEOS NATIONAL GUARDS BATTLE PLAINFIELD TOWN TEAM 14 ssels, Barta—T. Teehnt- | well, We: Rock: [ : mu, HARVARD TURNS T0 WEST Morey 2, W E cal fouls—4 S 3 Free t 3 Frost, Micczkowski s 2, B % hr). ber; i , Tobin; timer, scorers, Ilarl and Parker, Second Team Wins The Trade School seconds won the PUTS 1T 1 FRD South Chrch Succumbs After church Reserve 29-17, drawing | Fast 0 ym;v League Game - a7 trom thelx opponcats in the second half after a hot battle e through the early period. The church kept close for a long time ind was only three points down at 14-11 when the haif ended, but the school cut loose in the fourth quarter 'a forward wall and soon had the game safely stow- | pionship baibre. | Arnold Horween, himselt an but a graduate of Harvar football, who last year became hea coach at Cambridge, announced la: night the signing of R. G. “Duk | Dunne to leave Northwestern an becdme head line coach for th Osborn | Crf aving mbridge Dunne rubba ; side Crimson Line of 1927 Will B Taught By “Duke” Dunne of Northwestern. go, Jan. 17 (A—Harvar County “Y" League Standing L 0 Pet ing that last fall have Northwester Pond, and Benoit made a ch the church team found to stop, while d the final g & nson pla guard for the los zame in defeat ki fe Wapping Com s The z in a serics distances. Jo = as ensive Senior County it was the star will worl hen de South in sumi S, T. S, Seconds Ild. Shr garia ern football, school The two te almost perfectly matched with hurch quintet having perhaps on the floor, I ool play were accurate in thei : keyed to a high through ncrvousness, the r the clos- ool the the vic- | the who again will coach rf @'s flankmen. son, rf . Junne, Michigan's ... 921 and for the last moski, Northwestern's line coach, decline, noit, ¢ to go to Harvard last year, Ilorwee man, 1 revealed, electing to remain with th on, Purple until he had helped produc L the eleven that tied Michigan for th Westerin Conference title and stand: as one of the best in Northwester His resignation, the | Apel, captain i more Both w blew sho 2y in than three min was ute no stlethwaite, who goes to W sin, creates a grave situation for th ¥ | Purple, FIGHTS LAST NIGHT inted Press, ty, Kansas—Roscoe Ha | Des Moines, outpointed Joe Trabon City, (10). | | | | ) lead, ch with d but Wes af an extra Is startc 1d goal and 2, Oshorne, Refer scorer, ers, former middleweight champior timer, | knocked out Tut Jackson, Wa | ton Courthouse, Ohio, (10.) wood 1o0s¢ 1 and Secho Earl. Mevm cf Two Men With One Match Y——»\u utes to g St o SR ctory EDDIE ? / Sy \/ L | points i the th U 1S D 1l in w did 1l on rding w PoN T LOSE \EDORNET= = 3 South Chuiciy @517 MY TR FOR ANOTHFR LINE COACH n has turned to the midwest for gridiron staff material and the Crim- son line of 1927 will have the coach- of Big Ten Cham- a Chi- with another product|to meet all comers, Chuck Car- | All-American end of | Har- four year: fmmedi- following that of Head Coach pids, Mich.—Tiger Flow. c d flN AMATEUR GAR[] state armory when the Plainfield ph)cd under professional rules ment of the year to be staged by|though the players on the team are lightweight title in the state of | Wards in the state. This pair is in action against an opponent who!| o T STHEITEL B LU B outs will try to make it 40 tonight only play a great defensive gau three weeks ago, won the Metropol-| Wednesday night at the : anxious to get back against each|CO-OpS of Hartford in the prelim Visitors Hold One Decision Over Local Team—Lan- ) 2 e 3 pher’s Charges Out to Even Score Tomorrow Night —Strongest Lineups to Be Used in Game—Amateur Rules to Govern Contest—Meriden Next Wednes- day—DBurritts in Px‘ellmmary Game. , The Natlonal Guards will take the jsting deteats tomorrow miht atte Town team appears here as the reg- \ular Saturday night court attrac- Earlier in the season, on Bt T lohs ot e Ama eur Sensa[mn Heads Great met defeat at the hands of the | Plainfield team in Plainfield by the List of Amatenr Bouts |score of 32 to 23. The game was | which gave the Plainfielders a big | edge. The sensation of the amateur| Tomorrow night, Dick Dillon will fight ranks of the state of Connecti- | officiate with amateur ruies holdin cut, Ray Hogan, the “Terryville sway. This should give the Guards Terror” will appear in the main| the same measure of an edge as tho bout of the first simon-pure tourna-| Plainfleld team had on its own floor, the Mohawk A. C. under the super-|all familiar with amateur rules and vision of the Connccticut A. A. U.|thelr workings. fonIkhb abitha Elate armary. Toes m‘ The Platnfield quintet Is noted for has risen rapidly in the ranks of | the heftiness of its members and fighters and capped an intensive|their spced on the floor. At for- campalgn when he decisively. beat| Wards will be Normandin and Des- “Pinty" Kautman, holder of the|SIDEer, two of the speediest for- Ohio. Hogan has been heralded |oonsidered the best protessional pa:r Sfoab it fate ha'a gheat ngmori"’ forwards in -the game in this and 1n amateur fight circles he has|fate and as speed is the one neces- been talked of as the coming cham- | Sr¥ Teduisite. ’"l‘p”,\."s".’““'_ »‘;“\‘ plon. New Britaln fight fans will| WO ave ANguris v b have an opportunity of seelng him 2t Center assuring the Plainflelders [of an advantage in this position. is liable to tip him over. Either ability and is a clever floar worker Campora Keter or Frank = Fortet | pagiycs heing a orack shor. both of New Haven, whll step against| "I (10" hack court, Madden and the “Terryville Terror” and e“her‘Benmn will do the cavorting. This will provide a good fight. | pair of sentinels can be banked on Ray Hall, the “busting bam” from | to make the locals travel at top Hartford with a string of 49 knock-|speed to keep in front. They not when he stacks up against Jimmy | but alse are strong points on the Moe of New Haven. Hall is anxious fense and the National Guards will to beat Moe because the Elm City|have to watch them all the time. colored boy holds a decislon over| In the last few games, the Guards hir after their last meeting in this|have been showing real championu- city. Moe has improved 100 per|ship form and the fans here are cent In the last few months and only | backing them to a man. itan A. A. U. championship In his|armory, the Guards will meet the Sliss T New Work! | Meriden Endecs, the only other Barney Youseman and Joe Zotter|team in the state to hold a victory will finish the argument which was| OVer them. Two victories in a row, interrupted in the last tournament|Wl make the standing of the by Chief Wiliam C. Hart of the|Guards even all around. pulice force, The two boys are| The Burritts win play Kosky's other and each is predicting a beat- | IDary game. The local team w ‘in: for the other fellow. have to travel at top speed to take Sohmny Clinch will assay to beat|thia team into camp. ~The visitors |a tough bhoy in Jim Bernardo : | New Haven tonight. been wor |A & B. d d t a e , last year's champlons. The Burritts will ap- | pear resplendent in their new uni- |forms of Crimson and White with la monogram on the jerseys. Th |first game will be started at 8 k building and sl:mds read)’l To ensure efficient officialing at| the bouts tonight, ti.e promoters of the Mobhawk A. C. have secured the| gro1oek. services of Joe Wurst, . A, U. com- N | missioner of New Haven as referee. | s d n e e e s n s considercd the best ~third| TaYlOT Joins Ranks of in the amateur game in this Victims to an Unknown city and his work is highly popular| Chicago, Jan. 7—Shed a gentie with New Britain fight fans. tear, please, for Bud Taylor, The first bout will be started| The Terre Haute bantam did not promptly at 8:80 o'clock and the|escape the plague that smote the others will follow closely after. The | boxing ranks lately, taking Joo entire list of bouts and. the welght| Dundee, Kid Kaplan, Tiger Flowers classes, is as follows: and others. It also smacked Bud 155 pounds. Ray Hogan of Terry-| Taylor, and his little smacker was ville, Campora Keter and Frank| joey Sangor, who gave him a sus- Fortez of New Haven. prise pasting in Milwaukee, 138 pounds, Ray Hall of Hartford| But where the others are slightly and Jimmy Moe of New Haven. dlzzy and none the worse for the 165 pounds, Monte Lusa of Tor-|wear, Bud Taylor is completely out | rington and George Walters of New | of luck. The little bantam who fig- | Haven, | ured in the deaths of Frankie Jer- 136 pounds, Johnny Clinch of New | ome and Clever Sencio, is himself in Britain and Jim Bernardo of New|a bad way. When Sangor socked Haven. him in the eve in his Milwaukee | 133 pounds, Barney Youseman of | bout he completely closed it. An Hartford and Joe Zotter of New |operation was unsuccessful. Anoth- n, | Britain, er followed and now Bud 1s on the shelf for two months and may lose his eyesight. 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