New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 17, 1927, Page 8

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1927 e S085 558858588858 588558580598885588500380558 300085085888 55L095D8SH81898. SLLLHHBLEISEHBLLIRSLHS LI IS8 2065850885 5060865855858088505850555058000 NATIONAL GUARDS TAKE CLOSE GAME FROM ST. JOES OF WATERBURY—TORRINGTON “Y” TEAM AGAIN LOSES TO NEW. BRITAIN—HIGH SCHOOL SHOWS POOR FORM IN DEFEAT BY HARTFORD—NEW BRITAIN SWIMMING TEAM IS SECOND BEST ’-mmomnnvnw«vwmnnvwvvv"wv"nnvvmotom"""v"ownwwnw«wvwwnufnv FEIETIIEFIPEEIIVTIPEITIIITITTIITTTIPIIIPIITD $6FTCIFVIFITCPCIVCLFIIVPICTITPICTFITRIVICITICTTICIINTCIIIPO GUARDS BEAT WATERBURY HIGH TEAM LOSES ~ STRENGTH OF LITTLE AVAIL 'TORRINGTON AGAIN | TORONTO CONGRATULATES "IN FAST PASSING GAME T0 HARTFORD FIVE ‘ LOSES T0 LOCALS| CATALINA ISLAND VICTOR St. Joseph Tahs I’rm'cfl to Be An Even Match For Na- ;LUCfllS Show Worst Form of the | Y. . C A Qui]](e[ snowsiGeorze Young 17-Year-Old Swimmer Only Entry to tionals—Mert Taylor and Sheehy Scoring Stars of | : ; ‘ It | Finish—Widowed Mother, Joyous Over Son’s Suc- the Evening—Carrington Not in Visitors’ Lneup Season m_§a‘l'u£11‘ay s Deleat Harked Superioriy in Game cess—Started Swimming When Six Years Old— Because of Blood Poisoning—Both Teams Play| | = = “0 " L e iR b “"-E le'ained By Johnny Walker, Granite Club Instruc- Defensively Through a Great Part of Contest. [ A ketball team defeated the Torring- | tor—Holds Records and Water Championship: immurn changes which threatened to f -( o, e i . 4 1 o5 M. C. A. team here Saturday | | take its two regular forwards out of # 2 % i L avening by a score of 27 to 17 The | % » was one of the cleanest and | Greate t In World Jardest fousht games played on |to's congratulations have been sent | “Young is not only the greatest the “Y” floor this scason. to George Young, youthful conquer- |SWimmer than Canada ever pro- Torrington fought ~ hard and|or of Catalina channel, on behalf of jduced, Qut the greatest swimmer the |showed flashes of speed and xmss! tha city Mayor Joster &ent a mes- | World has produced. The only thing {work but was unable to break|sage reading: 1 congratulate you 78ainst him was that he didn't train through the local defense. The|on your wonderful vietory and the |® Scrap. But I knew he had a |local “Y'" team worked like clock | honor you have brought to the city (¢hance to win. Several time he has lin the first half, the score at half|by vour achicvement.” beaten the world’s two-mile record {ime being 21-5 for New Britain,| Plans are under way for civie SWimming in a tank, though a claim | During the second half Torrington | Tecognition of the swimmer and his /has never been put in. but he takes tritain | Widowed mother, who stayed at °ven better to swimming outdoors.” 1 and prayer for his success,| Walker had worked with Young e carly in the fall, in preparation for Imm. no time can be fixed for the the im. When the boy broke off roception. strict training and started the jour- LS 5SL555858. .‘ Two teams with an ext Britain to play | the lineup and disorganized when Toronto, Ont., Jan. 17 (A—Toron- | ensive play, clashed L fast game. Rubenstein got a point | one of the two was finally declared at the state mory on Arch from complimentary stripe. At | jpujigible for the rest of the scason, when the National Guards and 1duff slipped through 10| po New Britatn high ‘school basket- A B. five of Wa- ‘C 2 Sturm and wm{ymx|‘m” team. showing the worst furm terbury met he Guards pull i Lipoinp o ng * | of the present season, went down to out with a victory by the score row line and Kilduff followed with | ) 4y o40pi0ug 21 ta 17 defeat Satur- y S R e e to 21. Althoux Tenr 2 ¥ lday afternoon at the local gymna- the thrills incident to the rds € Shee was - : e and ho mude his {ry good |$iUm ut the hands of the Hartford the Meriden es and the A an a s 004 ot < 4 Y a T o .ee came. around the side to | ; New Haven in the Elm Ci + seml-long shot at the 17:45| Although Captain Marion Zaleski '\'l Hl\ ) 'k to make the score 21 for|and Albert Havlick were barred Lall on bo 2 the team, in the morning, tl scored 12 points while New T 1 B SRR Te S was able to score only six points, [home The W r (T it ot Sl o ol s ¢ to play In the game | & . 4 |The Torrington players showed good services of Heinie ARArAE RATI e PRI i | last-minute cision of | : .4 4 sportmanship throughout the whole Principal Louis I. Slade. The play- e. When two teams show good | "L M ) you o was heard fre- Ny to the scene of his trlumph on | er went to the principal and told him | {sportmanship and a spiendid passing| =~ o 0 Ot Gwimming and |2 motoreyele, Walker figured that he N ! g ; | he was not a member of the Burritt | game it is a pleasure to watch them | H\ W T C 0 0y when the [had placed himself in danger of los- 2 ;h/m A b St Joseph's r-.n.- am r the w Britain play. i : } | e A old prize win- |ing for it was the irainer's belict : 114 high school scason was underway Marchioni, forward for Torring- wthered to talk about his v hat the long swim needed perfect 1 > land that the last game he played ton was the first to score by a pre immediately swimming com- {condition. the | e ! field goal. Arbour came back W \nions told all sort of stories abo Young, his friends say, was never two field goals and a ce throw. |\ g prowess in the water—how when |troubled by cold water, as he used : xe located the basket | o PR Tald he showed re- |a peenliar style all his own, a double 2l apiece and Luke tossed | arkable aquatic ability; that jcy shoulder movement that helped keep forward who has hospit rhury vith “Butsy” Sturm lold the end of the court with blood poison in k t foot, with the Durritt team was on evening of the New Britain high- 2 b Hartford high school football game. | oghed Mow ’ chy, rg 3 S He further stated that he was ready | Bitotho ¥ e to offer evidence that he was telling | in a free try. Tho first quarter end- | waters had no terrors for him, and him warm. The system is known as ik % | the truth. H:nl‘u-k,‘lv was found, _A : i 14;», with New Britain leading. not even zero weather could keep fh:“ riton arms,” but ~only those efore. When National Guards yed on the Burritt team up | ‘-‘\‘r-"‘ ur »7{”‘”il the geoond flumn‘_ri him out of Lake Ontario; of his rec- ;\; \“ivmnr strength it is claimed, worked out, the 1 with a field goal. The local boys| crd-making swims at various dis- | °an '\lfln up the stroke for any 2t aonld not 3 began breaking fast for the basket | tances. |Ereat length of time. and Torrington unable to stop! Great was tho pleasure that came Lost All Belongings them. J. Luke dropped in two from | to George’'s mother, Mrs. Jane ! Several years ago, Mrs, Young and the field and Nyborg wouldn't h»“ Young. Her clation however, was |George were emploved at a summer he wounid be. His running mate at out-done so he caged two more just| followed immediately by concern for hotel in Muskoka, George as a bell- forward, Zaleski, was lost with the to keep up with Luke. Saxe made | the health of her son. *“Oh, I hope lhop. In a fire at the hotel they lost men playing with him. He was lost 5 . 9 ’ 00d a free throw. Marchioni again | George doesn’t catch pneumonia.” |virtually all their belongings, in- half, ith McGrath who was moved from | ayne Munn's strength —wasn't aved in a field goal and Kunzig| she exclaimed. } |cluding a cup which George had cap- i e ot A s nter 1o forward hecause both men | dnite enough chead- L inaway of the contest. Arburr, | Scored on | Mrs. Young became a widow when tured for swimming the Toronto S i " i and Znloskt | 10Ck as applied ngler L \ther, I°. Swanson and Yankas-| The half ended with New Britain |George was only’a few months old. |“cross-the-bay swim.” Mrs. Young, e flelt sor for " I throw him | &8 "‘4 los (m. ) .\“ ) i s all joined in deluging the b: ~.‘>u’!! on iop by a 21 to § score. |She lived in Scotland then, but after jumping out of a window, missed Shost of it B : . , oft form. . Her e Munn strutti hi: anon The sccond half was slower on |Struggling for two and a half years, [the blanket underneath and injured ) reng balancing the Ivanhor w Britaln’s part although Tor. |she brought George to Canada, scttl- ‘her spine so severely that she was rington showed more speed and bet- |ing in Toronto. ~Through all sorts |forced to underzo an operation from (s ;! rlrng 3 - Later Scully was taken from the i Ao @ stion how high the feient style until 1. Johnny cGr « tino went forward, | Thiz ; s, e \ibave was the outstand- | ler defense. Marchione dropped in a [0f hardships they struggled, —ever |which she is still convalescing. flcient sty he end. Johnny 1) ; N on his shoul field goal from the centor lina, Rei- |waiting for the day when George| She considers the success of her S Shatias ) * Pritain ater- whole was under a severe handicap. v the Bluebird vietory. Yan- r HcH meplng, Saiurdey. an ot : ) <l : S e e e T [ ins and T, Swanson helpad him | Which was the only point New Rrif-And that ehance camo through the (anxious for him to come home, but Pt AL i ra wnsHmEr B UR ‘rea work up a machine-like play so short L | |considerably. Paul Braddon was|in got in the third quarter. The |aquatic abllity of the bov. savs that If he can benefit himselt perien E ! Slon N it o it cst for the Methodists. The game | Scora stood 22 to 9 with New Britain Started When Six by remaining in California for a o protest was withdrawn yester 4 | ; ? 3 3 v« they did in the first three. Beng- |club here. With the guidance of [& message of congratulation. me, McGratl 1t tocenter and i + would go. o avara mbination did not work out as 5 © of the game, scoring 1% han al mer came through for a pot shot.|would have a chance to prove the son was due to the fact that he v oft color be ’ of his con- frishis ; 5% amis plave e was played under protest, the|8till on op. George started to swith when he |short time, she is willing to go there dition after Friday night b = LA S 5 S iy protesting that Feldman | The last quarter was the best ior|was six years old; at eicht he came o foin him. stein played a w of a floo; i # ¥ ny M & | Torrington. The team scored almost |under the eye of John Walker, | The prime minister of Ontario, G. ston of N, 1. started the guarter|Walker, George made such progress, | “All Ontario,”” he sald, “is great- e time he was given the | choice of playing with the Burritt zh school quintets. Havlick was missed oven more floor showed than his greatest admirers thought | the twc with shots, and it was e after tim ed h il 8 e Ll City. a mer 00 po R i 1ol debh Ahco well as was hoped. The team as a A being mainly responsi- , e i refused Irop thro J. Luke made good a free throw in |confidence hia mother had in him. neither smokes nor drinks. She is ind Yankaskas were not eligibl | e m a8 many points in the last quarter | SWimming instructor at the Granite Howard Ferguson, also sent Young ptain Kilduft st guarding next hen it was found that Gross 1ding both Ditnlag ot '. D MRS a0 b for a visiting tram to San nfan ol v 5 e - % E 1 win on the floor of the school gym- Deled[S C&:lel Gll'dPCll F]\C ml Methodists was also ineligi- (% 10 "ot from the field. |that at 16 he held four records and |1V interested in the wonderful feat Dle, The summary basket each N 4 O the W sury team ¢ 2 ey Sk with its trick baskets, over % ledges, and small floor, The Yankaska galloped through for a po 15 swimming championships. Now [0f endurance and skill in the swim- shot. Marchione decided to let them [he is the holder of four Canadian |Ming contest. Heartiest congratula- wa it el bask d two fouls and she wd that he is as good as ! 5 floor work. Iiore of the visitors w L ; e so In prime condition gi L s 55 ; ‘l"‘,” rds the edge for the B m must be given eredit, five 11 ford put on the floor none lottermen from last year. The tr had played rgainst Buckeley | school the Season’s Tnitial Victory SRS Chuarch T W know he was still in the game s0 he Leayed in a long one. Tucker got two ficld goals in succession. Glash- «en wanted to do his bit so he caged 1 field go The game ended with championships—the 220 yards and 200 yards, free style, the quarfer mile and one mile. | How George got to California for ithe swim is an interesting bit of tions on your success. It brings add- ed lairels to Canadian athletic |sports.” Vaudeville Contracts. h Tos Angelss, Jan. 17 (#—The twin Wath flo6r wlay ahd Doint A m’ ’,Ij”'” f‘,',l : night before and it was playing on to 17 In New Britain's [local history. Unable to find anyone | sisters fame and fortune smilingly Gran proved to be sk el e R oy alley,” yet it won Dlue Ars able to finance him, he defermined | dangled motion picture and vaude- {0 Who ‘team was a wifty one all | A00SONE REC e ih against a team of four regulars left First Lutheran : 7 a7 New Britain. Ito go nevertheless. He and a friend. | ville contracts today before George round. Sy s from the previous year. Trinity M. E. ... T ; Fld. Tl Tt Willlam Hastings, set out in an old | Young, 17 year old Canadian who ; Account of Game hssed f1 ew Britain had a golden oppor-- Center Cong. 5 3 L0001 s SR J. Luke, rf 6 (motoreyele to cross the continent. | won the Wrigley $25,000 Catalina Shechan eaged a foul L Laieniediy inity to win the game in the carly | po o N ; oo ; ] O SIS T p o |Undaunted by vicissitudes they | channel marathon, but the young seconds of play and started the teams ! A ) s but it blew all kinds of easy i rivst vietors of R | Bengston, 1f {reached the coast. Young never for | conqueror hesitated. on a defensive game t~lasted for | o - b : o shots. The players would pass the i 110 [y i Demarest, ¢ ... . |a moment lost “1ope that the What he wants most of all is his the first three ninu Then Dunl; - - ), £ Gooa ! Arbour, rg ..... 3 |prize would be his. | mother. He left her in Toronto, was fouled and he scored a ing distance of the basket and then A aNEL, i 7| Yankaska, rg . ceen { abandoned his standing as a Cana- tying the score. Restell see their shots roll around the hoop il 5 Saxe, 1f . e he started s | dian amateur and turned up hers through at the 4:10 mark 3 Bad Mental Efect e LAIaE ey ity Mnglare & i 5 long fourney, she also gave him the | nearly broke in order to compete in the fire field goal of the game with s ] : This had a ba tal eftect on e b L L £ Torrington. metto, “Don’t fail—whatever vou |the swim. And when the captains B pretty shot from under the baskot. ¢/ (€05 g ridey the Dogs and as the game went on, A AL SR 4 ; v i gianupnnish iy 3 and kinge of the aquatio world hed t the six minute mark, Du ¥ ¥ their floor work which was_one of TN et G Marchione, tf ...... Cieorge's friends were particularly | fallen behind him one by one, he the score with a Christma T i their strong points, began to look ATl e R 1'Puclker, vt ... interested fn the story of how two | floundered out of the water at Point He broke away on terer : » 5 Passes Lo each other be ven points brfore Bliss Clark | pers fouls ~ D, T Winzler If . : |voung honeyvmooners from Ouiney. | Vicente early yesterday morning, the pass and dropped DRdka psty to go wild. A player in & pos Grepnyl e, L for the f“]'\“ : P. Braddou 2, I'engler Jermano, 1t : Mass., Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Foster, | only one of 96 of those essayed to Mert Taylor dropped his first o fo' shoot would missian sasy thyow. | Shurchifihey then contlpustiunti BB ecr 14; Walther 2, Yankaskas | piomer, € .....c000 |rave the swimmer and his pal, | Swim the 22 mile gap between Cata- If-time th _v d gained com- 2, oy ..Vo!m ton asheen, rg Hastines, a lift in their fiivver, from [lina Island and the mainland. manding 18-4 lead. In i : 3 Free tries - | Kunzig, Iz . Tittle Rock, Ark.. to San Pedro.| Young, who was in the water 15 half the Luiherans made Ic v Braddon | - | THe bovs twere desperate, for their | hours and 45 minutes, landed on tho N er-Chure g sop ball in rare style until within ehoot- |, e 1101 emed t playing, double counter of the game € kutd i Despe e attempts to collect their | 1 nice shot fr sid Sells S L 00 A wits by ealling time out did not meet minu the tea 2 P, with suec and when the game X caltl ' team would play hes in the line-up 6, Fengler 3 Walther 7 | motoreycle had simply refused to go | Calitornia mainland at $:06 a. m., losers came back strong, con 4, Arburr 3, Y kas. Feldman = |farther, their funds were low. and |after a pretty game of “freeze-out’® 2 3 things looked dark for them. Not-|and endurance with some of the is Landino who had shown much | 23-16. Then the Lutherans applicd Referto, Tol timer, Carlson; !py 1o Associated Press. withstanding this, the honeymooners | world's best swimmers. He nego- as a mer of the second | the brakes and stopped the rally, rer, Ahlgren. Indicnapolis—Young Bob Fitz- {renorted, the hoys laughed just the | tlated a distance of between 30 and ent out. Still the making two more baskets themselves —_— simmens v huck Wiggins, 10). |same. | 24 miles in spanning the 22 miles in the closing minutes of play. | DBird's-eve tobacco owes its name Cleveland—Louis (Kid) Kaplan,| Johnny Walker was more pleased | channel, and in water averaging : . o s of “blowing . Erie Anderson and Oscar Larson fo the inclusion with the leaf of part Meriden, vs. Lou Paluso, Salt Lake fover the vietory perhaps than any |around 57 degrees. Riaito (Ha up.” 1o e ippened when | led th tack of the winners, both of the stalk, the small sections of City, (10) |other person in Toronts, except| Two women and one man stayed I nounced that there were 'in scor and in around play, which fancifully rescmble a bird's| Brook Sid Terris vs. Ray|Mrs. Young. The friend and train- Mitchell, (10). ler of George safd: ally Captain Zaleski called in Within soven points of the Johnstone, 3 =14 | FIGHT two minutes lef play. Two |while Ilodin played well during the | eye (Continued on following page.) 1 two minutes 0 {ime he was in the game. Clark on the team | qjd most of the point making for fAdbrzm i took @ pass fr 1o Brewer, 12 e, Tt went up “sky high' until the | ghe Center church, with John Eric- f Real S i D ! RS A O OO A e ! : ‘riends sympathized ard Dradley working hard on The Days [0 ea. port ‘ son Frowmey LA s affer the game. ¥ | the defense; the team suffered most Glasslo, 1= oo Al been of circumstanc- ar lineup heen ore would have from lack of passwork and the con- sequent absence of any adequate at- he summary: First Lutherans L n overwhelnigely itain, it was BASKETBALLLULL 5™ ™ Princeton froaght to the Top of Go0D MORNING College Feams After Two Weeks of | 4105k e A 2 rigre v, 1g. . 0 = - 2 R G LIAM Hard 1 ! i s tional L S i guards. Then ‘the 4 g 1 Zalesk tightened FOR 3 S vm-;,m:. : a | e e ”;y:‘:;.x‘,\\unvrnr aid \,yHEN You FIRST TIPPED QUALITY SEH i ey Kl by UR CAP To A LADY. Army took lead ccond pe A T 2ded to makn ‘