New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 19, 1927, Page 8

e NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1927. RUSSWNS LOSE TO STANLEY RULE N INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE—SOCCOLI HANDS TERRIFIC BEATING TO JIM STONE IN BILLIARD TOURNEY—BAT BATTALINO AND PAUL TERZO TO FEATURE AMATEUR CARD FRIDAY NIGHT —DIXIES BEAT WHIPPETS BAT BATTALINO TO FIGHT RUSSWINS DEFEATED BY STANLEY RULE & LEVEL Corbin Screw Quintet Has Tough Time Subduing Stan- ley Works Team—Beng: —Screw Shop Now in ston is Star of Second Game Undisputed Hold on First Place — Rulers Show Speed and Class in Floor Work—Small Scoring Games Feature of Evening. League Standing w 8 Corbin Screw R & ceee Stanley Rule P. & F. Corbin . Stanley Works .. Landers N. B. Machine The Corbin S undisputed lead basketball league ing the Stanley Works team 2 while the Stanley Rule & I handed the Russwins a 20 5 4 .3 2 0 000 | ew team went into in the Industrial to trimming in the second game. Up to last night, the Corbin Screw and R. & E. teams had been tied for first place. The games were the closest seen on the Y. M. C. A. floor in some time and the largest crowd of the season attended Corbin Screw Wins The Corbin Screw team had a hard time in subduing the Stanley Works quintet in the first game. Both teams fought every inch of the way and great defenses were thrown up on both sides. The game was almost a record breaker for small scoring un- til near the end of the second half | when the Screw shop tossers spurted | and pulled out with a win. Murphy of the Stanley Works started the fireworks with field goal 20 seconds after the s ting whistle, Flis added a point after missing three tries giving « 1oy Works three for the half. Ten min- utes went before the Screw Shop could score in that time and it wz a flerce battle. % The Stanley Workers couldn’t find | the basket aithough they had many | opportunities of scoring. Luth then dropped in a fleld goal and at the 13 minute mark, he got another. Vetrano added a point on a free try at the 13:35 mark. Flis with a long shot tled the score at the 14:50 mark and no further scoring was done for | the remainder of the half. Second Half | Five minutes sped by before either | team scored and then Zaleski caged a fleld goal. Jacobowicz added a point at 6:30 with a free try. Ve- trano dropped in a neat long shot at 7:05 giving the Screw:Shop 10. Pel- letier made it 6 for, the Stanley Works on a free try and Flis added another point in the same manner. Vetrano then caged two free tries at the 10 minute mark. At 10:30, Mur- | phy scored a field goal and at 11:30 Schwab scored another making the score 12 to 11. Here the Corbin Screw team took out and laid plans for a rally. At 15:40, Vetrano scored another free try. He added two more points with | a pretty fleld goal at the 15:55 mark. | | | | | | Then Yacobowicz added another point from the complimentary line. Luty made it 18 at the 17:30 mark while the Buttmakers had only 11. This spurt gave the Screw Shop the edge. Carlson whirled around on a pret- ty play to score a ficld goal at the 19:06 mark but Yacobow scored 20 a few seconds before the game | ended leaving the final score 20 to 13 for the Corbin Screw. The sum- mary: Stanley Works Carlson, rf .... Dahlstrom, rf ... Pelletier, 1t Murphy, ¢ . Schwab, rg Flis, Ig .... 5 Corbin Screw Yacobowicz, rf 1 Vetrano, If . Luty, ¢ .... Darrow, rg . E. Zaleski, lg 2, Vetrano 3, Luty 2, Darrow, Z 2. Free tries—Carlson, Pelletier Murphy 2, Schwab 2, Flis 7, Vetrano 5, Yacobowicz 2, Luty 2, Score at half time—Stanles Corbin Ser Referee, timer, Mullin; scorer, Crean. Russwins Lose Fallure by the R. & E. team to | make good on ifs numerous fres tries was the cause of its def at the hands of the team. The team caged onl out of 17 tries. The Stan was almost as poor wit out of 12 tries. Bengston, a comer In the Rul the star with three field go: as many fouls. n wonderful floor Stanley Rule teamn championship outfit Bengston arted minute mark with borg caged a free try marl] For PV al game L awed back until Plurin eleverly two nointer. Whitman sped and got a basket at the 0:1 Slom forth in round ma and dropped a Bengston again slipped in for an- other at the 10:10 mark. Whitman ad a point on a free try but again Bengston came through. Here the Russwing staged a great fight. J. Luke put in a long ng it 8 and 6 and Saxe caged another, tying the score. Arburr broke the tie at 16:15 but Nyborg tied it up at the 17 mark. Whitman at 19:15 put In a free to leave the Russwins leading 11 to 10. Second Half Arburr started at the 1:30 with , tying the score. Saxe sent his team into the lead at 13 ket. Bengston scored a free try. Then Sloman got his only basket of the night to put » Rulers in the lead. Plurin reg- istered again with a basket at 8:50. Bengston followed with another £00d free try. Whitman got a nifty shot, making ft 15. Then the sensation of the night was created when Jimmy Murphy got his first ficld goal of the night. Jengston scored another free try at the 16:10 mark and although both teams fought ferociously, neither could score any further. The score: Stanley Rule Raasaiasdas aig ool ooy FAMOUS FITTON A.C. TEAM PLAYS GUARDS TONIGHT L to R—0'Con Natfonal Guards |tot are men whose names are synony- | by himself and he will be able too'clock. Fitton Crotty O'Connell . .. Sloman' . B F. Rubenstein Fld. FL TtL. Thompson Restelli | Morley . Sheehan 91 Irwin e Geaveonse Kilduft The greatest basketball attraction 0l of the present season will be seen at 2 |the state armory on Arch street to- {night when the famous Fitton A. C. quintet of Boston faces the National Guards. The Hub team is one of Russwin T TS AT T ' mous with basketball who are known give the local fans the real dope on from one end of the country to the how the pivot position should be | other a& tha best in the game. played. The guards are Morley and The Boston team will have 0'Con- | Trwin apd they round out a quintet nell and Crotty at forwards, O'Con- i that has been branded as perfect in | nell is rated as the best shot in the |its floor and pass work by big time country and those who attend tho | critics. . !game tonight will have the oppor-| Although Manager Lampher hasn' |tunity of secing him in action. He!given out any announcement on the {13 noted especially for his uncanny |makeup of his team for tonight, all |eve on long shots and to those who have scen him in action, he is & revelation. Although not as uncanny shot as O'Connell, Crotty is right~ Iy nicknamed “Flash”. Hé has all |the earmarks of a flash of lightning |on the court and with O'Connell as |a running mate. no smoother pair of forwards has ever been seen in |action in this city. Thompson the center 1s a team all the leading professional teams of the country and is now on a tour which Siwill take in the east, middle west » |and southern portions of the coun- try. In securing the Fittons to appear here, Manager Clarence Lanpher of the National Guards has sccured a team that s classed with the Celtics of New York and other world fam- ous basketball teams. On the quin- ‘Whitman, f. Swanson, Nyborg, J. Luke, Morelli, Saxe, L c o 3 Personal fouls — Sloman DBengston 2, Carraz: 4, Murphy Arburr, Whitman, Nyborg 2, Mor- {the players will probably have a |chance to get into the game against |the Boston team. Rubenstein and Sloman will probably start at for- wards with Restelll as the probable | cholce for center. Kilduff and Shee- | han will play the guard positions. | The Burritts will play a prelimin- ary game which will start at 8 |o'clock. The feature game of evening will commence about 9 the | nell, O’'Rourke, Irwin, Crotty, Morley and Thon‘lpson. Dick Dillon referee and amateur rules will prevail. Preliminary Game The Burritt A. C. will play the Sinley five of Hartford in the pre- | liminary game tonight. The Bur- ritts will try to keep in the winning column but expect tough opposition will | of the best in the state. The line- ups: Sinley House Burritts Yacobowicz ve Del . Dudgee left guard elli 2, Saxe 3, Free tries Beng- ston 6, Plurin 2, Murphy, Arburr A axe 6. Score & ley Rule 10, R, & E. 11. I Dillon; timer, Mullen; | Pierson .. Chas | Goodwin NEW BRITAIN T0 MEET | : Has Good Chance of Taking the Titlg for Second Time | §5.8 84.8 | | Alnison White Army Ave. 96.8 94.8 91.6 90.1 783.6 §0. MANCHESTER HERE Bitter Battle Will be Fought on'New G Awe, .18 9861 15 943 21 919 15 88.11 24 889 Bates .... Anderson Johnson Laugaton Pet. | Keiffer ...... Red Army Britain Court on Saturday League Standing w .19 S 16 9 <1113 Afternoon. Blue Army First Bapt | First Luthe Red Army Kensington G 12 1018 6 96.4 The South Manchester High school basketball team has been selected by Coach George Cassidy as the op- ponent for the New Britain High team urday afternoon in s city. The date was open until st . R | . Anderson . Trinity M. E. .11 13 .45S|A. Anderson . White Army 7 11 389 | Crocker .. itly when Coach Cassidy com-| The Blue Army is leading the In- | Kensing pleted negotiations for the game. | ter.Church bowling league and has| Bitterness which has existed be- |, fine chance of taking the title for |G. Carlson .. tween the New Britain and Hartford | the gecond year in succession, but it | 13. Carlson High school teams will have nothing | jg gerigusly threatened by the | Heller ... on the feeling that will exist between | pyret Baptists, who have proved the | Woodford . the Red and Gold team and their | gark horses of the league, and the | Griflith ... South Manchester opponents When | pjrgt 1 utherans. Leupold of the Red they go at each other. tArmy has the high average, 101. It was the South Manchester Prin- | pynqparg of the First Lutherans has cipal, Clarence Quimby, who started | 1o 90 110 “highest single, 12 the trouble over eligibllity of play- | "y, 0l Sy o el 3y ers on outside teams when he wrote | | '@ VELSEE HEecHwnes, S458 Bis to Principal Louis P. Slade of the { “if i "'P,W; i f o t‘h“ }hlh g High school, informing him that two | 2t 2D GBI, a8 UHE JAIeh. of the New Britain players were |5tring mark with 1516. playing with the Burritt A. C. team. | With the dropping of the German On investigation it was found that | Baptists from the lecague, a new Marion Zaleski, the captain, and Al |schedule has been prepared by Her- | qen for a series of matches, A tous Havlick, forwards, were suspected, | bert Carlson. It is urged that all|or Germany and Switzerland also is and they were questioned. Havlick | teams be present for their scheduled | in prospect, The team, dus {o sail for admitted he played, but Zaleski sald | contests. If unable to roll, the team | gyadon Saturday. will . mest the it was his brother Eddie. Incldent- | manager should notify the opposing | canadian club at Madison Squar, 1lly it was South Manchester which | manager at least 24 hours in ad- | Garden tomiebt, & i hrought about trouble in Meriden, it | vance; this will eliminate rnr!ciung“ § b is said, games, a practice from which the New Bri defented the SiIk | league has suffered in the past. The | Towners on the South Manchester hedule is as folio floor recently and are hopeful of re- 2 : peating the trick. South Manchester \,);‘,3::?';’;““: A‘:{‘fi'}_ ey was the only team which won on |3 & % ik the New Britain floor last year, scor- ing an nnexpected victory over the r-confident Hardware City team ard the end o ong. .12 ton Congregational Ave. 94.0 90.1 899.14 82.8 The Victorla Hockey club of Mon- treal, oldest organization of its kind !in the world, arrlved in New York |today on the first lap of a journey | that will carry the squad to Swe- A 12 round match between Ace Hudkins, the Nebraska wildcat, and | Joe Dundee, Baltimore’s outstand- ing challenger for the welterweight crown, has been added to the already enticing fistic menu for February at Madison Square Garden. The pair will meet February 25 for the right to engage champion Pete Latzo. A week earlier Jim Maloney and Jack Delaney are scheduled to stage thelr heavyweight elimination struggle. Paolino Uzeudun and Knute Hansen meet in the same series February 7. Followi the request of the United States Lawn Tennls associa- tion, the British L. T. A. has lifted the ban on German plavers to allow their entry into the 1927 Davis cup competition. The T. A. was informed officially of Germany's re- ion to the International Lawn Federation yesterday. Only ¢ and Serbia among the ene- mies of the allies in the re n ne vs. Ken- vs. Trinity M. %.; White Army vs. First Lutheran. January 27—First Baptist vs. | First Lutheran; Trinity M. B. vs.| | Kensington; White Army vs. Blue | Army. February v Tirst First Bap- S—White Army Blue Army ed Army vs PLAN WINTER SPORTS Winter sports is one tures at Universit Already are being arnival which | » staged sometime in T\ is affair at Wise Ny bruary st Luthe st Bapti 10—Trinity White M. E Army ve. Bluc vs. | s, staged Br Febru COACHES 1d the White Army 8. of wt of membe main on the ineligible list. the In year, They end of Individual vidual rolled to coach 1 mural lea start The ir e t pugillst to use tic telephone Elky Clark, Scotch champion of Europe who Fidel Labarba of California the world champion, <ht. Clark has a phone a clock Saturday morning to tell the London Times just what to him in the ring at Madison Square Garden the night before. Probably the fi he new trans-Atl system will be r more NORTHWESTERN COACH? While much being maintained as to who will succeed Glenn Thistlethwaite as football coach at Northwestern university, the impression grows that the se- leetion will be a national figure in football circles. Northwestern, after getting a tic with Michigan for the g Ten title, cannot afford to let down. secrecy is Shepard Jones Galbraith wuum s, 12 v world war, WHIPPETS LOSE T0 ' DIXIES IN LEAGUE Victory Holds First Place in Boys’ Club Intermediate Loop Group B League Ww. L | Panthers | Whirlwinds .8 ) 376 | The Dixies staved off the rush of |termediate Grdup B league last nigh {when they trounced them by 20-8. |The victory saved first place for the |winners and stopped the threatening |advance which the Whippets had been making by winning their last several contests. Zembrowsky and Paretta were large}y responsible for {the outcome, leading the scopers, |while Jervis scored half of what the Whippets made. Boehnert's guard- ing was of the stone wall variety, The summary: i Whippets 4 Jervis, rf . Sartinsky, Neverouskas, 0 2 Sow PILE" 1 | RNEARS VoicE OF ' GANG BOSS AnD PUSHES SHoveL in the spotlight. GAZES. UPORS HUGE Normant, 18 seveeeess Dixies Zembrowsky, f . Adams, 1f . Kovelesky, ¢ Marholin, rg . Paretta, Ig Wasnick, 18 .« 20 The Whirlwinds defeated the Pan- thers, 11-8, and pulled them back into a tie for last place. Block and Reo wera best for the winners, with the Panthers sharing about equally The summary: ‘Whirlwinds Fld. Fl. TtL 0 1 |Block, rf .. Sokolowsk Backus, ¢ Reo, rg . Bellomo, 1g .. Pellegrini, 1g loomurna Panthers Fld. olosssass Ferony, rf Dennis, 1t Maetta, c . Pihfel, rg e Markavich, Ig . ol mommn wl vowee Consumption of hard liguor in Germany last year was only one- ! third that of pre-war times. Movie of a Street Shoveller BEFORE ATTACKING 'AND REMOVING ¢ HUGE SNOW PitE. | ON AMATEUR CARD FRIDAY Paul Terzo to Be Seen in Action Again Against New Haven Battler—Franco-American Club of Water- bury Enters Boxers in Tournament — Johnny Clinch to Battle Pancho Villa — Kelly Brothers of Brass City to Be Seen SOGCOLI WALLOPS STONE IN MATCH New Britain Cueist Takes Game! by Score of 100 to 7 Dominick Soccoli, representing the | Elmore Billlard Parlors in the state championship pocket billiard | tournament, handed Jim Stone of Bridgeport one of the worst beat- in Action Again. The Mohawk A. C. has prepared a night of feature bouts for the amateur tournament at the state nrmory Friday night. Bat Battalino, state featherweight champion, will appear in the star bout against Ray “lobin of Waterbury. Tobin has two Wns over Abe Bodine and shauld Plove to be the toughest opponint Bittalino has had in some time. : Paul Terzo the “sultan of ban™ of Hartford, after an enforced layaft of veral weeks because of an f1- Jurq( hand, will step into the rirg again against Walter Brown of New Havel Terzo is training hard fr his coning meeting with.Ray Hall, The Franco-American club of ings recorded in the state league| in many seasons last night when he| took the match played at the El-| more by the score of 100 to 7. | Soccoll was in rare form in the| match. He started off with a run| of 12 and then pulled the ball into| the cushion for a safe. Stone| couldn’t reglster and Soccoll click-| ed off a run of 14. Stone broke through after this| shot to acore only to loso theso| points on three consecutive fouls. For the next four innings, the two players matched wits and then, with | Waterbiry has entered a number of hoys in the fights included among them thy Kelly brothers and these hln\u allbeen seen in action in this city. Johnny Clinch, New Britain's acs |of amateun will furnish a feature all by himself when he meets Pancho Villa, windaill of Hartford. The weights of te entrants range from the 128 to tle 165 pound class and fans here wil have the opportunity of seeing all orts of milling. Joe Zotter ma Jdb Cote of this city will enter he ring again Friday night against from this team as it is rated as one| | tough o the score standing at 40 to 7 in|p: £l pponents. n hese two boyshave been comin favor of the Now Britain boy, Soc-|along fast in theamateur rante ang. coll rose to brilllant helghts and ran lare hoth gainingy reputation ahent off 45, He scratched on the 46th!the state. ball but left Stone With a 10NE| The list of bous as carded by tough shot. |Matehmaker J. J.(Vhaler with the Stone missed and then Soccoll {sanction of the A.4. U., is as fol- came through with 15 more to bring lows: 125 pounds qss, Bat Batta. him out and give him the game, Thursday night, January George Deno of Meriden will Soccoli at the Elmore in state league match. POLO RATING CUT “Big Four” of America Is Just the “Big Two” After New Rankings Are Listed. New York, Jan, 19 (#—The. “big four” of American polo, hitherto su- preme in the sport, is just the “big 21, play another - |two” today with flve men ranked on an even footing with J. Watson, ‘Webb and Malcolm Stevenson, two of the quartette. Tommy Hitchcock and Devereaux Milburn remain the only ten goal men in the country, but the rating of Webb and Stevenson was cut yes- terday by the handicap committee of the United States Polo assoclation from nine to eight goals. R. E. Strawbridge, Harry East, J. Cheever Cowdin, A. P. Perkins, all of whom were raised from seven, and E. W. Hopping, are other eight goal men on the new list. The rank- ings presage keen competition for two ' places on America’s polo de- fense team when the squad is chos- en to meet the British riders who will seelk to lift the historic Interna- tional cup next September. Tris Speaker Getting In Trim for Baseball Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 19 (A—Tris Speaker, former manager of the Cleveland Indians, expects to be in top form for the opening of the baseball season in case he is exoner- ated of game “fixing” charges. He has joined his former teammates, George Uhle, Joe Shaute and Steve O'Nefll, in workouts at a gymnasium here and plans to continue training during the winter months. MEDITATES, UPoN LIFE, LIFE IN GENERAL SNow Now BEING REMOUED To WAGON . FIFTY - FEET AWAY, OF “SHovEL GENERAL LJ° . DIRECTION OF llno and Ray Tobirof Waterburys 165 pound class, Lucwn Larrivier, of | Waterbury, and Jack )avis, New Ha- ven; 135 pound class,Yohnny Clinch and Pancho Villa of Tartford; 138 pounds, Joe Zotter, Ne\ Britain, and Joe Bland, Waterbury. 130 pounds, Mingo "avers, New Haven, and Joe Dlenal,Waterburys 118 pounds, Joe Cote, Nw Britain, and Andy Murray, New Javen; 145 pounds, Paul Terzo, Harford, and Walter Brown, New Haen: pounds, William Kelly, Vaterbury, and Frank Broderick, Souningtons 165 pounds, Jack Kelly, Weerbury, and George Walters, New Hyen, Several other entries have ken re- celved among them being hat of Jos Brightwood. Tte card loks to 'be as fine as any corducted hre so far and a large crovd of fam will be out to see the miling. The first bout will be started ¢t 8:30 olock sharp. RANGERS BRIT FALCON Church Street Clut Challenges Any Five-Man Bowlit Team In the City to Matches. The Rangers bowng team hand- ed the Falcon pin tpples an artful trimming last nigh{at the Casino alleys coming in by. margin of 68 pins. A return gare between the two teams will be riled Saturday night, January 29, In a speclal single 1atch, “Matty" |Hayes of the Rangersand Cabby of the Falcons held the aterest of the \fans for the evening. It was one of the most exciting three game matches ever seen at th Casino and Hayes came through b the skin of his tecth to win by 11 {ns. The Ranger taem chllenges any five-man team in the cy and the players feel surprised tht the North {& Judd team of the Inditrial league is afraid to play them. PICKS UP SHovEL AP, REFLECTS UPoN (TS~ COMPARATIVE UTILITY te.” COSTRETCLETC - T MAKES CIR To SAME 'PLACK . AND \REPEATS_AS AFORESAID; cuitods RemniI