New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 20, 1927, Page 15

Speaking of Sports ¢ | The sensational reputation of the Fitton A. C. basketball team of Bos- | ton was riddled severely by the Na- tional Guards last night at the state | armory on Arch strect when the two teams met. It appeared to all spec- tators that the Bostonians might be great around Boston, but they 1 less than ordinary when against a team such as the Guards turned out to be last night. I ever a quintet played igcham- pionship form it was the National Guards last night. Starting with Tay- lor who led the locals in scintillating play, every man on the squad and every one of them got into the game, conspired whils he was in the con- test, to make the Boston team lobok sick. o The Guards seemed affected with serious illness of leaden feet for th first 10 minutes last night and as the Boston players kept passing niftily and continuougly around the locals, the prospect scemed dark for Lanpher's crew. Thirteen minutes had sped by before the Guards could vegister a field goal, but once, start- od nothing could stop them. We would have liked to see any team in the state beat the Guards last night. It couldn't be done the | way the squad was passing and shooting. Every man on the team showed a world of speed and instead of the Fittons proving the sensation of the night, to our way of thinking, | it was the Guard Consider this fact when judging whether t..e Fittons are a good team or not: Last season against Detroit. Cleveland, Buffalo, Syracuse and many other teams in the American Professional league, the Fittons won | 43 out of 45 games. The line of | teams they played are the best in the country. They mot a team even Letter than any of these last night. The Fittons by their uncanny work showed last nig’ t that they ar smooth combination. Their playe ass are all trained in the shooting long shots but after a time cven the men in the center of the lwll couldn’t get a “pop” last night. Mert Taylor was never in all his career better than he was last night. The other members of th team were amazed at his speed and accurate eye. Evidently Taylor has heard some of the remarks about town that he has gone back, because e showed everybody last night that it anything, he is getting better. We don't mean to take a bit away from the rest of the team when we out th honeyed words o for Taylor, be no flaw found in the play of any 1t was simply Tay- dole praise could be of the Guards. lor's night. It seemed to us that the Guards (ntered the game slightly awed by the flashy start of the Bostonians Livpecting something that couldn’t fathomed, the Guards soon found mselves playing on a par with visitors and once this was d the locals started to play the visiting team. th all around A far more interesting and ational team is due here Saturday night when the Greenpoint Hebrews | Greenpoint, L. I, take the floor against the Guards. This team was due to come here last vear but be- cause of conflicting dates, had to| cancel the trip. have already beaten w Haven twice on This, in itself, i The Hebrew: the Atlas of e Atlas floor. “nous 10 con; against road team, der what the Guards are up aturday. The quintet is & playing none of its games at home and in 15 s s this soason, they have not lost a game. Should the Guards retain form they showed last night, a very good bet to beat the npoint team almost as badly ¢ did the Fittons. The Boston- ians can gain a little consolation trom the' fact that they played the best team in Connecticut last night. a the th The Greenpoint team is composed the Atlas of New Haven, en- v of Hebrews and for that re son the name Greenpoint Hebrews has been chosen. It is a classy basketball squad and one that will ike 10 keep their heads above water, | This is another busy week for the, Guards. iday night, the team| | plays All-Middletown in Middletown and this is always a tough game. Holst, the local boy who is center on the P. & F. Corbin team, is a regular member of the Middletown crew and he will oppose Restelli or Iteynolds in the game. It is a tough path the Guards are| treading in the Dbasketball woods son. Three games every is a tough load for any,team and we had the impression hot pace is beginning to| tell on some of the men. At least one man scemed to have been burned up” because of his play last and it should be n relief to| players to get the three games ck off their chest. ar of the at the game at the a ‘i st night. He was here evid- y for the purpose of “scouting™| Guards. He certainly got his filled. e anybody Britain going v General ing at the hospital to- VOMAN HIT, DRIVER GOE: Mrs. Casimir Baluskas of Chestnut street ocmyplained to the| police last evening “that she was| ON. ne r of Myrtle and streets Tuesda and the driver| railed to stop. Her right leg was in- jured, she said. Hillside ¢ mery Butter, 5lc 3 Ibs. $1.00.) Russell Bros.—advt. Middletown | | robber | desperadocs, 1b. | battle with red troops WITH THE BOWLERS ROGERS ALLEYS FAFNIR'S TIN CAN LEAG! Inners |Owen Hand Casper Anderson olfe 58 411 Washers Retainers .8 .84 .80 .88 s 422 Outers Nouman Burns Taves Pelletior Handieap FATNIR'S “DRAGON" LEAGUE Dagata Corbin Mo A aul Lamarsa o Wil Felz Handicap 7 to make the fans here stopl W Balls NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, When Ederle enters swim She wins, oughter, % The grease she dons pwts her in trim Ta_ slip water. for but, shucks, she right through the | | | | | ¥ NEA Service) Yo Jan. 20.—Gertrude Zderle, the first woman to swim the English Channel, has juet issued a | sweeping defy to meet all those who negotiated that body of water for a return match. She ‘promises | |to set record time for the event. !WEE SCOTCHMAN TAKES | ON CHAMPION TOMORROW Elky Clark Tackles LaBara in Title | Boxing Match in New ‘ York. New mone Tani 20 R | ghting man from Scotland, Elky | ark, may bring Great Britain to- | morrow night its first world cham- | hip since the days of Jimmy mighty atom.” Clark, holder of the European fiyweight title, meets | Fidel LaBarba, world champion from California, in a 12 round fray | | for the crown at Madison Square the ;| Garden, ) | city of a scari | two TAXICAB DRIVER USES AUTO CRANK ON BANDIT make the Guards travel at top speed | Would-Be Holdup Man Now is in Hospital With Badly Battered Head. Boston, Jan. dressed young to rob a unconsciou at his bed Dennis J. side. man who taxi-cab night was in the city hospital today, | nd with two policemen | McCarthy, t a revolver against a fare he had picked up a few min- | of Fort Worth, —(P—A weli attempted driver late last th his driver, utes before commanded: “Stick and all you got McCarthy money. “I'm way,” the fare replied goin, ann driver jumped and t fled. McCarth) and, following enter a went the doorway. Armed with his few minutes later the fouth eme He fired twic came to his At he skull be MURDERED OV ited outside. A at taxi driver closed in with hi land at the same time a pedestrian Mc em up: I want your money he to ounc: had ot 1 but hen the ck to his cab man, him any- the robber saw nk, the driver evolver in hand. Carthy but the crank ance. pital it d a possible fracture of the other sev was said the injuries. R 100 174 | Notorious Russian Bandit Himself Killed in Fight with Troops. Smolesk, Russia, struck by an automobile at the cor-| After committing Washington | murders and endless robberies and more 20— than 100 Jan. aults in Smolensk province over a pe tonenkoff, will be executed, od of two yea leader was killed of Smirnoff An- a gang of today in a . His followers Kk and | no | | Clark must mateh the rir 2a- d veteran against the and confid, e of youth in ) for world honors. The 112 pound Scotchman, who won the | European title from Francois Mor- racchini, of France, in a 20 gehent at London in LIS NOW2Y year: reely 21, Nlark on furious hitt scored 20 1l over, ed quest is round October, bases his hopes of victory g power. He I knockouts in 40 profes- bouts. ' i , how- because reater speed and sharp punching, has been made to 1 favorite in the bettin e of carrving the title n would be greater, ex- perts believe, if the bout were of 15 | rounds or more. | The supporting card round matches will sets of of his of two ten bring together prominent flyweight for LaBarba's enaro of w hoy Brown of Sionx and Billy Kelly of Scran- . Pa., with Trip Limbaco, of t Philippines, One Workout a Day Will Do for Boston Red Sox Boston, Jan. 20 (M—One workout fa day will be ough for the Boston | Red Sox when they go into spring ng at New Orlea: Bill Car- ir new manager believes, rri piloted the Sox to two gue victories more than ten yvears ars ago he used the was at Hot Spri and the | boys did their stuff from 10:30 in the morning until 1 in the afternoon, he recalled. tra i ame methods, REED BOOM ARTS Hailed as Prospective President at New York Banquet 'w York, Jan. 20 (Pi—After do- livering a speech in which he de- nounced the “horde of snoopers | swarming over the land like the lice of ypt" United ates Senator James A. ReMl, democrat, of Mis- soliri, was hailed by John C. McKeon of Philadelphia, president of the Na tional Boot and Shoe Manufacture association last night, as a prospe tive president of the United Stat The senator who was the prin | speaker at the association's an- was greeted in the by Marvin H. Brown, Texas, a former | judge of the 67th judicial circuit in that state, who, with Dr. Samuel W. | | Grafflin, New York, also spoke. | | pe nual banqy same mannel of AN JOHNSON WiLL LOSE PRESIDENG Rmerican League Ulub Owaers to Select New Official York, Jan. 20 (UP)—Ban Johnson, president of the American New league at a salary of §45,000 a year, will be removed ceremoniously froni office next week when the club own- “ers of his circuit meet in Chicago to referce a bout between Johnson and Commissioner Landis. While Chicago has been the key point for the exposure of all the re- cent baseball seandals, the plans for the muzzling of the vociferous Amer- ican league president have been dis- cussed and decided upon in New York Up to a certain point the National league felt reasonably happy that all the scandal talk involved only the American league but when Johnson, with his heated attack on the com- missioner, inciden ly cast suspicidpn on a world s betweer the New York Giants and the New York Yankees, the National league owners went to the drawer for their guns. While the National league owners have no r that the magnates of the younger league will not support the commissioner, they will force the hand of the American l#ague owners it Johnson is not requested to resign. It was pointed out today that the peculiar circumstances BAN JOHNSON would not permit the comm as he did two vears ago, to walk into an executive session, toss down contract and tell the meeting that s commission could he revok When thi club ow re in joint session in Chicago next ican 1 > own nd th ing to law happene ners of two years 1 two leagug 2t the me ok only rs will be American a conld weept the r tion of the missioner, without the assent of the ne y any change, and it's a ten to one het against, that the American league should get a vote of six to two against the commissioner, Na 1e o co fo: meeting and Col. Ruppert, Yankees and Charley Con of the White Sox, will vote with the nt National league clubs in sup- port of Landi Tt was learned today other club owners of the American league had called Johuson on the phone and warned him to maintain a discreet silence under the threat of the loss of his job. With it be z taken granted for Johnson will be removed from office and with the Cobb-Speaker ingle of the case almost sidetracked, the discussion of the case today con- corned chiefly the identity of the sue- cessor to Johnson as the American ue president 50 Barrow, bus the New York Yanke nomines proposed but Barrow told the writer that he conldn’'t sce how he could be eligible, as he is a stock holder of the Yankees. Col. Ruppert, owner of the Yankees and Ed Barnard, president of the Cleveland Tndians have also been mentioned but the same re- strictions hold against them unless they should dispose of their holdings in the two clubs. Barnard might resign presidency of the Indians but it's a dead cinch that Ruppert would not dispose of the sole ownership of the Yankees sinee, In his position, can exert almost as much influence on the politics of the league as the owner of the Yankees as he could as the president of the league. Tt would not be a wild bet. how- ever, to wager that after all the ex- citement and the reorganization that can be expected to follow that Bar- will become at least the acting sident of the American league, Tt was learned from a positive source of information today that the American league owners are consid- ering the situation to be one of the greatest emergencie emergency Barrow would be allowed to accept the appointment under a leave of absenc the W gue, a not a joint of th skey, that two for ness manager of was the first from the row pr SALESMAN SAM he.| nd that in the | THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1927. [ There is no question in the minds | | of bageball men tha Barrow is the | J n for the job. He is a former | player, one time manager of the Bos- Imu Red Sox, former p ent of the |International league, a diplomat | when diplomacy is needed, a fist swinger when force is demanded and a shrewd business man. | His friends know, however, that | he is content with his position with {the Yanke nd that he would ac- icept a temporary appointment to the |league presidency only because he felt it his duty to a game that he has been associated with for more than { thirty GREGOR FINALLY - SHAKES OFF JINX 'Gueist From Boston Beats Grippo of Middletown in Match Gregor, ropresenting liard Parlors in the state champion- ship pocket billiard tournament, fi- nally emerged from the slump he has been in since he entered the play, and trounced Grippo of Middletown last night in the River City, by the 4 score of 100 1o 45 Gregor was in wond | for the first time, the form that c; d him to enter the state competition. During the | match he scored a high run of 2 Tonight ( r will meet “ex- | heriff Boh” Stone at Rogers Par- | ors and a capacity erowd is expect- | ed to watch the comeback of C | after a mad slump. Stone has pl in the money every season he | stands in eighth place. He took Gag- | non's p in the second round of | Rogers Ril- to form and play. The standing 1o date in the state is as follows Hanlon Erkas Stone (Bdgpt) Hammell Soccoli McPartland Police ! Stone (Why) Coogin 882 |t marks and then gravely opened Car- ne 1 Matches 1 the bi 1 tourna ed cording to schedules tonight and will be shown i 1lia ses; 1 the standing s paper with s played. A substituted in postponed games { the new Gree as b and pla s pl 'n will be played off as soon as is pos- And my heart be C; re in with sible. Bare Fist Battles* Of the Prize Ring ' It was t mous with hampion and, o fade, after having n a sucker of him in the earlier rounc I had boiled myseif soft trying make 133 10th round of Jem Carn that T began my 3 pounds and that, added 1o wy log v that prevented me do- |° 1z any road work at all, was re ible for the frenzied feeling th pped my heart, making me be- I couldn’t win, don't know what T was ng on. n h: spirit, for we went 74 rounds before ve both collapsed. After the 10th an to get over apxions vepeatedly. Jack Dempsey, my second, decided if the referee was not |¢ soing to take any action he would. || + ght- ¢ and fouled | ¢ REDUCTIONS IN ALL DEPARTMEN until over my shoulder, yelled bloody mur- der and of gloves. It was an awful opening of the W So it tollra We lay there stunned. Jonds fought their way i round Carney he- [mob. 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PERGUADED ToF LETVoU 6o WADING! | | l | i TAKES GieT—] [-19-27 v thing happened world At the 12th round he pulled a tow- up over me and leaning down, bit me on the shoulder e blood came. was stopped then and there, NOTE—In the next chap- courag veteran tells 1g men how they can conquer a EDITOR! ter this you *yellow streak SPORT BRIEFS Ase of ( Dempsey ous 1 rushed right ou he whistle, pulled of my corr Carney’s h claimed a foul. The referee examined th th By the . six n mouth NO | drivers will ur RONT TEETH. Round after round both of us kept Slugging, jabbing, alternate- the offensive and de- Round 30 came and went. Round 40 was passed in a whirl Round 30 and round 60. Carney had nile wan river course for in the sed today with | Russick, Thomas Harry issick will drive a of and Leo Earl ¢, listed. R cd by Imile Elver Olens! W good me In the 64th round the only ight came for t high wit ion. his jaw unpro- ted for a minute. T crashed him e on the chin with a lizhtni Down he went, rollin SR ed to 1 e Qidn't stay down, however, but | o oo t up and ggered toward me. | oo F LT were both so weak it was piti et went_on. getting bloodier and | FtT In the 73d Dempsey cau- | B io? (00 one wood shove will send sither | 178 E TR o e T record Chicago. A fe g hydropla class is expe A, Mil hich made to or 18 speed Cal. to Moodi u- one of you down."” Tn the 74th came the fi W in a clinch, each struggling to the other, recling back and We stumbled and fell in a angle. In falling we broke one of he rin rything clattered ! Torenian & e DS 4 all, | that may keep him from going co Shouting sec. | Pletely blind, Prominent negro and milling | White boxers who rallied to the for- o Stey. | me 1t Tieavyweight's support in a series of pouts at the new W A. C.in New York last night drew 000 to the fund for Sam's ber Contributions from well-known recognized 43.06 m. . straightaway . ar Baby' . Boston will get his Boston and the operation orth, ays in Re 1 to give a d tous hubub de- The fig ost in the Tt was all over. nson officially refu sfon and in the r slared “All hets are off.” er called one of the gr fit. PAJAMAS, L TS sportsmen and boxers raised the to- tal to over $6,000, nleat, the stand pocket billiard world, begins a in defense of his iwin Rudolph, of Chicago, in New York tonight. The match will be 450 points, in ks of 150. Rudolph won his right title chanee by finishing second 1 the tournament that gave Green- leaf the at Philadlphia, last No- ven i) er. |Oregon City Elevator Takes Residents Home Oregon City, Ore,, Jan. 20 (UP) — Oregon . located along the 1 ks of t Willamette river, gave a million persons a free ride last year and will do as well or bet ter in years to follow if the muni- cipal elevator stands the strain. Oregon City business district is a long the Icvel land adjacent to the T tial rict is on high b back of the business ction At a convenient location vator shaft is located. Tt is a frea municipal institution, operated 18 hours per day in taking people to and from t peak of the bluff. 91 YEAR OLD COBBL DIE: Jan. 20 (UP)— n Hall, who claimed to the oldest active cobbler in the ['nited States, was dead today at his Weymouth home in his 94th year. This veteran of the bench had been shoes for more than 75 re. uff N ele- e ye The hound Hotel, Croydon, will be the first hotel theater ever licensed in England. G OUNGING ROBES, HATS, SCARFS ANNUAL CASH SALE Blue Overcoats - $34.50 - $42.50 Blue Overcoats, were $45. NOW . Blue Overcoats, were $55. NOW . Blue “Kitten’s Blue Overcoats, were $60, NOW . Blue Overcoats - $45.00 THE ASHLEY -BABCOCK CO. 139 MAIN STREET (fested ) (Cron 0P To GHEEN 'S toness ||| @i GAME ®L onads ARWaANIAS | RENTALS ALY T 6uinLe™ % CO. 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