New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 21, 1927, Page 22

THRILLING BOUTS PROMISED AT MOHAWK A. C. AMATEUR TOURNAMENT TONIGHT —NATIONAL GUARDS PLAY MIDDLETO WN TONIGHT AND GREENPOINT,L. . TOMORROW—SOUTH MANCHESTER HIGH MEETS NEW BRITAIN TOMORROW — BRIEFS LaBARBA DEFENDS TITLE AGAlNST CLARK TONIGHT AMATEUR CARD PACKED T WITH THRILLING BOUTS -Bat Battalino, Paul Terzo and Johnny Clinch Head- liners Tonight—Entries From Waterbury Franco- American Club—Kelly Brothers Matched With Op- ponents — Southington Favorites to Be Seen in Action—Mingo Travers is Also Matched. i 'NATIONAL GUARDS BATTLE GREENPOINT HEBREW FIVE Visiting Aggregation Has Defeated Atlas Twice This Season in New Haven—Locals Play All-Middletown in That City Tonight—Long Island Quintet Rated One of Best in East — Yet to Suffer Defeat This Season—Burritts to Plav Preliminary Game. The Greenpoint Hebrews, halllng from Greenpoint, L. L, will opposc the National Guards tomorrow night | at the state armory on Arch streel t| i e G cotaidinan by many as the outstanding feature of the pres- ent basketball season. The visitors are considered one of the best teams in the ecast. Twice this season already, th Hebrews have beaten the Atlas of New Haven on the Elm City floor and the one ambition the manage- ! ment of the team has is to turn back the National Guards. One of 15 games the team has play ready th year, not one los: been chalked up against it despite the fact that the quint has engag- ed teams on a par with the N Haven Atlas. Following the form shown by the National Guards against Fitton A. C. of Boston last Wednesds night, the prospects of the Guards victory tomorrow night are No better example of the quality of basketball players on the local team counld have been given than in the game against the Boston | team Wednesday night. Every man on the squad played like a fiend. The visitors Saturday will have a strong lineup. At the forward posi-| tions will be found Moe Bluttman and Friedlander, two of the best men at these positions in this sec- | tion of the country. Sid Dubroff, a | classy center, will play the pivot po- | fon" while Rip Gerson and Teich will be at the guards. Sam Schoen- | feld will be on the sidelines in case of necessity. | Tonight, the National Guards will | play the All-Middletown team in ~ Middletown. encounter for the local boys as the! River Town team has been going at | a fast clip this season. The Guards| will try to break into the streak of or losses on foreign floors tonight at| the Cobb-Speaker case, as they did the expense of Middletown. EAPECTS T0 FORY A WINNING TEAM Jack McAllister to Keep Indians’ Linenp Imact This Year Cleveland, a Allister, new manager of the Cleve- land Indians, expects to fashion a winning team for the 1927 pennant | race out of the same aggregation that followed his veteran predect sor, Tris Speaker, to the runner-up | position in the American league last year. McAllister intends to stand pat on the 1926 team. The Indlans have made no trades nor are any in pros- pect. However, five recruits will don feathers for the training camp cam- paign and from this quintet, all worthy youngsters who made pressive showings in the minor Allister expects to muster enough strength to bolster the team. The new pilot will have his most trying time in filling the gap in cen- terfleld left by Speaker's retirement. McAllister does not know who is go- ing to replace Spoke out there. Speaker's uncanny flelding, his su- perb throwing and base running abil- ity will_not easily be substituted. Homer Summa, Pat McNulty, or I'reddy Eichrodt may get the posi- tion or It may be one of the new- comers. The decision hinges on the performance of the aspirants. 0[' the flve recruits Willis Hudlin, vear-old youngster, is not en- a stranger to the Indlans. He was with the tribe for a while last fall and he is regarded as a likely candidate for a place on the 1927 pitching staff. rl Collard, product of the Three Iye league, is another prospect for a berth as a hurler. MeAllister looks upon Lewls Fonseca, acquired from Newark after the close of the last &eason, as material to fortify the in- e other two newcomers are can- ates for the outfield. George Gerken was obtained from Dec and F, ' Dallas, where s first year of professional baseball in 1926 Training camp pl ha heen completed me members of the tribe are going to Hot before proceeding to 1. where the Tndi ing. Al will about February Lakel together. PETROLLE AFTER TITLR et from not Fla 18 will be in trair meot at J (kelar “Fargo Fxpress” is Unable to Sha Spug” Meyers, Clever Battler From Idaho, Chicago, J trolle is knocking champion’s door hut appar Fargo, N. D.. challenger c shade Spug Meyers, clever Ic A chance at mmy Mandel crown was promised Potrolle it he heat Meyers last night, but after ten s two judges and a agreed that the fight was a The upper rank: weight division v «d, however, w the decision over Eddie Shea, a nd also a prominent chal illed it the finest er so far 100 packed the coli A capacity crowd of the feather- somewhat thin n Ray Miller won | ruler for more than a quarter of a This will be a tough| 0N signed a walver for the com-| ‘nmion of Johnson, JOHNSON MAY NOT ' LOSE PRESIDENCY {Ban Says That He Has Been in Harness Steadily for 84 Years Chicago, Jan. 21 (P—The grow- ing list of nominations for the job of President Ban Johnson of the American league is a bit premature, the founder of the league and its century intimated today. | Asked whether he had given al ought to resigning, President J son declined to commit himself but he did remark: I have been in harness steadily for 34 years." Under his written contract and a later resolution of league directors, Johnson's presidential authority runs until 1935 at $40,000 a year. The main issue at next Sunday's| session of the American league di- rectors Mr. Johnson indicated, is to| decide what to tell Commisstoner Landis the following day about the dismissal of Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker. There also is bound to be discussion around the publication of the Dutch Leonard letters, given the commissioner by the league direc- lurs last September. All but John- missioner, authorizing him to use the letters as he saw fit. If the league directors sustain their president In his handling of| |last September, the possibilities of fireworks at the commissioner's hm’ning the next day will be largely If- they vote to withdraw their| support from Johnson because of 1is remarks since the Leonard let- ters were made public by the com- missioner, it may mean the resig-| with indications | something more | that he may hav {to say in that event. 1 | the Chicago White Sox, | the American league executive has | declarea | with Colonel Ruppert. The league directors are E. S. | Barnard, of Cleveland, Clark Gri- fith of Washington, Phil Ball of Louis, and Frank Navin of Detroit. Three other club owners were in- vited to Sunday morning's confer- ence, completing the league roster| except for Charles A. Comiskey of| with whom long been at odds. | The division of support behind| Johnson and against him, among| these seven, has not been clearly drawn y Ball and Navin parti- cularly are known to be Johnson's staunch supporters, with recent evi- dences of approval from Barnard| and Tom Shibe of the Philadelphia | Athle Colonel Jacob Ruppert| of New York has expressed himself| ‘open minded” on the situation, | while Clark Griffith of Washington | has been quoted as saving “John-| son should have retired two year ago.” Bob Quinn of Boston, the| other guest at the directors’ meet-| ing Sunday, has not expressed his; opinion. One man mentioned as a possible successor to Johnson. should he step out, Edward G. Barrow, | business manager of the New York Yankees, but Barrow said he wa not a candidate for the position. Hey he was situ- ated,” at present and fied to finish my b career About the only new note sounded in the baseball overture came from John H. Heydler, president of the| National league, who expressed the opinion that the talk about scandals In baseball was bound to hurt th game. My he said | Louis Post- ou cannot pa and gossip : front page of nearly overy newspaper fn the country and | not hurt the game.” 1 that baseball » no closer to being angels t other young men and that ti t to make them ange personal opir players an was be- NTEREST I VAULTER% Absence of Charlie Hoft From Com- Attrac- tion in Games, | petition Does Not Lesson G rii pole vault Hof om in- tion 1his s Ameri val iready peclalty reotlegiat outdoor i on of the Hoston A. A. itdoor A, A. U, champi Notre Dame oL n team, ha officials Pe Millrose T.aBarba, of California, South title, | tory |HI-Y club, street boys a victory over every team [in for three | iB | trom . Jan. 21.—(P)— v istling little Scotch cham- European I ghts, will punches tonight with Fidel king pin of the world's 112 pounders, in the firs international title match of 19 Clark, plon of trade Garden. com- be staged in Madison Squar The speed of the champio bined with clean hitting pow: ave made the 21 year old westerner a 2| to 1 favorite in betting circles de- spite Clark's long record of knock outs among Enrope’s little men. The veteran invader, at the 2 of has floored 20 opponents in 40 b tles staged over a period of five vears. Both champion and ct i employ an aggressive style | ing. | fornian is fighting his first bout of The bout is for 12 rounds and will | the 112 pound limit. Clark, a natur- nger | of mill- | p. m. 86 1-2 in. the champlonship fight, which is scheduled to start at 10 p. m. east- a handicap over the 12 round route |ern time, bring together four promi- tonight where LaBarba’s speed is ex- | nent flyweight Frankie Genaro, for- pected to pile up a large margin of [mer American champion, will meet |18 0. points in the early rounds. The Cali- | Newsboy Brown, of Sioux City, Ia., Billy Kelly, of Scranton, Pa., clashes with Trip Limbaco, of the Philip- pines. Willie Davis of Charlerol, Pa., boxes Mickey Durano, New York | flywelght, in a special four rounder. The physical comparison follows: | LaBarba Clark | Clark, accustomed to 20 round atches in Europe, is considered at 12 in. more than six rounds fn New York, | where his vouth heretofore has barred him from longer contests. | Obscrvers, while not impressed with the knockouts of the challenger in training, believe Clark’s chances have been improved by difficulties perienced by LaBarba in making 8 1-2 in. 12 in. 10 1-2 in. Age 2916 1-2 in. <Height | 5 ft. 2 3-4 in. 21 1 flyweight, has approached peak |5 ft. 3 in. 28 fn. condition slowly, The men weigh in before the boxing commission at 3 Welght 112 pounds 66 1-2 in. | 112 pounds | Chest Normal | 13 1-2 in. Two ten round preliminaries toifil in. 86 in. | Chest Expanded (000K AND WASHER TIED IN LEAGUE Battles in Pool Tournaments Continned at Rogers ‘Washer went into a tie for first place in the Class A pocket billiard tournament at Rogers last night when Cook lost to Roller and Wash- er defeated Greek. Roller and Cook staged one of the closest matches of the season with the former winning 76 to 69, Washer and Greek play- ed a “scared” game, each man be- ing scared of the other Mashie fol- lowed and downed Greek 75 to 39 in a one-sided battle. Mashie also took Roller's number 76 to 23 in the worst beating handed out this year. Driver von from Chet 75 to 56 and Chef beat out Racker 75 to 84. Greek downed Roller 75 to 68 in an interesting battls. The standing in Class A is as fol- lows: Pet. 800 800 750 600 400 400 4250 Cook Washer . Mashie . Driver Roller Chef Greek i+ Racker i 1000 In Class B, Dickinson doteated Wallace 75 to 61; Broski defeated Teddy 76 to 63 and then lost to ‘| Witake 75 to 43. The standing in this class is as followa: wes Thigh Ta 0 Pet. .1.000 1.000 667 500 250 .000 Dickinson . | Witzke Pilarski in, [Broski . Wallace . . [Pepin McGregor 000 L [Teddy .. .000 In the llrnl[:ht b\lllal‘d matches, Chef defeated Kask 75 to 49, Knapp downed Nelson 75 to 66 and Miller beat Scar 75 to 52. Nelson was lead- ing Knapp 53 to 32 when Knapp hit his stride and finally won out. The standing in this class is as follows: Ww. L. Pet. 1.000 800 Calt 0 Ankle 1 Biceps 3 Forearm ; Wrist 61-2 in. Walst 27 1-2 n. Reach 65 in. Neck 14 1-2 in, Chet .. Knapp LOGAL TEAMS WIN INCOUNTY LOOP State Trade School and South Church Retain Same Standing County “Y” League N. B. Trade school . B. So. Church Plainville B. Comets . Kensington Wapping Com. 1 [ Wapping “Y" . 1 1 Manchester The State 1mw school and the church, foremost contestants for the Senior County ‘Y ague won their games h: y night and remained a game and a half apart as the schedule was concluded. by trouncing the giving the South Main the league. The South met stiff opposition from but ‘erashed through church it for an im- | pressive win, South Church vs, The South ch h eru Comets in a free-scoring Boys' club the fi g game wa. with fast passi 1 shooting on hoth hurch had an e ment and also threw defense. Deming Comets with a fleld goal, free toss and T church alr the floor. Hew Comets another lead Comets ed game ore a t spect les, but the South the at one, up but Morey 1l sent the ith a th ett gav but We uth w the and church fch i end of W, oration under nd s t had run up 2 their ming n hrl ind o Augnsti mal rd fite a bloody Iplayed a hard game first round of the The Trade |school took its seventh straight vie- Manchester e Comets being acular in each depart- a sturdier Hewett started the cls as running May and Osborne blocked | and shots innumerable in the | back court and had much to do! with the victory. Deming Hewett was high scorer for the Comets, but | Huggie C: ar of his| team, plays re- volving The Manchester Hi-Y Club. Fld. F guar pas: Abel, Welles, rf . Hanson, 1f .... Coe, ¢, (Capt.) . Cole, rg, 1g . Treat, g .. . Moore, lg, rf .. Pond, 1f zymansk ! Benoit, ¢ | Schaefer, ¢ { Bachman, | Johnson, 1g | Anderson, 1g around him. summary: South Church ¥ld, .10 Personal fouls—Richtmeyer .| Abel, Arena 3, Pond, Benoit, Bach- | | man, Mieczkowski 2, Anderson—12 | Coe, Cole—2. Technical fouls Hanson. Free tries—Pond, Rock- well, Benoit—3; Welles, Hanson 2, | Coe 6, Cole 6, Treat—16. Referee —Tobin, Timer—Schober. Scorer Jarl. Second Team Wins. The Trade School Seconds de- | feated the Arrows, 31-16, in a pre- liminary contebt. Abel, Pond, and | Benoit worked together in neat| | fashion and ran up most of the! score without much difficulty. Re- | cano and Oshorn were best for the Arrows. The score at halt time was 19-4. The summary: ls, ¢ (Cpt.) 4 jarta, rg Sad Osborne, 1 1 lg, Contaldi, rf Martin, 1f . | Dennis, e, | Osborne, wwme Ly T [ May, rg | e G Recano, 1g Comets Steffick, 1t . ‘arlson, rf . A D. Hewett, 1f ... 8 Reid, ¢, rf (Cpt.) Augustino, rg, 1g.. 3 . Hewett, rg Landino, 1g, ¢ Needham, » 3, Recano 2, 3 0 1 Personal Morey 3, Wessels. 3, —9; Carl.! son 2, Aug . Hewett, Lan- | dino, Needl ~9. Technical | foul, D. Hewett. Tree tries, Bell 3 Morey 4, Wessels £, Osborne, May| Reid, Auzustino 5, A. Hew- Landino dham—10. Ref- cree, Anderson; timers and scorers, Levy and Parker. Trade School vs, fouls, « SH-H-H- 1| HEAR A CLICKING SOUND -~ I THINK 1TSS — Manchester The Trade School wiped out Man- chester with little difficulty, win- ning by 47-16 in a very one-sided game. In the first quarter Man- ter was absolutely’ helpless, while Rockwell and Richtmyer sped through the visitors to pile up a 14-0 lead. Coe succeeded in caging L field goal in the second quarter, but that was all his team made and und the school ahead at o1 second regulars in the| er and Manchester show- ed to better then the hool third g men went in. The at the end of this perlod was In the final session the reg- took floor and| cam core 7-10. lars a S. T. S. Seconds. rf, (Capt.) . Swanson, rf .. I8 . | Meehan, rg Personal fouls—Abel, manski, Schaefer, Johnson, Ander- son—6; Martin, Osborne 2, Meehan | tries—Abel 4, Swanson 2, Pond 5, 667 .600 .333 250 000 000 Miller Nelson - |Saxe Kask Onorato . Sear .. 4 4 2 3 Fld, 0 % 1 2 2 3 2 4 1 1 0 0 Gregor Loecs Gregor who rep .sents Rogers in Ulthe state champiohship pocket bil- liard tournament, lost to Bob Stone by the score of 100 to 67. Stone was in rare for... He ran off 25 in the third inning and 13 the next at the table. Gregor got off to & poor start, getting oply five in the first three innings. @ picked up as the game went on though B8tone was leading him at the half way mark by the score of 54 to 16. He had runs of 11, 10 and 14, ‘WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIPS New York, Jan. 21 (#-~The na- tional senior women’s outdoor swim- ming championships for 1927 have been awarded the Biltmore Yacht club of Massapequa, Long Tsland, N. Y. The swima probably will be held over & period of four days late in July. coocmmotst 16 Pond, Szy- Steffick 3—11. Free Movne of a Man Gettmg London on Long Dutance. ” ,su-;n;,’fi romped around visitors for more points, although Manchester 1 Richtmyer pro too much for| lanchester and could not be stop- d. while Arena fed them woll. t pla 1 sive game. with ved many ce defe wchester attack, from Cole, while Hanson pl rd game and broke up The summary: State T Sehool. rade Richtmoyer, Abel, rf Swanson, Arena, rt rf * NES Yss YES| ¥ 1 DONT GET_ T AT‘ 1- SAY— HEL ' LO"! YES- VERY D1S- TINCT " A list of heavyweight bouts is as- sured for the amateur fight tourna- ment of the Mohawk A. C. at the state armory tonight following the receipt of at least 14 entries for these classes by Matchmaker J. J. Whaler yesterday. Only one or two bouts will be arranged in the light- er classes and these are %0 good that they will be as interesting as- any of the lieavy exhibitions, Heading a list of exceptional fighters are Bat Battalino, atate featherweight champlon, Paul Térzo of Hartford, a knockout king of no mean proportions, and Johnny Clinch, the pride ot New Britaln, With these three appeating tonight and supported by a list of sensa- tional fighters, New Britain fans ate out to sce one of the best cards pos- sible in the simon-pure divisions in this state. 'The Franco-American club of Wa. terbury, which is fast coming inte the fore as one of the leading or- ganizations of the state in the de« velopment .of amateur fighters, has cntered six boys tonight. Among these are the two Kell brothers, who provided some Sensational fighting in thelr former appearance here. Battalino, the state featherwelght champlon, will probably be matéh- ed up with Ray Tobin of Waterbury. Tobin is considered the toughest boy in Connecticut for Battalino, He has two victories over Abe Bodine who in turn holds a decision over Battalino and great interest is be- ing shown in this go. Terzo will be matched with Walter Brown of New Haven while Johnny Clinch and Pancho Villa will renew their feud. This will be the greatest card of fights seen in this city in some time. It will include the best boys in their classes and a big crowd is ex- pected out to watch the goes. Ter- zo especially draws a great deal of interest because of the fact that he is planning to get back into the ring soon against Ray Hall The full list of entries for to- night's tournament as arranged and received by Matchmaker J..J. Wha- ler of the Mohawk A. C, is as fol- Jows: 170 pounds, Ed 8kinner ot New Haven; 165 pounds, Tony Ella- sano of Hartford, Luclen Larrivier, of Waterbury, Jack Davis of New Haven, Jack Kelly of Waterbury and George Walters of New Haven; 160 pounds, Herman Fink of Hart- ford and Eddie Mack; 150 pounds, Willlam Kelly of Waterbury and Frank Broderick of BSouthington; 145 pounds, Paul Terzo ot Hartford, Walter Brown of New Haven and Frank Polo of New Haven; 138 pounds, Joe Zotter of New Britain and Joe Boland of Waterbury; 135 pounds, Johnny Clinch of New Brit- ain and Pancho Villa of Hartford. 130 pounds, Jack West of New Ha- ven, Mingo Travers of New Haven and Joe Dienal of Waterbury; 128 pounds, Bat Battalino of Hartford and Ray Tobin of Waterbury; 118 pounds, Joe Cote of New Britain and Andy Murray of New Haven. The first bout will be started promptly at 8:30 o'clock and the others will follow in regular order, Jos Wurst of New Haven Will ref- eree. BIGNS FOR MOVIES Rockford, Ill, Jan. 21 (A—Ralph (Moon) Baker, Northwestern's Alls American halfback, has signed a one-year contract to make a series of 12 motion picture comedies, it was announced today by Harry Ryan, of Rockford, whom Baker has made his business manager. TRINED @ ! MY G—sJusT THINK ~ 1S HADTL ONDON " (’PRICE *7 @) (Freey