New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 25, 1927, Page 12

y L NEW. BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1927. LT HIS98989: BOYS’ CLUB COMES THROUGH IN TOUGH GAME WITH MIDDLETOWN ATLAS—NATIONAL GUARDS TO MEET BRISTOL ENDEES . TOMORROW — EXCITING BATTLE IN INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE—MERIDEN ENDEES AND LOCAL TEAM TO PLAY BENEFIT' GAME CORBIN TEAM TO BATILE QUARTET OF BRISTOL ENDEE COURT STARS ENDEES OF BRISTOL OFFER LANDERS FIVE TONIGHT - TEAM FOR CRONIN BENEFIT Real Old-Time Battle to Be Staged in Industrial League National Guards to Play Meriden New Departure Five 4 At Y. M. C. A—Stanley Rule and Level to Meet New Britain Machine Topple Last Year’s Champions — Ginsburg’s Back Lost Laurels. Charges Out to Win League Standing ; w Pet Corbin Serew ... R. & E. Stanley Rule . P. & F. Corbin . Stanley Works . Landers ... | N. B. Machine ..... 8 .000; Another sizzling battle is on the cards for the Industrial league at the | Y. M. C. A. gymnasium tonight when | the P. & F. Corbin team battles the | Landers, Frary & Clark quintet in | the second game of the evening. The | first game will be staged between the Stanley Rule & Level and the New Britain Machine teams. The New Britain Machine five is | going to win a game In this season's play or “bust” and tonight might find the players playing the game of their yourg lives against the con- querors of the strong Russwin team. The Machine company faces big odds in the game, but the members of the | squad feel confident that they will come “through. ! Nothing would please the Uni- versals more than to topple the | champlons of last year in the second | scrap of the evening. The Corbin | quintet has failed to show any great | amount of strength in its recent games and for this reason the| Landers crew believes that it can | beat P. & F. tonight. ! On the other hand, Harry Gins- Eurg, coach of the league leaders of | 1925-26 feels certain that his charges | have lost their last game in the league. He has developed men to| take the place of those lost through | “graduation” last year and with | proper team work, the squad should | come_ through In its critical game tonight. | The Corbin Screw team is leading | the league with eight wins and one loss. The R. & E. quintet stands second with seven wins and two losses while the Stanley Rule is third | and Corbins fourth. A win for the P. & F. team tonight will bring them within striking distance of the league leaders while a loss Wil put them out of the running. | The Stanley Rule team has a| chance to get into first place provid- ing the present leaders meet with reverses and for that reason the | Rulers will do thelr utmost to beat | the Machiners. The Corbin team will fight a desperate fight and many avor the team to win over Landers. The first game will start promptly 8 o'clock with the second follow- ing closely on the heels of the first. Dancing will be enjoyed after the games. GARGIA T0 BATTLE. BRITISH CHAMPION | Soldier Battler to Prove He Is. Making & Real Gomehack in Ring, — Universals Anxious to 10 HEAR VERDICT OF JUDGE LANDIS Vindication or Ostracism Await- ing Cobb and Speaker Chicago, Jan. 25 (A—Vindication or baseball ostraclsm lles just around the corner for Ty Cobb and i'rig Speaker. Thees two stars, the one with | more baseball records than any| other player ever held, the other a| playing leader who took Cleveland to its world championship, are to hear the verdict of Commissioner Tandis “within a day or two.” The decision Landis is to make probably will concern ftself largely with the question, “was the Cleve- land-Detroit American league game of September 24, 1919 ‘fixed’ as charged by Hubert (Dutch) Leonard, former Detroit pitcher?” i Both players have denled this charge and also assertions by Leonard that they planned to bet on the game. Vindication for the two was con- fidently predicted by supporters of Speaker and Cobb. They left for their homes yesterday in much higher spirits than they have ehown | since the commissioner made public the charges. Both, however, observed to the letter the orders of their attorneys not to talk, The two former managers, Cobb of Detroit, where he played since 1905, and Speaker of Cleveland, came here for the ‘“showdown” meeting called by Landis, at which | Ban Johnson, American league| president, was to have been asked to explain statements credited to him concerning the Cobb-Speaker case, action of the league club own- | ers Sunday in giving Johnson a va-| cation and elevating to the active presidency Frank J. Navin, of De- troit, automatically cancelled the “showdown” meeting. Johnson More Cheerful | Johnson, who is fn ill health, ap- | peared somewhat more cheerful to-| day. He had no comment to make | on the action of the club owners of the league which he organized 27 vears ago and of which he alway has been the head. Under his con- tract, Johnson has eight more years | to serve, at an annual salary of $40,- | 000. When Commissioner Landis makns! his promised statement on the, Cobb-Speaker case, the winter of | baseball’s discontent virtually will have been wiped clean from the ccords. The only unfinished business of | one of baseball's most sensational | “oi” seasons will be the bid of| Buck Weaver for the right to once | more don a player's uniform. Weaver was swept out of baseball | following the 1019 world's series | ! scandal. Waterbury, Jan. 25.—Bobby Gar- cla, the Baltimore battler, once | popularly known as the “Army As- sassin” will attempt to prove to the fight fans of Connecticut that he is making a real comeback in the ring when he faces George McKenzie, featherweight champion of Great Britain in the 12 round star bout of the boxing card to be conducted here Friday night in the Phoenix Avenue armory. This show is the first con- ducted by the newly organized Phoenix A. C. and Edward V. Curley, matchmaker of the new club has ar- ranged what appears to be a fine show for the opening night. The lost time Nutmeg fight follow- ers saw Garcla in action was last June in Hartford when Louis (Kid) Kaplan, defending his title for the last time, knocked out the army lad in a hurry. Garcia laid off after this for some time but recently has re- turned to the wars and has been raising cain with the junior light- ‘weights. He knocked out Jose Lom- bardo in nine rounds, finished Lew Mayrs in three rounds and put Ruby Stein to sleep in nine rounds in his last three appearances. This makes | it appear that he is the Garcia of | old and if he {8 his many friends around the state will see their old time favorite making things misera- ble for McKenzie. This will be McKenzie's first ap- pearance in the United States but he compiled an enviable record in Great Jritain and is expected to cut quite 1 swath among the 126 pounders in this country who are at present without a reigning ruler. He is re- ported to be a mixer which means be is the.ideal match for Ga A strong supporting card irranged for this fine bout. In eight round semi-final, Johnny Saxon, the veteran Bridgeport battler take on Joe Pietrozio, hetter known as the “Walloping Wop."” O of the preliminaries, a six rounder, will bring together Baby Doll and Mike Kenaro, both of this city while the opening four-roundey will wit- ness the professional debut of Young Christy, the cleved flyweight who has been fighting in the amateurs for two years and Young Altierl, another local lad who is a clever ringster. There is a seating capacity of more than 2,000 persons in the Phoenix avenue armory where the Waterbury roller polo team plays. Gene Tunney was back in New York teday ‘“on personal businéss' Billy Gidson, manager of the heavy- weight champion, eaid Tunney was ‘irked” doing “five-a-dav” ot some vaudeville houses on his tour Future Not Certain What effect vindication from | Landis’ office might have upon the future careers of Cobb and Speaker was conjectural. Cobb has been of- fered $25,000 to sign a year's con- tr t to play with the Baltimore In- ternational league ~lub. At least three American league clubs have in- dicated they would like to sign Speaker. There also was talk to- day of a deal that would send Cobb to Cleveland and Speaker to Detroit. Speaker has indicated ~ desire to coitinue in uniform. Cobb, on the ot”er hand, has said he is “through” vith baseball, eager only to leave the game with no stigma attached. A trip to Europe is on his program for thi; summer. Technically, both men are free agents, having resigned from the clubs they managed last year. Club owners, however, are awaiting ‘a “green light” from the commission- er's office before they go ahead with definite negotiations for the services of either man. SPORT BRIEFS By the Associated Press. ss than six hours after debark- ing from a liner the British squash racquets team, in America for a series of international matches, de- feated the New York team 4 to 2 matches on their home courts. Out of courtesy the New courts and t ms meet toda visitor: York second team defeat. The Is would r tennis for 19 to the professional of the season if ed singles making up the list Richa his turn close ranking on the den sald. | Paolino Uzeudum, weight nish heavy- had the fiercest battle of his ly, but not in ared on arrival in from Tampa, Fla. Paolino said three wild hoars charged him while hunting and after shooting | one, and clubbing the eecond to death with his gun, he was forced to ] Kill the third with his bare hands when the gun e. El Mundo, Ha- Vvana newspaper, when informed of the exploint, wired: “Yas, but he dec have no wild boars.” JIMNY CLINCH T0 ea | well they might, for it smacks of wels “JIGGS" DONCGHUE JIMMY MALCOLM The National Guards will invade, National Guards tomorrow night, the ; Because Bristol again tomorrow night to tackle the New Departure basket- ball quintet for the third time this | year in the second game played on the Bell Clty floor. Owing to the fact that Bristol is the only‘team that New Britain has defeated oft its home floor, tomorrow night's gan should be a sizzling baftle between | two court fives of A 1 caliber. The Bristol Endees have hit their real stride in their recent| games and have been toppling state | quintets and other teams with mono- tonous regularity. In meecting the | team will be playing locals the third game of a five-game serics agreed | on at the beginning of the sc between Managers Clarence Lan- | pher of the ational Guards and Joe Carroll of the Bristol team. The National Guards will bring | with them to Bristol almost the en- tire New Britain Wherever the local teams ye or any other city, a large group of followers of the team have been on hand to watch the game. The same will be the case lays this RAY MARCHINEK of Bristol's proximity to| | New Britain, the full force of fans ¢fforts to topple the champions will turn out. Because of the peculiar out-of- been pursuing ew: Britain, the Bristol team feels | take tomorrow town jinx that sure that night’s game and thereby keep rooting section. | the running for the state title. The 3 entire quintet of stars which goes to | r, be it New Haven, Middietown make up the Bristol Endee team will including Jimmy “Jigg” be in the game Malcolm, Donohue, Ray Marchinek tomorrow night. | reserve men on the squad. has it will “Kisky” Feldman, and the Here on February 16 For Charity — Jimmy Mal- colm States That Bell City Club is Anxious to Help —May Arrange Double Header Feature For Night —Dunn-McNally Trio to Entertain. 70 SEEK PENNANT Manager Hendricks Believes Team Has Good Chance Cincinnati, 0., Jan. 26 UP—The pennant which they missed by a nar- row margin last year is fluttering in the eyes of the Cincinnati Reds of 1927, | With Horace Ford ready to start | the season at shortstop,+ Manager, | Jack Hendricks believes the Reds have an excellent opportunity to finish in front this season. Ford was out for the greater part of the race last summer when the Reds rdn second ‘to St. Louis, Had he been ! holding down short when the season opened Hendricks believes the Reds | would have won the championship | with a margin of games to the good. The Reds had the batting leadership th: leading hitters. Hendricks ex- pects to open the season with the same players that place the club in the runner-up position last year. No outstanding trade shave been negotiated outside of the purchase of Kolp, a pitcher bought from St. Paul of the American Association. Enough recruits have been added to bring the Reds pitching roster up to fourteen. With Ford among the “KISKY” FELDMAN New Britain will put forth its best of last year. A win for the local will eliminate the Bristol quintet from the running for the state title and | a bitter battle is anticipated. Sloman, Rubenstein and Taylor will play the | forwards with Reynolds and Restelli {at first base, Critz who was voted the in center and Captain Kilduff, John- | second most valuable player in the ny Shechan and “Butsy” Sturm at | National league, at sccond, and Dres- guards seu at third. Pettinger obtained from Secause of the importance of the | Louisville last year, will act as first battle, a record crowd for the Bristol | substitute infielder for the left side hall is expected and preparations|of the diamond. Bressler will be have been made by the management | ready to play first base should he be to accommodate a large crowd there. [ needed to replace Pipp. For the outfield the Reds in FIGHT IN MERIDEN | tators, Meets Lanrie Rich of New Haven in Opener to Lord-Pilkington Goj Meriden boxing enthuslasts as well | as those from this vicinity are all steamed up over the bang-up card that Promoter Leo Bradley has lin- up for Thursday night at the City Hall Auditorium, Meriden, and actlon galore from the four round opener which will trot out our own little ambitious battler Jimmy Clinch against Laurle Rich the tough little youngster from New Haven, to the maln event of 10 rounds which will feature those two rivals Eddie Lord of Waterbury and Jackic Pilkington, former Mt-ri-i JIMMY CLINCH | fort from beyond the denite now making his Tieadquar- | ters in Ne York. Eddie and Jackie have everything at in coming tussle insofar crative matches are cone re told that the winner of this ight, will he matched with Babe Herman, who has scrious designa on Tod organ's Cri s0 it is s to presume that neither boy will leave anything undone in the course of battling to put over a decisive | victory. ake their Labarba’s | who meets Wee Willie | | semi-final also listed for 10 rounds, Woods the fighting “Scot” in arrived and exhibited plenty of in Meriden yesterday class in sium before a-large crowd of spec- The fans look forward to 1 a real slugging match when n and Sheik Leonard start & unl both men can dish it o take it. fairs, has a choice seats on hand at his smoke s where they can be secured by those orite to the battleground. HINS BY A NOSE Bavely Staves OIf Last Period o Middletown Atlas The Boys’ club had another nar- row squeak last night when it just his v first workout at the Casino gymna- w wch. 211 ar., The game was the ninth stralght who wish to accompany their fay- victory the club has won this year and the eleventh In suce it met defeat last winter. BOYS' CLUB TEAM ~ Gill, rf (Capt)... 3 ewski, 1t Zapatka, 1f, rf, rg Kr Kley, ¢ Sliva, Lee, 1f Kelsey, the making ten points in the first half; without him, the club could not do Kraszewski and Gill Middietown |'Butter, rf c when paired off. rked hard, but no guarding could |z, D the shots the Atlas players were | orce, \King from spectacular Izzy Lee was especially good at this long- 1ze attack, with Dunn, Butler, and |y \ding their heavy artillery, as Kelsey all rendering ample aid. The |p as well as Atlas could not do anything from Patsey Bridgett, the local near the basket but did not have {0 | were petter on the defense than the | not leave Cuba to play with Cincin- sporting official who is very much With its desperate heaves from mid- interested in Clinch’s pugilistic af- court dropping in the way they were. | assortment of The game was the cleanest of the op, ¥ Boys' Club Fld. | Levin, rg ... Goffa, 1y, ¢ . g | Ewnowitch, rg . managed to stave off a thrilling last- | Bohner, rg, rf . Dowling, period rally by the Middletown At- and escape with a 34-32 victory ayed at the | las in an exciting ganie p local club. Ior three periods the | New Britain team had everything its own way and went into the last quarter with a 16-point lead, but Middletown scored 16 points to the I two in this session and was still trying at the end; it was one| of the gamest comebacks ever seen on a New Britain court and almost enabled the visitors to repeat their last year's feat of coming from far behind to defeat Ray Anderson's charges. The weak play of thn win- ners in the last half was mainty due to the absence of “Long John” Kley, who had becn il for several days and was used in only the first two quarters; in the last perlod Cap- tain Nick Gill was taken out and the local machine went to picces. The score at the quarter was 12-3. L.evin opened the second period with | + one-handed toss-from the corner. Dunn and Butler came through with long heaves, but the home team ought back with two baskets by | Kley and one each by Gill and Kras- zewskl, Butler's foul making it 24-8 f-time, Kley retired between halve fo. moving to ¢ at g Gof- | in Britain was held even in the t! quarter. Gill 1ed the period with the club 1eading 16. Middletown appeared hopeles: behind o ten minutes of play began, but the Atlas rallied sen- sationally as soon joined Kley on the sidelines, flipped in a push-up and Dunn heartencd his team with a long and successful ef- center of the floor. Lee p ally duplicated it, | and then Kraszewski slipped through | for New Britain and it was 34-22, Dunn, A long shot by Ko upset the wavering Boys' club still further, and | it was 34-26 when Butler scored from far up the floor. later he repeated, but then Bonner replaced him. Middletown oy An instant | wa | shooting desperately whenever it had | the ball and many of its long tries | wers good; New Britain was hav wretched luck at shooting, while the Atlas were blowing plenty of short tosses themselves. ‘ Kley was the star for the winners, g g WHEN You START OUT AS A YoUNG LAWYER AND SPEND THE FIRST 7 DAY ADMIRING YOUR NAME ON THE DOCR 7 - A FEW DAYS LATER You GET SOME _MAIL= - ALL ADS distances. ssion since The sum- | FL 0 went The guards ! Free tries—Gill, Goff: 4—! | Christensen, left field; Roush, center Zapatka, | and Walker right, with Bressler and inowitch, ' Zitzman as reserves. Bressler proba- foul, Levin.|bly will play left ficld when a lefi Butler hand pitcher is in the box for th Ref- | opposing team. Aronson.| The pitching staff is conceded to Scorer, Parker. be strong with the lineup of Luque, The Boys' Club Reserves were|the Cuban; Mays, submarine hurler; d out in a rather slow prelimi- | Donohue, Jakic May, Nehi and |nary game by the Good Will club of | others. Hartford, 13-12. Both quintets| Luque has announced that he may Personal fouls, Gill Levin, Goffa—G: Lee, yDunn—3. Technical 3, Dunn 2 | Timer, Lee, Kelsey 2, Aver. |attack and most of the scoring was nati the coming season, but it is be- from the free-throw line. Almost the | lleved he will answer the call of entire first quarter went by before|“play ball” when the scason opens. a point was made, and then the op- | Nchf has reported that the neuritis posing teams kept close together all ' has left his pitching hand and that |the way. The visitors had a 12-10 he will be in shape to take his regu- lead with three minutes to play, but | lar turn in the box. | Kerelejza made two foul tries and| Catcher Eugens “Bubbles” Har- | things were even. Bower then won ' grave, considered by John Heydler, T !the game with his fourth successful | pre ident of the National league, as ; free attempt. He was the star of |the leading batter last year, will g the game, with Captain Miller also |catch the major portion of the| Britain | games. Val Picinich will be second were |String catcher, with Nlyde Suke- | forth, who was recalled fronr th minors, as third man. The Reds will train this spring E Fla. . Tt |aloag the usual lines. They wil go 31! Gunthers, rf. . 0 ¢ to Orlando, Fla., on February 26, and | Ttosenblatt, 1f. 0 ¢ remain in the south six weeks. After 7 Bower, c. .. 2 4 10 Miller, rg. (C.) 0 play well. The New 10 players all scored, but none 4 outstanding. The summary: ’;‘_ Good Will Club, Hartford 4 begin with the Cleveland Indians at x Orlando on March 8. fi _',;fl':;;,lllf"',g et }.1 Then will follow the New York o s __|Amoricans, St. Louis ol 5 13| Washington and _Indianapolis, the A {team will leave Florida March 31, ol | playing six games in four different 2| (Continued on following page.) ‘citicq S ihe ey Homs Ain’t It a Grand and Glorious Feeling - AN You . - AND NOTHING DOING UNTIL A FEW DAYS LATER WHEN You GET A RING ON THE PHONE BUT ITS THE WRONG _NUMBER - THEN STILL LATER TRE ~AND COLLECTOR CALLS FOR THE FIRST INSTALLMENT ON THE FURNITURE QH-H GR-R Fe — GINGINNATI REDS ° of the league last year and three of | regulars, the infield is one of the’| strengest in the league. Pipp will be | have | 8 | seven days practice, exhibition games | Americans, | The National Guard bagketball team . and the Meriden Endees will play a benefit exhibition game for 1 Tim Cronin at the state armory in this city on Wednesday evening, Feb- ruary 16. The arrangements for the game were completed at a meeting between Managers Clarence Lanpher of the New Britain team and Jack Curry of the Silver City quintet. Cronin lles desperately ill in the Hartford hospital suffering from a complicatton of diseases which have | made his case hopeless. He has been | one of the leading basketball players | of the state for the past 10 or 12 | years and he needs financial help. Jimmy Malcolm, captain of the | Bristol Endees telephoned to the | sports editor of the “Herald” this | morning saying that after reading the account of the plans for the {benefit game - for Cronin in last ! night's “Herald,” the Bristol team held a meeting and he in the name of Manager Joe Carroll and the players on the quintet, wished to of- | fer the services of the Bristol Endeo clu without reservation for the benefit, Following the notification of this splendid action by the Bristol team, Manager Lanpher started negotia- tions with the Meriden Insilcos so that a double header might be play- ed as a feature attraction for the evening. This will put four of the leading teams in this section on the | floor that one night, the Bristol dees against the Meriden Insilcos and the National Guards against the | Meriden Endees. The Dunn-McNally trio of Hart- ford, one of the most popular enter- inment combinations in the state, will, it is understood, offer its serv- ices for the evening and will enter- I tain the fans during the rest periods including the halves and the interim between the games. Dick Dillon, popular referce, has offered his services for the night as | have all others concerned in the |game. The expenses for the night will amount to approximately $50 and the remainder will be turned into a trust fund, it is planned, with onin’s father as the trustee. Tickets for the games will be printed fmemdiately and will be dis- tributed about the state in all places where Cronin has played Several inquiries have already been recefved | from other citles and towns about the state asking for particulars about 'the benefit and from present indica- | tions, the state armory in this city | will be hardly large enough to hold | the crowds of fans who will attend | the games to swell the amount ot money to be turned over to Cronin. | Further details on the proposed { benefit will be published as soon as | several details connected with the | matter have been settled. The of- | fer. recelved from various sources | will make the night of February 16 one of the biggest basketball affairs ever scen In this city and crowds from Hartford, Meriden, Bristol, Willimantie, Southington, Waterbury nc other places in Connecticut will | be on hand to witness the contests as { a tribute to one of the greatest play- ars of the game in Connecticut. | |Blow Fatal to Boy Amateur Pugilist Pittsburgh, Pa,, Jan. 25 (P)—Leo | Mahan, 17 year old amateur boxer, I'died today from the effects of a blow received last night in a bout at Brad« dock, a suburb. Mahan entered in the Western Fennsylvania amateur {hoxing tournament, DA FEW DAYS LATER RECEIVE A VISIT_FERoM A BoOK AGENT HEN -AFTER Two LONG WEEIKS"YOUR FIRST CLIENT AND EIRST RETAINER- H- BOY! AT IT A -R-RAND And GLOR-R-Ri0LS ELIN'? wiLL Yoo HANDLE THE CASE [} | 1 ]