New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 28, 1927, Page 22

WMW i s ALL-MIDDLETOWN QUINTET MEETS NATIONAL GUARDS Local Basket Ball Tossers Score With River City to Start Winning Stre: to Get Chance to Even Up Team—New Britain Squad | ak Tomorrow Night—Visi- tors Bringing Imposing Lineup — Home Five to Try and Make It One and One at State Armo All-Middletown basketball team will meet the National Guards at the state armory on Arch street tomorrow night in the second game between the two. Middletown re- cently beat New Britain in Middle- town by one point and tomorrow night's clash should be a corker. Middletown has a strong team and will bring its strongest lineup to this city in an effort to make it two over the Guard: With Guerra and McCabe forwa the Mid- dletowners a crack pair who will make things interesting for the| New Britain team. Interest of New Britain fans with reference to tomorrow night's game, centers in the appearance of Holst, local boy, with Middletown as the regular center for the team. Holst has been going very good in the River City and he will be watched closely by New Britaln fans| tomorrow night. Carlson, the veteran and Water- man, two of the best guards in the state, bination and the National Guards will be hard put to it to take the game, The Burritts will play a prelim- fnary game tomorrow night the con- test starting promptly at 8 o'clock. The second game will be started about 9 o'clock. Dick Dillon will referee, WATERBURY TEAMS ARE HERE TONIGHT Handball Shooters to Battle n Local Y. M. C. A. Courts The Waterbury Y. M. C. A. hand- ball players will invade New Brit-| ain tonight in a return match with the local “Y” teams. Charles Velte of Waterbury who formerly was physical director of that association and J. G. Hergstrom of the who challenged each zht years ago to a match but never found it convenient meet, will be pitted against other tonight to determinc the better player. Jert Loomis, chalrman local handball committee will in the following players to meet Waterbury's best: The Mag broth- ers, Henry Dressel, Fred Unterspan | and Howard Stearns. Stearns will | play Whispering Smith, Waterbury's oldest handball shark, Who recent- game to who is of 1y celebrated his 81st hirthday and| navigate Stearns having to the they do say he still can around the court some. they say is out for revenge lost a match in Waterbury veteran. Eben Strong the versatile humor- ist at the local “Y"” made one brief try in the singles handball tourna- ment and at the age of 17 is ready to hang up his shoes. Monday he met “Bert” Loomis on the court in a game and the veteran spotted him eight points and won satisfied, he challenged the director who realizing that — youtn must be encouraged permitted him to win the first, and then epsed Ebby out of the second game. When the third and deciding zame was played Ebby scored one point to the P. D’s 1. This game convinced Ebby that he should hang up his shoes and devote his sparc time to checkers. Results of the games played in the singles tournament during the past two were as follow Stearns and Strong were defea by Hergstrom, 14-21, and 14-21, 21-7, 21-17 ond class Noren defeated Hornkohl and Bassford, 14-21, 21-1 14-21, 21-6, 21-12. Har scher who has for years heen one of the best second class vlaye sociation drew tartar in Fred Bergquist who sur- prised Harry by handing him a good trimming, 21-11, 21-14. Kutscher not satisfied with his present con-| ditlon will re-challenge next week. GOUNTY TRACK MEET Organizations From Surrounding Towns to Compete at Y. M. C. A. Tomorrow. tford County id meet county Y Y which is M. O The annual H C. A. K nd pen ty roups, ools, ¢ 1y schools and cor v zations, will be held local tomorrow afternoon at nur Y, ton, East Newington, Plainville rounding community will be represented in proximately 3 The following cver moted or conducted for termediates and seniors broad jump, running high vard dash and 160-yard rel A special half-mile open will be lucted for senio; Berlin, org his 1 vill enter 1t et con- SIX HOLD HONOR. Only six times in the hi, the organization has the | tatter of the American leaguc ished with an aver better t 00. Larry Lajoie turned the tr st, then Cobb performed the Sisler did the same stunt, then Heil- mann. will round out a strong com- | 1ocat | other | each | Berlin, | and other sur- | ading | THO CONTESTS WON BY TRADE SCHoOL ‘Gam&c From School for the Deal State Trade school quintets divided honors with the teams from the American School for Deaf last night when they went on their an- nual trip to West Hartford, the first team of the local institution winning by 29-14 and the second five being nosed out by 24-21. Both games were exciting throughout, the second | ! team game being the most ko, with the score see-sawing until the end, when the locals were forced to ae- ! eept the short end. In the main game Beauchemin made the first points for the Trade school by sinking a pretty shot from the middle of the floor, con- | tinuing his trick of starting the team's scoring machine, After the first quarter the New Britain team surgad ahead and put up a pretty exhibition of team and passwork In the last quarter the reserves went into finish up the game, The sum- mary: State Trade School. | 1d. Tt | Ritchmeyer, Abel, rf . Arena, 1f Pond, It Rockwell, | Benot, ¢ Frost, rg . . lh\chnmu. TR 3eauchenin, 1g .. ‘Jul\nsou, Ig J. rf 2 e } American Demars, rf Grant, 1f . ‘arino, | Kosinski, Torinchio, ¢ Blanchard, Newell, r ‘ DiNatalie, rg | Personal fou Frost, mars 2, Gra | Newell—6. ‘mMnr Free Richtmeyer 4, , Aerna 3, Rockwell 2—1 Kosinski, Blanchard, Carino 2, | DA Referee—Rockwell, | Timers—S. DiNatalie and Shober. Scorers—Marcus and FEarl, The preliminar: A. S. D. Seconds, Fld. na Carino, rf Newell, 1f | Marcentko, Balas, ¢ ..... Blanchard, it | Abel, rf . | Pond, 1f . Benoit, ¢ . Bachman, rg | Jonnson, rg Mieczkowski, 1f Anderson, If ... co@mae | hon Personal fouls—Abel, Pnnd 2—3; Newell 2, Cozac 3— tries—Abel, Pond, Benoit Mieczkowski 5, Anderson—I11; vell 2, Balas 2—4. Referee— | Rockwell, Timers—8. DiNatalie and Griffin, Scorers—Marcus and Farl. Arena Still Eligible. Some question has arisen over the eligibility of Nick Arena, Trade school forward, in future games, since he graduates from the Senior | High school tonight, but W. E. | Schober, faculty athletic manager, has issued a statement that he is still able to play with his school team. He has not completed his re- quired number of hours at the Trade school and is not considered as a | graduate until such time as he does, which will probably be in about two months. His particlpation in the graduation exer: s tonight is be- cauge this is the nearest commence- | ment to the time of his finishing his trade school work in the co-opera- tive trade and high school course. e will thercfore play with the team until his student hours have been completed. DOCTOR WITH TEAM of Pittshurgh Pirates Management | to Guara Against Severe Injuries ‘ in Training. Pittsburgt Jan. 28 (A—The management of the Pittsburgh Na- | tional league baseball club hopes to ake a stitch in time this year as concerns training camp injuries and indispositions. Dr. William L. Mark ial do for all Carr lotes, has been given a ave of absence from gym" to accompany Paso Robles camp next | will be on hand at all | | menths 1 | college am to the | mont im cti and Ow s to \ hopes | prevent a repetition this year, {First and Second Teams Take ard, | Wes foul—Richt- { The Comets trour $0. CHURCH WINS FROM KENSINGTON Takes First Game in Second Round of County Y League County “Y” League W, L N. B. Trade Schoel . N. B, South Church Plainville N. B, Comets . Kenpsingtan . Wapping Com, Club Wapping Y. M. C. A, Manchester The South church quintet over the Kensington Boys' elub to a 49-16 victory in the opening game of the second round of play in the Senior County “Y" league, running up a larger score than it did earlier in the season when it won from the same team by 40-13. The Kensing- ton boys put up a hard battle and mads their opponents work hard all the way for every point, but they could not stop the succession of plays which the winners carried through with Morey on the scoring end, while their own shots were in- accurate. The firat quarter was close. Malone made the first basket, but lell tied the score and the South church moved into a lead, hanging on by 7-6 at the quarter. In t second period, with the score 11-6, an entire new Kensington team was sent on to the flgor in the effort to tire out the church players, but this ruse failed and the winners pressed in to lead at half-time by 21-6. The first team went back for the losers in the third quarter, but Morey was running wild and Bell was dropping in shots from beyond the foul line, the score rolling up to 33-11 at the ond of the third period and then on to the final tally of 49-16. Wilton Morey was the star of the game; his ability to get through for passes and score from scrimmage on short shots allowed him to rell up 24 points and pass Bell by a single point for individual scoring honors; the spin he put on the ball carried it into the net on practically every shot. Bell had a good night, too, and scored six baskets, while the others kept fecding these two and held Kensington almost helpless. For fhe third game in succession “Battling” Barta was forced to re- tire with an injury, a fingernail tear- PC, 1.000 5(ing his eyelid in the third quarter. for and D. Negrl and Malone were best Kensington, although Iagan Greco worked hard at guard. summary: South Church Fld. 11 & | | 2 | LT Bell, rf 0 | Morey, It . els, Barta, rg . | Osborne, rg | May, 1g 24 (capt.) 23 4 Boys' Cluh 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 o 1 0 Kensington Chotkowski, rf Griftith, rt Malone, 1t Wright, 1f . D. Negri, ¢ B. Clark, ¢ Fagan, T8 Negri, rg Greco, Ig . |1ves, 1g 0 8 0 0 0 o 0 0 Personal fouls, Bell, Morey borne, May Malone, D. Fagan, M. Negri, Greco 3—7. nical foul, Bell. Free tries, Morey 5, Osborne 2—11; ski 6, Malone 4, D. Negrl—S. Ref- eree, Anderson. Timers and scorers, Phillips and Parker. Church Reserves Win The South Church as impressively as the first team, downing the Kensington Reserves by 46-10. The first quarter was fairly close, ending 10-6, but Ken- sington could not score in the sec ond quarter while the church ran its total up to 20. was_even more one-sided, in spite of the vallant work of the losers to stop the parade. Osborne ran wild, while Carrubba, Parker and Potts also scored aplenty. Wright and Lewis made some Kensington. The summary: South Church Reserves. Fid. FL Tt Parker, rf. Carrubba, Osborne, May, rg. Potts, | 10 16 Kensington B. C. Reserves. Fld. FL 0 0 0 0 0 0 Griffith, | I*arina, r | Har \\rlg‘n 0 0 0 2 | B. Ciark, M egr] Rio, rg. Ferrero, Ig. Personal Farina, Hart, | rero—5. Fr ba, Oshorne Negri me Morey. Comets Crush Wapping. ed Wapping Community club Seconds, 53 t the Senior high school after y to a slow start. The am showed much improvemc put up a good game in d e fi quarter, the visitors start- 1 off quickly and ran up big . the Comets found wen the local quin- re and by the en it in front at 28-17 fouls—Carrut H. Clar! ie Potts Refere scorers—Phillips Kraszewski, 1d and of the half was o (Continued on following page.) The | 12 2| Fanization. 1 Chotkow- | Reserves won | The second half | pretty shots for | 10 Tl | L 4 0| The (BY BILLY NS) Chicago, Jan. 28.—Baseball's most dominant figure, B. B. Johnson, passes from the major league pic ture. The American league him a sick leave on | was the kindlicst manner po. ! bring about a severance of his r lations as president of the organiza- tion. B. B. Johnson. There is some- thing synonymous between the initials B. B. and the part Mr. John- son has played in baseball. Over a period of more than = quarter of & century he has been the “Big Ban of Baseball.” Johnson crcated the American His imagination inspired ability to convince moneyed | men of the possibilities of a second | major league made it possible. The Ban Johnson who passed | from the baseball stage at the meet- | |ing in Chicago was a far different figure from the man who, back in | 1900, made first page copy by his | very audacity in expressing the be !lief that there was room for a second big league. powerful six-footér, ally and figuratively has given a big man lit Johnson [ first amused the National league by | V18 Way his plan to compete with that or-| It was too ridiculous to | ven contemplate. | Inside of two years, | made such inroads on of the National league up such a powerful organization, | that the senior league sued for| peace, which the American league, | dominated by Ban Johnson, Twenty-five years have bout a tragic change in B. ison. The fighter of 1900, ! who knew no quarter, p | baseball’s obseurity a mere his former self. “He arose from his chair great effort, momentarily tottered | and almost fell, then ran his hand | along the wall as if for support. His legs seemed to sag beneath him | as be fairly stumbled out of the }rnom." | That s the picture one of the| American league magnates painted of Johnson's withdrawal from the onference at the request of the| club owners. It probably marked | his last stand. It was the end of the trail for B. B. Johnson. Like all champions, | B. B. Johnson, champion of prac- tically every reform that has made | the game, passes on. He took the | | count, still fighting. | | No one individual has done so| | much for the national pastime as| Big Ban. When he made his en into the game, rough stuff predomi- nated, fist fights were a common occurrence, and most ball players | believed profanity a most necessary part of their conversation, the um- pire being the target for most of it. A strict disciplinarian, Johnson issued an ultimatum that the rough stuff was taboo. He so instructed | umpires and then proceeded to back | them up. For a long time the club owners lled murder at his policy of stiff fines and long suspensions, but eventually they agreed with his re- | forms and give him their staunch | support. The National lecague also | tell in line with his “back-to-the- | umplres” theory and immediately the game began to get somewhere. | When Johnson put over the i American league, wooden stands housed all the major league clubs | Today, wonderful concrete | take care of the big league Yankee stadium in New cost of close to $3,000,000, t Ban John- Johnson had the personnel | and had built | dictated. | hrought B. John- | the man into wreck of | with | built at 2 best attests the part tt son has played in baschball's Eress. Ban Johnson's hascball dates back o his days as a sports editor of a Cincinnati paper. He went from bascball writer to leaguc president. In 1893 he became leader of the stern league. Seven yeare fater visualized a second major leo the American, br and for 27 years h cer W he pro- | | will clas | at the fivst hurdle in his path to the | | since Mike McTigue yielded the 17 | South | Vidaheck a | tonight, | lieve | from the resined battlefield | £ | crushing e (Etlirlas: OF la aHl10, ForTndeed the Ame N was such. Baseball owes much to Ban YO)‘ son. He was a two-fisted fighter, ways a square shoote He m.1 many mistakes but g v¥s had th cous of convictions. made baset all worth will years. wr \ great men, his be appreciated in | | 4 M’TIfiUE BATILES * PAUL BERLENBACH Two Former Light Heavyweight | Champions Fight Tonight | (A—Two for- vyweight champions | tonight at Madison Square | Garden—one secking to climax an | impressive omeback at the expense of the foeman who pitched him from the throne, the other aiming v Yo golden peaked summit of the heavy- | weight division. It is more than a year and a half | -1 pound manile to Paul Berlenbach Later the dethroned champion went | down to a knockout defeat at the | s of Jack Delaney, who wrested | ceptre from Terlenbach. Since | defeats, McTigue has fought | k to favor with a deci- | sive victory over Johnny Risko of | Cleveland, and three successive ockouts against King Solomon, | American heavyweight; Billy a Soldier King. | Berlenbach rules a slight favorite | over Mike in their 12 round match but MecTigue Dbeen | given generous hacking. Critics be- | Berlenbach has impaired his chances by a six months' furloug! They | also maintain that McTigue in aban- doning to some extent the defensive style of his championship days, i hting with greater effcetivene The hout will match Berlenbach’s Teft inst McTigug's | dangerous right, with the former | | pinning his faith on an ageressive determined attack and the latter de- pending on skillful maneuvering to | | plant a decisive wallop. Lightheavyweights also will be on review in two preliminary ten | sending Eddie Huffman of | winst Yale Okun, of | New York, and Harry Fay of Louis- ville angainst Joe Woods of Los An- gel | Ain’t It a Grand and Glorious Feeling WHEN YouR | come § with i won his last three | been fighting for his waerkouts In New York. | this AND FATHER Go oUT To caLL NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 28 1927. PVOELPFEIOPORP MWHKENZIE TONIGHT British Gllampion Meets Soldier Battler in Waterbury Ring Waterbury, Jan. 28.—Bobby Gar- cla, Baltimore battler, will make an attempt to prove to his many friends among the fight fans of Connecticut that he is making a real comeback in the ring when he climbs through the ropes here tonight to meet George McKenzle, featherweight champion of Great Britain, in the 12-round star bout on the first card of the Phoenix A. C. Garcia always had a great following around the state but when he was stopped by Kid Kaplan in thelr bout in Hart- ford last June, everyone figured he was through. After a long rest, Garcia has | | Izay Kaplan of Meriden. | had. BOBBY GARCIA back as a junior lightweigh nsational success. He ha bouts by knock- Jose Lombardo nine rounds, Lew Mayrs in three rounds and Ruby Stein in nine rounds, This the soldier slugger ain and he is favorite over > tonight. his will be McKenzie's first ring in the United States and pected of him. e h topping in| itain® In his 3 sts e has | won 19 by knockouts, and 11 by de- n. He has drawn in two and lost six bouts. He is said to be a| d battler and has impressed in It he can mix it, he should furnish a great battle for Garcia. Matchmaker Bd Curley has ar- ranged a fine supporting card for ar bout. In the eight round, mi-final, Johnny Saxon, known Bridgeport middleweight, clash with Jack Pietrozio, known as the “Walloping Wop. {ix rounder will be another slugging match between Baby Doll and Mike Genaro, both of Waterbury. A pair of local boys will also fight in the four-round opening bout. Don | | (Young) Christie will make his first | {appearance as a pro after a fine record as an amateur ringster when he meets Young Altierd, ‘MOTHER @ AND You HGAR QUEER MNOISE | T»\E‘AT_T\:;,- ~ N ‘Lo ox cue | night and won a {over Laurie Rich, | Clinch ! Clinch on top of the i | of disapproval. { Jimmy's cerner. |and Wee |ed | “Charley the Flas = AND You¥SIT ALONE ! IN THE LIVING Room To GET Your L SAND THEN AFTER A $LHLSLLLLLLIBMS HOLYOKE AMATEUR BOXING TEAM TO BE AT STATE ARMORY TONIGHT --—NATIONAL 'GUARDS TO MEET ALL-MIDDLETOWN TOMORROW —PLANS COMPLETED FOR CRONIN BENEFIT ON FEB. 16 —JIMMY CLINCH WINS DECISION IN SECOND FIGHT mmowm«nomqs JOHNSON RETIRES FROM GAMEIGARCIA BATTLES | HOLYOKE AMATEURS AT STATE ARMORY TONIGHT Massachusetts Simon Pures to Meet “Crack” Nutmeg State Boys—Tournament Features Ray Hall, Bus- ter Nadue, Johnny Clinch and Others—Ray Strong, Bantam Champ, Makes First New Brigain Appear- ance—Numbers of Othelr Entries Assure Fine Card CLINCH IS WINNER OVER LAURIE RICH Amateur fight fans in will have the opportunity of seecing the popular Holyoke boxing team in action for the second time this season at the state armory in (hi: city when the Mohawk A. under the superyision of the A. A. U., con- |.!um its I'riday night tournament. Five of the Massachusetts boxers j will enter in the bouts three of which will be in the heavyweight classes. The interest of local fans Local Boy Catried Off Hongr— Pilking(on Beats Lord | ciases.” e nteront”of Tocit - — | miniature u::‘fy Greb us{;vrno a(!w\-li(x.i Jimmy Clinch went into his sec-|fight in the 112 pound class. Eddie ond professional fistic encounter last "'0‘“\' Al Gordon and Walter A oAl three heavies, will be el nmlrl.u‘l with Connecticut boxers in SLEEL what looks like the best bouts of the evening, Eim| The card will be graced with the City bey was an impressive one| Appearance of a state champion to- which had the fans on their f ght. Ray ong, bantamweight 1t was the preliminary | litle holder, will make his initial ap- to the Jackie Pilkington-Eddic Lord | Dearance in this city being matehed g0 at city hall auditorium, Meriden. | With either Joe Cote of this eity Rich landed solidly on Clinch sey-|Oor Johnny Mastro of Hartford cral times, the local lad sceming to| Ray Hall, king ot swat, will ap- be especially weak on running ints|Dear in the feature bout of the a left jab. -In the closing vound|Dight. He has a string of 40 kayos tore at Rich and had him|to his credit and he will attempt to groggy at the bell. In the open-|add one more to the list tonight. ing round Clinch gained a slight| Hall will probably meet . Charl margin by reason of heavier punch. | Andergon, former welterweight ing. Rich had unquestioned superior- | chempion of the and this ity in the second and the third was|Dromises to be the tion of the a fifty-fifty engagement in which | Dight both boys outpunched themselves; Johnny Clinch and Pancho Villa and went to their corners tired. The| Will meet cach other for the secona last was a whirlwind affair with | Successive week tonight. This pair heap and when | fOusht last week with Clinch being McCarthy raised | Feturned the twinner. Villa wasn't was not a note|satisfled that Clinch's margin was P” Clinch was in| big enough to be satisfactor: 0 he | is coming back for more tonight. In a torrid, slashing slug a There will be ten bouts in all on shell of the Sheik Leonard of a few | the card turing the best ama- vears ago, went to a draw with| teurs aval 3 vorites in every Kaplan, a| Weight cla will be secen in action | and the card will be the equal of welte ved to fight the| crouching, ducking, weaving style of | ANy conducted so far in this city. The first bout of the evening will battle his famous brother, Louis Kid Kaplan, uses to such good advan-|be started promptly at 8:30 o'clock tage. His interpretation of this|and the others will follow closely style was amusing. Leonard hit him | 2fter hard, but ed the steam he onc Kaplan, who is some socl on lifs own account had the “sheik” | weak at times. In its own class,| the fight was one of the best ever seen in the Meriden ring. Charlie Ray. Philadelphia mite, Willle Woods of Boston, the former weighing 116 pounds| and the latter 113, went 10 rounds with Ray in the lead almost| throughout. Woods, with a record of 56 consecutive wins to his credit| at one time, assimilated a thousand blows on the chin, but Ray evident- 1y dida't have enough stoam to do| iploma at geaduation ex any material damage. Woods pack-| ©Y¢NIE. 1 the more solid wallop but land-| Among those who hg comparatively infrequently | their last games with R Jackie Pilkington, brother of | {cams are Timothy J h,” signalized h)s\”r baseball last spring nd of foot- return to his home town by a rath-|Dall last fall; Albert Fengler, out er easy win over Eddie Lord, ”‘,,‘fi'"ul«‘r on the nine and quarterback highly press-agented lightweight | On the eleven; Samue] Gordon, sen- from . Meriden, Watcrbury, New|Sational end on last fall's champion- York and way stations. Lord clear-|Ship team; Abe Ribic lineman on ly showed his inability to keep up|the football fall; Eskel the pace in a 10 round go with a Hogar Carlson, befter known as slugger—for that s just what Pilk-| “Huggy” one of the great pitchers te ington proved himself to he. Lord|step on the high school mound, a was a superior boxer, but Jackie|fullback in football and a forward wouldn't let him box. The decision in basketball; Oscar Erikson, and for Pilkington was a popular one,|Roland Varsell, member of th Jackle having left little ground for|track team; Edward Morin, member queation. |of last year's basketball team and The bouts were in the nature of a|Joseph Augustino, member of this return of the fighting game to|y team; Oswold Charles Con- Merlden and were grected by a|nell, ex-baschall cateher and Donald house little better than fair. ”\[”AL’HHP foothall man, Edward e e | Swain, Robert Young, and members READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS|of the tennis team with Frederic FOR YOUR WANTS Lockwood who was also a track man, By BRIGGS P\Mfl YOUJ HEAR A 'DooR% SLAM 1IN THE *mrcueN’ this city from New Haven, Jimmy's victory over the Licferee Jiggers Clineh’s mitt ther Graduation Takes Six I'rom Football, Three From Basketball and From Other Lines, en who have Britain high du the past y amon; the | mid-year clas sresented the chool in sports ar are numbere of the 1 who will receive s th ve playc d and Go! Caire, captain ~ Yuu HEAR YOUR MoTHER'S AND FATHER'S \/onccs AT LAST = PHEW! AmT IT A GR-R-RAND AND 'GLOR-R- Rious Ferlin'? 6!LE~CE-