New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 2, 1927, Page 8

P. & F. CORBIN WINS BY ONE POINT FROM CORBIN SCREW TEAM IN INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE — NEW BRITAIN DATLY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1927 DOD LSS, mem‘.“.‘..lllll DOMINICK SOCCOLI DEFEATS “PACKY” HANLON IN STATE POCKET BILLIARD MATCH—NEW YORK SENSATIONS TO APPEAR IN AMATEUR TOURNAMENT FRIDAY NIGHT P. & F. CORBIN 'NOSES OUT CORBIN SCREW FIVE Baskets By Luke and Gorman With Less Than Three Minutes to Play Win By One Point—Fierce Battle Waged Between Teams—Russwin Quintet Wins | and Ties For First Place — Large Crowd is in Frenzy of Excitement. League Standing w. L Pct. ] .800 800 667 00 Corbin Screw R. & E. .. Stanley Rule . P. & F. Corbin Landers Stanley Works . B N. B. Machine 0 9 000 A sensational one-point victory by | the P. & F. Corbin team over the| Corbin Screw five in the Industrial league last night and a victory by the Russell & Erwin team over the Stanley Works, made another tie for the first place in the league stand- ing between the Screw Shop and Russwin teams. The Russwins had little difficulty in disposing of the Buttmakers but the battle between the Corbin quint was one of the best and most exciting games of the season. 300 Russwins Win s The R. & E. team smothered the Stanley Works outfit under a 57 to 30 score. The Lockmakers started off fast in the first half and had a lead of five before the Buttmakers could dent the score board. For a time, the Stanley Works made a bid | for the lead hut the team never could get to & tylng position much | less get ahead In the scoring. i As the half progressed “Nibb Nyborg went wild on the floor. shooting seven fleld goals and a | single foul. These baskets, aided by | three by Joe Luke, gave the Russ- . wins a lead at the end of the half of 30 to 18. In the second half, both team scored frequently and the game was one of the largest scoring games of the season. The Russwins climbed steadily away from the Stanley Works. The defense of the Butt- makers which has been almost air- tight recentl, “flivvered” last night | and the Russwins went through al- most at will, Pelletler and Murphy with four baskets each, led in the Stanley Works' scoring record and played a sweet floor game. Nyborg, Joe Luke and Morelli were the big points for the Russwin team while Gelazy, | a substitute, rang up two pret baskets in the chort time he was in in the second half. | Feldman, The score: Stanley Works Fl Carlson, rf Pelletier, If-rg Dahlman, 1¢ Anderson, 1f Murphy, ¢ Abramowicy, rg Flis, Ig Nyborg, rf Whitman, rf Swanson, 1t Gelazy, 1t Luke, ¢ Rakowskl, ¢ Morelll, rg, . saxe, 1g Personal fouls—Carlson son, Pelletier, Murphy 3, wlcz 4, Nyborg 3, Whitman son 2, Rakowski, Morelli 3, Saxe Free tries—Carison, Anderson Pelletler 9, Murphy 5, Flis 6, Whitman 2, Swanson Morelli, Saxe 2. Scorg at half time— | R. & E, 30, Stanley i Referee, Dillon; Timer, Scorer, Crean The P. & F. Corbin team took a critical game from the Corbin Screw team by the score of 26 to 25 in the second and feature game of the evening. The rew 10p led by the score of 25 to 22 until after 17 min- utes of the second half had been played when baskets by Gorman and | Luke brought the winning points for | P. & F. | The P. & F. team started off in | fast style. Gorman regi | fleld basket after 55 secon Micky Luke followed a another, Then Ve around and with a flashy shot, cou ed two points for his team. The teams played ferociously until the four minute mark when again Ve- trano came through with another | sensatlonal basket and tied the score | at 4 all. Jasper broke the fce at 4:40 a foul goal but a pretty haske Darrow put his team 5:10. The Ser and Jacobowicz scor Tls only one for the at the 11 minute n the free n sank a foul at the 13 per_after a hard minute sank a field goal for P Luty, with a ¢ made the score 11 to 8 for t 3, S| Mulli th throw and scored anot making it 13. at this stage and got trano followed with Then Holst succeeded | Vetrano, 1f . |en's away from Luty long enough to sink a pretty goal on a fast play. Feld- man was Injected into the game in place of Paris and he tied the score with a neat field goal. Just at the 19:15 mark, Zaleskl shot from near | the center of the {loor and gave the Screw Shop a two point edge at half | 14. Second Half The second halt saw a flerce battle staged. Luke tied the score after the teams had fought for six minutes. Darrow put his team in the lead at 8 minutes with a pretty goal. Luke was fouled while shoot- ing and he made both tries good The score was tied at 18 all. Again Zaleskl popped from a distance and made the basket. Jacobowicz made the margin three for Corbin Screw with a foul shot. Gorman cut this down a point from the compliment- ary stripe. Luke followed with another free three, leaving the score 21 to 20, still in favor ot the Screw Shop. At the 14 minute mark, Joe Jasper swung through the opposition to put his team in the lead, 22 to 21. A half minute later Darrow again came through and put the Screw Shop In the lead, 23 to 22, Darrow again, proving to be the steadiest man on the team, at the 16:45 mark, registered another fleld goal and things looked bad for P. & F. At the 17:20 mark, Gorman sped down the floor a.d dropped in a pretty goal ~aving the score 25 to 24 in favor of the Screw Shop. Then with a strong 'unge, Joe Luke drop- ped one over the rim, giving P. & F. its one point edge again. For the remainder of the game, the time, 16 |teams battled like wild men trylng to get possession of the ball. Th 5000000000 00000 04 GELLAR CHAMPIONS NOSE UT LEADERS Whirlwinds Beat Dixies in Boys’ Club Basketball League Group B League w. Pect. .700 600 400 300 Dixies ..., Whippets ... 1 Whirlwinds | Panthers The tail-end Whirlwinds at last displayed some justification for their name last night when they kickpd over the dope bucket and won a halr-line decision from the first- place Dixies, 17-16. The game was |one of the best of the Boys' club Group B league, with the two teams striving their hardest and first one and then the other having the ad- vantage. Bellomo led his team’s scoring and held his man without a point, while Diner went well. Kov- eleski and Zembrowski were best for the Dixies. The summary: ‘Whirlwinds Field Foul Total ! Block rf .. Diner 1f | Backus ¢ | Reo rg Bellomo, 1§ b ‘Wasnick Zembrowsk Koveleski ¢ .. | Paretta rg ... Marholin lg .. | snane 8 0 ‘Whippets Whip Panthers The Whippets stepped up | within a game of the Dixies |trouncing the Panthers, 22-9. | vis, Sartinksy and Normant were the high scorers for the Whippets, with Ferony doing most of the work for the losing side. - battle was progressing in the middle | N of the court when the final whistl blew. 5 Darrow and Vetrano shone for the losers while Gorman and Micky Luke starred for the -inners. The score: P. ¥. Corbin Fld Tl Ttl Tasper, rf Luke, If Holst, ¢ Paris, rg Gorman, Ig ([ L~ Corbin Screw ::. Jacobowicz, rf Pommeom S o ro o 2 sonal fouls—Jasper 3, Luke, Jacobowlez 3, Vetrano, Dar- leski 3. Free tries—Jasper 4, Luke 7, Paris, Gorman 2, Jacobo- w 3, Vetrano 4, Darrow 2. Score t half time—P. & F. 14, Corbin Secrew 16. Referee, Dillon; Timer, Mullin; Scorer, Crean. DOESN'T PLAN TOUR Suzanne Lenglen Denies Plans To Tennis Trip Make Professional Through Europe. New York, Feb. 2 (P—Reports rom London that Suzanne Lenglen, former amateur queen of the wom- tennis world, staging a professional tournament near London while the Wimbledon championships are in progress, are “ridiculous,” the French star said today. “I never have and never will con- template such a thing, the report amuses me greatly,” Mlle. Lenglen said. The London Sketch sald that the counter attraction of a professional ment during the Wimbledon 7 es would be regarded by Mlle. Lenglen “as sweet revenge for the 1 fancied or otherwise, from the Wimbledon offi- cials” last year. MIGHT MAKE DEAL Miller Huggins Still Hopes To Com- plete Trade of Players With St. Louis Browns. b, 2 (P—Miller r of the New York pes to complete Louis Browns, he Yun pilo h for th oit I ho s ier Det Co! on Cobh e trading m d. addi of Walter I FAMOUS~QUALITY " MARYBROWNECAN contemplates, ghe | ".|ised a bonus for | Normant | Camp 1g . | Ferony rf . Marietta ¢ | Karosis rg Dennis lg . BEAT HELEN WILLS Howard Kinsey Thinks Profes- sional Has Improved Game New York, Feb, 2 (UP)—Mary | K. Browne, playing in the form she showed against Mlle. Suzanne Leng- | len during the tour of C. C. Pyle's professional tennis troupe ought to be able to beat Helen Wills, for- mer national amateur champion in straight sets, in the opinion of How- lard Kinsey, one of the star mem- |bers of the company. “Next to Mlle. Lenglen, T sincerely believe that Miss Browne is now the greatest woman player in the world and in giving this opinfon I am talk- ling only tennis and not using pro- |paganda. I think unbiased ecritics who have seen Miss Browne wil agree with me,” Kinsey said. “Miss Browne has been playing marvelously,” he said. “Her many engagements on the tour against| |Mile. Lenglen worked an amazing |improvement in her game. Trained !into the finest condition the speed and pace of her game increased and | her back hand has become a beauty. |She can now shoot the ball dow: the line as well as cross court from both sides.” It is interesting to recall a con- versation the writer had with Miss | Browne before she took the court for the final match against Mlle. |Lenglen in the Frenh champion- | ships last summer, “I welcome this chance,” she sald, “even if T lose two love sets in record time. She is the greatest of all tennis artists and I want to ’an\' something about her game, 1 |can learn more about it in two sets |ot actnal competition than T could | by reading all her books and watc |ing her from the stands for a year.’ | Kinsey, in explaining the steady | improvement in Miss Browne's game explained that she had b n prom- | match in which she won four games from the Tre s her first ch star. in Portlin er places sh more than fc Tampa.” won a in eded in Ames Kinsey s win- [ S T B tad cama with ning a set but ile he felt that the rssional tour had heen of henefit |the game places wh been able to sec | “so-called inte Kinsey pro- to had rnatior referred to his com | He also had | ahout Mile. T.enelen | eav way they were meeived b some nice word z on plans for Europe, Australia Kingey safd that PRAISE T While he rs | as superior to First Bas of Chicago, all-round ability consid- | | ered, Fddie Collins says neither could handle a thrown ball as pro- ficlently as does Sheely, who pulls down the high ones or scoops up the | low ones with equal ease. | of the world. j dell for the title FPPTPPITPTOOCEPETET: CLaa KAPLAN REFUSED $50,000 TO FRAME A FIGH E HERD OF AN OLD TIME MELODRAMA SIGNED T FIGHT BiLY WALLACE, S0PPDSEOLY A HICK “SET-UP (BY JOE WILLIAMS) New York, Ieb. 2.—Louis Kaplan, the Russian, may never wir the lightwelght champlonship of America, which happens to be the goal he has set for himself, but| whatever develops he deserves some- | thing more than a kick in the pants m the Olympian Gods of the| Fight Racket. | Louis Kid Kaplan is the feathered hero of one of those rare stories of | the ring which portray the princi- pal character spurning gold and! wearing rags for virtue's sake—one of those old-fashioned “mellers"” | that used to thrill the boys on the tan shoe and bow tie circuit. It rune something like this in! three acts, an epilogue and an exit march, and a kennel of hot dogs. Who's next, gents! | ACT 1 | Louis Kid Kaplan stepped on the | scales one fine morning in Meriden, | Conn. (vou should see the fine mornings they have in Meriden, no foolin’), and noted with dismay his weight had leaped to 138 ponnds in the naughty nude. At the time he | was the sole and exclusive custodian of the featherweight champlonship To continue as such Louis Kid Kaplan realized the ne- cessity of scaling down to 126 pounds. This being impossible, with- out the amputation of a leg, an| arm or his rich Soviet dialect, none | of which he cared to divorce. Louis Kid Kaplan decided to advance au- | tomatically to the lightweight dl- vision. | Kid | | ACT 2 Louis Kid Kaplan and his manager, Dennis McMahon, then- about | this time were called to a confer- ence requested by a well-known and wealthy manager of prizefighters. Was it true that Louls Kid Kaplan had outgrown the featherweight di- | feion? Was it true that he was determined to fight in the future as a lightweight? Was it true that he had casually cast aslde a $200,000 | title as if it were so much tripe, | without even golng through the motions of losing it? | Louis Kid Kaplan and Dennis Mec- | fahon admitted the charge on all| three counts. The fight manager | vas stunned. This was contrary to all the chaste scruples and finer principles of the sport. There was | a better way to do the thing. The | manager would match TLouis Xid| Kaplan with a certain featherweight in a champlonship bout. Louis Kid Kaplan could weigh anything he wanted to, but it would be an- nounced from the ringside that he had welghed in at the featherweight limit, Louis Kid Kaplan would then pro- ceed to lose and In return he would be paid $50,000 for formally hand- ing over a title that he had to give | up anyhow. What could be sweeter? But Louis Kid Kaplan and Dennis McMahon wouldn't do it They preferred to stay on the level. @ns Months passed and Dennls Me- Mahon peddled 50 per eent of his in- terest in Louis Kid Kaplan to Bill of the greate all time and had him to the world ct Dennis MeMahon rested in the knowledge that his could not be in more com- ctent hands. So it was that Louis Kid Kaplan passed to Gibson and the Bro Iyhoo started—a ballyhoo t s its immediate objective a match with Sammy Ma B A part of the —NOW OPEN: PACKARD TAILORS Room 17, Packard Bl ARCH & WALNUT STRE] 4 Suits Pressed, $1.50, suit Dry Cleaned, Pressed, $1.00, Sults Made to r. cr, 0 up. Nogar Work Sults, $12.50. Men's—Women's Rain Coats All Colors, $3.95. Open 7 a. m,, to 8 p. m. TS | Joe Gans, Ad Wolga. =1 Bul HE ASANT %flfl DL AN INo THE NARITE MIT, OF THE Ezewuwp WALLOPER warm-up match out in with a sucke one whose chief distinction as a fighter prior to that time was that he had been born next to Tex Rtickard in Alaska 23 years For four rounds Louis Kid lan looked like a combination of Bat Nelson, st and Leonard himself. Then in the fith the ship hit an iceberg. To be more exact, Wallace's right hand hit Louis Kid Kaplan's jaw and the hall attend- ants were called into the ring to sweep up the debris. EXIT MARCH What a swell break for a youth who had played the game on the level \ Knocked out in his first start as a lightweight and for a $3,000 purse. Professor, a few bars of those “What's the Use Blues,” if you will! BILIARD MATHES ATROGERS ROOMS Games Are Played O in Tour- naments in All Classes lace, Games in the pocket bill billiard tournaments being ducted at Rogers Recreation were played last night Cook defeated Washer 7o to 45 thu going into first place. Chet 5 1o 45 and Roller de- ed Greek 73 feated Chef 75 to The standing: W rd and n- 00! Roller Driver Chef Greek Racker FRED I'VE Sm GoT COoUPLE SEATS FOR THE FIGHT NIGHT ~ Cleveland | In Class A, | defeat- | T0 HAVE A CAN You In Class B Pilarski defeated Wal- lace fo #6; Witzke took first wce by defeating Dickinson 75 to The standing: Wallace Pepin feated Scar T 35 and a second match to Chef The standing: Knapp Nelson Miller Kask Onorato .. . . Games Thursday A are Washer vs. Racker; Cook vs. ashie, Chet vs. Driver and Roller . Greek; Class B, Pepin vs. Me- Gregor; Teddy vs. Witzke, Me. Gregor vs. Broskl, Pepin vs. ski, McGregor vs. Teddy and Dick- inson vs. Teddy; billiards, Chef vs. xe vs. Onorato, Miller son vs. Scar, Miller va. |Knapp and Saxe vs. Chef. | Boccoli of the Elmore will play Gregor of Rogers in a state league match at Rogers to- morrow night. | AFTE Billy W R THE CHAMPION his knockouts of K1d Kaplan, former featherweight champion, and Cuddy De Marco, says there will be & new champion if he ever gets a shot at Sammy Mandel, present titleholder in the lightweight class. guy I can lick,” says Wallace. 6 | READ MERALD CLASSIFIED ADS FOR YOUR WANTS PLY \ Tuevy RE AwFUL SCARCE ‘\_/ tve GoT To- Do ANYTHING FOR iG You BAcCK A [ £ HEY'LL SET FoR ME- HWUNDRED BERRI PHONE 1335. ’——-—-—Il NEW YORK AMATEUR STARS TO BATTLE HERE FRIDAY Mohawk A. C. Tournament to Feature Empire State Champion and Knockout King—Joe Howard, Con- necticut Middleweight Titleholder to Oppose Joe Sturino—Ray Hogan of Terryville to Be Matched With Frank LaPera—Johnny Clinch to Be on Card. A New York state champion, a Connecticut state champion and a knockout king from the metropolis will be the features on the weekly card of amateur fights to be con- ducted by the Mohawk A. C. at the state armory on Arch street this city . Friday night. Joe Sturino, known in New York as “The Iron Horse” and Joe Howard, state mid- dleweight title holder, will be match- during the tournament. The New York battlers are heralded as (En_é best in the country and the best that Connecticut can offer will be pitted against them. Joe Howard, Con- necticut title holder will stand a chance of taking a trimming, al- though he may hand out a beating himself, The go between Hogan and LaPera will be a sizzling, slashing ed in the star bout of the tourna. | €ncounter because both fighters have ment and a greater battle could not | the same style. be intngmnd o |, Because of the demand for tickets Frank LaPera, New York wolter- | the officials of the Mohawk A. 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The entire card as outlined by Matchmaker Whaler for this week's tournament is as follows: 170 pounds, Joe Howard, Hartford and Joe Sturino, New York; 148 pounds, Ray Hogan, Terryville and Frank LaPera, New York; 140 pounds, Charles Romano, Hartford and John- ny Clinch; 130 pounds, Marino Pa- gonie, Springfleld and Pat McCavan- augh, South Manchester; 150 pounds, Max Orlosh, Springfield and Frank Zadnick, Southington. 122 pounds, John Mastro, Hart- ford and Tony Korman, Springfield; 118 pounds, Charles Pepe, Springfield and Joe Cote, New Britain; 1 pounds, Ted Gauthier, Springfield and Phillp Pouliot, New Britain; 158 pounds, Edward Elie, Springfield and Jim Albie, Hartford and 138 pounds, Joe Zotter, New Britain and Pat Shea, Hartford. Other entries for the tournament include those of John Palmieri, Bar« | ney Youseman and Herman Fink. | | FIGHTS LAST NIGHT | | | Toledo, Onto—Chick Suges, New. Bedford, Mass.,, beat Jimmy Mendo, Philadelphia, (12). Des Moines, Ta—Lou Rollingar, Waterloo, Ia., beat Mike Augustine, St. Paul, (10). Teddy Murphy, and Imer Leonard, Des Moines, draw, (10). FRANK LAPERA | known as the “Terryville Terror” {and this will be no less an Interest- ing fight than the main bout on the card. Matchmaker J. J. Whaler of the | Mohawk A. C. has arranged the card as to probable selection for the fights Friday night. Johnny Clinch | has entered the tourney and he will probably meet Charles Romano of Hartford who knocked out Ray Hall | at the Massasoit tournament last Thursday night. This will be the | toughest battle the local boy had had in some time and it will be a real test against a slugger. Others on the card will be Joe Zot- ter of this city agalnst Pat Shea, Tony Korman who beat Ray Strong the bantam champion last week | inst Johnny Mastro ‘“Human | Spider” from Hartford and many | {other favorites for New Britain fight fans. The main bouts of the evening, however, which will feature the New | York scrappers, are the ones that are drawing the interest of the fans surrounding the city. Already there | has been a great demand for tickets | in Hartford and the officials of the | Mohawk A. C. have made arrange- | ments to have 2,000 or more chalrs at the State Armory for Friday night | so that everyone will have a seat Jacksonville, Fla.—Tim O'Dowd, Loulsville, defeated Joe (Kid) Peck, Rockford, Ill, (10). West Palm Beach, Fla. — Benny Touchstone, Tampa, beat Homer Smith, Kalamazoo, Mich,, (10). Fresno, Cal— Mickey Walker, middleweight champion, scored a technical knockout over Mickey Wallace, Reno, Nev,, (3). San Antonio, Texas—Jimmie Mc- Dermott, Chicago, and Kid Pancho, San Antonlo, draw, (10). Note—No Taylor-Mayberry match at Indlanapolis last night. Los Angeles—Ace braska, defeated Phoenix, Ariz, (10), Oakland, won over ;Omaha, (6). 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