New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 4, 1927, Page 22

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4%, 1927. 506 556385005600600 568588 86000 6600806800 00000 5600DIDEIEIVTE0660000085000000DEDDO0E080846800553604LEPOEOLISLSES LS. HOWARD AND HOGAN TO MEET TOUGH BATTLERS IN TOURNAMENT — NATIONAL GUARDS TO MEET BROOKLYN A. C. _ FIVE TOMORROW NIGHT—*“Y” HANDBALL TEAMS DEFEAT NEW HAVEN—SOCCOLI LOSES TO GREGOR IN BILLIARD MATCH § HOWARD AND HOGAN FACE REAL TESTS IN TOURNEY Sensational New Yor k Amateur Champs Meet Con-| necticut Titleholders Tonight—Sturino Favored to! Win Over Hartford Battler—“Terr ville Terror” to Meet Match in LaPera—Johnny Clinch Will Ap- pear Against Strong Capital City Boxer. Joe Howard, state middleweight amateur ehamplon, will meet the hardest test of his career tonight at the state armory in this city when Joe Sturino of New York, known as the “Iron Horse" faces him in the star bout of the Mohawk A. C. tour- nament under the auspices of the A. A. U. Howard and Sturino are both entered in the 170 pound class and as no other entries have been received at this weight, the two will be matched in the star bout. Howard's appearances in this state have always been marked by the fact that his opponents have been weak. 8o great was his superiority over ¢ontestants in his class, that most of the bouts in which he ap- peared were “busts” Tonight, he ineets the toughest boy in the class in New York state and the follow ers of the boxer from the metropo- | lis clalm that the Connecticut cham- pion s in for a lacing tonight. The, tournament tonight will be featured as an Inter-state champion- ship mateh, with New York and Springfield boys furnishing the op- position to the Nutmeggers. A re- cord crowd of fans including ama- teur fight followers from Hartford 2d all the towns surrounding New Britain, will be on hand for the milling. Sturino who meets Howard, has ored 11 kayoes in the heavy class and he expects to malke it 12 tonight. | He is & slashing, weaving fighter who furnished acticn from the minute the gong rings. The tournament will be marked with a double feature in the meeting of Ray Hogan, “Terryville Terror” with Frank LaPera, welterwelght champion ot New York. Hogan's ctyle of “give and take” s well known here and in meeting LaPera who has beaten the best welters in New York, he is taking on the tough- cst boy in these parts. The tickets for tonight's tourna- ment are géing fast. They are on sale at Patsy Bridgett's and at the Presto Lunch on Main street. Re- ports from these two centers state that the pasteboards will be all gone by tonight. Because of this heav advance sale, the officlals of the Mohawk A. C. have declded to throw opén the doors of the armory at 3:30 o'clock tonight. They have aso arranged to have extra police on hand. Matehmaker J. J. Whaler of the Mohawk A. C. returned early this morning from New York and after <eeing both Sturino and LaPera, he ctated that both were in perfect shape. Both boys are out to score knockouts over the Connecticut op- ponents. The matchmaker also car- ried with him the permit from the New York amateur fight governing body, allowing the appearance of the | two boys here. Besides the two leading bouts, the card is studded with a list of other sensational battles. Johnny Clinch, New Britain's ace, is scheduled to fight Charles Romano, who knocked out Ray Hall last week. The boys will fight at 140 pounds and this should be a slashing battle. A number of Springficld fighters have entered and most of them have appeared here before. They will be matched with the boys in their class- ~s and from present appearances, the fans in this city are due to see ons of the best tournaments held in this state this season. There will be plenty of scats for «veryone tonight but the first come will be the first served. None of the 2,000 or more sea will be re- served and for that son, New Pritain fans should be at th armory early if they are to secure points of vantage tonight. The entries for tonight’s lom'n‘\-.’ ment, according to their clas weights, are as follows: 170 pounds: Joe Foward of Martford, state middieweight champ, and Joe Sturino, New York. 148 pounds: Ray Hogan of ville and Frank LaPera of 1 York. 140 pounds: Hartford, and Britain. 130 pounds: Marino Springfield, and Pat McCavs South Manchester. 150 pounds: Max Orlosk. Sp fleld, and Frank Zadnick, South- ington. 122 pounds: ford, and Tony field, 118 springfield, Britain. 112 Britain, field. 158 pounds springfield, and Jim ew Charles TRomano, Johnny Clinch, Mastro, T S John Horman, pounds: and nds: Ted po! and Albie, ford. 138 pounds Pritain, > Joe Zott Pat St FIRST APPEARANGE Fdwin Wide, Swedish Track Star, Will Appear In Meet In Newark Wednesday. New York, Feb. Wide's first Ame ance next Wednesday night ark, N. J, will en records, for the Swedis sensation has chosen a cou 500 vards over which to d speed. The distance is not nized as a standard test by th teur Athletic union. The event will ba a tair. ha The a sum radlo has been declared legal by 8 New York court ice of HUGGINS RESENTS PRE-SEASON DOPE Experts Are Wrong in Placing | Yankees as Sure Repeaters New York, Feb. 4 (UP)—Miller Huggins, no more superstitious than any other baseball manager, resents strongly the disposition of the ex- perts to count his New York Yankees | as a sure repeater in the American league pennant race. Huggins is not easy to satisfy. Last spring in the St. Petersburg |training camp he became furious because some of the experts travel- ling from camp to camp made all Kkinds of fun about his Yankees and |predicted that only the Boston Red Sox would be able to beat out his club for last place. “They were wrong last year In placing my ball club,” he said, “and they are wrong this year in figuring that we have the pemnant in a Huggins admitted that he has a |good ball club—that is, he will have if they all sign and in spreading his |zloom the little manager may have |the idea that it is good business to |tell the athletes that they are not so | so0d. ’ “We didn’t have any cinch last season,” he said. ‘Cleveland gave {us an awful fight at the finish and |even if Speaker will not be with the |Indians this year the club ought to be as strong as it was last season {The Athletics have heen strengthen- led since the close of the season and Washington certainly will be an im- proved ball club with Speaker in the |outfield. The Browns also will be a better ball club if they get Ty Cobh.” The Yankees apparently are not d in Cobb and from some |remarks dropped they would ltke to |see the Browns get the former De- |troit star, as they feel they might |be able to coax Ken Williams from St. Louls. Figuring on the wear and tear that la vear works on hall players, the | Yankees will not be any stronger ‘(hvs season than they were last year i:md the club is really in need of young pitching strengtl | The Athletics with Eddie Collins, {Zach Wheat and Joe Boley will be |an improved club in more ways than one. Collins and Wheat may be Jjust the experienced veterans need- |ed to balance the team and put some |real fighting spirit into it. The Senators also are certain to |be stronger. Speaker is still a great ihnll player and clrcumstances no {doubt will encourage him to play his head off. The Yankees owed their success st season to a flying start that e the club enough of a lead to |withstand the terrible slump that !came in the final dash to the wire. If the club should not happen to have the same speed at the start this season, they certainiy are no elnch. The addition of Rogers Hornsby —and there {sn’t the slightest chance hat he will not play with the Glants —has put John McGraw's club in the talk as a prospective champlos | McGraw, like Hu |like to have h | they are so good. The Giants pro- I|bably will start as an even money (bet for the pennant but they are not orth long odds or any kind of odds. The Cardinals may not be as sirong as they w vear and {the Pittshurgh Pira ought to have |more fizht and bet spirit than they had in the 1028 npaign. The | Cincinnat! Reds will be just strong as they were. T will he stronger with second hase and with the pitching staff but clubs to beat « a lot of beat- ADOPT LD DATES % Hornsby at Grimes on Major League Baseball Will Go Back | | to Old Schedule of Opening and | ‘ Closing. (P)—Major wck to its s this =5 Ina een 1 upen ¢ American 1 bt ter Lan of the ing day session OUGH JOBS 4 Jack McCallister. ds a man who won a T ter falls to Speak ished seco | | as | THO TOUGH GAMES Go to Middletown Tonight and {Mest So. Manchester Tomorrow The Burritt A. C. basketball team willl top off a busy weck-end with two hard games, one tonight and the other tomorrow night. Tonight the team will go to Middletown to play the fast Middletown “Rec” team and Saturday night, the locals will take on the Co. B team of Middletown in the preliminary at the State ar- mory. The Burritts have suffered defeats at the hands of both of these teams. They lost to the “Rec” quintet earller in the scason by the score of 26 to 22 while the Co. B team beat them last year, being one of the two teams to turn this trick. The “Rec” flve has a strong line- | up and showed worlds of speed in | the game earlier in the season. | The Burritts, however, with thelr entire squad back in the game, will be out to avenge this defeat and even up the score in games. The Co. B team of the down river city, will come here tomorrow night eager to pin another defeat on the local sharp shooters. The Burritts want to wipe out the defeat of last { year suffered in Middletown by the i score of 33 to 23 and for this reason, the strongest combination the team can use will be put in play. The locals had no chance to even up matters last year as the two teams falled to agree on a return game. Tomorrow night, the Bur- ritts will have the advantage of playing on their home floor. The regular lineup of the local team will be used in both games. SOGGOLI LOSES 0 GREGOR IN MATCH | Rogers Man Takes Elmore Star Tnto Ggmp Dy 100 to 76 Score One of the biggest upsets in the state @hamplonship pocket billiard |league took plece last night at Ro- gers' Billiard parlors when Domin- lick Soccoll representing the Elmore | Academy on Maln street, went down | to defeat before Gregor, representing Rogers, in a state league match. Soccoll appeared to be off form {on some of his shots while Gregor | | hit his real stride for the first time |during the season’s play. The score |of the match was 100 to 76. It was |a good battle all the way with Soc- |coll getting the worst of it. | Gregor picked out shots almost |every time, some of them being vers | difficult and it is the unanimous | |opinion of those who viewed the | match that it was by far the best showing Gregor has made this sea- son. Soccoli had a few chances to get | some good runs, but his playing was |below the standard he has shown |in mecting some of the top-notchers Two of the most formidable con- tenders for titie honors at the Na- tional Ski tournament to be staged at Denyer, Colo., February 3-4, are Carl Ek and Halvord Bjorngaard, both members of the Aurora Skl club of Red Wing, Minn,, the oldest organization of its kind in the coun- try. Ek is the oldest skier in United States, At 50 he rates with the best. COBB WAITING T0 FIND 0UT STATUS \Won't Sign to Play Ball Until He Knows Where de Stands Augusta, Ga., Feb, 4 (P—Ty Cobb | ! will not sign a contract to play base- | ball this season until he knows his | American | “exact status” in the in the league. in his safety play while Gregor seiz- ed every opportunity of making Soccoli's blunders count to his own advantage. During the match, Gregor led Soc- lcoll by a 79 to 46 score when [“Dom"” started kicking over the traces. Soccoli got a run of 15 and followed a few shots later with |cluter of 13. Gregor, however, {came back strong and had an un- | finished run of 13 to win the match. | High runs for Gregor for the eve- | {ning were 185, 14, 13, 10, 10, and 10. Soccoli hit strings of 13, 13, and 12. FALGONS BEAT GASC0S Winning Streak of Jim Lynch’s Ath- letic Tcams Broken in Bowling Match. The winning streak of the Gascos in the sport world was rude | rupted last night on the I Bowling All ‘hen the Falcon bowling owned them In a speclal match by totals of 1,558 and 1,387. The Gascos weren't as “hot” on the lanes as they generally are on the basket- | ball court or the baseball dlamond | while the Falcons last night showed superiority in every department. | Martin high man for the night with a total of 337 for three strings. | The scores: | team | Wojack s 09 445 Falcons He fell down badly | | two clubs invol to make definite plans in “about league. He expec announcement of his | two weel Commenting on published reports that Detroit had asked waivers on i him, Cobb today he had heard | of the development and expected it. | | “The Detroit club made no sign to | upport me when I was in an un- | | you before the fight. {“You can't As the rounds went on Sullivan really ran himself out and in the 21st he collapsed. He was not knocked out. He was so exhausted he coudn’t get up. When he came back to his corner ho was in full possession of his faculties. Pulling himself up on the ropes he ted across the ring to shake hands with Corbett. I stepped in front of him. *“No vou don’t, John,” I says. “Don't humiliate yourself. Corbett refused to ke hands with The grand old fellow looked at me with tears in his eyes and then made hls famous statement that he'd been beaten fairly and cleanly and that he was glad an American won. Thg purse was winner take all. John was broke. So was I T| had bet every cent I had on him. The crowds had deserted him, Those who used to swarm around him whenever he went to fight as a champion now avoided him, in the | strects, in the hotel lobbies, in the cating places. He was alone and hroken-hearted. That night he gave me some | good advice. “Let hooze alone,” John said. | fight and drink, Jack. | Everybody gets HIS sumetime. Do | what I'm a-telling you now and re- tire with the glory of a world’s championship and avoid the disgrace | of a knockout.” 1 made up my mind that night, | BURRITTS PLAYING (CONTENDERS FOR SKI HONORS BANTAM CHAMP T0 DEFEND HIS TITLE Charley (Phil) Rosenberg Meets Bushy Graham in Garden New York, Feb. 4 (A —Charley (Phil) Rosenberg today dusted off his world’s bantamweight ring crown for its first appearance in a titular match here in a year and & half. In defence of the championship he taced a double-bafreled struggle— first, the closing stretch of a six weeks’ fight against weight to reach the class limit of 118 pounds. And later, a 15-round duel against Bushy Graham, of Utica, N. Y., whose| name has stood on the books of the: state athletic commission for a year as his outstanding challenger. The titleholder still carried an ex- cess three-quarters of & pound as he left the training room yesterday. It he fails to scale 118 this after- noon, his title will be declared -for- feited by the commission, and with| the diadem will go $2,500 posted as| a guarantee to make the weight. Rosenberg, an oft-suspended | champlon because of his r¢tusals to defend the title, planned yésterday to spend a good share of today in the “steam room.” There were no signs of a switch in the betting odds which | have made him a slight favorite, but | critics conceded Graham a strong chance to lift the crown. The “dry- ing out” measures by Rosenberg at the end ot a strenuous training siege were believed to be to the advan- | tage of the challenger. Graham, a natural bantam, is ex-/| pected to report at ringside in peak condition. The commission has an- nounced the match will be staged, regardless of whether Rosenberg scales 118, Rosenberg lifted the champion- ship in March, 1925, from Eddie (Cannonball) Martin. He outpointe the stocky Brooklyn fighter in & 1 round match. Since then, he has de- fended the title only once against an outstanding challenger, knocking out | Eddle Shea of Chicago in the fourth | round. Graham won his way to top ran! ing among Rosenberg’s contenders by victories over Harold Smith of Chicago, Abe Goldstein, former hold- er of the crown; Bud Taylor, of Terre Haute; California Joec Lynch, Frankie Genaro, Eddie O'Dow Chick Suggs and Tommy Ryan. The championship bout is sched- uled to get under way at 10 o'clock. It will be preceded by two matches between New York little men—Tony Canzoneri against Johnny Green and Carl Duane against Johnny Felucci. Both contestants will be over the 8- round route. Billiard Experts Chalking Cues Pre- paratory to Battle for Champion- | ship. Chjcago, Feb. 4.—P— Three | cushion billiard experts chalked their cues today after a day's rece: in their title tilt to break a three way tie for the lead, shared by Otto Reiselt of Philadelphia, present champion, Art Thurnblad and Augie | Kieckhefer of Chicago. Allan Hall of St. next with a 2-1 record in the round- robin matches, and Denton of Kan- sas Cit, Copulos of Detroit and Lookabaugh of Chicago were tied Louis ranked “ fortunate situation,” he former Tiger | Sitting alone there with John L. in | 0o N RTE L g Sea oy of Chicago manager said, “and now that I am | n good standing it is not going to restrict my activities.” Dan Howley, | Louis Americans, | ting in Cobb's home, sail |it waivers were asked on Cobb tio | action would have no eficet on | Cobb's latitude in choosing a team, | and certainly no bearing on his own | efforts to sign the veteran to a con- | tract. | *1 haven't talked torms to him | yet,” Howley said. “He understands | | that T want him and for the prese nt | | we are talking about old times, He | v decide to play with us, and he | may not.” Howley said he hoped to | flect “some sort of a trade” with | the New York Yankee management | whether he succeeds in signing Cobb | or mot. The Yankecs also aro after Cobb's services, arc represented as trusting Cobb will go to St. Louis if they are unsuccessful in the hope that Howley then would be more in- clined to let go some of his pla “I haven't anybody in Howley, “but we may trade.” Negotiations work up between the & several players, fell down suddenly about a week go. Bare Fist Battles Of the Prize Ring| his room. tired. I gave my belt to Lavigne. TE I quit fighting and re- The New York state amateur golf | champlonship has been awarded to the Oak 1iill Country club of Roch- | ester, N. Y. It will be held on Sep- tember 1, 2 and 3. The = REMemMBER FIND IT 50 MUCH EASIER To OVER LTTLE TRobBLE CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE (Copyright, 1927, NE r When John L. Suliiva ain- | | ing for his bout with Jim Corbett | FIGHTS LAST NIGHT Pa.—Willie Davies 1 Marty Gold Pa Jadelphia, (ter FFights tonigh York tamwe ba Graham, rounds for title.) Gr (eight.) Duane, va Joh Rout n vs Cari Fliegal, Mi Defoe, Great Fal —Ernie ity Tampa, T'la Freem Arturo Sheke Datroit, Mich.—Johnny Datto ve b theory | ndlers worked on the d John L. made him run eavy beac in his sho just ruined he steam out velop sand iy taking t w ent Sullivay 1f. Round : 10r0SS Lett did nothi and gallop unti of the thing, and \ 1 and pufing f { o get at Cobett and catech up him. His mistake in training began to show and ha became leg weary. Corbett geized his ch » and start him tha sev John 1 John ed o nth round I was fan- A towel and t} He ied weakly at me e, Jack, both of look has lost two and won one contest | while McCourt of Cleveland and Campanioni, Cuban star, have drop- ped three straight. Copulos was paired with Cam- panioni in today's offer, Turnblad was Lookabaugh’s opponent, Denton was matched with Kieckhefer and the champion defends tonight against Kenney., re’s at Least One in Every Office ' S KEEP SMILING You'LL ALWAYS Come JusT B S REMEMBER Visitors to Attempt to Ta Revenge in Contest — GEORGIE DAY WiLL MEET TONY JULIAN Meriden Fight Card Promoter Bradley of the Meri- Athletic c¢lub, who recently gave the fans of that city a high- ly pleasing set of bouts at the re- vival of boxing at Meriden, is com- ing right back again with another bang-up card for the night of Thursday, February 10, at the au- gitorium, Meriden. In the feature bout listed for 12 rounds, Georgie Day, the busy New Haven youhgster, will meet Tony Julian, the fast gatted Broclkton, Ma lightweight who holds referees’ decisions over Johnny Dundee, Harry (Kid) Brown, George (Kid) Lee, Jimmy I zette and Willle Harmon, rugged New York welterweight. This will mark the first appear- ance of the "Shoe City” boxer in the Nutmeg state, and from what is said of him, it would serve the New Haven youngster well if h tndergoes serious training for th encounter. The Brockton youth is a fast, two handed bhattler with an abundance of aggressiven not to be found in every battler of to- day. With Day and Julian fighting long the same lines the fans can expect plenty of action from the opening gong. In the semi-final listed for eight rounds, “Sheik” Leonard, the Wal- lingford walloper, who has been showing surprisingly good form since waging a comeback, will meet stiff opposition in Hamby of Holyoke. Leonard's las two starts with Izzy Kaplan, which resulted in a draw, and Sailor Latzo, whom hLe stopped in three rounds at New London a few nights ago, goes to prove that the “Sheik” is still to be recognized as a contender in the welterweight class. However, he will have h hands full in getting away Hamby, who has decisions over Cureio, Gene Mars, Buddy Oscar Pultz and Vincent the hard hitting New den h orgone, Yorker. Surrounding the two head liners Promoter Bradley will present a brace of four round bouts with the pairings as follows: Jimmy Clinch, New Britain, vs. Johnny Mack of ew Haven; Stan Rogers, Young Altero of Waterbury with another four to bhe announced in a few da SHASHES REGORDS Jolnny Weissmuller Still Splashes Records, Making New Marks in the Events. Chicago, Teb. 4 (A — Johnny Welssmuller is still splashing rec- ords, In a time test in the Ilinols Athletic club water program last night Weissmuller se{ "u new world's mark for, the 220 yard free style swim, doing it in 2:08 3-5. The old mark, which Weissmuller also held, was 2:10 2-5. 1T 1S DARKEST EFORE DAWN = | GO WRONG - ck MaY BE JusT GooD Ly AROUND THE CORNER THINGS CAN'T ALWAYS REMEMBER S0 BAD T COULDN T TROUBLES SMALLER KEEP A SMILING FACE -~ 1T SOME TIME TRY JusT T THING S WERE NEVER HAT THEY BE WORSE. SEEM MUCH IF You oONLY Jimmy Clinch Again Signed on the | Tommy | Meriden, | WATERBURY QUINTET TO FACE GUARDS TOMORROW ke Second Straight Game From Locals—Gave Nationals Worst Beating of Year in Brass City—New Britain Team Will Seek Large Crowd of Rooters Coming Here With the Team—Burritts in Prelim. / The National Guard basketball team will meet the Brooklyn A. C. quintet of Waterbury at the state {armory in this city tomorrow night in the weekly basketball feature. The Waterbury team looms as one of the mast formidable opponents of the { Guards this year. A look at the statistics for the sea- |son wiil give an impression of just | what power the Brass City team carrics. In its first game with New Britain on the state armory floor in this city, the Brass City tcam was beaten by the locals 35 to 25, a mar- | gin of 10 points. Then in the second | meeting between the teams on a { Waterbury fioor, the Guards iere swamped under a 42 to 24 score, Tomorrow night’s game should be a battle of batties, The Waterbury team will have to match speed be- | cause the Guards are traveling at a | fast pace now and they are out to turn the tables on the Brooklyn out- | fit ag t team did on them in Wa- | terbury | The Waterbury tecam has in Dunn {and Daly a pair of capable for- | wards. Dunn, sspecially is a hard man to keep from dropping in the points. McNamara, lanky portsider, | will be at the pivot with Fruin and | Wall in the back court. New Britain will start off with | probably Sloman and Rubenstein at TWars Restelll at center and Sheehan and Kilduff at guards. Tay- |lor, Reynolds and Sturm will be | sent into the game so that two come binations will be on the floor dur- | ing the struggle. | The Rurritts w 1 meet Company B of Middletown in the preliminary game. The first contest will start at | 8 o'clock and the main game will be | started at 9 o’clock. Dick Dillon will SPORT BRIEFS [ By the Associated Press. Vincent Richards has recovered { from the illness which forced him to lay aside his racquet last week. He { will rejoin C. C. Pyle's professional | troupe tomotrow night in Newark, [N. J, Business Manager Bill Pick- {®ns announced today. Pickens denied |the report that Richards would be |required to undergo an operation. A record turnout of 150 oarsmen {have reported to Head Coach Dick |Glendon at Columbia. In the squad jare six members from last year's varsity shell. Observers look for ! Glendon to boat his champion fresh- | man crew of 1926 intact as a new | varsity representation this year, Tex Rickard admits he underesti- mated the drawing power of the ck Delaney-Jim Maloney hes | weight melee on Feb. 18. With 1,000 letters and telegrams esking for | reservations, he observes “that lie “had a chance to bat a home run, but all Tl get is an infield single.” BAN ON HAGEN Walter Hagen, being under cone tract to give Florida publicity through his golfing prowess, was Jordered not to take part in the | California golf tourneys after mak- (ing the trip out there exprassly for |that purpose. Nome of the other | players expressed sorrow over the fact. | More than a quarter of a million |students in flve eastern states ree ceive Instruction at the same time from the same teacher by radio. By BRIGGS EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING - JUST EP SMILING