New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 9, 1927, Page 12

'NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1927. $5555663450695502 S XX XL RULE SHOP TEAM BARELY BEATS LANDERS QUINTET Rulers Win in Last Two Minutes By Two-Point Mar- gin—Machine Five Seriously Threatens Russell & Erwin Crew—Two Exciting Games Witnessed By Small Crowd—Russwins Now Leading Industrial League—Tight Race At Finish of Season. League Standing 13, Krause, Swanson 4, Deodorian 2, w. P.C. Nyborg 4,.Whitman 4, Swanson, R. & RO ) 18 Luk Morelll 2. Score at half Corbin Screw .800 time—R. & E., 10, N. B. Machine 9. Stanle 700 Referee, Dillon; timer, Mullin; scor- By [ 4 600 er, Crean. Stanley Works 3 6 3 Rule Shop Wins Landers 7 300, Tt was a narrow squeak for the N. B. ) 0 X Rule & Level team last when it heat the Landers night at the Y. 8 the team 39 to 37 and it was a heart game between the Stanley Rule & breaking loss to the Universals, Level and Landers s of the But it was an intensely exciting | New Britain Industrial basketball exhibition for the small crowd of league when both teams strugi d who attended the games last mightily to win a clos: it arid The Stan- fiercely contested battl nders kept the lead until the ley Rule & Level, with the hardest second half had started but a battle it has had on its hands this spurt by the Stanley team year, managed to slip in a basket them a one point lead and at the 18 minute mark and thenthough the count seesawed Jold the Landers team from shoot- forth, a basket b¥ ing in the second half and thiS|Carrozza at the 18 minute mark gave them the game by the smallling strong defensive play for the margin of two points. last two minutes gave the Rulers Landers was crippled 80on 2fteT | the game in a contest marked with the second -halt began when BIllY|thrills throughout. Darrow was elected from the game| pycherf with a field goal and a on personal fouls, Had this Star!¢ou) gave Landers three and Preis- forward remained In, the result of|sr added two more on two fres the contest might be different. |tries. Arburr broke through at 4:19 Surprising as it may seem, the|i; give the Rulers their first point. Russell & in five had a narrow, gycheri followed to get another squeak winning from the New Brit- basket but at this point the Rulers Throughout HOSSSSL I 598 HLLHLDLH LS LIBLIE 29050002 STANLEY RULE BARELY WINS FROM LANDERS IN INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE—BOTH LEAGUE LEADERS IN BOYS’ CLUB LOOP. LOSE BY SMALL MARGINS—GEORGE CASSIDY AND HARRY GINSBURG PASS CENTRAL BOARD BASKETBALL TESTS-— OTHER dTEMS HAD THE WILL TO WIN SIY-GANDIDATES PASS COURT TEST (George Cassidy and Harry Gins- berg Recognized Officials The annual examinations of can- LEAGUE LEADERS ARE BOTH BEATEN !Dixies and Whippets Lose Ont by Scant Margin in Games Group B Standing WO pet | aidates for admission to the Central Dixies T 4 .83 | Connecticut Board of Approved Bas- Whippets ... e s s [ketball officials was held in the Whirlwinds -« ¥ B el | Hrartford Y. M. C. A. Saturday after- Fentian v S Skl BAT HAD TUE noon when 12 men came before the examining committee for their tests. From the 12 men, six received the Last cvening was on of upsets in *WILL TO WIN/ the Boys' Club Group B Itnermedi- ate basketball league, both leaders being beaten out by scant margins. The Dixies, who a short while ago |appeared to have first place clinched, | lost their second straight game, the | | tail-end Panthers eking out a 16-14 | | victory after a whirlwind encounter. | 1 Marietta and Paretta werc hest of | | the attack, whil Korosis and Mar- | holin showed adeptness at guarding. | The summary: Panthers Fld Fl Tt 50 2 2] .2 0 4| Marietta, ¢ . 4 i a Denls, g ... 0 0 0 KOrosis, 18 «ovveene 0 1 1 4 15 Fl T OOWNS HMSELF | Zembrowskl, ) 1 T e e ) 1 3| el - (BY BILLY EVANS) | Paretta, rg . 0 6| The will to win will overcome un- | pitching staff last year even when | Wasnick, rg 0 0 | surmountable obstacles in all sports. worked out of turn, he doubtless Marholin, Ig 0 | Battling Nelson, former lightweight fcels that his salary for the coming | season should be considerably in ad- vance of last year hampion, had it, as well other leading ringmen. | The will to win is a combination | as many 14| to tie GEORGE M. CASSIDY for first pluu when they took to the Whippets had a chance official O. K. of the committee and ain Machine 33 to 18. found themselves. B ngston got a . : z of illty, dmvlmnmtm and cou the second the .\c\\rr:aml‘sr“z-xx 34 him, making the count 7 to 5 tor WL i:helnts nes ‘;on B lonosoioh .lomlv‘(hmg % sieit iy e |of the board. the Russwins to a standstill and| panjers, 2o Pamand vony 1010 I s [”n,‘ ot Nelson's choloe lles vaa: I The successful applicants are as threatened to lead on sev "al‘lm‘ffl’. Darrow in quick succession caged iy the formor, The Whirlwinds | _“Never give up until you're licked. IN AMA E f°”°“* elons. A wild spurt In the « OSINE (o froo try and a basket on & pret- | oo ‘apniay o be showing whe they | Then fight all the harder.” [ Alhrrt ,\hnrn Storrs, a student at minutes gave the Russwins the (y gyot and play. Carrozza at 8:40 | chose their name, for they are climb- | During his memorable career, | onn. Agr. colleg 3 Bame. P |scored a free try for the Rule |inz upwards after a wrotched { which fairly teemed with color, one : 5 ; ~George f‘ ssidy, New Britain, Newmatics Lose Shop. Prefsser wiped this out With | un(il they now hut two games| bout stands out as the toughest Uflflfldlafl Ghampmfls t() Bfime ot ote N Ew B [ U IS sah 00l The R. & E. team started when a field goal from the center of the |from the Dixies, Jerv! | battle he ever had. Tor weathering | team, at the 10 minute mark, through for a double he followed with Nyborg scored a free try at 30 sec- |floor. H. onds. Erny Aunderson ticd the Sco7® Bengston slid in the same manner at the three counter. At 11 minute mark. Krause put the New- | another. At 13 the storm he received $15 and also | Harry Ginsburg, New Britain, I once | mant featured for the and the Whirl- Gonnecticut’s Best in Hartloed ‘Jllm‘k and Backis for ost the decision. heard | winds. The summary lson relate the details of that | Whippets | battle. | Feh, 8 Interest in the matics into the lead with a pretty core with Fld F1I Tt| “As long as T live,” said Nelson, | Hartford, basket but Luke followed closcly rvis, 1f . 3 0 6| “T will never forget the name of |Visit to Foot Guard hall Thursday afterwards with a nice flip to tie the broke the rtinsky, 1f 1 2| Joe Hedmark, He gave me the night of the five-man adian count again. Swanson of the R. & foul and A Nerverouska 0 ) worst beating T ever experienced in championship amateur boxing team 3. team lifted the ball over the rim | other. Kaminski got pretty bas enart, rg .. 0 0 0 my ring career. has stirred great interest among the at nine minutes to give the Lock- ket and T llowed with an- | Normant, Ig . P 0 6 Up to meeting him, early in my amatenr boxing fans in Hartford and makers a lead but at the 15 minufe ! other. Then sped around | Camp, 1g .. 0 o 0 | career, T had never lost a decision. vicinity and the indication is that a mark, Eric Anderson popped a 1005 and made one at the 15:50 mark, The bout hadn't been a minute in |capadity gallery will greet the invad- ne and the count was again tied. |leaving the score at half time 18 7 1 14 | the first round when he floored me. 'crs from over the horder. Both teams were putting up alto 14 in favor of Lande | hat was a new experlence also, for | In addition to the Canadian team, fense. Swanson of Second Half el Tt | 1 had never been on the canvas be- |teams have entered from Holyoke n broke the tie, but E: Arburr scored a free try after| Block, rf 0 8 | tore. anil Sprineneld] derson sped around the one minute of play. Preisser added | Diner, It 2 21 “However, that was merely the| There is prospect of Joe Howard, and tied it up at 7-all at 16 and @ |4 point for L: got | Dackus, ic . . 1 5 | beginning. It scemed as it I had Bat Battalino and Ray Hogan, three half. Morelli slipped through for a&igoing and on scored a 1 L 2 |springs on my feet that evehing. of Connecticut's best amateurs, hav- pretty goal and followed it With a|p, Bengs nother | B¢l 0 o { During the course of the six rounds ing a stormy evening as they match iccessful free try giving Russwins!at 3 minutes to t ore. At| = = =~ |T was knocked down 17 times, I [talents with the visiting Canadian cad of point 15, Carrozza scored another and | 6 5 urely was a horizontal fighter that champlons. Eric Anderse ot a lol at four minutes, Sloman scored a | L evening. Howard is bracketed with Gene g the scol half time free try to follow quickly am\r} SPORT BRIEFS “I did a little punching myself Ratella, Montreal policeman and ihe favor of the Russwins. with another. The Ru wera when not reclining on the floor and |outstanding amateur boxer of Can- | Second Halt leading 23 to 19. Aronson broke knocked Hedmark down five times, [ada. Ratelle has a long list of sagorts through to cage a goal and Prefs- |y ¢ s {making 22 knockdowns in six kayos to his credit and Howard is o second halt w ser added a foul, making it 23 to| The coming heavyweight match |rounds. 5 |sure to find in the hard-hitting Cana- e through the 22 | oetwean: Jack Delaiey asd’ Iam “There was no stalling in those 'dian a foeman worthy of his steel. | Sr i Hlnnag /one Litoush e " Y| days, the boys really fought, and The same situation obtains with Bat- put the Newmatics in the in Bengston came to the Maloney on Feb. 18, now rivalling | 93¥5 Ve Yy foughih, —and situg oY e aa ] i Z for being on the receiving end of |talino who is slated to meet Teddy | HARRY GINSBURG of the s at 5:40 With a nifty shot. 'Kaminski again brought Landers close with a pretty goal. Bengston added a foul and Plurin got his oar in with a basket. ders began to fight despe Darrow went out on fouls. Ander- son, who replaced him, scored a ba at 9:2 Bengston again Whitman after two minutes s 1 side into the lead. Morelli at minutes on a fast play, sent anot] ed swishing through the net and axe followed him, giving the Rus wins a five point edge. Erny Ander- | son took a long heave and the ball landed through the hoop and Eric | Anderson at 5:30 droppd in a free try coming to within two points of | Whirled around for another double the leaders. | decker. Plurin registered again and Morelli at 9:45 dropped in anoth- | Arburr got four points on a goal er pretty goal and Whitman follow- 1 two free tries, ed him with a free try. Luke added| The score was now 37 to 26 and a basket when he got loose for a|it looked bad for Landers. With a “sucker” shot, leaving the score 21|Wonderful spurt Landers tied th to 14. Here the Newmatics spurt- | <core. Kaminskl started with a ed. The two Andersons Eric and basket at 16:33, Bucheri follow Erny each got bask bu t Luke got | With one at 17:10. Nester then free again for -another double|came in for a rally all his own. He counter. scored a basket and a foul and At this point, Nyborg who had | followed at 17:45 with another. left the game at the start of the half inski tied the score on a frec got back in again and started on a Ouf shot at 17:55. solo rampage. He caged two fouls/ Darby” Carrozza got hold of end followed them with a basket I and popped from lons et the 14:10 mark. At 15 mi and the ball sank in. The | he scored another fleld goal and at rs went completely on the de 16:50, he got still another, the [°nSe and held the score until count standing 31 to 18, This spurt . 39 to 37 in t gave tho Russwins the decided score Stanley Rule edge that really won the game out, trouble. Joe Luke fol a basket at 18 ed and the Fid , 18 K Ki, « 4 3 Nyborz, rf ) i 0 2 J. Lu 1 Rt Mor 7 A 3 3 K tin 1 orer, Crea Luke, ) r I RIZAD HERALD CUASSIFIED ADS rson 3 ric A FOR YOUTR WANTS k| in interest any b e cl () Lt anyhottiof iepchrront {Delullo, Canad featherwelzht those 17 knockdowns I received 15 n jatony Sobian, O s |hucks. T have forgotten the detafls | titleholder and a sure selection for |coach of P. & T. Corbin five and | \d vight on again, however, |Of MOSt Of my other fights, but that |the Olympic team. Ray Hogan is in former star plaver. | when Dan Carroll, manager of Ma. | On¢ Rev iho same bracket with Harry Smith, | Gerald Grinnell, Simsbury, phye- | | loney, reached an agreement with | joutstanding Canadian welterwelght,|ical diractor, Westminster school, | Tex Rickard as to the number of | who has scored several victories in |formerly of Springfield college. ln <cts reserved for Boston mng | ‘xr(nnnllonal contests. | l.? Guyer, Storrs, athletic director i servations already have account- | Ray Strong and ¥ ‘man. Fink Z\rofflt (>nn-yL A}!I‘. £ b I e | other Hartford amateurs booked to| William Thomson, Hartford, for- e fo 3 Clash with the Canadians, - Strong |merly a member of Conn. Aggie ath- with Bobby Lictham and Kink with | letic teams. DURST AND GIARD : These six must serve a year on i E rley Methot of Canada. R — = = | probation after vhich period, if they onns i eiee teerion.mans | Yankees and St. Louis B T Monday in unique fashion. Bave | JAIKEES Al WIS BIOWDS | s y Sbon e e - I\nln bowling champion, and Joe | ‘l‘lonnskh one of the entries in the ate league last year, will meet Otto Linwood V. Castner of Medomak, Put Through Moneyless Trade | York as the first insiallment of a | | | | | i | | ‘ | mailed a check for $33,000 to t | | bank of Manhattan company in New | | | | | | | $HSSHLHISLEIL LLSH LS HSSSLSSOSSLELSSEHL IS L) SITTIFITP TY COBB SIGNS TO PLAY BALL WITH THE ATHLETICS | Former Detroit Manager to Receive $75,000—Reports Say Speaker is to Receive the Same Amount—Ruth May Ask Yankees For $100,000—“Georgia Peach” to Be Highest Paid Player on Record—Always Ad- mired Connie Mack and His Ideas. Philadelphia, Feb. 9 (A—Tyrus Detroit team and play for him this | Raymond Cobb will wear the uni. |Year as a yrivate in the ranks." form of the Philadelphia Athletics Play in Right Flela e Manager ' Mack announced that The veteran of 22 American |CObb would play in right fleld and league pennant campaigns has ac- | Would be third in the battink order. cepted the terms of Manager Connie | With Zach Wheat at left, Simmons Mack, and probably will close his I center and Lamar and French in baseball careor as a member of |Téserve, the Athletics’ pllot sald he Mack’s team. The confract, to be had an outfield of which any club | tormally signed today, is for the Should be proud. noason of 1927 and Cubb has sald “Cobb will add power, experience that he will retire from the gamw at And brains to the team,” added the close of the season. Rant . The “Georgla Peach” announced | The Athletics, who finished third at the Philadelphia sports writers' | 125t year, will start the 1927 scason inner, whore he was & Euest of | Vith tWo new men In the outfleld |and three in tho infleld.” Tn addition [to Cobb and Wheat, they are Edaie | Collins, former manager of the Chi- |cago White Sox, who will play sec- ond base; oJe Boley, formerly of the Baltimore Internationals, at short- stop, and Branom, obtained from the |Kansas City team of the American |assoclation, at first base. Manager | Howley of the §t. Louls Browns, re- |cently called Boley the greatest | shortstop he had ever seen, Based on reported prices pald for new players in building up his 1 team, Manager Mack has spent ap- proximately $250,000. -Boley and | Branon were said to have cost the Athletlcs a total of $125,000. Wheat's contract and bonus totaled $18,500; Collins’ contract $20,000 and Cobl's between $60,000 and $75,000, In ad- dition to these several piltchers and n outfielder were purchased from ague clubs at a total outlay 000 e | pYe TY COBB | | New Yor v {Tonor last night, that he had ac- Will Teceive $75,000 for his services r, the terms of in the cutfield of the Philadelphia cepted Mack’s o d of 1] !which, he said would to be disclosed | Athletics, the New York Times says | I tod The contract will call for a | by the manager of the Athletics if X | they were to be made public. Mack Sk of $40,000, a bonus of declined to discuss the financial de. or signing and an extra $10,0¢ ¢ t the close of the season. w'“l“ At the same time a report was ‘ Persons close to both Cobb and | wyirent among ehail E,, £ath- Mack gaid the contract called for loreq here for the major league wmid. $60,000—8$25,000 for signing, $25,000 | \inter sessions that Tris Speaker, ab- | salary and a $10.000 bonus. Othe solved with ('obb on charges of base i ploced the amount at $75,000. Either | figure would be the highest salary ever pald a bascball player. Clubs Sought Him There has been keen rivalry | ball crookedness by Landis, s to receive & efforts this season in the {the Washington Ser Corridor gossip reported that Clark Commissioner 000 for his outfield of tween the Athleties and St Lot fith, owner of the Senafors, met Browns for Cobb's services since he iker and asked him his terms was cleared of haseball some time s |charges by Commissioner eventy thousand,” Tris re- Other Ameri e teams also | were sald to have made him off ay slvaidbtoiyon it ansarad |but Manager Mack and Howley GTIfith, the reports said Highest Paid Men made special trips to Cobb's hor | Augusta, Ga., in their efforts to gt || At Pre e s bt 1 | nim. Howley was reported to have | an 1t baseball is John e : manager of the New York offered the former Detroit manager | wiio oy dosn 00 350,000 to join the Bro baRuth s tha hishest | =l | “I think this is the for me,” Cobb said at proper spot is hotel to- known, his cont Rogers Hornshy act calli {day. “And T am glad to be with 1 next with the terms ot his the Athletics. They have a mighty i agreer the Giants fine chance for the pennant. T only | helieved to for $40,000 per | hope that T will be spared any illness | annum. or accidents for I am just rarin’ to| The reports of show that public that T still | Cobh and Spe revived diseus reach dizzy heights in 1 be- | of Babe Ruth’s value to the New cause of certain incident re- | York Yankees. Ruth, who is expect- celved prominence during the off |¢d to negotiate with the Yankee I'season I call this ‘vind 3 lanagement for the renewal of his and T am out to play the kind of UXpired contract this wmonth, has baseball that will make folks write Deon revorted as sccking sums rang- letters to their cousins In the coun- |iN§ between 375,000 and $100,000 iy for his home run clouting in the “I never felt better. Legs are strong and I can go a fast clip from | Pennsylvania considered chiefly 000000 bt wnd b pewie nd Joey Neil of Torrington in a Me., claims the world's clam dig- | the Kickoff to the finisH. T have al-| Lenns e S e SR e e S DRl 11 [SPEcClal seven-game, two-man bowling | ging _championship. He dug 456 |ways had much admiration for A1 indvsirial state, hias more money Slouts no longer ride I Tis war |y o, Xork: Feb. 9 (UP)—In the imateh at Rogers' alleys tomorrow | bushels of clams in 39 days, his|Connie Mack. I.am strong for his Invested in agriculture than any lout nger ride |latest big league trade, that whichpignt The teams will play for a|best day's record being 18 1-4 [ideas and policles and am glad to lay Other industry but mining. An it |brings Pitcher Joe Giard and Out- {\virce of $50 a side. bushels. down the managerial reins of the Income of $500,000 a year Is pro- __|ficlder Cedric Durst from the St. lavzeni by a0 0000 dores. {Dog. davat el scheauied IS 5ouls) Browna ol the) iNew Tork | meele g "’”"I"hs'l:"[‘h‘ (M‘;i“";’l: | Yankees in exchange for Pitcher Sam | where the annual three-day show of | yona tne nonors appear even. | V] f a Man T; K A ki Bv BRIGGS | the Westminster Kennel club 3 to | "°pct (o8 MCred P oton Miter | ovie of a Man rymg tO eep Awake. y be staged for the first time. The | pygging manager of the Yankees, | show opens Thursday with ¢xhibl- | pag'heen hot on the trail of the deas | tion and judging in various classes [¢°® W0 1O O S AFTER HEARTY YieLDs T GReaT LUNCH FEELS DRoOWSY in which many TEMPTATION ANY of the bluebloods of | “pryggins was after Durst because | dogdom are entered. he wanted a left handed batter who | D SLUGG N e ¢ paur | 2150 could work in the outfield when AND SLUGGISH — I TAKES SHORT | Fimienbaeh. o announced his re. | oCcasion arose. Dan Howley, new | SNO0ZE om the ring yesterday, 1s | MAnager of the Browns, was quite tions of the former | Filling to part with Durst and the nt not taking the actions of the [OMMET | erratic Giard to land a veteran pitch- ey on o il ev Gt the o ahascis kiniew [eusy ve scen too many FOX- | opat they wanted, both teams should crs retire and then come back,” he | ; be benefited. id. Hickey believes that after | | Tt fenine in Flor. | The Yankees, oddly enough, trad- ed Giard to the Browns two seasons aul enjoys ida for a fow weeks, he Wil returtlago when they sent Joe Bush and Sk ; 22 Milton Gaston to St. Louis for Ur- ban Bhock Giard was low in the list of Amer- jcan league pitchers last scason, win- ning three games and losing 18 and allowing scven earned runs per nine innings. | | Durst also was no bargain. He| | fielded well enough, but batted only County Le}l;ucg(‘;rfilteet | \rlalwed and (ancelled A les e connty the South AWAKENS WITH A START AND MAKES PRETENSE oF ACTINITY .BY ™~ RATTLING PAPERS TUPIDLY BRAIN AND STARES AT PAPGRS, DEAD. | However, even with a penant | , Jones was able to win | only nine games while losing eight He allowed about four earned runs ROUSES SELF UP a game. | AND Looks To SEE Only Herb Pennock, Bob Shawke IF. HE HAS BEE \d Waite Hoyt of the 3 once-famous “five-star’ pitching s OBSERVED | now remain to the Huggmen, though Urhan Shocker placed Joer Bush. amply re- Baseball men the American 1 e meeting here were unanimous in declaring that the Yankees' chances to repeat,in 1927 vill depend on their young itchers If a rookie hurled to take Jones lace can be found the Huggmen will | be hard to stop, for Shocker, Pen- | coach © | nock and Hoyt should continue to | am, wil put games in the “won” column even | | 1e game to 1 if Shawkey's big le days are | | at a meeting ir out completed | club rooms Church street to Incidentally, the Yankees may | morrow night at § o'clock. Al have some trouble in signing Pen- | | tormer members of the club are The slight hurler and fox | asked to be present. 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