New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 11, 1927, Page 24

NATIONAL GUARDS BATTLE ATLAS OF NEW HAVEN AT STATE ARMORY TOMORROW —TWO "GAMES CARDED IN GIRLS’ INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE TONIGHT-—SOCCOLI LOSES STATE POCKET BILLIARD MATCH TO BOB STONE —OTHER SPORT ITEMS GUARDS READY FOR ATLAS QUINTET TOMORROW NIGHT New Britain Team to Make Attempt to Wipe Out New Haven Defeat—EIm City Five One of the Strongest | in the State—Locals All Reported to Be in Excellent Form—Burritts and Rangers to Clash in Prelimin- ary Game—Big Crowd Expected. The biggest baskflb‘\l] sensation of the present season is due to be | furnished to the basketball fans of this city tomorrow night at the state armory in the game between the Na- tional Guards and the Atlas A. C. five of New Haven. No more bitter rivals can be found in that state than are these two teams and thls feel- ing has been heightened by the fact that the local team lost to the Elm Clty quintet in Néw Haven on Janu- ary 14 by a 22 to 20 score. The Atlas team has for years been one of the best teams {n Connecti- cut. The players have been asso- clated on teams together for a long number of years and have perfected & pass work that generally brings grief to all opponents. In Botwinick and Evans, the New Haven team has two of tha cleverest forwards in the state. Both are tast, quick in handling the ball and dead shots. They know all the tricks of the game and are ex- perienced players who can be count- ed on to give the local guards a great deal of trouble. Sam Pite, Yale's beat player a few years ago, will be at his usual posi- | Hs is a dangerous | tion in center. man at all times and plays his hard- est when opposing the Natlonal| Guards of this eity. The guards are in a class by them- | selves, Chadys and Gubersky are leeches for opposing forwards and whichever combination of forwards goes inta the game for the National Guards tomorrow night, the pair is in for a stiff session against the visiting basket-guardians. The probable starting lineup the Guards will be Sloman and Ru- benstein at forward; ter and Kilduff and 8heehan guard. during the game to bring in Taylor at forward, Reynolds at center and Sturm at guard. Burritts vs. Rangers The Burritts and Rangers will clash in their first meeting of ne present season in the prellminary game. Needless to say, with two local quintets battling on the floor, there is bound to crop out a stiff rivalry. The Burritts confldently ex- of pects to register thelr sixth straight victory while the Rangers will be out to score thelr first win on the court over the Burritts, The first game will start at 8 o'clock with Dick Dillon as referee. The main game will take place about | 9 o'clock. A record crowd of hns is expected to turn out to witness | both battles. PLAN TOURNAMENT IN VARIOUS GAMES Y. M. C. A to Conduct Cham- pionships in Popular Sports Physical Director Joseph Herg- strom and Industrial Secretary Boyce Long of the Y. M. C. A. attended the | State Competition Council meeting held in New Haven yesterday. Plans and rules were discussed for or- ganizing stata champlonships In church basketball, industrial men’s and girls’ basketball and bowling. New Britain will probably qnter teams in both the bowling and basketball tourneys and the physical director has arranged for the leading | industrial and church teams of Hart- ford to play the leading church and mdu*xlrml teams of this city In lhr-‘ * gymnasium on the same night. | To data the following cities inter- ested in the state tourney are as fol- lows: New Haven, Hartford, New Britain, Stamford, Waterbury and | Restelli at cen- | at | Shifts will probably be made | | SOCGOLI LOSES T0 " STONE IN MATCH Elmore Cne Star Makes Great: Rally But Fails to Win Dominick Soccoll, Who represents the Elmore Billlard Academy of this | city in the state championship pock- et billlard tournament, lost to Bob Stone of Waterbury in a match| plaved here last night. The score 5100 to 82, The match was devold of high runs such as characterized matches earlier in the scason. Both players | ran off clusters of 14 on two occa- sions. This was Soccoll’s last sched- uled home match although he plays | Hammill of W.terbury here in a postponed game next Thursday night. At one stage of the game, Soccoll electrified the large crowd by a won- | derful spurt. With Stone leading him 79 to 31, a margin of 48 points, | Dominick started off and all but tied | his opponent. Stone, amazed by the quick recovery and steady comeback of the local boy, missed an easy shot and left a great opportunity for Soc- coll to run out and win, Dominick seemingly had shot his bolt, however, because with an al- | most sure lay-out for a win, he ibbed a shot and allowed Stone to recover sufficlently to run out on him and win the match, The standing in the league not including the games played this| week, 13 as follows: Pct. .909 826 695 895 .608 608 | Hanlon Erkes Stone Hammell Soccoll Stone McPartland Police Coogan bl 12 11 15 15 20 New Britain, 4. | | High run, Soccoll, HOPPE 1S BEHIND IN TITLE MATCH iBilliard Champion and Challen- ger Rest Alter First Block | | Boston, Feb. 11 (A—Willle Hoppe, 118.2 balkline billiard champion of | the world, and Welker Cochran, his Los Angeles challenger, rested to- day after the first block of their 1,500 match last night which saw the title holder bested to the tune of 500 | to 334, Play will be resumed tonight at the Elks' hotel where the contest is| being staged. In a game almost en- tirely devold of the spectacular, Cochran persistently lead the cham- plon but neither man was at his best. : Twenty-three innings consumed nearly four hours and produced the unlmprc&uvn averages of 22 16-22/ and 16 4-23 for challenger, anu‘ champlon, * respectively, Cdchran | made the only run of the nighi that | went past the century mark when he | ran up a score of 121 in his twelfth | stanza. The best that Hoppe could do was | | the | weight and NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1927, SGANDAL BREAKS OVER TITLE BOUT New York Commission Investi- gates Rosenberg-Gratiam Scrap New York, Feb. 11 (UP)—Charges that “inslde business” was done be- fore the recent bantaweight cham- pionship fight between Charley Rosenberg and Bushey Graham were being investigated today by the New York boxing commission. Rosenberg and his manager, Har- ry Segal; Graham and his manager, William Parr, and Tex Rickard, Wil- liam Carey, Willlam Walters and Jess McMahon were subpoenaed to tell what they knew about the manipu- lation of contracts entered into be- tween the managers of the two box- ers. On the surface it was charged that the rules of the commission covering contracts for ths purses in cham- pionship fights were violated, but un- derneath an effort will be made to learn how much, if any, the big gamblers cleaned up on advance in- formation. Rosenberg was four and a half pounds overweight and forfeited the title befors he entered the ring, but he won the decision from Graham and the title was declared vacant. The rules of the commission pro- vide that 37! per cent of the re- ceipts shall be paid to the champion in a chapionship match and 12% per cent to the challenger. The com- mission, however, charges that a sec- ond contract between the managers was drawn glving Graham only five per cent of his purse. Segal, Rosenberg's manager, prac- tically admitted that such an ar- rangement was made, and claimed it a common practice for a champion to get a kick-back from the chal- lenger for risking his title. He claims the Mandell-Kansas lightweight championship fight and Walker-Flowers middleweight championship fight had to be under- written by the challengers. “I never knew it was in the N/"\ York law that a champlon's man-| ager couldn’t accept a gift from the | than that of pitcher, { challenger and that's aill we got. We | uention through thelr ability to de- | 1King of had to give one before Eddie Mar-| ceive opposing batsmen. tin would fight Rosenberg,” he said. Segal denied blame because Ros- enberg was not at weight and had | to forfeit the title. He pointed out| that he asked the commission for a| postponement because Rosenberg | might not be able to make the that he was forced to| fight. The commission was interested to| know how long in advance the gamblers knew that Rosenberg would not make the welght and how they were wise enough to bet that | Rosenberg would win the deciston, | and at the same time that he would lose the title. Rickard and McMahon sald that; they were not responsible for agree- | ments between managers on finances | and that they made out the checks| to the fighters according to the rulcsAl COUNTY Y ELECTS All Officers of Organization Are Chosen for Another Year at An- nual Meeting. All officers of the Hartford Coun-! ty Y. M. C. A. Amateur Athletic as- | sociation were reelected at the an- nual meeting held last night in| Jewell hall, Hartford. Harry N. An- | derson of Hartford will remain as president, W. A. Bailey of Plainville | as vice-president, and K. E. Parker ot New Britain as secretary-treas- urer. President Anderson was again appointed chief commissioner, while | the three commissioners from the | New Britain district, Mr. Bailey, Mr. Parker and Rev. Vernon L. Phillips | ot Kensington, were reelected. County Secretary Elmer T. | Thienes suggested that good sports- | manship be recognized by the asso-| clation, that some means of award- | ing certificates for outstanding ex- | amples of sportsmanship be adopted. | This was referred to the board of commissioners and will be taken up | Goslin, | the minors. | room after EIGHT STARS.WHO STARTED AS PITCHERS P (BY BILLY EVANS) stars of the positions othe: e Eight outstanding | majors at various It Isa peculiar coincidence. 1n1 several instances, the players in| | question first won fame as big league | | pitchers before turning their efforts | |in other directions. In particular, I have in mind Babe Ruth and George Sisler. Two of the stars of the Washing- ton outfleld, Sam Rice and Goose took a whirl at pitching in Goslin finally gave it up, preferring tho outfield. How- | | ever, Sam Rice's clever pitching in RUTH WANTS $100000 | Swat Declares He Will Quit Bascball if His Terms Are \m\ Met. Hollywood, Callf, Feb. 11 (I‘P)i Babe Ruth wants $100,000 for playlng with the Yankees next sca- son, and if he lsn't given a contract for that amount from the New York club he won't be in the Yankee or'Alfred Goullett's record of 12 bike| he | any other lineup this summer, sald Tast night. “I am worth $100,000 to the New | more prize money than any rider !n\ York ciub, and if they won't give ENTERS BIKE RACE Reggie McNamara, “Iron Man” of, Cycling World, Enlists For Next Six-Day Grind. New Yor.\. McNamara, “iron man” of the cy- cling world, has enlisted for Tex Rickard's next six-day grind starting ! (March 5 In an attempt to equal| marathon victories, McNamara already has drawn| sthe history of the sport. He has won | | the Virginia league caused Washiug- |me that much Il quit baseball,” 11 races, finished second seven times, ton to purchase him, Without a doubt there was never a pitcher to break into the majors who was as fleet of foot as Sam Rice. Sam had a good fast ball in those days, and his feet seemed to travel even faster. | Rice's pliching for Washington | produced few victories, not so much because of his brand of twirl- ing, but rather due to the fact that in those days the Washington club | was nothing to boast about. A most unusual incident closed Rice's careor as a pitcher, Golng into an extra inning game against | Detroit, George Daues, pitching for the Tigers, broke up the ball game with & three-base hit. i “I'm through as a pitcher,” sald Rice as he entered the dressing the game. “When a pitcher can hit my curve ball that far, it's time to try some other | position.” Rice took to the outfield, soon de- veloped into a star, and or 10 years has been one vof the most valuable | players in the American league. He's one of those chaps who does | his work without any fuss and feathers, but always well. Charles Jamison of Clevelana first attracted the big los his pitching for Buffalo Bressler came to Connie Mack as a southpaw extraordinary. Eddie | Rousch, one of the greatest out-| flelders in the history of the game, did a little pitching in the minors Back tn 1919 the extraordinary Ruth said. “I have plenty of money and 1, don't have to worry much about| what 1 do. Of course, I would hate to drop out, because I like baseball. But I want my price and I won't sign for less. “McGovern and 1 may team up and start a string of gymnasiuma if nothing else turns up.” he said, re- ferring to Arthur A. McGovern, New | YorR trainer who Is here helping | 'Ruth condition himself for the sea- son. The Babe said he hadn't vet re- turned the $52,000 contract offered | him, “but Il get it off before Satur- | day and T won't sign until they make the terms right.” STRIBLING IN BAD New York fight fans have not re- gained any great degree of favor*for | Young Stribling, the Georgia battler, since he made such a miserable showing against Paul Berlenbach. The Dixie youth earned a close de- days ago, but the bout was witnessed by less than 6,000 fans. ,Perhaps other factors entered into the poor | attendance, but his Berlenbach fight | has not heen entirely forgotten by the New Yorkers. How to Start the IT clsion from Eddie Huffman a few | | third on five occasions and fourth on three others. The veteran Newark, N. J,, ath- !lete returned two days ago from Europe where he carrled honors in a 621:-mile with Linarl, after finlshing fifth n the Berlin 6-day race. An injury to his partner put Reggle too far be- hind to make him a strong first place | contender In the latter event. LIKES PRO HOCKEY Judge Landls Thinks Puck Game Will Have Baseball Popularity in ‘Winter, Commissioner Landis sional hockey. game will have the winter-time popularity that baseball enjoys in jthe summer, and principally because it appeals to women. “Hockey is a red-blooded game and, like baseball, is an open one which can be followed closely,” says the commissioner. “Mrs. Landis dragged me out to my first game and 'T have never since missed an oppor- |tunity to watch the big puck | chasers In action.” Day Wrong Feb. 11 (P—Reggie | off first| team race| New York, Feb. 11 (P—Baseball | likes profes- | He thinks the puck PIGTECLC DL TWO GAMES CARDED IN GIRLS’ LEAGUE TONIGHT Session—House is Sol BUICKS AND FORDS WIN IN TOURNEY Knnnal Yolley Ball League Opens at Y. M. C. A, Gymnasium The Hudsons and the Dodges could not make the grade last night against the Buick and the Ford vol- ley ball teams ment, Tom Crowe, Hudsons in the absence of ‘Bert’ last night with no results until, too late, he discovered the gas tank empty. In the meantime the Buicks increased their speed and came under the wire with plenty of time to spare. “Goody"” Priesser of the Hudsons who stands well over six feet with his socks off, proved to be the best spiker. He never failed to knock them under the net when points were badly needed. Fred Linn also of the Hudsons was reported pres- ent for no reason at all and talked a good game but were all Swedish the understanding ‘was not mutual. The star performance of the eve- ning was given when the little Fo: defeated the tough Commercial street gang headed by Henry Horn- kohl. the defeat was attributed to Jim Dorsey arriving on the floor with ear-muffs on and failing to hear the proper signals. However at the close of the game Dorseyecalled the Commerclal street gang togethdr down in the locker room and laid the lJaw down to them and com- report in Stable No. Walker's barn at 4:30 o'clock I'ri- aay afternoon for practice. All in all regardless of whether a team won or-lost all the participants enjoyed the sport and the good na- | tured joshing that was served up with the ball. Summary | Buicks | Rosenswelg | Sahrbacher Draddon Barnes Jones | Helnzmann C. B. Keogh L. Score, Bulcks won Hudsons L. F. Crowe C. F R. F. R. B. Kutscher G. Prelsser Porter | Deodorian | 15-11,15-5,15-8. | Second Game: Dodges Hornkohl { Dressel | Dorsey Burke TLuebeck Velie C. B J. Luke Maikowski L. B. Beers Score, Fords winning, 10-15, 15-11, 15-10. Fords | Hergstrom Van Oppen Siderowt Wheeler vs. L. F. C F. RARE COLLEGE STAR Good athletes who are good | | students are rare these days. Syra- cuse hoasts of one in Charlie Cook, quarterback of the Orange the past two vears. Cook dangles a | chain and also writes quite a number college annual. In addition to his football activities, Cook also is a prominent basketball player. DUFFY STILL AT IT highest batting average ever amassed by a big leaguer, .438, made in 1904, | is still connected with baseball is scouting for the Boston Red Sox. GoOD MORNING in the “Y" tourna- | skipper of the| Loomis, cranked and cranked away | as the opponents | manded every man on the team to | 23 of H. R. | F. Linn | eleven | | Phi Beta Kappa key from his watch ' | of honors beneath his name in the | He | P. & F. Corbin Meets‘American Hosiery in First Game —Stanley Rule to Battle Corbin Screw in Closing d Out Again This Week— Players On Terms Anxious to Get Started—Race On in Earnest After Tonight. Two fast games will be offered to the followers of the Girls' Indus- Ilrml league when the second |night's contests are played tonight. The first will bring together the P. |&. F. Corbin and American Hosiery representatives. Inasmuch as neither of these {quintets has yet played in the league, it 1is impossible to dope game out, but if the state- m(‘n?s of the managers are to be believed both teams will win. Both ‘nre confident that their respective | charges will come out on top not |only tonight but also at the end of |the season. The late start has only added to their enthusiasm and ths players are determined that to- |night they will make last week's games look slow. | In the second contest the Stan- {ley Rule quintet will oppose the girls from the Corbin Screw shop. | The rulers are a sturdy aggregation jand showed their mettle by com- {ing from behind to defeat the New | Britain Machine girls a week ago after a hard and rough game. The Corbin team is lighter and |smaller in every way, but has plenty of speed and was not down- fl?by Landers last week until tha {fifial whistle had blown. Dancing |will follow this game. New Britain Quintet Continues ta Show the Way to Teams in Basketball Loop. County “Y” League W, 9 [ B. Trade School . B. So. Church .. Plainville N. B. Comets . |Wapping Com. Club’ | Kensington 5 Manchester Wapping The Trade school continues show the way in the County “Y |league and appears to have only two obstacles left to be hurdled, ths South church and Plainville, If it can defeat these teams the cham- plonship of this section of the county is assured, buts both of these quin- tots are determined to break tha nning streak of the South Main street boys. Whoever does win the |1eague will meet the TFarmington {team, which copped the title in the {northern division by going through its schedule without a defeat, the winner of this game to enter the |state elimination tourney. | The South church will play the | Wapping “Y" team in Wapping to- morrow evening. Members of the team will meet at the local Y. M. |C. A., at 6 o'clock and make the trip {by automobile. Next Thursday the |church team will play Plainville | here. | More trouble has developed in | Wapping, where they take their bas- | ketball seriously. The Community club and “Y” feams finally got to- gether last week after a long period |of retusal to play each other. The both games by small mar- 9 and 22-20, but has pro- | tested the second one. It is clalmed |that the Ccnmunity club used an ‘ml‘l\g\hlu Player and that this man shot the winhing basket after the game was over. 4 4 3 3 1 1 Parachutes are now being used in dropping mall bags from airplanes, By BRIGGS ? ISN'T EVERY MAN THA""S\ MAKING MY INcomE! FIve HUNDRED THOUSAND A YEAR 15 A FAIRLY GooD SALARY, FIVE HUNDRED THoUSAND A YEAR! HER- MEH- Jonn! Do You KNnow WHAT! IT SAYS HERE THAT HENRY FORD 1S WORTH TWO BILLION DoLiLArs! NoT Two MlLLlON— BuT Two .BlLLlON b GOOD MORNING, WILKINS at their meeting on March 4, The state outdoor track meet will ba held this year at Trinity field. | Hartford, a conflict of dates having | ¢ prevented It from being staged at its | usual locale at Wesleyan, it was an- | nounced. Col. Theodore Roosevelt gave & fine talk on his experiences in Cen- tral Asla, while hunting the ovis polli. He also urg s hearers to | follow out his principle of | playing the game as hard as pos. | sible and as cleanly as possible. HAHN WILL BEAT WIDE Track Experts Belleve that Swedish | | 89. Cochran won the bank at the | opening of the match. He was able play New Haven and Bridgeport win | to_score only two, but the cham- play Stamford. | pion failed to take advantage of his The following citles are conduct- | opportunities and missed a cushion | ing girls' bowling and industrial |draw on his sccond try. From then basketball teams: Stamford, New |on the battle pursued a lusteriess Haven, Waterbury and New Britain, | course. The finals of all the competitive | It was Hoppe's first defense of the games will probably be played oft in | title which he regained early in the | Waterbury. ar from Erich Hagenlacher, and New Britain will undoubtedly be | the first championship billiard match well represented in the girls' indus- | this city has een since both of the | trial basketball and ¢ the | present contenders met hers four men's industrial basketbal and years ago. will be mailed to all re tati organizations. Idaho, defeated Mushy llahan, | rweight | involved. beat Ray Rych pltching of Bib Falk for the Uni- versity of Texas had most of the big gue scouts sojourning in the Lone te much of the summer. The go White Sox finally landed Bridgeport. New Britain will proba- | RN bly play Hartford, Waterbury will SIR ! MAY SAY 50 SIR You' o ARE LOOKING him. Inside of a week after joined the White Sox, it was appar- | ent he could hit. Getting a chance to break into the lineup in a game at New York, he proceeded to jus- tify that belief by cracking out two home runs and saving the game by | & marvelous catch. That ended his career as a pitcher. When Babe Ruth | trom the box to the feared a mistake w Ruth at the time southpaw in the not in the ma It didn't UNCOMMON WELL THIS MORNING SIR he had was shifted outfleld, 1 s being made was the best | American league if m good udgment to | erase from the lineup a pitoher capable of winning 20 or more | games per year with any kind of a break, just because it seemed as it he could hit Ruth soon justified the coming the gre sl Ira in the ory of the ame, His 59 runs in 1921 is the best possible proof that could | be offered of his batting ability Gieorge Sisler was in a somewhat similar position to Ruth when tr ferred to first base, e soon came to be regarded as the test player t ever performed at the initial Running Sensation Will Lose to American. “Y" Handball Team to Enter Annual o York, Feb. 11 (P—Although | track experts here agree that Ed- I | win Wide of Sweden is a great run- ner, they belleve e will be beaten | in an indoor mile by Lloyd Hahn, flect dist the Bos ton A. A Commenting \ppearance is experienc encountered { rounding the Hahn, d indoor ormer ix successive victories thus far ind e he is In peak form for a duel with | Nurmi's « ror. " Holly, | A comparison of Wide's opening xhibition at 2,500 yards New- | N. X, with Nurmi's record mile A half race 1h 1925 shows that Abo Antelope would have left his Buropean rival far behind., Ac cording to timers, Nurml passed the 500 yard mark—140 yards from | tha finish—In 6:18 as against Wide's {fgure of 4:28 4.5. The Finn then continued to the mile and a half tape | in 6:39 2-5 for his record State Single Tournament — Mect AND 5 8 0 TRE DAY WA 1\ WE cp T ; F [EHEREDSoe SoNE UTTERLY RUINED! ALt MY STars' ‘ou'tt Go RIGHT ON LETTING THEM PULL ThE | WOOoL OVER YouR EYES.... Go AHEAD AND SLAVE \F You WANT Tp FoR THAT SU FIVE HUNDRED THOUSANDJJ HA HA- HA HA- Now YoU Go RIGHT DPOWN To THAT BOARD of DIRECTORS AND TELL THGM/ \F THEY DoN'T RAISE You A COQUPLE HUNDRED \_THOUSAND You'LL LEAVE THEM FLAT= change by | and New Haven. i Tomorrow partment s parts tha wnee star of wing o N — You MAY ConSIDER RVICES AS (T _)g\_f"‘ARYV AT AN END S L yom indaor 1 on his first v point out that W g the qii by Paavo Nurmi in aharp armory turns » other hand, | s hand ball team ¥red Unterspan and H will journey to New H the annual state g tournament. Dressel and i face the stiffest kind of this year for New Haven coming along in great style tt month. Teams that will compete this tournament are: Hartford, iden, New Haven, N Lond Bridgeport and T same Sanders, | Torn, Minne Jack McCan, Soltls, Minne on the P Still they say pitchers cannot hit O'shea ANNUAL DOG SHOW The third annual dog show of the First Company, Governor's Foot Guard, will be held in Hartford on | Febru \d 26, The date for the clo: © entry lists has been | extended and anyone wishing to se cure blanks may secure them from Dr. F. I Maxon of § Vernon street Hartford. Silver loving cups, rib- bons and cash awards will be given as prizes in all classes. six Wash Fights Tonight Minn.—Billy Potrolle, vs. Wiliie Ames, Akron, Ohio, | | Dillon Jack ~Harry Young n, rk a s 1wo. the UNDERGOLS OPERATION Glasgow, I'ch. 11 (A —Elky Clarke, English f! ismplon, today was operated on a serious injury to his right eya reccived in his re- cent New York fight in which he R was defeated by Fidel La Barba, | Dututh ter D HERALD CLASSIFTED ADS FOR YOUR WANTS