New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 14, 1927, Page 8

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SSSSSSSLHLHT $SHSS S S, NATIONAL GUARDS UPSET ATLAS A. C. SATURDAY NIGHT—UNTERSPAN WINS STATE HANDBALL TITLE —SOUTH CHURCH WINS SEVENTH STRAIGHT GAME—“Y” TEAM BEATS MIDDLETOWN IN STATE COMPETITION-—CRONIN BENEFIT WEDNESDAY $SPTEPIPETTTICIIPITIIIPIPTVIIITVIIIITIOICTIIPIIIIITIIOIIPNE BASKETBALL CARNIVAL FOR CRONIN WEDNESDAY FEPTIIEIIIINIE NATIONAL GUARDS UPSET ATLAS IN TORRID BATTLE Police Reserves Called Out to Prevent Riot By Fans— Fights Between Players Bring Frenzied Spectators Onto the Floor—Evans Goes For Dillon—Sheehan and Restelli Flash Great Form in Second Half — Burritts Swamp Rangers in Preliminary. erted al Guard a- to for the Al an sped around the court, took a from Rubenstein and made it to 16 in favor of the Guards. At this stage of the game, Botwi- nick again took a long shot and in it went putting the ahead once more with four min ollowed with nothes and Gubersky ded a point free throw line mark, Gubers op and the } Second. Halt Guards came back with the ination to win, but the Atlas cd vietory ,and they ir hardest. Gubersky the second the 10 sec awarded shot A near riot was n2 Johnny Shee- Saturday night at the in this city when the basketball team swept tlonal 46 to 39 vicrory o of New Haven. So ir foeling engendered in “ re present that in the r who second d three tir by the spectators s the floor and started sections of the hall. police headquarters and t} moning of policemen ale jacent beats served to qui tators sufficientl to come to a cl Guards lead The trouble stitute player of t ting on the trance of Mert into the g of the Atlas: and Hurwitz started to do; around the floor. Hur: attmpt to stop Taylor hit Taylor in the A rio with th nst them, started a fast bhut the At impre d through ¢ and put in a g d this with a pretty ¢ making the co 9 for the New Haven team. three minute mark, Johnny w Britain on the Playing as he never scintillating team took scored two ot clear after play- defensive game in and put in his first goal Shechan followed th another ational shot stood 27 to 25 in ost on a ing, which hall, the an exc rk through the waiting for cleaning” and they floor. Several fistic started all at once. Referea Dick Dillon apability i ndling iting mon the players befo; struck and the floor ed. Shortly after t} a foul on “Shrimp” went for the rc arms wildly. He and blow because Dick pushed him aws but again the fans swar! floor and started a free Fights started everywh on floor between Atlas and Guard ers and it was several minutes be fore the floor conld be cleared. Only a few seconds remained to end the game and as Johnny Sheehan drop- ped in a free try, the final whistle blew ending the game but not t fighting. Police reserves had arrived whi the near-riot was at its height the presence of the blue coats sc ed to quiet down the inflamed ¢ Downstairs in the smoking qu several more fi E but were quickly stopped before material damage was done. ger Bailey's remark w poor taste and the break the New Haven players, ans’ attack on the rc a display of a lack of spo but after the gam shook hands and called closed. The basketball game itself, v beautiful spectacle to watch. Bc teams were playing hard and to th can be laid the intense feeling that was caused in the second half. The Atlas started off with a whi rush to lead by a to 17 the first half, but New Britain them and passed them out in scoring column in the eventful s ond half. The Guards got of the bell in the 5 to 0 lead. Sheeb try 45 seconds afte ed. Kilduff scored a at 55 seconds and R another at the 1:35 mark. Atlas team called time out and u resumption of play, started in to t and win the gam In all the gam d h season, there has been no mors tacular or sensational ex clean long shooting as wi Botwinick of the New Ha in Saturday night's game seven baskets during the g of them in the first hal shot was made \from the the floor. At the two minute one frem the center ci first points for the A lowed 15 from the same spot 2 went through t mark whirled by long point, pu team in the le The Guards called 1 on the resumption of | took a dribble in and c: He was fouled in t Johnny made the awarded him good, Guards the lead ag the six minute my scored another fleld g Again the Atlas t out and upon return battle, “Shrir goal for his te with a1 Guards. Pite sidecourt sk another of h put it throug Sloman got long enoug the score At the Shechan started way to a viete s played before, ed on the 1gements a he Botwinick was awarded a free try nd he added a point to New Haven's sre. Sloman brought the Guards | again two within a point of the Atlas with another scintillating shot. in Pite nullified this with a pretty The score now stood 30 for the Atlas with seven and half minutes played. Here the tide of battle turn Johnny Sheehan at the § minute mark came through on a series of and 3ritai mixup, Rubenstein's ly sprained and he cd to leave the game, place. Pite the score all. the for ack 29, Ina fast and ankle wa secore Ma in ve made by specially eree, anship, over, all incis S or with Hurwitz hanging on h got the ball and placed it through the rim, tying the score. Sloman was fouled and he made his good. Restelli got away from and took a shot. Hurwitz fouled him but the basket was good and Hope" sc d two more points on free tries. This mixup staried the fights of the evening. Hurwitz roughly shoved 1i as he w shooting and Re- came bac at him. Referee Dilion quickly separated the two yers and called a double foul on m. Hurwitz also made his try leaving the score 36 to 32 in vor of the Guard€ Restelli again t away from Pite and scored an- at the 1 ) ma ihersky made his fourth personal il on Sloman and he was sent out { the Game. Sloman made the try od. Pite was shooting when he 1s fouled and he scored the two ccts leaving the count 39 to 34 the ds. Again the fans swarmed out on lh!‘ d it took several minutes be- court could be cleared. han cam U‘l'ou"h again v pl for another was no the (,umls 14:30-minute ark got another basket giving the » edge 43 to 34. Right Restelli fouled Pite and on four personal fou took his place, Pite made vod. s1 the telli t 1 wn scored Hx“ n holding m and every center o this, ame L nd his e 0 long shots bringing the Another riot even longer to As the excitement Sheehan sneaked ath his own d the vinick fo 1 dropped in it floo: uled illon Shechan Dick as the b couldn’t but again the fans and several landed om well Only t °d to play a got nd loeal bt i men. to the spirit team manner. Atl same good . handed shot fron bring the count to 15 t then flipped a long on score ' istered a field goal | aimed | EPPEVPPOFIFTPIIIITE ST, MATTS REGAIN LEAD IN LEAGUE 'Trim Blue Army Quintet While Lutherans Trounce Center Team Inter-Church Le: St. Matthew's .. South Cong. Pirst Lutheran Blue Army Trinity M. E ter The St. Matthe's German Tithes lans regained undisputed possession ot the Tnter-Church league lead by from the “Blue Army" Sat- urday night at the Y. M. C. A, the |score being 36-24. The game defi- ¢ narrowed the race to two teams, the St. Matts and the South church, which will meet this Satur- day to settle the issue between them, | A new record for ineligible play- crs was set by the Blue army, a re- cord which, being perfect, can never {be broken. The entire teal was composed of men who were not el- |igible to play with the Bluchird three of them being St. Matt playe: loaned to make a game. The first hall was close, ending 1$-13 in fuvor of the St. Matts, but this team step- ped on it during the closing period and ran away. BIll Preisser was the big cog in the winners’ scoring ma- chine, getting seven baskets from guard, while Litke had a good night. ‘Goody” Preisser, St. Matt. captain, | was best for the Blue army. The summary. St. Matthew's Luth ¥ £ g 8 s Litke, rf Reckert, 1f ... Klopp, ¢ .. W. Preisser, E. Preisser | omen 36 > - Blue / |G. Preisser, rf | Arendt, 1t Russell, ¢ . Ieldman, rg Becker, Ig .. 24 Personal fouls: G. Preisser 3, Rus- [sell 2, Feldman, Becker $—0; Litke 2, Reckert, Klopp 3, W. 2—8. Technical foul: Ru: tries: G. Preisser, Arendt, 2, Becker 2—8; Litke 5, Klopp 2 Preisser, E. Preisser 2—10. Referee, Tobin. Swedes Win The ~ame between the Methor =ts and Center Congi alists was postponed becau death of the mother of the Hewett boys, Trinity forwards. The First Lutherans moved up their game with the Center church and, with a make- shift array, trounced it by 26-8. The losers scored first on J. Ericson's wicked hook, but fouls let the Swedes tie the count and then they slipped ahead to 12-7 by the half. In the final period they had things all their own way, holding the loser. without a single basket from the field. Huggle Carfson, at guard, mainspring in the Lutheran with “Bony” Ericson and fe” Erickson giving much help. Eric- son’s three points were the most any Center church player made. The summary: | First Lutheran ! Bellshaw, rf., If. .. ickson, rf, .. Hultberg, 1f. 1. Ericson, c. Hallin, rg. . 1. Carison, Trinity gation- of the was the attack, 1B 11 Center Congregational Brown, rf. . Derrick, If. Howe, c. Clark, c. J. Ericson, Dohrenwend, I Bradley, 1g., g Personal fouls: Bellshaw, O, Frick- son 2, Hultberg, H. Ericson, Hallin, Derrick, Howe 2, 3, Dohrenwend, . Free tries: rickson, Hallin, Carlson 3—6; Brown 3, Howe, J. 3, Brad- son 3, ley—S8. Referee, Tobin. | STRENUOUS SCHEDULE Yale and Cornell Teams to Meet | Pace Setters in Basketball League | This Week. s of last place League, in leag Ve in face 1le and Cornell the Eastern a strenuous contests this ied for Collegiate program g one ilenders, who have won hut game while losing three, will figure in all four of the games heduled and each brings them in ontact with a pace-setiing outfit Cornell meets Princeton, tied for first place with Dartmouth at three and one defeat, on Wednesday, Yale is tackling Dartmouth irday Cornell plays Dart- and Yale has a tilt Now in second pla imbla, by whir Penn. Saturday shattering for both first and scco rositions that took in all six Whipping Penn Saturday shattering race for individual honors sprang to the front crack 1 ard, o ed into first place by h inst Colun | Fla on Wednesday. But Loreh, i umbia. nearly matched Deveau's wins whil mouth nnsyl Whil (& Corne ts by running his total to 3 r of Princeton, erstwhi er, found himself tied for thir enport and Schaaf of I \ READ ||; R.;':l) FOB YOUB WANTS . 14 (A—The bas- | CLASSIFIED ADS |1 ; | defeated Piet Vanderveerm, Dutgh SHHHHHHHLL LS HLHS 0 PP By BILLY EV. During his connection American League mber of the Chicago®and New York clubs, lodie was a most colorful with the Ping came to the majors noted for | ting, and while he didn't con- e his home run spree as a big | leaguer, he did some mighty robust hitting. | It is a rather Interesting fact that when he made his New York debut with Chicago he came through with a homer, his first time at bat, there- by living up to all the advance no- tices the New York scribes had given him. | While Ping was a great copy pro- ducer, little of it had brain power or baseball strategy behind it. Ping broke into the limelight as a result of great mechanical ability in the field and at the bat rather than through cunning. Howe Bodie fizured in a novel v in which I happened to be one pires It rather belied the thought that Ping wasn't a ergart ball 1 T New York was playing Cleveland, Bodie cssayed a As he slid into second, it was cvident the field- er had dropped the ball trying to touch him. It was a hot day, and L clond of dust momentarily ob- ccured the runner and the fielder. In a sccond Bodie was on his feet, ded for third, while shortstop 11 second baseman were trying to ure out where the ball All the time T v w closely the touched home p 1 noted that he vaised his left arm and the ball fell to the g Iim cond he tehing o ely sent Bodie back to After the game he confided to me that dropped the ball it his arm pit, so he e rm tightly over it and proceeded on his way to the plate. “It would have been a good one |if T got away with it,” was Bodie's only comment, The incident convinced me that | baschall wasn't entirely a matter of | brawn with Bodie BOYS' CLUB TEAM MEETS | MERIDEN TELEPHONE FIVE| nestled under ply closed his Fast Main Strect Quintet Has Stren- uous Battle on its Hands Tonight Boys' Cluh Gill .. Meriden ady Kr . Humpage Johnson Sliva Drier | | ’Ilr) | i | Zapa clon McCarthy bstitutes The n Telephone & Flec- tric Co. Basketball quintet will op- pose the Boys' Club on the loc floor tonight’ as the club secks make it 15 consecutive wins. | silver City team is reputed a fast one and is coming up with a large fol- lowin Among them will e pre the company and, t a group of make | s crowd to The phone operat will mak trip by | An interesting feature of thé game will the reappear: of Hum- pag 10 played against the club in two ga v member of the Meri- Wednesday night Goffa held him « did not take the two boy zain tonight and re 1ce st n Jo ad Humy y too kindly to it vill go at it a ime their b In the preliminary game the Boys' ‘b Reserves will again meet the i00d Will club of Hartford, which von by one t from it here a few Dancing, music furnish- Imperial club orchestr de the evening's prog 120, FIGHTS LAST NIGHT the Assoclat Fortmund, r, German heavywe Press, Germany—Franz Die- ight champlon, BODIE A COLORFUL FIGURE P fons of Bodies As he | as the flelder | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1927. LEADERS WININ BOYS' CLUB LoOP THE INFIELDERS MIGHT STILL HAVE M BEEN SEARCHING Deleat Their Opponents Group A League W Harmonies ... 11 Comets | Pirates . Cyclones Eagles Celtics .083 Tho games in the Boys' Club A league proceeded according to tra- dition over the week-end, th leaders in all cases subduing the under-dogs. The Cyclones won an 8-2 game from the Eagles. It was a slow affair | Young Wolfer was best for the Cy. clones, while Garro made the Eagle basket. The summary Eagles L 1 3 6 6 9 11 Fld F1 Tt 0 0 0 0 Ferony, rf Mirigiliani, Gotowala, Garro, ¢ Cabby, rg Gourson, i 1f 0 g 0 0 Cyclones Fld F1 TU Baylock, rt 2 Mangan, 1t Wolfer, If Lipski, ¢ .. Tkowitz, ¢ Greenblat, rg Blomenthal, ) 8 The Comets disposcd of lhr‘ Pirate ‘;‘ {by 20-8, Michalowski, Recano, and | Anderson leading the victors. Paluch worked hard for the Pirates. The | | summary: Pirates | chmpion, ten. e Fights tonight: Cincinnati — New York, vs. | Paul, ten. "HUNDREDS OF SKATERS | ENJOY ICE CARNIVAL Spirited Skating Events Are Run Oft ]N Fl Tt | Paluch, rf Chester, Jt Paldesari, ¢ | Dworin, ¢ | Backus, rg Kobela, 1g Maxie Rosenbloom, Jimmy Delaney, St. Recano, rf Anderson, f Michalowski, 1f | Wiehn, ¢ ! Prize Winners, | ek, xg Rekutis, at North End Park— 1 | Hundreds of skaters enjoyed the | 5 ice carnival staged Sunday after- | noon at Stanley Quarter Park pond, | put on by Anthony Seraphin, the game lead by smeacing the lowly concessionaire at the park. Arthur (Celtics, 23-9. Truhan had a big night Lilz was starter and in charge of and so did Carrubba. Grusha scored cvents, while the judges were Attor- ' about all the Celtics could make. ney Isvael Nair, Arthur Harris. Ger- The summary: ald B. Leghorn and H. E. Schlel- Harmonies cher. Several events Were run off on | Fld the ice for which prizes of watches, Truhan, rf .. 4 cigarette cases and jewelry were Harholin, If .. warded and another sarnival will Synder, c . be arranged next Sunday. Weather Chadwick, permitting. Carrubba, | Those who won the events vrizes were as follows: 0ld boys, 120 yard dash, Philip Goldberg; watch chain, Junior boys_ 120 yard dash, Gerald Flood, coat chain, | Fancy skating rs. Elizabeth Lrother “Gibby wrist watch. | Tancy skating, men: First prize, | 3ibby Traceski, white gold watch; | Charles Kreadar, silver cigarette and natch casc - Girls 120 yard dash, Miss Cecelia Grohol, cameo brooch. | Tandem race, boys, Philip Gold- herg, gold pencil and Willlam Flood, silver penknife, | Girls’ 150 vard dash, Miss Anra | Woods, first, gold compact cas; | Miss Mary Clark, second, silver com- | ract case, | Boys’ skating broad jump, won by | Anthony Crane, with a jump of six- | sen feet, cight inches. That is be- | lieved to be one of the best j mps ;cwr made on the ice in this city. {Ies | The Days of Real Sport The Harmonies kept Ttl 55 11 1 1 vo 1 g .3 and | 5 0 Celtics rd Fl 0 0 1 0 Kosswig, rf .... Zembrowski, 1f . Grusha, ¢ Schmarr, rg Annunziata, ‘g o contest, couples, Begley 2nd her Traceski,” ladies’ e s e FINAL EVENT OF MEET The final event of tle annual rack and field tournament which has been running for the past five weeks at the Y. M. C. A. will be run off tonight when all the con- testants will line up for the running high jump. To date Howard Hall is leading for the individual point medal having won four firsts and miles a day. They stick land and never leave it unless com- | pelted. (Gyclones, Comets and Harmonies |title after a | Perki ily defeated 21-3 battle before lowering hi |and | Bridgeport, 118, and 1926 jin 1927, their two ! | States Lawn one second during the competition. | eq not later than the third wee The swallow is estimated to fly 240 | {hen compete in the close 10“10 determine the c United States, p $SSH LS SHSESIEIL LS LSS LS HHSLHHLLHSLE LSS Benefit For Former Court Star to Be Staged At State Armory in This City—National Guards and Meri- den Endees to Clash and Bristol Endees to Meet Meriden Insilcos—Dunn-Nally Trio and Serenaders to Fnteltam—Parmon Orchestra to Play 'U TERSPAN WINS HANDBALL TITLE Local Wall-Buster Wins V. H. C. A. State Championship New Britain Y. M. C. A, in the st single hand ball tournament Sa day in New Haven, won the hard battle, He wa forced to defeat three men in order te ur- state Ito win. He drew, for his first s of Bridgeport opponent, hom he ca 21 Shanley of New Haven was the next man to fall before the voungster, but he gave the New Britain entry a tough colors, It was 18 all in the first game before Unterspan broke through and won 21 to 18. . Dhe second game, Unter: span won 21 to In the meanwhile on one of the other courts, Yump Johnson Hartford, state single wall champion went down to defeat before the ex- perienced Warner from Meriden, in two games, 21-18, 21-18. Unterspan after a brief rest came back and played Warner for the tate title. Warner took the fi me 21-17 after it sce-sawed bac! forth, Unterspan in the scc- ond game smothered Warner 21-6 and in the final game he beat him 21-17. Summary: of New first round, Unterspan Britain, defeated Perkins of 1-9, 21-6, Second round, Unterspan defeated Shanley, New Haven, 21-18, 21-3; Warner, Meri- den, defeated Johnson, Hartford, 21- 21-18. Final: Unterspan defeat- ed Warner, 17-21, 21-6, 21-17. The New Britain Y. M. held the singles title for three y running. Henry Dressel won in 1 nd Fred Unterspan won New Britain also won the doubles title last year, FOURTEEN CHALLENGERS Roumania and India Re-Enter Ten- has |rest periods, a mus |will be fu "red Unterspan representing the ¢ of | Wednesday night at the state ar- |mory in this city, the long-awaited carnival which has been planned for the beneiit of Tim Cron- in who lies desperately ill in the Hartford hospital, will take placa, There will be two games of basket- ':AII played, one betw the Bri tol dees and the Meriden Insilcos and the other between the National Guards and the Meriden Endees. During the interm and at the ical entertainment shed by the Dunn-Nally rio of Hartford and the New Brit- iin Serenadc The Paragon or- hestra whose services are being by William TI". Dobson, pro- of the dance hall by that 11 furnish ic' for the ss will act t of ceremonic Tim Cronin has for over been one of the leading basl players in the state. On numerous jons he has played in this city, posing local teams and his work ways thrilled the galleries tnat hed him. He wa d with a serions sickness New Year's Eve «nd has laip at death's door since that time, After a short stay at the hospital, col tion set in and the phy- in charge declared that he would not recover. At the presert he is not allowed to have vis although his condition ly better at times, it is se on other da The benefit he a plic been arranged | through the good offices of Manager ars | nis Competition For Davis Cup in | 1927, New York, T of Roumania and India into Dav Cup play for 1928 h brought th list of challengers for his histoiic tennis trophy™o fourtcen, the United Tennis ociation an nounced today. Thirteen of teams will compete in the E mmu zone and the fourteenth, ( play in the American zone. Both India and Roumania participated in Davis Cup play times. India entered the lists in 1921 and Roumania the following year. Both have competed annually since t date with one exception India failed to ¢ ra team in 1925, Draw for 1927 play is expected to take place March 17 two days & close of the entry list. "With tember 8, 9, ml 1n already sele by the U. 8. L. A. as dates for the challenge muml, play in the Buro- pean zone prohably will he complet- in wilt eb. 14 (P—T The w er interzone final alienger for the ent holder of the July, Eurcpean trophy. | for 'ronin's fame three minor chil- Ih‘r of whom is eight and the youngest, a year anl a Through the co-operation ot a v of the Meriden team, the fi me was arrangd and then the Bristol Endees offerd their club without reservation fir the purpose of the henefit and fo- lowing them, the Meriden Insilees offered to pl; cc Lanpher se teams have tend the brace of good ween teams bitter court results of the games, by between the managers, no bearing on the stan s mpions 1 be ns who rnival of Dbaskethall which are rivals. The nt we < out to win The “Rea" close e e will he refereed by McCormick of Hartford, a friend of the beneficiary. The will find Dick Dillon in the official cupacity. The contests will art promptly at § o'clock with one following the other, Dan be enjoved after the last con- will WIN main CHANN VO Wi swimmers to compl im at the Y. M. C. 1 grinding away n up hope of teh of The t el for the the nd Only nnel ever 1 miles them, miles: 7 miles, 1,500 hours, 4 miles; miles 1,130 -2 hou miles A I 2 of the weakened on I Frisch. MeGraw rides his play hard when they fail to deliver, IPrisch weakened under the verbal By BRIGCS