New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 21, 1927, Page 9

Speaking ] of Sports Following the two victorles over the Atlas of New Haven last week, the Bristol Endees are leading in the race for the state title. With con- siderably more than a month to go before the close of the season, the Bell Towners are claiming the state championship, The National Guards still have two more games with the Endees in a five-game serles. Already the Guards have won two games to Bristol's one. Another win for New Britan will make the score three to win in favor of the Guaxds. The mext or fourth game of the series s scheduled to be played in this city and the date for this game will be named very soon. With these important games still ahead of it, the Bristol Endees claim to have the state champlonship sewed up. Tt sounds kind of foolish for any team to claim the state champion- ship with a good part of the season vet to come. At best, it can hardly be scen what a mythical title is anyway. Still, in claiming the state honors, the Bristol team is deliber- ately ignoring the New Britain team which already holds two victoris over it. With the next game scheduled to | be played in this city, the Guards are being favored to win. In counting up tre number games won and lost by each team, the season’s record shows the Guards to have lost two more games than the Bristol Endees. To date, the Bristol team has played 24 games, according to the claim in that city. Twenty of these were victories and four resulted in defeats. The National Guards of this city city have played 25 games. Nineteen of them have been won and six lost. ‘With at least six more wceks of basketball ahead of them before the season will be called closed, a claim to a state title will hardly be con- sidered. Comparison of teams played will also make a difference to fandom at la With the Endees. Even counting up the average for the two teams the race is very, very | close. At the present time, Bristol, 20 wins and four los .833. New Britain with x losses has an aver- Two losses for B will give the team an average of .769 while two wins for New Britain will give it an average of .777, putting it | in front for the state pennant. Figures cannot lie. Despite the ms of the Bristol Endees which about as flimsy as anything could be, the team is far a ning anything that resemblek a stal basketball title. Claims can be made, however, and can be accepted what they are worth. Try and cash Britain stands even with every state team and ahead of some. The Guards have beaten the St. Jo- seph’s T. A. B. society team of Wa- terbury two games. They have beaten the Brooldyn A. (. of Waterbury two out of three. They stand one and one with the Meriden Endees. They stand one and onc with the Atla; They stand one and one with Middle- town. And, it Plinfield is to be counted, the score there is one and one. v As far as Bristol is concerned, Britain stands two to one that team and as game re- re what count, on the surfac of things, New Britain is the better team at the present standing. w Britain has played nearly have met and some others whom the Dristol tecam hasn’t brought to B Among the latter are the City club team of New York and senpoint Hebrews. There may rs, but we haven't the exact record at hand. But that's enough about the state championship. New Britain fans know that Bristol has to beat Now PBritain before it can be called the 5 champion team and that's go- ing to be a hard job when the two outfits meet in this city. Especially now since the parties who are con- ducting the destinies of the Bristol rsist in ignoring the locals. split even abs of Water- : week-end winning in iden Saturday night but losing in Waterbury yesterday afternoon. Middletown downed the Endees in Middletow night by the score of & It has been discovered the McCarthy who played here against the Bo club last week with the Connecticut Telephone & Electric Co. that team of Meriden, was the player by | that name who is on tha roster of the Meriden Insilcos. The use of professionals by the Silver City team | cd and strict stip- | had been anti ulation made that none should take part in the game, but McCarthy's name was run in as that of a substi- tute and then he played the whole game. When cornered by Henry Kr wski after the game he was forced to admit this, and the inci- dent may block the proposed return game in Meriden. VICTORY George Young, conqueror of the Catalina cf s having much more managing his promotional now than he did when he started his swim for Willlam ‘Wrigley's $25,000. The mess is so great that reports exist that the youthful swimmer is getting well disgusted with himself, his schemces and everything. BRINGS WO the Canadian . 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MISS SIMMS PLANS T0 REMARRY IF NECESSARY Chicago Girl Will Go to Altar Again if First Marriage is Tilegal Chicago, Feb. 21 ANNUAL EXODUS T0 TRAINING GAMPS Washingfon ~ Senators and Browns Already Hard at Work New York, Feb. 21 UP—The an- | nual exodus to the baseball training champs—most welcome to the fan- | dom of all signs of spring—gets un- Miss Simms' marriage to Stoddard eniRy I SR e |at Newport, Ky. last October be- ‘tm:‘alex::;"s:f ma:v“éfélif"ilfg;;fcanm known soon after a formal |are in camp at Tampa, and Tarpon Springs, Fla., respectively, The first squad of the New York Giants was |at Sarasota, Fla. today, while a group of Boston Braves were head- |ing into St. Petersburg, Fla, and |several of the Philadelphia Athletics | unloaded their bats and winter kinks at Fort Myers, Fla., immediate prac- | tice sessions were scheduled for the ceived here from Miss Simm |ambitious recruits and seasoned vet- | “There was no elopement. My | erans who seek an added “edge” for | Parents were cognizant of the secret |, Meanehile the world champlon &t |nnocent ot any previous marriago E i and is doing his utmost to clear the day at Avon Park, I'la, and a band gityaty - He resided for some years [of Cleveland Indians, under the di- | with the Yaffees and adopted their rection of their new manager, Jack |name for his profession as commer. MeAllister, were ready for prelimin-: cial artist, and have no plans for the ary stunts at Hot Springs, Ark., prior | future as yet.” > |to ofticlal opening of the camp on} Charles H. Simms, father of the | March 1. girl, announced at Dayton Saturday And a busy week of packing and |that he would prosecute his son-in {travel lay ahead of many other clubs. {law it it was proved that the latter Both the New York Yankees and |became bigamist in the Newport Brooklyn Robins were dcheduled to |marriage. Another threat of prose- |hit the trail southward from the |cution came trom Lawrence J. Dis- | snow-ridden metropolis. A half dozen | kin, prosecuting attorney of Camp- | Yanks, with two newspapermen for | bell county, Kentucky, where the {cach athlete, will leave Friday for S°Crét marriage took plac: & |st. Petersurg, Fin., and the Tobtns| Stoddard supposedly was in Phila- flight for Clearwater, Fla, is slated | d¢IPhia where he EOLG ITon) [E5x s tollontos aar Dayton with the announced Intention of “spiking allegiations of a pre- vious marriage.” JUNIOR LEADERS BEAT HARMONIES {Take Measure of Opponents at “Y” Gymnasium by 18-17 Score The “Y" Jr. Leade, Harmonies at the gym Satur- day by a score of 18 to 17. The | Tonignt. game was fast and cleanly played Boys’ Club Crescents | hoth teams showing good pass work |[ERE o “:evswee... SMith and good defensive playing. Beng- | ston and Wosilus were the big point Wilson | collectors for the Leaders while Lamberg, Preston and Stohl showed that good guarding and good pass (A—Charlotte marry Kenyon Anthony Stoddard “as soon as his first marriage is legally | dissolved,” in the event that her | marriage to him was bigamous, the {Herald and Examiner quotes her as having sald at Clearwater, Fla. | postponed when Stoddord was served | with a summons in a divorce suit. | The sult was bronght by Edith Wi- ding Yaffee, who alleged that she married Stoddard, under the name {of Herman Albrecht Yaffee fn 1917. In addition to the interview re- |layed from Florida the newspaper quotes the following telegram re- Pittsburgh’s pitchers and catchers are on their way to report at-Paso | Robles, Cal, on Wednesday, when Detroit's battery men will be leav- ing their homes to answer the ron |at San Antonlo, Tex., next Sunday. | The first squad of Cubs will entrain | from Chicago Thursday for the camp at Catalina, Cal. Members of the Cincinnatl Reds take off Saturday for Orlando, Fla., where the first work- {out is schheduled for February 28, PLAY MERIDEN TEAM Crescents of Silver City to Oppose Boys' Club Team on Local Floor defeated the I - Johnson | pall as is good shooting. Roy Havlick, the “Pee Wee"” of s, seems to think that | “the bigger they are the harder they . Walsh | ra1” Havlick played his position lat guard as well as ecither of the | Three ot the Meriden High school | | hasketball ineligibles will appear at | the Boys' club tonight when the lo- |cals take on the Crescents, f | team from the Silver City. This trio, | Smith, Wilson and Thompson, suf- fered the same fate which was im- | posed upon 16 members of the New | Britain High school squad and, lik those lost to the local quintet, were | regulars. They will give the club | | something to worry about. It will be the third Meriden team the lo- | cals have tackled in two weeks; the | | other two they defeated by one point | each, but they hope to make the | margin of victory larger this eve- ning. The most encouraging factor |in the outlook for victory is the re- turn of Joe Goffa, who was injured |in Meriden and could not play | Joe is expeeted to be av |able for at least part of the time | tonight | 1In the preliminary contest the [ Boys’ Club Reserves will meet the | Southington Eagle Juniors. Afte | the second game there will be danc- | | ing, with music by the Imperial club | orchestra. MAKES RECORD RUN Chicago, Feb., 21 (UP)—"The Chief,” fast Santa Fe train, recently | . |completed a run to Chicago from |- a .8 i | San Bernardino, Cal., in 48 hours and | 0 | eight minutes, a record. The run |Gaydosh, ¢ 3 was made in attempting to make up | Walsh, rg 2 13 hours lost time due to the re- Annunziata were the maln springs for the Harmonies, Gaydosh caged four field goals while Avhunziata caged three goals and one foul. . Walsh and Finance kept the Lead- ers on their toes trying to get by their defense. Kozyra and Pard |figured well In the team work though they did not break through for a score. Next Saturday the Leaders will play a return game with the E: . he Eagles defeated the Leaders a week ago by a score of 32 to 30. Some Junior Leade: say the score will be different next time. The summary: Junior Leaders Fld. Fl. C. McEnroe, D. Wosilus, Lamberg, rg . Preston, 1g . Schmidt, rg Stohl, 1g | Havlick, 1g | { Finance, Ig 0 | cent Californta storms. 5 Referce, Braddon; scorer, Ludorf; timer, Hatting: ACCUSED OF MURDER Eddie Hanlon Was Once Prominent Lightweight Boxer. San Franclsco, Feb. 21 (UP) — | Charged with murder, Eddie Han- lon, veteran lightwelght boxer, w. held in San Francisco jail today. Hanlon, a contender for the lightweight champlonship 20 ew ago, was accused of slaying V | Noon, 28, who died in a hospital with five knife wounds in the thigh. Police said that Noon was killed during a dispute over the ability of old-time prizefighters in a cafe. Come See | Car at the | Hartford Prosperity <> PEP UG VP! 1 State Armory Capitol Ave. & Broad St. Ausplces of the Hartford Automobile | Dealers’ Association |l “BRING YOUR FRIENDS” Simms, Dayton society girl, will re- | wedding set for last Saturday was | | SALESMAN $AM \(eH, | GUESS TH WIEES RIGHT/ THINGS ARE DEAD AROUND OUR HOUSE W& NEED A LITTLE MUsIic DRUNKEN []RWINE | ANNIVERSARY OBSERVANCE | BY KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS ‘ —_ t . SHOWS_INCREASE Infoxicated Operators Blamed, - Tor 398 Aouidents in 1926 | Lodges in This Vicinity Will Com- | bine to Hold Celebration of Or- der’s 63rd Birthday. Pythian Lodges in this vicinity are co-ordinating their activites towards an anniversary celebration this week. Undor a proclamation i Supreme Chancellor Ri ter of Milwaukee, V y lion men, members of the Knights of thias in more than 6,000 subor- lodges in the United States d Canada will celebrate the 63rd anniversary order ti Intoxication as the cause of 407 | motor vehicle accidents during the ip:\st year was not always the oper- | ators’ offense. \ Further details of the | | 24,326 accidents reported to the state | motor vehicle department during the | year, which appear in the February | bulletin of the department soon to |be issued, show that 104 intoxicated | pedestrians Cuused acciden number of - intoxicated blamed for accidents wa . Except in one particular, there has been a steady increase in the num- ber of motor vehicle accidents due to iintoxication both of operators and pedestrians. Under the heading of | recklessness of operators held res- the past nate anniversary, ip will review the wel- t by the frate nd ns and objective th this proclama- t Morgan lodge Elmo lodge of thil > of Pl ol and § Forestville are arrang sston: | ponsible in three years it is 9 in- toxicated operato; 0 such trouble in 1924, 358 in 1925 and 393 and 1 Under the heading of carelessness of adult pedestrians shown that 92 drunken were responsible for | 1924, 87 in 1 and 104 in 192, The exception noted is in the total of drunken pedes responsibl for being hit in when the we uals than in t tion ed frov tomorrow L. Morgan t will be worked dur- | iments will | i attendance 1s | 8 han lod lead in the > members continue to between the t E sted the olites three more points ahe: X on IFebruary e The fact that both children a e will be adult crossing *d as an cncours For Boys’ Club Pool | ng pool at the Boy's ed by the Lad Aux- | and the members d to be contrib- prospects of in- | ar bright. A min- held at the club at § o'clock un- | str cticut the c vehicle accid trians. A move to educate p trians to be more careful in this was undertaken by various ugencies severat and when the number of | adult pedestrians guilty of suc |lessness was cut down from 1 involving pedes- | | years ag strel shov on Frids der the cast of felt that the public was respond- g to this ed on. But t mism over the fact number of child pedestrians commit ting lessness had jumped from 545 in 1924 to §78 1925. Last year, however, the total of chil- | dren listed as careless In this respect dropped to $88 while adults fell to 733. Decrease in Children Hit There was a drop, also, in number of children causing a dents by stepping from behind ob- jects before looking. In 1924, there were 83 dren hit under sucl circumstanc in the total leaped to 464, but i it fell off to 451. 1 reduction in 1 . Tun | ling members of the | he proceeds will go into the v of the ladies' auxilia i be added to the swimn fund, which already totals $200 While the Boys' club has rapidly outgrowing its prese |ters and crowded conditions ex t game rooni, 1. P! even the huge gy 1sium, the of a swimming pool has long been the greatest want of the org tion. In other respects the physic department is wonderfully equipped, the gym being one of the best in the city and the showers being avail- able for the boys when they come off floor. But a swimming pool, fo a plur r or for cooling the hot month nt long felt b aterested in the club, ausiliary has taken the matter o its own hands to raise o I necessary money treasu been quar- of number of ired by automobiles b cause of confusio rides, but an inc to ninety-seven children hit by coasting. While children more care in t tepping from 1 into the path of mobi their ¢ this number hit under those c ces going from 178 in in 1926. 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