New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 13, 1927, Page 9

Lo | 1 rd is The meeting of the officials of the American Roller Polo league has Leen postponed from “this coming Sunday until « week from Sunday and because of this, the decision as to which of the parties sceking a franchise for this city, will be grant. d the privilege, will not be decided until that time. According to tl officials of the nothing has been done or will with regard to the franchise city until that meeting. ANl ms to th contrary are use the decisiol rests moguls who will gather to- zother a week from Sunday. With tentative plans roa new s emporium on Commercial street in the works, a place for polo other halls are be- »d of as being availabls for the zame, should the franchise be voted here, New Britain was always a great volier polo center and there are many fans in this city now who are anxious to have the game come tome. In the days of Fred Jeans, s of the world hip quintet uscd to hold 's Armory on East Main wked to the champi rth, Han winning team ins will turn out to checr the “zang” on its way. We heard a visitor here yesterday state that, without any exception, New Britain is the test sporting conter in the state. We agreed with him A fight is in th in Hartford. present franchise in Bridgeport, planned to sot a team in Hartford if he secures a franchise. He has his Bridgeport iranchise practically sold and has ans for a complote new building wherein the sport will b if he gets the franc It i5 understood that Hugh Rorty o helped greatly in reviving the ¢ in this section, will battle him a Hartford franchise, offing over polo who at for the officials of the league to de- cide between the two men hattle are clping s v ¢ but > rather hurting it. The pub- h supports the various games and sporting projec cd at all in the arguments of the promoters over who should run a club. The only thing the fan wants s of leading teams have tentatively agreed wrm 2 state basketball league A sixth team is being | nd by the time the season fall. it is thought that six-team league will be in makin teams favoring the leaguc 10w include the National Guards, ristol Endees, Meriden Endees, Atas of New Haven and a possible «am from Hartford. Waterbury or All-Middletown might get into the running and a fast league is anti- cipated. The same situation is being talk- 4 over in football circles. This will mean the salvation of football, professional in this state be- cause almost every team during he past season suffered financial for the y With a state league in basket- tall, a schedule of games between the teams entered will be mapped out and a definite conclusion as to the state championship will be ‘hed. At the end of the season 1l of as often happens, two or thre ms having claims in for the title, one team will defi- nitely be crowned the state cham- pion outfit. reverse peculation i8 rife about the ate as to what effect that change in the dribbling rule will have on ‘he game. The dribble been re- ricted to one bounce. Someo are in avor of the change while others re against it. The majority seem to think that he elimination of the continuous dribble will relieve the game of its cetacular features while others aim that it will speed up the passwork and team work. To us it seems that the men who made the rules know more about the me than we do, so we feel that we are prone to agree with the committee which made the change, Sensations will be packed into the amatenr fight tournament at the Tab: hall tomorrow night when a card of 10 bouts will be presented. The featurc bout be- tween Jack Kelly and Ed Elle will attract many to the scenc of the battle. There are a number o other houts on the card which should turn out to be spectacular exchanges and on the surface, the be one of here in some (‘hangeu Date and Place Of Victory Banquets The date and place of the testi- monial dinner to be accorded the victorious™teams in the County Y. M. C. A. compctitions during the past winter have heen changed, and the banquet will be held in the Center church on Wednesday evening, April "he dinner was originally fixed for the 20th in the Soutl. church, but this night is also the night of the Trade schol which would prevent the players on | 11ish the state championship Trade school team from attending the The South church on the 27th, and the Center church was secured. About 100 boys and the officials of the coiinty athletic as- soclation will he present. Kvonholm will cater, rafters | ¢ afters || played, ' B : If this is | thed case, it will he quite a problem |} minstrel show, | lligh single, J. Mrs. A. | partments show, WITH THE BOWLERS Helnzn H. May Walthers Dunn Ripple Doran Goodrich B 438 Orchestra 9 88— 241 I | New White ROGERS ALLEYS HART & COOLEY LEAGUE Rinky-Dinks rewell 0 Frederi 4 sl— 1G. Ilooper Vi 104 10— I | | I Tiger Flowers stands today between NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, SHADE WINS DEGISION Battler Tinds Flowers Only Obstacle to lla(ll(" With M®key Walker, Chicago, California Tiger April 13 (B — oOnly Dave Shade of California and a championship fight with the mid- dleweight titlcholder, Mickey Walk- er. “~ Shade last night outboxed Phil Krug of Paterson, N. I. in ten rounds, getting the decision of two judges and the referce. Krug, who had held Shade 1o a draw in a previous fight when both were wel- ters, the last battler in t middleweight division, excepting Flowers, to challenga Shade's right chance at the title, Billy Petrolle, the Fargo Exp whose past performances ve ! boosted him to a pl among the | lightweight challongers, was given | ause in his pursuit or the tide. | “reddio Mueller of Butfalo, N. Y., | hour notice after illnes cansed the scheduled opponent, Tut to withdraw, held Petrole 1o a draw and outhoxed him most of the way STARTS PLAY TODM | Internathmal League Clubs Have Been Bolsterad by Youngsters or Former Stars, | New York. April 13 ) — With | ¥ elub reorganized and holster- | ed by up-and-com or former stars of or leagy the International circuit § season today with games sy City, Reading and New. Heinie Groh and 'bit Moran- ville will be seen in the Roch inficld as the tribe me ark Bears at New i ntertain the champions, whily falo's Bisons play at Reading. Fal timore's Orfoles open tomorrow at home against the Syracuse Stars, Playing shortstop for Baltimore in the place of Joe Boley, who moved up to the Athletics this season, will he Everett Scott, holder of the famous record of more than a thousand consecutive games in the major leagues. Dobrowolsky Murket : sa 1ns varker & Buckey | Gantr bR [STRIE Tutko o L1160 Wright .. BTt T Stantey Works | % » 160 | Qv « 3 North & Juad | Linn STy | Burr L 1 105 5. | cuaramut Iwarg S Ry 92— 300 lpotn 111 - 95— 20 [ cartson 1 oshorne | Gautner Windish Knlwat ... TRt McCarthy Gogolin 9 ) Snedoker Delamarre Carlson Murphy Warner Corhin Screw ns T American Hosiery has 38R T 08 | Bratnard | Wright Ccampbell 485 494—1437 League Standing w Corbin “Screw ... | Fafnir Rearing Co, Corbin Cab. Lock Co. Stanley Works ool Landers, Frary & Clark Stanley Rulo & Level I F. Corbin North & Judd . N. B. Mahe. Co. American Hoslery .9 High avernge. D. Rooney, ote, 154, three string, E. Carev, 372 Tligh team single, Stanley Works. 586, High team three string, Corbin Screw, dinner. | 1645 was unavailable | e During 1926 one person out of lost an umbrella in ds of lost and found de- Thirty thousand umbrellas wer: found. {ing straight game VOLLEY BALL LEAGUE il"l(‘a.- and Bedbugs Score Victorfes In | First Games Among Insccts at | Boys' Cluh. Volley Ball Standing W. L. Pet| Fleas 1 0 1000 Bedbugs ... 10 1000 Cootics . . .. 0 1 000 | oz (1 1 000 | Bedbugs erawled | out in f night of | play in the Bovs' club senior volley | ball league last night, winning their | first matches in easy John shots across the towering Captain flipping unrcturnable the net, took two n from the Cooties hy the same 15-7 score. Pete Sliva, Cootie captain, refuses to be disconraged by his initial defeat, as it has always heen the practice of his teams to start late and come with a rush at the end, while he says a Cootie can hite just as hard in’the rear as in front. The Fleas S Cooties # Nick Gill's Bedbugs had a hard time with Joe Go s Jice in the first game, but in the sccond game they exterminated their opponents, who playe t might truly be said to be a “lousy” game. The scores: Redbugs Lico AMATEUR BOXING Thursday, Apr. 14 8:45 P. M. at Y. M. T. A, & B. Hall Main St. 12 Star Bouts 40 Rounds 3 Hours of Continual Milling Ticket Headquarters: Patsy Bridgett’s Smoke Shop, State Lunch, Main St., Sheehan Smoke Shop, Main St. SALESMAN $AM X {1 accepting the assignment on three | SOME PEOPLE ARE LUCKY AN’ SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE ME! APRIL RED 50X T0 ORGANIZE Practice Friday. The Corbin Red Sox will organize again for the coming haseball - ison, it was decided at a meeting of BY BILLY EVANS - BY BILLY EVANS 1. How many players were in the first game of haseball? 2. What happened when one of the batters was retived? 3. How could a batter b retired a fly ball? What was the firse step made {in putting the game on its prescnt basis? 5. Where did the original lincup rs in the field and the bat. He ook his place in right field, pla moved up on each out. The first bounce was regarded The selecting of two sides of cqual pl there being 11 on I team. The original lineup had two |shortstops and two second basemen. MAY DECIDE SERIES Ottawa Scmators Hold One Devision | Oser Boston Bruins—Two Games Played to Tie. Ottawa, April 13 () — When the Ottawa Senators and the Boston Bruins skate into action here to- njght in the fourth game of their sfries for the world hockey tit} neither team will be the fuvorite Exports tod - even odds on the two which have battled twice to a tie thus far. Ottawa holds the only decision win tonight th ¥ 5 upon for mpt to win, or to force the pl the furious pace of the | preceding games all members of | both teams are in fine shape and| will line up with the same arrays as Monday when they fought to n| 1-1 tie, Ivoted to unearth their (s zood the club held la . A, Due to th night in the Y. M, fact that a num- r of the men who were on the squad last year, came from out of town, the entire squad was not pres- . All the local men were in at- | however, and they we tic over the plans to con- the club as a contender in mond cireles, hn-Tobin will manage the team vear. He reached this de. cislon last night when the players shoes and started immediately ter the meeting, to form a sched- it several offers for games ight's mail and the tes wbly have something definite | * next fe 1ad will report for its first | at Walnut Hill park, Fridiy o'cloc Manager Tobin knows of several v . who give promi of becoming st players and he wishes to impress § upon tie minds of all candidates in | the city, that the Red Sox team fs| not a cut and dried affair but is oy within t ¢ days. | |to anyone who wishes to try ont mber of candidates is 0 turn out for the first WASHINGTON SCHOOL WINS The following stirring baseball game vesterday was re- scived from one of our numerous Junior correspondents: “Washington School defr Miller St. It was there scend the play but there lose the | e it was a good game Washing- | ton School won by the score of 11 to “ faver of Washington. Sam Capo- tice put some hoap an that ball that the men fauid hit the ball and after the game was over the Kides shut aut three Chery for Sam Capodice Leo Bruslift hit a home run and Sam Capodice hit 3 base hit. Sam Capodice pitch zood hurd game he pitch. Washington School | 1ccount of 13, 1927, won 4 game straight. Washinton | hool w to play Wesday thursday go to Sam Capodice High St (Sam Capod als ved). READ HERALI FOR YOU| A. G. SPALDING & BRO. BASEBALL GLOVES, MITTS, BALLS UNIFORMS, ETC. SPALDING TENNIS RACKETS TENNI Kroflite and Spalding GOLF BALLS SOLD Sole Agents For P. GOLDSM Leading Athletic Outfitters MacGregor Golf Clubs BY ITH SONS THE REAL SPORTING GOODS STORE Sporting Goods 1 Bring in your large Trout for measurement, s Our Business in Trout Contest. A Swell Memory I JUCKY STRIK the finest cigarettes you ever smoked. ES are smooth and mellow— They are kind to your throat. Why? 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