New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 18, 1927, Page 9

mm»m: Speaking jof Sports Kaaaaaaaaa a2 00 A basketball game between & team of All-Stars picked from the quintets which played in the Girls’ Industrial l~ague this season and the Aetna (Girls’ team of Hartford, scheduled 1o be played tomorrow night, has teen cancelled indefinitely, With this caucellation, the basket- «all season, locally comes to a de- inite end. The South church team played its last game Saturday night unfortunately lost out in the elimination play for title among in Meriden when it tha state basketball church teams. The past son was one nd more baskethall 1 1 de ver before were in action from the!for the catcher. C. A. record in the 440 yard {ree|he belittles it, even, in savin Roosevelt Pioneer «'im-‘j:'\l meet | o modiate follow e start to finish, 2. SIx and one-quarter ounces. |style swim when he came in under [the signific R Jenig FHTILE afternoon “’1’_ i 155 ; corps, ‘ 3.1t was ten and one-.quarter |the Wiro in ¢ minutes and 21 sec- | 0 iliviand His efric fot < atha iavenine; sl rlendly o 0 p. o1 class, 10 a. m.; % e Present indications point to a|inches in circumference. onde. e hay a new mark in the A0d stamina of all of the 7.0 fee Sl Wil mesl An Wedneedey) g v: There will be 2 i || Eyes Examined and aseball season stmilar to the in-| 4. Dick Pierce of the Atlantic[220 yard free style when he shot|that g0 to R R afternoon at 3; and the Juniar Hi-Y | ing of the boys' cabinet in the e T | Gl Fitted with or season just past. Teams are!club of Brooklyn in 1865. under the wire in 2:52 2-5, Rakow- | Anieblotns fetun ““T'hg‘fn"-e uso of tho EVIN-| gapartment at 7:30 p. m. The FLIERS OFF FOR CUBA | asses Fitted wit tting ready to start thelr sum-! 5. The original bat was two and |ski in the first heat in the 100 yard | o ARG RS SR O =nl DTN RCILESUE i fia ) artment will conduct ril 18 (P—The| s . 1er campaigns and their number i | one-alf inchies in its thickest part, | breast stroke, broke the existing rec- (P72 10 Proof of the Scont Hike Wl olowins clhsaeast Miomn ommany e morn.|| Complete Satisfaction. irge and varied. \ Srt AR ord by coming in in 1:27 4-5. jErpels Dl aitie On Saturday afternoon six of the|g.zo: junior B e £15 The results in the finals were as | @00 &0 ‘”m’, 2 r:armm ’nu‘\' .mo.l_mr hike | o). : A T McGUIRE Starting with Good Friday and 3 = tollows: FRRanG e Cre . o1 lasting over the week-end, anl the|| Alex Tells Secrets | 40 yards fres style: Halloway, 'S CArS SEW sed his test in fire ma Ese Specialist t:ams got in practice sessions, The Of Pitching Success || Waterbury, first; Yaple, Winsted, | (/20 T 00 | cooking. uye Specialis senfor teams look forward to good swasons this year and the quality as well as the quantity of the candi- Jates who have turned out for places that and t on ths teams, indicates lopes of the managers aches, will be fulfilled. The Hardware Clity A. C, is plan- ning to conduct another professional 4 time 2:52 2-3. fany elaims whatsoever that are not | card of fights at the Tabs' hall 1An with an intricate set of rules and 100 yards breast stroke: Rakowskl, [supported by facts and proofs.”— | {his clty on Monday night, May 2. |regulations is Using the wrong|New Britain, Myers, Winsted, |advt. | he feature hout will find !-,r\:l:'rourne, I start out by conditioning|cncond: I New. DBritaini| it s e ; Bige stacked up against either Trish | iy Jogs and my wind. Don't n g e e sl 5 ‘Tommy Jordan, Jack McVey of Tony | vour less and your wing. e Woman Insists Burglar | lravers. < froe sty Travers is the New Haven Ttallan who is considered one of the this icaders in the fight ranks in state. The rest of the card as outlined by Matchmaker Leo Rradley in- cludes three four round bouts and an eight rounder in support of th final which will 10 rounds. Trankle O'Brien and Kid Thomas | those bunting games. of this city will battle in the first; Jimmy Clinch and Abe Bodine will fight in the second: Jimmy Jenkin of Meriden wiil fight Joe Hartford in tho third; lzzy Kaplan and Jim Borde, the French Bulldog, will mix it In the eight rounder and the final will find the *“cowho meeting one of the trio mentioned. This card appears one that will full of action. Two local bo d Thomas and Jimmy Clinch, will be seen In action while the other fighters ars all well known to the sporting publie, K The bascbdll diamonds at Willow Brook ps > been put into es cllent shape by the employes of the rk board. After hard work fo re than two weeks, the playing, surfaces have taken on a look that one as nearly perfect. Where at the beginning, the nds at the South End par very good to play on, Super tendent. Ralph Wainright set to work and the fruiis of his labo have shown ereat results, Tt i that baseball llow Brook park > hetter playing s nything el Galfers are g ing thar driving 1dvantage of the good weather to got out on the temporary green: first tryouts of the year. Meadow d Sequin will be in for a sy time as soon as the *gang” <t whaling away the little white f ow Fish at the uttle Meadow club s and rubber ball this year instead of L cast iron one. The Millionaires Baseball has rec: t practice of the season. Manager d Coach Jake Jenninzs been trotting up and down Chukeh street lining up all the stars end getting contracts signed. team Olney Riley has been sclected as the coach of this year's team and this means that all the players will have to strut their stuff to the running. Pa Bridgett, I Collins, Artie Pilz, Bill Brennecke, Jack Wright, “Hummer” Daty, Billy Walsh, Jake Winkle and all the old time stars on the squad are rarin’ to ) states is planned. Of - team will return homs unday night to teccive the uImiring gaze and plaudits of the liome town folks. We understand that there is a nrospect of a Girls' Industrial Base- 1 league being started in this city. It won't be very difficult to form teams in the various factories. Hark hack to a few years ago when Artie Pilz formed the St. which was nearly a outfit, championship Coaches who would like to get some real live dope on how to sue- cesstully conduct a gliris' baseball team would do well to ge in touch | POSt office attaches, clerks and car- with Pllz because his plan met with | Fiers. success at all tim MAJOR BASEBALL LEADERS By Associatos Presn. Hitting: Sand, Phillies .667; Foth- | Nest session of congress. ergill, Tigers .600. Runs scored: Hornsby, Glants, Ty son, Giants, Cuyler, Pirates, 7 each Ruth, Yankees, 10, | i Tyson, Giants 11; Koenig, 14. Double: Traynor, Pi- Kamm, White Sox, 5. Frisch, Cards, 3; Gazella, Malc, Athletics 2. s: Hornshy, /G each; Gehrig, Y mmons, Athletics, 2 each. Siolen bases: Ty lin Judge and Bluege, Triple Yankees, 2 Home ru Webb, Cubs of the| 1 rusiest that this city has ever Sen‘n"h't Harvard College club of 1875, teams than the | mith of ! L | work sights lined up and many have taken | for the | Shuttle cts a cork | ved the clarion eall for the | | ory. the proceeds to be us BY BILLY EVANS 1. Who invented the first catcher's mask? Swimming Contests Saturday Three rccords wer 3. How big was {t? 4. Who is credited with originat ing the bunt? 5. What was the original dimen- sions of a baschall bat New Britain at the Winsted pool Saturday. Two of them W broken by Morales in the final evs while Rakowskl brok: the othe mark in the THIS TELLS IT . Fred W, Thaver, a member of tal of 29 polints, New Britain with 19, introduced the mask as a protection Morales shattered his first Y. M. second, and Archambault, bury, third. Time 21 4-5 seconds. 440 yards free style: Britain, 1 Couch, ond and ('Brien Time 6 minutes 21 220 yar Britain, ond, and O'Drien, Winsted, Spring training may net be con- | sidered important by some ball players, but one who neglects it is i s0lug to cut his natural career short by several years. true of pitchers. The one who conds This is especially third burdens himself Yaple, Wi Although it seems trivial I con-|ytaq ‘first; Wright, New Britain, se |slder the pepper games the best bit | of training a pitcher can get. Why {this bunting? Did you ever stop ito consider what it brings In to | play? Fielding in bunting sharpens the feye, strengthens the muscles of the -stomach and helps considerably on ontrol. Time 1:04 2 Fancy dive: Sweency, Winsted, first; Thompson, Waterbury, sccon Klofber, New Britaln, third 10 yards back stroke: Halloway, Waterbury, first; Tracy, sted, third. There s quick, snappy action fn | Watsriury (Hollo You are hop- | v, Archam ping around, cxercising the legs and | (Wright, loosening the muscles of the entire | I0rales) sec oty O'Brien, Case, Yapla) third. The wind is put to a scvere test Preliminartes Bri |in the bunting game. A fellow starts wera as follows: 40 yards free style: first heat, puiting and unless he is In shape, ho is down early. The fellow who tands up the longest in this playful | ATchambault, Waterbury, first; Ber- round s the one who ig in the best|auist, New Britaln, second. Time ot condition. {22 3.5 seconds. Second heat, Yaple, | Pitchers go in too much for the|Winsted, first; Hollo et rubbing tahles, hot liniments and second, tift massaging. 1 have found an ards | oceasional rub of olive oil the best cat, w Britain, first; Myers, No hot liniments| Winsted, sec Tima 1 ! T don't know|Second heat, O'Rrien, Winsted, ho the trainer was who introduc- | Berquist, New Britain, second, ed the hot liniment and stiff rub,| 100 vards free stroke: first heat, | but he was an ont of order. ambault, Waterbury, first; Ur- When the muscies of the back !l w Britain, «cond. Time hing after the first week's . Second heat, Yapla, Win- o WOrk, get out by vourself, take a|sted, first; New Dritain, sec- | ball and, leaning slightly back, just|ond. {toss the ball not more than three | feet high and catch it down close [to your chest. Work on this for |10 minutea morning and afternoon.|Second heat, Tracy, Water | Condition the logs and the wind Kea Winsted, | before you start taking the Kinks|Time 36 5-5 seconds. out of the pitching arm. i Point Standi | Working in the outfield also helps | T ek i to strengthen the legs and increase e {the wind of a pitcher. This sort of | should be done with good | 0 {judgment. T think it i3 a mistake on the part of any pitcher to try for| sensational catches while getting some work in the outfield. There is always the chance of a leg injury | or a broken finger. The real for the arm | —remember th | W Time 1: heat, ke: first i Gas fir Winsted, second. Time Why value of outfield work 5 % itor a pitcher ix the “shagging” of| 0 | the ball. The catch means nothing 52 while the effort ex- | ST tor the 1ait | Auburn Straight 8 Breaks ! 1,000 Mile Auto Record | * While E. L. Cord, president of the Auburn Antomobile company was on Pacific coast, he witnessed the breaking of the 1,000 mile stock car record by a stock Auburn Straight- | to his conditio | me . OUTDOOR APPEARANCE I Edvin Wide, Swedish Star, to Race test was run on the Los Ar peo t Culver City, March Sth and was witnessed by a erowd not only of the public, but particu- larly by about two hundred dealers from automobile row. Tha event was fn competition for the 1,000 mile at Harvard Stadium Within the | | Next Two Weeks, The | New York, April 18.—(M—Edvin Wide, Swedish middle distanee run- | ner, will make his first appearance and ofticially timed by the Ameries ked Automoblle a ion, thus making 4 it an auth ed record. ‘ade Morton was the driver averaged 68,37 m per hour, breaking tha former record hy the tie of $15 miles per hour. the former record where he plans team of Amer | statement by 1 son. At Camb) Wi will run a mile and a qua the length of the with Redskins |ed. | The running schoolmastar finis! led the indoor season in poor condi- |tion Saturday when he was abla to |of !do a mile no faster than 4:21 {in en assault on the world's recor to run i an Indians, couch, probably er, but projected race not announc- was formerly held by a very creditable speed 54 miles per hour. e jrecord places the Auburn 125 miles ahead of the nearest competitor. The specd test was run during one | = T e T Kknown Postmaster H. E. Erw N | California, blinding the driver and Enters Fourth Year [at times, making'it aimost tmpossible Postmaster H. E. Erwin observed ) for the spectators to sec the car as it the third anniversary of his ap-{whirled past pointment to the local post office Mr. Cord “The Anburn aver. vesterday, Mr. Drwin succecded whole-hearted cooperation of the e improved the service to the advantage of the public. He is ambitious to continue im- proving the service and has hopes for an enlarged post oftice after the The par- cel post station on Court strect, and the record breaking clean-ups on Christmas deliverics, are due to his efforts. ’ i "7‘"% o/ BALL TONIGHT AT ARMORY The Woman's board of the New Britain General hospital, under the chairmanship of Mrs, Herbert L. Mills, is aponsoring a ball to be en this evening at the st children's free bed fund at the hos- pital. One of the features will be a replica of a French village in which the refreshments will be Pitching: Benton, Braves, won 1 1ast 0--.1000, | Hoyt, Yankees, won 2, Jost 0-- | served by members of the Alpha Alpha sorority, dressed in French native costume, NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, |first 300 miles, before T R |canie so severe, Thenm, Morton wa R Y |signalled to slow down. All we want- | led was to break the n {did not want to endanger human life by taking unnec 'y chauces, 1 co Waterbury Wins Triangular " ii2"eo shattered by ! o : 5 shing fter a visit to th - est train requires 20 hours for tho| £ : il whington after . 2. What was the weight of the |New Britain Y. M. C. A. swimmers trip and must change engincs sev- | (¢Tence will be held at Simsbury o s Witk he o pital during the Easter holidays. ball first used In the present-day({n the triangular meet between Sl Hlires Toide b But as riday and Saturday of next week. | asium game? teams from Waterbury, Winsted and | stock car negotiated even & 1o confgrence is conducted by the | Weekly Schedule preliminary heats. | | Waterbury won the mcet with a to-'tion | o 1 2 il S place trees removed during street hroughout try natural-| T following changes ‘“L:. \‘e', lowing schedu classes: Junior A class, 4:15 p. m.; widening operations. A‘ldarmarl was|ly rejoices in this demonstration, |made in the scheduie of the Boys'|rouma) : vo sines Nalr" 1 attitude. | department this week becanuse of the [ g1 o0’y ehisa Nalr's proposal is to have this work second with 22 and Winsted third |Mr. Cord takes an origir Water- | Morales, New Waterbury, | Winsted, third. ee style; Morales, New first; Couch, Waterbury sec- ond; Archambault, Waterbury, third. | erbury, : fact that The reeults of the preliminaries|and a $10 of the outdoor scason within tWo stock car trophy awarded by the Los weeks at the Harvard stadinm and angeles Times and was sanctioned | soon after will go to California e aged 7185 miles per hour for the | GGG the late William J. Delaney, fa— Entering tha post ofiice as a| = ————— tralned executive and efliciency ex- 2 R pert, e Erwin e “mansrcil SALESMAN $AM A Nice Remedy many changes, which, with the 3 MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1927 [ ] 4 e e e - A = ——— | Life Saving Classes Friendly Indian club will meet in Raad s | The class in senior saving will the boys' department at 3 p. m. The)R l“' Ford's‘p"o art this evening. Th e storm be- fsta class in | department will conduct| _ Case Postponed a Day record—and we | | junior lite saving will begin on Tues- following classes; church group| Detroit, April 18 (P—Iliness of | BHYS’ (;“NFEREN[;E ;11 Th o “Llhbe D ; . P m.;,) )'ounx,er' b‘mg:m Senator James A. Reed of Missouri, | 'or men who wish to learn to sw class, 5:30 p. m.; intermediate lconfidently believe that under mo! liin Wedneaday: pediaci b e m‘chlel of counsel for Henry Ford, |ideal circumstances we could easily —_— Athletes to Banquet i the | Caused adjournment today of the ming for members of 1et of vior departmen® A. will be held in con- | hyrsd, the annual & nquet of the Industrial leagues at! ™ e Y. M. C. A. on Thursday evening | of this week at §:30 o'cloc After the banquet and the miles per hour.” annual athletic | rine averaso mas | ¥, M, C, A, Arranges Meetingifh*}?v.u.‘ffl Next Week in Simsbury et ot The ninth annual older boys' con [ $1.000,000" libel suit filed against the motor manufacturer by Aaron Sapiro, Chicago lawyer. The trial meid in the boys® de- | probably will be resumed tomorrow. 0 p. m. The annual nator Reed suffered an attack et will be held in the | of acute indigestion early today as quet hall at 6:30 p. m. and the neared Detroit on a train from The Junior Achieve- | |imagtne w { {nous sustained spee [ That 18 farther t: to New York by d really n from ( ilroad. The ment at 7 athletie ba dist In six hours less time, cluding the time required for seven stops for fuel, tires and driver re | liet." Whil MOVE TO REPLACE TREES | Alderman David L. Nair of the first ward will introduce a resolu- tion In the common council Wed- nesday night to have the city re- | Hartford County Y. M. C. A. and is| open to any boys who wish to at- tend, The general theme will be 2 Older Boy Facing Manhood." Change in Schedule troop The Junior Hi-Y club wiil |p- |use t |cal dep. The condu rtm nt will following Hi-Y at this record break- |school vacation. The noonday luncheon will be done without cost to the owners of butting properties, | He points out t Sl | runior A class, omitted; | ling pe n s Cabtnet Meeting and without inj Cor. Arch and Walnut Sts. Phone 719 There will be a meeting of ¢ cabinet in the Junior depart- | o go swer to the |supremacy mads for many d tal nterest of i ing tha public. We helicve it fs bad | practice for any indusiry to exag- gerate in its advertising and make rica, plan Tied Her Up in Bathtub Mrs. John Peterson of 400 Park | sirect, who reported to the police | that sha had been put in the bat il tub at ber homa last Tucsday by a burglar, insists that her story of t attack correct, inspits of th the police were skeptical. | Tt is said that the burglar grabbed| her, tied up and put her in the| » and turned on the water. Shej| 4 to kick ont the plug and | nt herself from being | 1id the burglar ob. rom a burean drawer | I which was hidden t_ Policenien who in- | | vestigated reported that thers was | little evidence of a burglary. | NO HANDSHAKING Washington, April 18 sresident Coolidge’s lame hand, | i now bandaged again, is causing} | some embarrassment to politicians | whose constituents show up in the| | capital with demands for a hand the chiet executive. That’s reason enougb i No wonder choice has swung ‘round to Chesterfield. NATURAL TOBACCO TASTE —that’s reason enoug/o.’ t manag thus pr | drowned. T4 i tained §3 (UP)—| shake W The president Is shaking no nds | i . and hasn't for several i The reaction hegan o, in hou, 1s of tourists ashington last week | the desire to grip the| Nearly every muscle in the body receives a slight impulse during a sne more than 50 muscles in all. Reliable Watch Repairing & iM. C. 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