New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 1, 1927, Page 14

XEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1927, SO SLBIEH LS HLISLHILLHLLLEBLLLLLILLLLLLIHHL LB LLEBEDLSLLHLLHEILEHLLHLHH S HELHSSLHLEL 39S LOUIS (KID) KAPLAN MEETS MIKE DUNDEE IN COMEBACK ATTEMPT TONIGHT-—ALL-NEW BRITAIN WILL PLAY EITHER WATERBURY OR SPRINGFIELD-—LOCAL BILLIARD TEAM LEADING MIDDLETOWN: BY 257 POINTS—SPORT NOTES OF INTEREST PEFIPOT FEFTFIPFTPITITITTTETVOTIIPPIGITTVIFIPPIIFITTVIVTIITIFTIITT PV FITIIITCTETIIRTPOGITIVTVFIPTIRPIPOET TS 0000 COLLEGE TEAMS PREPARE FOR BIG GAMES OF YEAR OF PRO TOURNEY Coach Bill Roper Driving Princeton Squad Hard—Yale Second Squad to Play Against Maryland — Pitts- burgh Carded to Battle W shington & Jefferson— Navy and Army Face Comparatively Easy Tasks— Harvard to Go Without Scrimmages Thi New York, Nov. 1 (P—Methods of preparation for big games on Saturday's football program considerably eastern camps Harvard intends to get Into condi- tlon for the g ith Penn by going without scrimmage. Jones and his mapping out their Princeton game, Nov. 12 very likely that the Yale team will play the greater pa Saturday's contest against M Princeton has Yale to think but with Ohio State coming uy is an immediate challenge that be answered, and coach Bill is driving his men hard. Princeton’s assignment is viewed as the most severe, Ohio State's victory over Chicago last week in- dicates that the Buckeyes have ral- lied from a slump. Princeton is an- ticipating a stern battle and will have to put its full strength on the field, although Rope® perhaps would like to eave his men as much as poseible for the following week. If the Tiger does get by the Ohio State invasion with a victory and without injury the next week's game at New Haven should settle much doubt about Yale's claim to championsh ranking. The Eli's setback Georgia wi ught about largely on fumbles and a victory over the now unbeaten Tiger would rtly rase that blot, in view of the Dlue's steady improvement from k to weelk, Pittsburgh, the institution vary in ivania Tad Yale warriors for the and it pla is No 450, land. outs in the cot Roper en sh , & M sota b it the o Gophers is ¢ by froj orgia, The cture from ( of surprises m with the best eleven had since 1916, when “Pop” Warner held the ruins, | is faced with its most severe test of the year in Washington and Jef- ferson. These two undefeated and ntled eggregations together accounted for victories against such teams negie Tech, Drake, West Virgin ctte. Navy and Army have compara- tively slight opposition booked this week, with Vest Virginia Wesleyan wnd Franklin and Marshall, respec- | tively, in the service camps. Navy s looking ahead & week to the zame with Michigan at Ann Arbor wnd Army to the Notre Dame af- air in New York. The Middies did touch a football yesterd Jach Bill Ingram taking them on a ng hike. Lafayette attack form, too, inst Misso long list of cri E 1 stored for wurday 1l Northwesters confere tea victory column iinois, Mich! latter two cac as Nor ed | ur- is expecting a forwa from Georgetown § 'he team is polishing up its “nse aerials. New York Jiversity, with Al Lassman missin 1 a tackle position, expects a ha mitle with Carncgie Tech. ate's camp was idl howing of th m against y tte being ent sutisfactory to 'oach Hugo Bezdek. Cornell, with St. Bonaventure, next on the schec ng its plans a week ahead rtmouth contest at Han- cord of vic will have Gilb: ainst = from ame i footl Sa should be best games of INOTHER GRANGE AN ILLINOIS STAR | A meeting leagne hoard plans for th son has b e Has Big Part in Victory Nov. 1 (UP)—Tic campus Urbana, 1L, niversity of Illinois again resounds with of a red-head- a4 oot This land Harold praise player named Grange. is for the praise r- Grange, brother of direction of thall norial ch fumbled ir he fell on vard i touchdo Basehall Commissioner W m ip n ms er m th of passers h fray inbeaten their Towa ca Ilini mpa i ch Zupple hat overconfic er two great vic veak takes he saw in No is or giving Coach lineup of the All Ioy va repres The chigan and (! | mony restored on the nor 1 MANAGERS T0 MEET Inter-Church Baske n us 1 I iled for ening el quintets, t L St 1 other or [ i 1son «d on only a fey Bu rat cert wnizat Week. MINNESOTA WILL MEET NOTRE DAME Two Unbeaten Elevens to Fur- nish Feature Game Saturday tron e to put up one of their e Di- | rectors to Plan for Coming Scason Brother of “Galloping Ghost”z mpion Luth to ons to place dis Satisfied With Probable For Presic Garland f but a recurrc high injury to his bothered him, and he dropp school. thing oo school 1 irr live on his he decided good football against North against Mich found himse He probabl other Grange seasons on many football fields, but he has vindicated himself as a €OM- jand millionai petent football player, and about as o¢ this sale the other etic al to t Ten conference, Barnard has rn Johnson' without co vi n cor APPROVES BARNARD M Lan- Choice A for 10 a quartet of Clg and s expected g0od an end as there Is In the Big | pany the news of Barnard's ele tlon to the presidency of the league. ounc to 2 cement accom- HAGEN MEDALIST Defending Champion Leads Field in Championship Play Aty in | round list in yes- 1 with 141 the new Cedar three e In o birdies irned with as within one d for the improv- ¢ Gene Sarazen in , 20 year old profes- r River Inn, Califor- | was off to a good start with a was off form in the after- ind returne n 80. Six necessary will meet in an to deter- 1 drop out to re- ation rou which o field to upper b Hagen et of match 18 paired with Johnny Farrell, r of eight open championships r, faced Tommy Armour of Nat open cham- o qualificd with 152, Cooper pinosa were also in the Sarazen drew Leonard Ashland, Ky., one of the six 154's. The pairings: Upper Bracket, Farrell, 146, vs. ur, 1 John Perelli, Harmon, 1 14, vs. Bobhy Cr Jack Farrell, 148, vs 1 Albert Aleroft ra, 149, ( Hancock, Mel Si Towe 1y, “arrell, wh 1.00s to make Tolnny Tommy 151 vs. Manero, n Morte 149, vs. pinosa, Ed Dud- Sarazen, 144, vs. William Klein, ). Charles 144. vs. Charles Koon- Kidd. 154, vs. Harold wces G , 147, vs. aroni, G. Curley 1a chance Loos, Mur- ugh, Mass., h Baroni, Kid in this morn WALKER T0 MEET - WTIGUE TOMGHT Hiddleweight Champ Gogs Out of Class to HMeet Light Heavy Nov. 1 (UP) — Mic rld’s middleweight cham- s out of his class | , former light in a hout nothing in particu- of Chi- attrac- Maribor to displac or aro Wi tonight meet Mik I will settle hut promises to be one ful fistic lar, o's most colo No title will be at ke and ti the first will furnish tion of may ex- he carries t his con- 4 task of becoming a light fle to make will e mectin they round no- Opinion the outcome of this omises to be a hands lard right hand hitters and probably will rely on t n for it is conceded that Mick can outbox the tight- ¥ 1 to W r is obsessed with the idea Le can whip any of the light and if he wins tonight, in- tely issuing a chal- imy Slattery and Tom- esent claimants of cight title, to W eigh 165 favorits The case of a good zoing up against a good nd the bettors ref good little man can FIGHTS LAST NIGAT Geo Godfrey knocked Tom Jberto Robert Ralph ith mas, 1'hil Miller, Pu ont Detroit, 1 wocked out 3. Georg ard, Joc Chicago, itornia” Lynch w Bedford, Mass.—Jimmy King New Orleans, defeated Homer Rob- ertson, Boston, 10, | his to | AAAA AL S KAER A STAR IN FOUR SPORTS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOUR-LETTER. STAR. of the stars of last “Devil-May"” Kaer of the University of Southern California. He was| practically u mous choice | All-America halfback. ‘ | outstanding football | Morton | for Since the closs of last season, Kaer has been cagerly sought by a haif dozen of the lcading profes- sional football teams of the country. | However, he cares more for his amateur standing than the golden urns of “pro” football. During his college career, as frequently described atest all-aronnd colleg America, His remarkable pe mances in various branches of port richly earned the title. Kaer is not enrolled in this fall. He is playing amateur football squad o pic club of San I cisco. tends to return to Southern rnia in February, however. Despite the fact that Southern California has a ruvle limiting ath- letes to two major athletic activi- ties durin a single season, “Devi May” Kaer is known as a four s man. He has earned his letters in four major sport Prior to entering on career, several baseball t the Pacific Coast 1 clubs tri n him, but Kac was set on acquiring an education th all its athletic trimmings. As a “prep” athlete, he greater fame as a track man. lad never played football. first made the varsity in then basketball. Later, he tried bascball and track. In 1925, he scored 19 touchdowns as a fullback, to lead the nation in scoring. e was an All-America selection for halfback last season because of his uniformly brilliant work. Kaer, having played three years of football, is not cligible this for the grid However, he had only two years of track and one cach of basketh seball. The Pacific co nce gives athletes four varsity years to finish all competition. Kaer will return to the Trojans In time for most of the basketball scason and will co centrate on track. Kaer ran the low hurdles in 25.8 seconds last scason. He placed in | every collegiate mect on Southern | California’s schedule, except the in- | ter-collegiates, where he was elimi- | nated before the finals. ~ Not only | does he expect to do hig things in | track for his alma mater this spring | but he also has three chances to| make the team, for besides the pen- | tathlon and quarter-mile hurdles | there is the Top, step and jump in | which he did 46 feet 6 inches last year in the A. A. U. meet. Here is an interesting ction with Kaer's Speed being his greatest | he got away none too well in sophomor He came form late, There is a story that hefore a cer- tain important game, feeling he had | been a failure, he broke training hy | smeking several clgareites prior to the Kickoff. He got his chance in | this game and was the outstanding | star. | Rushing to the only man who | saw him smoke, Kaer got him te agree to never mention the Incident and from that game on Kaer a| sensation on the coast in foothall as the te athlete T W towns of Sp Britain at Brook park ccording t Manager on securing no word 5 er colle on ti the Olym- | He i Cali- w there. L made today m day. The Silve field is well |team has pl ceeasions a ellent ments Springf if his colleze from won e Kaer football, cham in Wi squ the i players as Fri b who formed represented Britain had able game sons ago, fol This t ment if arr to play the day, th the All-Sou score of 19 1 the The arn n | gridiron | asset J | year. in THPRESSIVE VICTORY Fred M. Grabner's Four Year Old Chicago Stages Appropriate Finale Chicago, Nov priate fi 1 (P ing season in Tlinois, Frec ner's four year ol Chicago with rl Poole nup raced to an impressive victory in the urance handicap at the Arling- | ton track yesterda He I‘r“:il‘r‘h'l‘i the thousands who backed him down down in the mutuels to slightly less than even money in the field of ten. | It was the 12th victory of the| Chicago-owned horse, in important kes this summer, and he had to | t a speedy trio in Yeddo, Smiling | us and Mixup which ran second, | LOCALS MAY PLAY WATERBURY TEAW All-New Britain Management Se- xace | OUNIDG Opponent for Sunday ford from either of the two teams Announcement All-Hartford in the Tn oo n would be the one pre-| ferred by the New Britain manage- | Waterbury team defe game City outfit is a powerful one. The All-Southern Collegiates wer feated by one touchdown by New Britain in the first game of the year. With either of these teams ap- pearing in this city next Sunda; ns are due to see another fierc h. Because of the fact that it is impossible to have the Stapleton team come to this city, Manager Dailey is making an attempt to have New Britain play another game there before the present season is finished. iterbury or the Silver- ringlield will oppose Ne 10 1 Field in Willow unday afternoon, announcement by ley today. Action m was taken when | from Hart- Stapleton management that, if pos- sible, New Britain will be signed for nother game. The manager stated that the local eleven was the best team to have appeared against pleton in several seasons and the fans in the nd city are anxious to see the crew in action again. New Britain should win the next contes Definite announcement. regarding the game next Sunday will be made by Manager Dailey some time today SPIDER KELLY ILL Former Lightweight Star in Critical o L te: 15 recefved has been that the Giants and the teams will clash next rtown eleven of Spring- known in this city. The yed here on one or two nd has proved to be an | ombination. Final ar- for th ppearance of | ield team will be made the eleven is to appear Condition in Hospital With Mas- Another possible contender for the | pionship h: toid Trouble. wterbury te s loomed up | T On the Rrass City are such “Rull’ Keenan the rothers and many others 1 the strong eleven t that city several y t, the eleven is practical- he one which New to battle in the memor- in Meriden several sea- r the state championship. Rochester, Minr, Nov. 1 () Spider Kelly, one of the clevers lightweight boxers of his time, ically ill in a hosptal here with 1stoid trouble, for which he has Dbeen recelving treatment for five TS Kelly has participated in numer- ous ring battles, including a furious 25 round fight with Joe Gans in New York city when Gans was at the height of his career. Critics gave | Kelly a draw. He retired from the aents can be made | ring 28 years ago. ame here. 1 n IS COACH OF DISTINCTION thern Collegiates by the | 0 6. Fans who witness- | cleven, coached three Mis state that the Brass ouri Val- Days of Real S_port Word has been received from the | Fred T. Dawson, coach of Denver’s | PPPFPIIVPVIPIOPETY KAPLAN MAKES Tonight—Former Feat —Louis Down to 132 Pounds for Bout. | Meriden, Nov. 1.—Louis (Kid) Kaplan stands at the cross-roa a long pugilistic trail tonight. Facing Mike Dundee, the Rock Island Thunderbolt, at the New Haven arena in a 12 round bout, t | doughty little local warrior will sta his long climb back to the light- weight heights or pass, once and for |all, from the contenders’ parade. There was the Itz at the city which saw s for th t with Dan- battle with Sammy W hall away back in 1 him rise to the h time. There was the bo ny Kramer at the old Madison {Square Garden, in January, 1925, when he vaulted into the feather- weight throne. There was the lond featherweight championship {match with Babe Herman, also |the Garden, which proved convinc- ingly his superiority over the man sce- | Waterbury earlier in the year. Then |there were the bouts with T Cello, when he entered t | featherweight champion, | his greatness as a lightweight con- tender. And his bouts with Lew Pa {luso and Bruce Flowers when h the top after the Billy Wallace dis- aster of last December. But tonight's meeting with Dun- dee, one of the country's leading lightweights, takes at the |of important tasks. In his last start < ned in eight rov by Jimmy McLarnin at Chicago, put- Iting the skids under a comeback ef- fort that had reached eleven succes- sive victorie Tonight Kaplans starts his second —prol ly final 1t finds him facing a top-line con- tender in Dundee, a fighter who has fought the best in the country and a fighter carrying the same sleep- { producing qualitics in his right hand | that Billy Wallace and Jimmy Me- Larnin carried into battle, Dundee has rolled up the impres- Isive total of 10 knockouts during the past year and should prove capable of proving whether Kaplan hit the greased chute for the -stop ride to t bottom or was the vnetim of an unfortunate upset against McLarnin in Chic: It was generally believed Manager Billy Gibson wonld |Kaplans' second come I against a flock of push-ov Dundee Kaplan is drawing {assignment It will be Kapl: Dundec’s right tonight in a bout will undoubtedly be fought ont 1 fore a scll-out crowd at the Arena Throughout the past two weeks, since returning from Chicago, Kap- lan has been perfecting u defense against the right hand offensive with which Dundee hopes to repeat the knockout tricks of Wallace and Me- | | Larnin. <aplan' teristic weaving, bobbing tactics, missing against McLarnin, 11 be brought into full play to avoid the power be- hind the westerner's right Kaplan is down to 132 pounds for |the bout, proof that Denny Me- | | Mahon has pared him down to his | best fighting weight for the import- lant test. Kaplan scaled 136 pounds | | for McLarnin and was sluggish and | low, lscking his customary firc and |aggressiveness after the early | rounds. | | After nearly two solid wecks of {training, Kaplan was given a full | day of rest vester: He weighed | 132 pounds yesaterday, and will | probably hit that figure or a half tor comeback. just that art effort but in on easy s left age ley champlons while at Nebraska. |pound lower, at the weighing In [three wins and one loss. V4 /III””III’II”III oy i s a7, Wi e — d and fourth. Getaway Day w | but one longshot, but it was a good | one. Rushes captured the third race | to pay his backers $159.66 for each $2 winning ticket. ©1987 _my. TriswwE L jue_—— | who held him to a doubtful draw at | to prove | was trying to win his way back to {lowing % ; | COMEBACK TRY IN NEW HAVEN RING Meriden Battler Meets Mike Dundee of Rock Island, IIL, herweight Champion Holds Center of Interest In Fight World—Opponent Is a Top-Line Contender for World’s Lightweight Title ceremonies this afternoon match is signed for 133 pounds. | Matchmaker Tony Paolillo has ar- ranged an attractive undercard to the Kaplan-Dundee feature. In the t round semi-final Bobby Mays w London ts Pep O'Brien, on, Pa. Archie De Cham- Wallingford featherweight, tackles Young Wagner of New Lon- don in a six-rounder. Lew Friedman, a sparring partner of Dundee, will o six rounds with Joe Lagrey of W York. A four-rounder between ike Marion and Tommy Abotta, both of New Haven, will raise the curtain, ROGERS CUEISTS - LEAD IN MATCHES The New Britain Towing Middletown by Margifl of 257 Points The t \tin am of cue artists repres Rogers' Billiard Parlors in 10 inter-city series of matches with lietown now leads the opposi- tion by a margin of 257 points, fol- lowing the continuation of play last night. led the New Britain te when e smothered po of Asylum City under a This contest was ctown. The other Wolfe and Taylor, e n In N D ain from be hind to beat Alderman came Hallaby 100 to Hallaby had but he couldn’t prow and Maron staged na with the Mid- king the lead in the Kasprow led to 56 but sonent spurted and tied him final rack told the story iddletown player won cad 14 it other town cueist game of §0 to 40 K play. his and M nt, t1 pla 1 the last of the Alderman and to Middletown, Gr will play cse same 20 and Tor at Rogers, Grip- I. Johnson in an carom billiards matc is considered the best bil- mong the many habit- ppo is the sta and is also known city. A return match be- tween {he o will be played in Middlstown nest week. The vee-cushion ended with the Gregor first, White, Stewar tied for third. La had seven wins Raphacl defeated \ the final match. The pocket billiard tournament has come to a close Wwith the fol- cup: Tracy, first, Cook ond, and third undecided. This will be between Savoie and Wallace. Savoie has one more match to play In the carom billiards pla Adams downed Olson 100 to 64. Ol- son gave Adams a handicap of 25 points which Adams rated but didn't need. Olson was far off form. ‘racy leads in this tourney with three wi Kask {s second with fwo win ¥ shibition Iohneon iddictown tournament following winners Mack second, and phael and Tony @ of the quartet and losses, tewart 20 to 17 seven t 3 third with CRICKITS‘