New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 12, 1927, Page 13

LHSSLLHELS89555956088 668< Speaking of Sports 450888008 | 3 The m will o gam nigh W Britain roller hockey present a new lineup in against Wallingford to- t at the Stanley arena. riush with Alexander at second rush. irown, recently released by Manager Irank McDonough, has been 1 and will appear agag at lincup will not only give itain greater strength but it | will also bring the morale of the cam up where it had ought to be. losing games and the s they might, appeared 1o be wrongly paired. This created dissatisfaction and no players can 1o their best feeling that w However, the team that standpoint now Roucher flashing his \lexander tonight, should ak into column is Ok from and with tufl alongside W Britain br the scoring Jigger” with New ceordin, Jigger” Higgins will probably be to would the malke present dope. a wonderful mning mate for Boucher and there | ouldn’t be with a he The fa 15 a a team in the league tter pair of floor worker s of this city want Higgin flar and Higgins wauts to here As soon as he can ar- ge his husiness a he will be with ime. play dence, ory g the team Meriden will it Th ¢ here Thursday league leaders have hit teboggun since Pierce, wonder o has been laid up with in- ured hands, New Britain will be tipe to dump the leaders again this ek, The New Britain baskethall team certainly showed al of in the game with Waterbury here tur night. After taking a lac- g at the hands of the New Iaven Atlas in the Elm City the night be- ore the quintet came home to give Waterbury a worse beating. a rev game for New Britain coming Saturda night when the Hartford Yankees here for a g New Brit- vated the Capital City team in the first game of the league sea- <on but it took an overtime period in which to do it. A tough faces them this co ain de Cassidy, Holyoke p . has been veleased by Manager Clavence Lan- pher. It was found that there was 10 necessity of keeping him on &he payroll. or New Britain's back Lination of Leary and proving to be one of the league. The pair Saturday jashed great stuff. Leary, especial- has attracted the favor of the public becauss of his sterling play. court Sturm is t in the night Rubenstein, forgetting his injured turday night, broke into the g column with a bang. Hr caged six baskets and his floor work a marvel to watch. “Ruby” tinly comes through when Al Sloman is tied up Sloman made Magner, University of Penn star, look slow in comparison Saturday night. appeared to lose his head in playing the local forward and this handi- | capped his play. e s cer former Magner Jimmy Zakzewski is fast becom- ing one of the stalwarts of the team, His work with the quintet in the games thus ed has been E cter. New 1in will prepare for the meet- ing with the New Haven Atlas in the near future. This team is rated as the most dangerous in the league and its ability to hand New Britain 1 48 to 23 fcking is ample evidence of this fact, bs' team lost to the Plain- ficld aggregation Saturday night but this s certainly no disgrace. Plainfleld quintet is one of the be The T cathered together in the eastern sec- | tion of the state in years and the two victories over New Britain teams were anything but flukes. Tt 1s rumored that the Tabs planning on changing their play night from Saturday to Wednesday. I this is =0, it should be a benefit to the team. New cnough to support two teams fn the ame line of sport, especially on the | me night. are The sport program for the week Is as follows: Tonight at the Stanley Arena, roller hocke New Britain vs. Wallingford; Tuesday at the | Stanley Arena, Tndustrial basketball, three games; Thursday at the Stan. ley Arcna, roller hockey, Meriden vs. New Pritain and Saturday at the tanley Arena, b ectball, New Brit- .“'" vs, Hartfor | No announcement has been made by the management of the Tabs re- garding a game this week. CO. DISBANDS . Dec. 12 (P—Robert Mantell, kespearean actor, who suffered al breakdown here Friday while playing an en- Columb gagement at Columbus theater, 1s to | be remived to his home in Atlantic Highlands, N. J., it was announced here last night. All engagements for the remainder of the season have heen cancelled and the entire company returned here. TRAPPERS We Buy Raw Furs of All Kiwls H ON FUR SHOP 13 FRANKLIN SQ. Boucher | Will take his rightful place at first | re- | Britain in another week, | irs In Provi- | form | com- | local | The | Britain isn't large | BASEBALL MOGULS OPEN CONVENTION Magnates and Managers Gather-| ing in New York W York, De | magnates and man 8 here today for the annual |tion of the major 1 ues will consume a big portion week. The steering committees National and American leagues hold d. preliminary session today to de- cide on matters to be reported upon |at the joint meeting of the leagues | here Thursday. 1 Tomorrow the N. | will hold its annual session and on the following day, the American or- ganization will hold forth. Many new faces are visible with the man . Roger Peckinpaugh, the new pilot of the Cleveland In- dians, Jack Slattery, manager of the | Braves, and Burt Shotton, at the helm of the Phillies, mingle | the select for the first time. While Bill McKechnie comes here {In the role of manager of the Ca ! dinals, the conclaves are not new to him as he formerly held a like job with the Pirates. Then for the first time in history, Ran Johnson, the stormy petrel of | the American league, will be absent. | Tn his place, B. S. Barnard, former | president of the Indians, will be on d as president of the junior | eireuit. | Garry Herrmann, another figure | long associated with bascball, will he missing. €. J. McDiarmid will | trek along with Manager Jack Hed- | | dricks to uphold the business of the Aside from a discussion of the draft situation which threatens to cause a split between the majors and minors, the remainder of the husiness appears to be of routine in terest. The belligerent attitude of | the minor leagues in convention at | Dallas last week in the matter seasoning players for the 1| is expected to precipita down At the National league 1 Waldorf tomorrow Fuchs, William Dreyfuss and Charles { will be chosen new American league will i as president mont on Wednesd mrsday, the two lea joint session at th o Commissioner K. M. siding. WITH GUN AT SIDE, SENTENCES KILLER North Carolina Judge Armed as Growd Attempts Lynching of the of the ional circuit | of he Stor a h cctors. stall Mr. otin at a 1es will be with pre- toosevelt Landis Dec. s of 12 P office mob, Larry me awaited in leigh staie penitentiary to- his electrocution on January 13 the murder of Bucla T r, @ 1's 1j-year-old daughter, attempt to mete rough and ready justice to the negro was stopped only by the barking Sheriff W. D). Grant's gun after hag pulled Newsome from hands of the dead girl’s rels who pounced upon him yesterd as he sat in court trial, first on Sunday in proceaded pe {with hurried] guardsmen of Pield artillery, prisoner. William girl, who, Tedder, led gro amid cr “take him,” Hicers m New the day the hands of a negro foe far The out of he the atives, Battery sitting al brother the father, attack on the of ‘“get him” and was subdued by the of- and handcufted to of [them throughout the remainder of the trial. The father also was placed [under guard. An automatic pistol which Henry A. Grady, the presid- | {ing judge, placed on his desk be- |side him, also assured peace. in the crowded courtroom surged forward {o the Tedders as, five minutes after court convened, they strode forward down the pulled the ne- gro from his chair. A near riot en- sued before Sheriff Girant HFpqu‘s rescued N {lost some of his Imelee. The prisoner was thrust into an anteroom, before whose door | Grant wheeled and fired two shots into the air as a | erowa. Fifteen {went to the W Tedder, with the of 11 Eric two | | Many persons some, wWho minutes after 1he case jury a verdict of guilty s returncd. Newsome was hustled |into an automobile and under troop escort was taken to Raleigh. His trial ended 60 hours after the Todder girl's body was found in a lcotton fleld, with the throat cut. The killing was traced to Newsom who, Deputy Sherift J. C. Kornegy id, later confesscd. in circus Nine miles of rope some of the tops of tents. are used, larg rateated 1l ey 1ol ln Yoo S’ “i:n:”w: Altow us whele sizs o poor 'llh For Men, Vlomn, Beyl. Girls wers ol bt hariened stoel Doarieg BARNEY L BERRY paouine aric KIRMON SHOE GCO. 453 WASRINETOR ST - BOSTCN, WASS. 12 (P—Baseball | od | conven- | which | with | ne- | aid | and his | clothing in the |4 ning to the | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, ]MANY THRILLS DUE IN NATIONAL REGATTA, ‘ Fastest Hydroplanes in United States ‘ Entered in San Diego Races San Diego, Cal,, Dec. 12 (P—With promise of fair weather the thrills of the national championship speed hoat regatta re crowded into eight hydr 1- uled here today. fast- st hydroplanes in the 4 States were entere | While no records fll started yesterday v stunts. When' fo [bouts in the 51 class entries, arting line the a length and ler | fore the ! |been e had ripped : [nun by Westchester hen her and the i lthe worla's here last yea The Sparto line winner o X minutes of a little [hour under 11 RAILROAD WRECK, DELIBERATE PLAN Trainman Killed, Two Hurt as - _Result of Fiendish Plot h, Dee. 12 (AT and Ohio railroad office 1 mnoun 1 today that an investiga tion disclo that removal of bol from the end of two rails caused t wreck of train numbe 19, the De- troit Limited, en route from Wasi at Guifey tion, thirty*miles here last night, trainman and injury two otl First intimation that the train had been deliberately wrecked, the railvoad announced, came from a section foreman who reported ye- moval of the bolts. Railroad offi- declared they had no knowl- of who had tampered with but. said investigation 1ed the section foreman‘s report., The man killed was C, H. Weeder of McKeesport, a ba cman, who was thrown from his car when it the track, coming to rest with the car projecting over the Yau- hen which runs parellcl plane events sch of the Unite ome the regatta regatta, the roared Lest unlimited across the looked like affair, but be- b of the race had Miss California h hole in her buoy. The Miss out of the race blew out holder h she suddenly deid crossed the five mile event cconds, Her s an hour, an average than two miles an of speed record timore ington, southeast of river w 3Ok s Beltz, h, the enginee ho suf broken leg, and Condu lly, of Meyersdale, who ind brais A nun of the y everely shaken up and cut glass, bu was injure ured | forec John P. I irred on a the ment. '\Ilddlet(m n Man Mal)hfld B\ Unknown A Dec. 12 (A) this cit back early n unknown a a moved to the Middle- sex hospital where his condition was rock of seone town, of twice in the morning by said to b serious C'ook was on his way home m ipanions when th River Then two wera road. He¢ he asked for a drink. fold that they could not grant 1 lest, he drew a knife and cd it twice info Cook's back. s fearcd that Cook's lung was 1. Adolph Wyman, one of | Cook’s companions received a elight cut on the wrist from the stabber |who made his escape. man on nateh Dl It w piere |Daily News Describes Anti-Semite Qutrages | London, 12 (P—A dispatch to the Daily News from Budapest 1ditional details of ages in Vi Students riding in a are sald to have lasocd three Jews {and two Hungarians at Kolozs. The | vietims were d 1 fifty yards be- fore the ropes hrol Five school girls have been capt at Oraden Mare students. ok | thrown from the Dec. i-Semitic ou train are reported to ulted (N v the girls train, 1) e were HIGH PRESSURE for $20 finish | in | with | When lie was | NOW, MR MOOKUM — Hou CALL UR T’ GAS (ORANY RIGHT RWAY —OUR GBS BILL 15 ABSURD~ AN YOU'D -ETC- BTC-ETC ~&TC o — 1927. ~ 13 \FLASHES OF LIFE: COMET TO BLAZE IN HEAVENS DURING CHRHTMAS WEEK| Cambridge, Vat 1 alto 1 \ | comet near th ! New York—Tt Ivear for radio it productic antomobil the night of January 4 some - 600,000 persons may hear Wil | Roger n, Paul Whiter b The tainment on the air wil Brothers Motor Com [$1,000 a minute. like a 1 for rivalry O 100k is well as | New York—A Mexi would and Mexico would be a month, in the liam Lyon I his views or stary ionaire P'rof H in Wil- opinion of a sermon at th | Daytona B John D. Rock participatic 8 f ball fly 150 y e said, mit | make down the fa on v York weight o vou des ire Mi wore out thr vlercl MEET MIDDLETOWN I'th Boys' Club Quintet 1o Seek Its Third Win of Scason Tonight River Team Middictown heen in bed Hollywood, C nks and Mary el dwe mer hom ghang over c vor cliff. b Central T ould ¢ B W oW 1ho | mares when he tablishment to gra ven t robbir W g s after g their 1 Pabtiok nable Haven yortion of 1 DEMOCRATS MELT s Sunday afternoo; s in pl zram, 100k frolic will Hr'[ of last Chairn Tartford “ascis E. R. Keevers call North Am oon to fill town commi membership Roller Hockey TONIGHT WAL L]\(-bORD i will Transyl- [ NEW BRIT AIN Admission 50c—T5¢ CALL 2644 FOR RESERVED Preliminary Game Starts at 8 o'Clock later | LOBBY SOGULS T |- v e “Becentric Three” Friday Night « lotder) | Probe Shows Woman But Half as Strong as Man London, Dee. 12 (#) — The aver- ige woman has been found to have only a little more than halt of the ical strength of the average by investigators. The conclu- sion was reached in an official re- the industrial fatigue re- board based on tests of 4,- sh women. An exception was found, er, at Glasgow. 1s employed in excee the ength. v CONTINUE AT Y port of e ey b2 Aol search —Other Activities This Week how- A group of 40 a factory there average man in work ten hours shoveling borate. One of them ndles more than 20 tons a day. v work in their bare feet with ct e The girls were found in fine health. T | Further ' Paige Progress! Results show progress. 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