New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 13, 1927, Page 16

16 NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, AMNOWMMQMOO& o SHS SO SO HOBHLLHS 9SS HL LSO DECEMBER 13, 1927. NEW BRITAIN ROLLER HOCKEY TEAM DEFEATS WALLINGFORD—HARDWARE CITY QUINTET MEETS WATERBURY THURSDAY § — TABS PLAYING IN PLAINFIELD WEDNESDAY—BOYS' CLUB FIVE DOWNS MIDDLETOWN CREW-—LOUGHRAN WINS TITLE g NEWMATICS FAVORED TO SEPPPIPPEIETIIFIFIIIPIIIPTIIPPVPNITIIIIN0G ROLLER HOCKEY QUINTET (TABS TO BATTLE SCORESH_ECTIC VICTORY pLAINFIFLD AGAIN Great Defensive Work of Muirhead and Brown Gives | Blount Only 16 Stops—Boucher Proves Self a Won- | der at Rush Position — Wallingford Outplayed at | Arrangement of Lineup ('nes Locals Plenty of Speed and Powe te Every Turn—New Standing N Ton Holy Games Meriden at W l.r\ulh Last \1 He am lost uirhead | Game Wednesday Night EAhers Tabs' basketball am will take to the road for the first time this Inight when they firld for a seco of the season travel tomorrow two mir to Plain- The game will ba played under professlonal rule which team of that town. nore in the third added one for was well af sond half b advantage in the contest. The Tabs will try to bring their season’s record to the .500 mark in the game. If a victory should be | great to is to hold after New s if it LAk latter's home floor under pro- essional rules, the New Britain uintet would be made for the sea son | Reallzing that they lost the game L'“SSfl"“mmsz Plainfield because of per- |sonal fouls last Sseurday, the team . Welch personal fouls are not £ numero \ chances are better. The team i ‘mnrh confident of victory. ‘ Merritt Taylor and Jimmy Hardy Williams, Neale Halt . Conley | form and should do much damage, Goal. | providing they keep the Plainficld First Period | guards in check while they are play- s Won by Caged by |ing their usual bang-up offensive Boucher 2 lgame. New Britain Alexander, ‘!,mm;. on the opposing center and Second Period | when a team !s getting this advan- New Britain Boucher | age, it 1s not as easy to defeat. Boucher Johnny Sheehan held the speed n Alexander | Dissinger powerless last Saturday Third Period |and he is expected to again draw w Britain Boucher 45 | the assigninent for tomorrow night’s New Britain Boucher 3:11{game. Jack Carlson and Frank Ar- Wallingford Duggan 6:08 | hour will again divide guard duties. w Britain 7, Wallingtord | Shechan, Carlson and Arbour are Duggan 5, Boucher 7;|dangerous men on the offense, ps, Bloun nley 71; fouls, I Many members of the Y. M. T. A referee, Lush 28 rushes, ‘Yl\:lr support of the team in games Locals to Play First Out-of-Town ing with the should give the home team | scored over the Plainfleld team on| |is confident that in a game where | Rey- | | nolds acem to he rounding into gnnd} Phil Palge pioved he can get '}\M | & B. society who have been loyal in | Kaaad bl XA R R AR RN S s sl LA Rl L) SPRINTERS AWAIT OLYMPICS CHARLES “When shall we three meect BORAH favor of Bowman. So by a ‘“popularity” contesf Borah’s name was kept from th LOUGHRAN WINS OVER SLATTERY { Philadelphian Undisputed Light Heavy Champ of World New York, Dec. 13.—(A—Tommy I Loughran of Philadelphia was the | undisputed light heavyweight cham- | pion of the world today by virtue of | NEW BRITAIN 0 ja fifteen round victory over Jimmy Slattery of Buffalo, N. Y., heretofore | titleholder in the domain of the Na- |tional Boxing assoctation. | “This victory means everything to ne,” said Loughran as he left the.| ring last | Madison Square | night “for it clears | heavyweight situation. | “I'intend to give anyone a bout | who wants to try for the title and | will defend it twelve times a year if there are that many opponents. Of | course, my next battle will be with |Leo Lomski on January 6, but I | nope to oppose Mickey walker and | Jack Delaney soon afterwards.” Asked if he had any plans in the ! heavyweight direction and at Gene | Tunney's title, Loughran replied he | | would not consider entering that di- | viston for another year. Loughran entered the ring last night with an eight pound advantage |over Slattery who scaled 165 1-2. |elght of the fifteen rounds while |two were even. Loughran recelved strong oppo- | sition trom the Buffalo battler and |1t was not untii the closing rounds that he pounded out his margin of victory. Bleeding slightly from a cut Slattery had ripped under his left eye, Loughran nent to the ropes in the thirteenth round in his best showing of the night. | Slattery was wary in the succeed- ing chapters and kept out of range |of Loughran’s dangerous body punches. Slattery tried a desperate rally at the finish but Loughran staved him off with a jabbing at- tack. garden up the light battered his oppo- | WIN FIRST T GAME TONIGHT New Britain Machine Quintet Has Opportunity of Breaking Losing Streak of Four Seasons—Corbin Cabinet Lock and Landers to Battle for First Place —Girls to Meet in Opening Contest—Record Crowd of Rooters Expected at Arena. PLAY WATERBURY State League Outis to Battle in = Brass Gity' Thursday The New Britaln basketball team will meet the Waterbury St. Joes in a state league game in Waterbury Thursdey night. The Hardware City quintet came out on top in the first clash of the pair in this city last Saturday night by the score of | 1 49 to 20, Although New Britain showed su- | periority in every department on the Stanley Arena court, the fact that the next game will be played in Wa- terbury will give the Brass City team | a great advantage over the locals. The court in Waterbury s not as large as the one here and this should prove to be a handicap against the fast play of the New Britain team. | The full quota of players will be in the lineup Thursday night and the team will be eut to win another game from Waterbury. stands in second piace in the state leagte only one game Atlas of New Haven to which tu'\m the locals lost last Friday night. second loss at this time would put | the Hardware City quintet in o pre- carlous position. Waterbury was off form last €. nrday night. To those who know the basketball ability of the Bross | Industrial Ieague Standing W, New Britain | behind the | Pet 1.000 1.000) 1.000 Corbin Screw . Corbin Cabinet Landers ‘P &- l- Corhln \1‘11 |r anlcv Rule . achine . | Prnmhly the grrmm collection of | rooters to represent any of the vari- | ous factories whose team are playing {in the Y. M."C. A. Industrial Basket- ball League at the Stanley Arena to- | night will be from the New Britain | Machine Company, for tonight is be- | lieved to be the time followers of the \nwn's team have been waiting four | years to see, the night on which the Newmatics are to win a game. It meets the Stanley, Rule & Level Company team, the outfit considered the weak link in the L000 000 by fans as league. | In the final game of the night a | Pattle for first place honors will be m)ugm between the Corbin Cabinet 'Lock and Landers, Frary & Clark teams. The Corbin Screw team is Inow up tn first place by virtue of three victories over P. & F. Corbin, Stanley Works and Fafnir Beari teams, and the winner of fonight's game will tie the Corbin Screw out- | fit for the leadership. The loser will drop into third place. Tt will be a game between youth and offense and experience and de- fen The Landers team s up on -mp among the scoring teams in the league but its victorics have been cver the New Britain Machine and |Stanley Rule teams. The Corbin Cabinet team with the veterans, Lar on and Yankaskas, have been strong on defense and the Cabinet , [ played at the society hall are plan-| oo | ning to follow the team to Plaia-| “gycp i the famons quotation that RIS e Deid | Charles Borah of Southern Califor coming in o | nia is directing at a pair of sprinte * OVER MIDDLETOWN ooy osko a2 Loughran had been pursuing the [tl(le heights since 1919. He ob- ,served his 25th birthday last Nov- |ember 29. When Jack Delaney va- cated the champlonship, Mike Mc- Tigue was named the standard bear- City contingent, the visitinz team |followers are placing their hopes in was anything but right in the game | the ability of the “vets” to outsmart against New Britain and a different | the boys of the Universal quintet. sort of a battle is expected when the | Janders has been made the twh clash Thursday Mkt |favorite in the betting. Much will McNamara, lanky center, who ! depend on how well the two Cabinct books and Bowman goes down as he champion and joint record holder with Paddock. Ten years has at last come ters to settle—Charles Paddock and | hence the second place man will ful position on Chester Bowman. | never be recalled by fans. That's tion at rush. Borah has fl why Borah feels hurt. ,,o~\- f(‘r th ured in hundred- e ing rusher flashed in a exhibitions however, Tio shot from al He did would | Carom Play At Rogers Approaching | B nes nm K]ey Leads Attack in Hal‘d Finish of First Round With Wolfe | considerable dise in Lead. Struggle—Reserves Victors | The carom billiard tournament at | Rogers billiara pariors is nearing | the finish of the first round with [ Wolfe leading. He has seven wins and no losses. Stewart stands sec- ond with four wins and one lo: Several games were played Satur- day and last night with the follow- results: ms 100, Tony 80; Wallace 100, dams 76; Wolfe 100, Olson 79 art 100, Wallace §5; Stewart . Kasprow §1; Olson 100, V 70, and Wolfe 100, K; row Games finishing the first round scheduled for Friday night are as follows: Stewart vs. Olson, Knsk Olson, vs. Kask. Monday ffective shooting in | DIght' are as follows: Stew- o i R et Kask vs. Adams and e o ks | Olson vs. Kasprow. o | WILL GET LONG GOUNT gave the club forward Gene Tunney, World's Heavyweight ' club baskethall quintet row last fast | by o victories in a it defeated dletown Y. M. C. A. team ) gymnasium. New took the lead at the outset re never caught, but the visi- ¢ frequent scares into the 1 had to he watched close- nal whistle. The game by the largest crowd 1son, and it was evident b team i3 winning back r season the large follow- soters which attended its es last winter. the in the cl some i | from the 13-foot strip, | A put two them fn. | shortly after, | a pair was four minutes old tossed the first field goal, minutes and ten seconds Middletown scored Hanson'’s flip. | made the | The same 1 period with i As Speaker. floor rk by Kley Chicago, Dec. 13 P—Gene Tun- sey will get another “long count” | tonight; ot in a squared ring hath- cd in sunlike brilliance with 060 persons stretching back to the | smoke-fogged horizon, but in a piied his 00 | groat. ballroom at a charity ban- ¢ goal and a tap | g ind Grusha scored | 1 closed with | The “long count” was a | of Robert M. Sweitzer, foastmaster To give atmosphere to the program I e will have at his elbow a rir gong which will be sounded to in Mid- | gicate the termination of three min- vaskets, in-|ute “rounds® allowed cach hot from the!ihe toastmaster, however, will give t 23-18, “long count” on his ad on period then Tunney a dress. ompagnone | Tunney is speaking at nn!’ r head than he fought De ickets have sold for $10 a Piritain moved | wherens ringside seats for the visitors rallied Dempsey fight brought $40 each, 15 sent back, $30,000 will iced Grusha. | through tonight's affair. »n Middletown | Tunney's appearance fs baskets by | primarily to help swell the Christ- and free | mas fund, it is probable he the locals | talk over plans for another heavy- | weight championship match ir Chi- cago, promoted by Jim Mullen, who already has launched a heavyweight > out much less platc rity While larly in 10 lanky ery play T of spe a a slash- proved | 1 his first scoring \ckcourt. Me- | floor work build up Jack Delaney as Tunney's probable opponent. IRON MAN STUNT Lloyd Hahn of Boston A. r with the peeu- Run in Both the 800 and Meter Races, vd Halin of the Boston A. A., attempt the “iron man” stunt next Olympic games by try- for victory in both 1 meter race vin Wide his nishy paign feut of v 0 meter races has been ace plished three times. In the first 1846, E. H. Plack of Great Britain ful and the others Sheppard o and G. A Britain in 152 Boys Cluh, was arrived in B home in Falls City training for an in m fron Neb., to loor ca inning the $0 and Middlctown Me W the tes in 1608 Lowe of Great Bob Evans of San Francisco has | been selected to referee the game at 6| San Francisco on Dec. 26 between 4| Andy Kerr's all-eastern football 3| team and an all-western outfit | Evans is a former Milliken univer- ied on following page.) |sity player | location at which all three are likely Kask 100, Kasprow 93, | 86. | Champion, To Receive Concesslon 160,- | onceit | orator, | { has le Banquet | Tun- | be realized for | will | climination program calculated to | | and for 9§ yards he | witnesses of the race | Borah won as helieved A, win! 1,500 | | holder of tI Paddock and having aroused and both nst Borah about Borah on r)nu; vard races with both Bowman, each rac close decisions going The answer to the query the next meetings between and his two rivals centers to be in competition—the 192 Olympic games in Amsterdam, Hol- | | land. It these three sprinters face the tarting gun in the finals of that in- ternational confest what a race it shéuld be! Tnstead of bring United rs against world ft udge mee involving thig trio from America and feeling will probably run so high that these contestants will carry away the first threa places In that 100-meter Jaunt 1t is highly probable that Borah will not run against eith Paddock or Bowman until the team in Furope. Places on the United States team are usually determined on qualifications and the three are likely to be jockeyed into separate heats when the final American try- outs are held for the trip. Paddock has definitely that he does not inttend to run | t the Olympiad re not both in " says Pad- » when w the best of condition dock. 1 going to start t for the Olympics next Februar expect to reach my peak at Am sterdam and in my building up pro- | gram T be beaten several times. I don’t want to race Borah during this time because be a fair test. | Both Paddock and Bowman were on the United States Olympic team at Paris in 1, Bowman taking fourth and Paddock fifth in the 100 meters. Borah admits he holds a grudge zainst hoth Paddock and Bowman Although only 20 he ned a great deal about cam- t of which is ta “be for one's self at all tim The | oundation for this grudge is as| follows: | On May 15, 19 Charles Pad dock entered the thern Pacific A. A. U. championships in the Los Angeles coliseum With the previous- Iy-published intention of establish- ing a new world's record for the 100-yard dash. Charles had run 9.6 seconds eleven times in his career and was sure he could do 9.5 seconds. Borah took the lead in that race was out In Paddock made a flying leap There were as many who thought wddock had broken the tape. Pictures of the finish were puzzling. They don't show who did win Paddock later said that the race could have heen ealled a dead heat. The howe picked Pad- dock winn The time was 9.5 a's record. Recanse of the of the race, Borah might h | the one to t the “bre jon. The ot that he d Paddock’s me and not down as t recor front. at the finish. dens as the ceconds wo n't Ro ducl was a repetition of the Pad- race 1t t the U. championships in Neb., that Borah and Bow- shed the 100 in practically heat The time was 9.6 a tie for the A. A, U, and some g worth having ame attached to. The judges named Borah the winner. Then suddenly out of a clear sky, the officials decided they weren't sure who won and they took Borah's medal hack. Two days later they held a vote on the subject. Judges The practically Lincoln man fir a dead record one's bouts, amateurs from Rockville, the race wouldn't | Waterbury and Hartofrd. CANADIAN BOXERS Team of Amateur Mitt Pushers to Appear at Weckly Tournament n Hartford, Hartford, Dec. cvent of the son in Hartford fs Thursda adian tur weekly show. slated Heading the Canadian team is that Gene Ratelle, the Montreal constable who is cham- Ratelle fought a sensational bout with Joe | h were four His opponent Thursday night Waterbury, great amateur hoxer, pion of several countries. Howard when the Canadians here last March, flooring Joe times. will be Jack Kelly of state champlon. Other members of the Canadian | Roch Distef- |ano and Tommy Sullivan. team are Stan Holseth, Vie Morley, Joe Howard will be pitted In addition to the 13 — The biggest indoor amateur boxing for night when the great Can- m will be secn in the fea- bouts of the Massasoit A. C.'s and announced either Billy Taylor or Harry Seeche agalnst this formi- | dable trio from across the border. © to either of [ When the Canadians were here last March a capacity house saw them | and it was the hanner card of all Jing time in amateur boxing in Hartford. T|Another big gallery is assured this |time. international there will he bouts between Meriden, er of the division and on October from the venerable Mike. Slattery had acquired the Nation- al Boxing assoclation title through a has participated in close to 100 ring battles. Round by Round Round One Both were very cautious as they pranced in the center of the ring measuring each other with light lefts to the head. Tommy cut loose with a flerce two fisted body smack that drove Slattery into a neiftral corner, arms dobubled across his ribs. Bog- ing flashily, Jimmy worked his way out and speared Loughran with lefts to the head but Tommy's fists dug solidly into the Buffalo boy's body. Tommy punched Slattery viclously with short rights to the ribs on the rope. Slatterv broke away and pep- pered Tommy's face with lefts at ! the bell. | Round Two They formed a pretty picture, | ring shooting with both hands to the | head and body, shots that travelled almost too fast. through Slattery’s dazzling footwork and rocked the Buffalo boy with a right under the heart. Jimmy gave ground, backing away behind a | whip-lash left, {him and ripped to hig body at the |ropes. They jabbed and retreated | | simultaneously so that the bell found with Slattery winking confidently at the ringside denizens. (Continued on the Following Page) STAY HOME AND HELP |T5 TERRIBLE " and timers foined in the balloting {and the final count was 5 to 4 In “| WONDER WHO TflAT‘ 185 TAKING SADIE OUT HE'S GOT A TAR Too - LOOKS UKE A SPORT To ME = SAED BETTER c oTHER 4 HER M S SE "1 WISH | COULD MAre oUT TrE LABELS o~ THOSE BOTTLES = THEN I'D HNow F THEY'VE HAD LIKKER PARTIES' | THINK THEY'RE THAT KIND OF PROPLE — 7, last, Loughran wrested the crown | victory over Maxie Rosenbloom. He | dancing cleverly in the center of the ' : Tigers to Tommy punched ; but Tommy caught | |them standing in their own corners | failed to get into the contest here, will probably start the game in Wa- | surs to get | terbury and he is almos the tap because of his sizc. How- ever, the New Britain team will <hift to a defensive style of play ani Man- ager Clarence Lanpher hasn't any tears on this acore at all. New Britain will probably lineup with Sloman and Rubenstzin at for- wards, Zakzewski at center and| Captain Sturm and Leary at guards. Waterbury will probably use Car- !rington and Dunn at forwards, Me- | Namara at center and Magner and | Sheehy at guards. ICE HOCKEY GAME Quebec Beavers to Moet New Haven Fagles in League Game at Arena | Tonight. New Haven, Dec. splendid’ victory over the their credit, a which meant second place in the league standing, the New Haven Eagles tonight will attempt to r pel an Invasion of the Quebec Beav- ers at the Arena here. It is the first visit of the Can- Boston adlan hockey team to New Haven | land ev contest. vthing points to a torrid The game is scheduled to |get under way at 8:30. Dick Rudolph, former star pitch- | er with the Braves, has resigned h corps. 13 — With ml victory | |guards hold the Bucherri-Marsel {combination, forwards on Landers and whether Tutles and Kaminsky |are able to outjump the rangy | G'Toole who with Phil Walthers an | Bassett, forwards, has been the prin- | cipal gun in the Cabinet offense. A chance to win tonight and mak: it a day of great celebration at th: New Britain Machine, it the men's [team also wins, will be offered th: |girls from the ‘concern in the firs: game of the night. Corbin Screw girls, the opponents of the night, were defeated by the P. & T. Cor bin team last week but they ar | working hard in practice and con fidence runs high thst they will | break into the winning column to- ! night. Lineups tn the girls game: New | Britain Machine, Sinkiewicz and 1° | Kenzior, forwards; Musso, center |Renaud and §. Kenzior, guards: | Waliky and Hudalk, forwards; Smit} |center; Adams ‘and Kammenic, 1guard5. Stanley Rule & Level: “Streak” | Bengston, center; Fred Morin and “Darby"” Corazzo, forwards; Schaefe: and “Jimmy” Murphy, guards; New Britain Machine, “Stanley” Aren: |and Floden, forwards: H. Anderson, center; Eric Anderson and Swafison guards. Corbin Cabinet: Bassett, forwards; O'Toole, center: Yankaskas and _“Chief” " Larson, guards; Landers, Bucherrl and Ma seli, forwards; Kaminsky, ‘Walthers and II’r"lsser and Leitke, guards. The first game will start at o'clock, the second at ahout job as coach of the Braves' twirling ioclork and the last will be over at about 10 o'clock. Dick Dillon will referee and dancing will follow. ouT 'There’s at Least One in Every Neighborhood | CAN GET THE NUMBER OF HIS CAR AND LoOOK T VP AND FIND Bis NAME- FIVE - FOUR - Twe “SIX-Two- FIVE ILL WRuTE ../ voie " | GOING To LISTEN IN ON SOMEBODY 'S LINE -~ MAYBE | CAN FIND OUT WHAT'S QOING ON AROUND HERE GooD'~ THAT'S Rs MORGAN'S HEAR, T Now I'LL FIND OUT e ®1927 nyTEIBUNE WE. 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