New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 4, 1928, Page 9

Speaking of Sports re planning to protest against the actions of others in ‘We have been told also that “Kis- ky” Feldman has beea released by the Hartford management and if this s true, then “Kisky" has passed out of the picture in Connec- ticut basketball for this meason at least. Manager Clarence Lanpher of tho New Britaln team stated today that he will probably not have a new player to fill Rubenatein’s shoes for Saturday’s game with the Atlas. He siated that he 1s-after & player but doesn't think he can land him by the end of the week. Sloman and Bhee- han will occupy the forward berths with Zaksewski in center and Sturm and Leary at guard. This combination went like & house afire in Meriden Monday night although it could not get started until the second balf. When the combination did get to work, Meri- den was mighty lucky to win. 1t is & good thing that the two reverses at the hands of the Meri- den Endees came near the end of the first half of the league instead of in the second half because New Britain will have the opportunity to get organized again and start a clean slate in the second half which is really the long and hard grind. There will probably be a meeting of the Roller Hockey League man- agers in the Hotel Stanley tomorrow afternoon. Discussion as to the transter of the Holyoke franchise to Hartford will prohably take place and it s expected that all de- talls In connection with the deal will be completed at that time. This will make the league a com- pact one with all the entries being Connecticut cities. Holyoke went in- to a slump because of the lack of local rivalry and in switching the team to Hartford, the missing link in the local picture has been sup- plied. Fred Jean on a Hartford team will be & new one but it will give New Rritain people a lot more to crow about when the local quintet beata his aggregation on its future visits here. New York, Jan. § UP—Gene Tun- ney came home from the southland |today with a double-barreled sur- prise for Tex Rickard and increased determination to defend his heavy- weight championship twice in 1928, Bright-eyed and vigorous after a two week sojourn in Miami, Fla., the big marine, light top-coat opened and whipping about in the bitter wind of a northern cold anap, step- ped from his train compartment just before midnight and immediately opened fire on, the Madison Square Garden promoter. Around the king of the heavy- weights gathered only a handful of his most intimate friends, there was Billy Gibson, his manager, Bill Mc- Cabe, his friend, confidast and ad- viser, rosy-cheeked and puffing from the cold; Willlam H. Egan, railroad executive for 30 years and “acting champion,” by Gene's own appoint- ment during the latter's abscnce itrom New York; an un-named “fighting assitant” for Egan; and a bare dozen other cronies. To them Gene outlined a rousing declaration of independence from promotional soverignty during the new year. “Tex Rickard has a genuine sur- prise awaiting him on February 1 when he is due to post $100,000 un- der a clause ip the optional agree- ‘nt he holds on my services as heavyweight champion of the world” the big marine leclared. “Rickard will find himself in a nice predica- ment.” But that was not all the two-t‘me conqueror of Jack Dempsey had in the way of surprises as he talked ot his assoclations with Rickard while his eyes flashed, wavy brown pompadour bristled, and the blood rushéd to his angry face. “Right now I nm considering an ofter that amounts to $125,000 more than Rickard will give and from a promoter who can stage a heavy- weight title match anywhere in the United States. It is sure to go over. He is not Jim Mullins, the Chi- cago promoter, although I also am consldering a proposition he has made." While refusing to name the pro- moter, Gene would not deny, either, that the man was a Metropolitan rival of Rickard. Neither would he admit that Humbert J. Fugazy, who has announcad plans for a $5,000,- 000 indoor arcpa here, had named the sum he admitted as enticing. On the basis that Rickard's preliminary agreement for 1928 with the cham- plon calls for a financial return simi- lar to that received by Tunney for his title defense against Dempsey in Chicago last fall, the rival figure would aggregate approximately §1,- 116,000 for a single fight. Rickard paid Tunney $991,000 for his serv- ices at Boldier Field. “The option Tex has on my serv- ices is a legal joke and doecan’t pre- vent me from fighting eithcr first NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1928 - 331 M= 350 34— 177 10— 393 - 389 18— 3¢ 36— 98 " 271 N 203 ”— 206 C. Walker 31— 831 Hiensman E Needman 293 Leupold 34 330~ 92¢ 16— 363 13— 307 106— 200 304— 360 TANLEY RULE MEN'S LEAGUE § Chisels 7 623 Benedick 82 14— 1382 Richle e 53 90— 363 27— 730 Thorp .. 103— 294 $0— 364 = 263 16— 311 Murphy .. | stepank. sigler .. 13— 321 99— 2357 W 257 Partyka Leopold Morrison Knowles 5011396 5— 204 91— 265 93— 248 102— 283 14— 217 4—1257 Mrs. Wright |Simon | Wilcox 90— £58 Mrs. Brainard Willamets .. Mr. Brainard 87— 233 33— 266 139— 345 0. Maier Grose ... C. Mater Johnson. Wright Honery Burdick Moftit Rund €78-1383 Argosy n— Haddock 92— Lawlesa 8- Wolfo .. : 3 89— Simon . 89— 291 29-1346 Miss Schults .. Miss Rurkhardt Ritfer Campbell S s61 5 “i—1391 s |Bchmarr, vt ... TEANS PLAY FOUR OVERTINE PERIOB Pot. Four overtime periods were re- quired to settls the game between the Mohawks and Cyclones in the Group A Intermediate basketball league at the Boys' club last night, the Mohawks finally coming through in the eighth session of play to win what was perhaps the longest game ever played in New Britaln. It was the first game they had won and it looked for a long time as if they were never going to win it. At the end of the regular playing time the score was deadlocked at 9-9, and the teams then fought fruitlessly through three extra periods and found the score still a tie at 11.11, In the fourth overtime session Tru- han made a foul for the Cyclones, but then Demetta, who had gone seven periods without a score, slip- ped in two fleld goals from guard and the game was over. Normant and Truhan led the scorers in this record-breaking game. The sum- mary: C bl | cmacub Block, rf .. Delaney, 1 “ folotkiuond an wlorosnl e acmoald Kobela, If . Normant, ¢ Marholin, rg . Reo, Ig .... Rametta Ig Lohbond ~loos-0e2 15 The Alpines profited by the defeat of their closest rivals the Cyclones, to increase their lead to two full games when they trounced the Com- ets by 10-6 in a low-scoring game. Gotowala featured for the leaders, while Annunzlata and Rakutis guarded effectively. The summary: Comets Fid. Fl. Pts 1lcabay, rf .. Winters, If ... Karbonie, ¢ ...... Annuxiata, rg ....0 Carr, 1§ .... .1 Gotowala, rf Chest Dworin, ¢ . Rakutis, rg . Gourson, 1§ . 4 10 The Dixies won a fast contest LOUGHRAN FAYORITE Philedelphia Bozer Considered | Superior 10 Leo Lomsk! in Bat- | de for Tite, New York, Jan. 4.—UPM—Tommy Loughran of Philadelphia ruled a 7 to 5 tavorite here today to success. tully defend his world's light-heavy- weight championship against Leo Lomski, Pacific coast challenger, In a 15 round bout in Madison Square Garden Friday night. Loughran is | training in the Quaker City while Lomsk! is working out at Orange- burg, N. Y. Numerous reports of the past | three years that Benny Leonard, the undefeated lightweight champion, | would return to the ring have crop- ped out again with an announce- ment from Leonard. The retired box- er says he expects to make a come- back as a welterweight Paulino Uzcudun, the woodchopper, is scheduled to oppoee | Ed Keeley of Boston in a feature bout at the new Broadway arena in Brookiyn next Monday night. Roberto Roberti, Italian heavy- weight, has signed for two matches, | his first opponent to be Plerre Charles, Belgian battier, in a ten rounder at the 8t. Nicholas arena ! next Monday, On January 13, Robertl will face Monte Munn, the | Nebraska legislator, in Boston, LEAYING GOLLISION SCENE C0STS AUTO DRIVER 875 Heary Bentel Fined in Police Court | Today for Evasion of Respon- sibility on Dec. 16. Henry Bentel, aged 33, of Brook- lyn and Bridgeport, pleaded nolo contenders to the charge of evad- ing responsibility after an accldent, and was fined §75 ang costs by Judge M. D. Saxe in police court to- day. Prosecuting Attorney Woode nolled the charge of operating an autorhobile while under influence of liquor and told the court that Ben- tel and a companion were in the latter's car when it struck a truck on Hartford avenue the night of December 16. Bentel did not remain | on the scene, Mr. Woods sald, and | his action in golng away constituted | a clear case of evading respon- sibility. Judge W. F. Mangan, representing | Bentel, said the owper of the car stayed while Bentel left. It was not a serious case and settlement has been made for the damage to the truck, he said. The casc of Charles Laskowskl, | aged 20, of ¢35 North Burritt street, charged with burglary on March 31, | was continued until next Tuesday on | recommendation of Mr. Woods. At- torney Cyril F. Gaffney represented | Laskowski. Adolph Poleny, aged 54, of 110 Rockwell avenue, pleaded not gullty ‘Ito the charge of non support and | the case was continued until tomor- ‘row morning. Judge W. I. Mangan, representing Poleny, said the de- | fense will be that the local court {has no jurisdiction because the al- leged offense was committed outside Announcing enomenal Event KAPLAN'S GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE Starts Tomorrow Morning at 9 o'Clock” * SMASHING REDUCTIONS and - Furnishings OUR BOARDING HOUSE That Make Your Dollars Work Overtime! Suits, Overcoats and Topcoats Kaplan’s Clothes Shop 440 MAIN ST. WHAT Lue INSURANCE AT NOUR AGE 2 we HM-M. -HE BEST You cAN DO IS GET INSURANCE B Od PARCEL PosT!s 'H v A FINE RISK . \ \ oH, T SAY MDEAR,.] AM THINK ING OF TAKING ouT A #2000 INSURANCE PoLicY MAKING You -THE BENEFICIARY [, i AHEM, wv YOU SEE,«w I MAY GO T0 AFRICA-THIS NEAR,« AND AH, s WELL,~ ONE NEVER KNOWS for someona else or later,” Tunney SPORT TABLOIDS from the Panthers by 13-10. Al-|of Hartford county. Poleny's wife declared. *The nasis of law is com- | BY_the United Pross. ithough Lipman made the mOstiang cnjldren live in Holyoke, Mass. Hugh (Red) Rorty has found the |, sense, the fundamental princi- Boston, Mass. — The Boston points, all of the winners broke into miniature baseball we spoke of last ple of a contract s equality and a Bruins and the Pittsburgh Pirates the scoring. Bartinsky and Kosswig night. Frank McDonough, Manager | juct roturn on one slde for privileges | Plaved to a scoreless tie in a Na-|lcd the Panthers. The summary: BflYS STEAL RADW SET of the local team, told us today that | rejinquished to the other. tonal league hockey game. FPanthers he had it for some time and didn't | “The fincst of legal minds have ¥, FROM MAIN ST. STORE Bold Juveniles Take It from McCoy's \\ “\\\\\\\\\\\ g New York — Andrew St. JmnlSarllmky. rf maintained a lead over Ralph Green- |P:\luch, . leaf, former pocket billiard cham-, Kosswig, ¢ . pion, by winning the fourth bleck in dbala, rg know whom it belonged to. told me that Rickard's contract does 2ednied —_— not embody these principles and is | F Av“REn '"] W|N worthless. Besides there is a clause Pirates Have Strengthened In- Tield for Next Year Pittsburgh, Jan. 4. — P — A strengthened infield and prospects of better pitching make Pittsburgh look like a winner in the 1928 Na- tional league bascball pennant chase, in the opinion of Pirate leaders, sports experts and close followers of the team. Despite the departure of Kikl Cuyler, stellar outfielder trad- ed to Chicago, and a weakness in the catching staff reserve material. An outstanding improvement in the club will be the prosence of Sparky Adams, acquired through the Cuyler deal, at sccond base 14 plug a weak spot in the Pirate machine. With Adams on second, George Grantham will be available for regu- lar duty at first, veteran Joe Harris, who will be held in reserve. Manager Donie Bush will go into the race with the famous Waner brothers—Paul and Lloyd—in the outfield, For the other outer garden he has Barnhart Comorosky and Pete Beott, late of the Cubs, to fill in the breach left by the departure of Cuyler. Pirata followers feel that while the loss of Cuyler will be felt, the acquisition of Adams will more than balance the scales. Glenn Wright will be at hie old station—sbortstop. — while Captaln Pie Traynor will be at third, assur- ing the Pirates one of the best in- fields in the circuit. Bush needs another catcher to fortify this department in an emer- gency. He has the veteran Farl Smith and Johnny Gooch, but is looking about for another depend- | able recelver. Pursued by i1l luck in the form of injuries and ilineas during 1927, the Pirates feel that with an even break the pitchers who won the pennant last year will give a good account of themselves during the coming sea- son. Miljus, Cremer, Meadows, Ald- ridge and Hill will be on the firing line. Bush expecta much of Fred Fusscll, Texas league star, and be- lieves he will make the big league plitching grade. A score of rookics will be on hand for spring training activities and from this material Bush expects to glean a few real bagebell players. Following protests of American copper companics against the pro- posed tnerease in import duties on petroleum, the press of Chile has urged ecareful consideration of the bill before its enactment into law. replacing the ! in that option that Tex has over- looked. It zays my opponent must be agreeaple to both Rickard and myself and can be named when the promoter posts his forfelt on Feb. This, Tunney, intimated, was tho shell that held the explosive he in- tends to loose on Rickard when time comes for fulfillment of early provi- sions of the agreement. He pointed out that the contract, which Tex de- clares gives him an exclusive option on the marine's services until Oct. 11, 1928, inequitable fn that ft failed to make any financial provi- sion for him i Rickard failed to produce a challanger by Oct. 1. He | declared that if tho finalist in th | promoter's elimination series, through poor showi climinated themselves from public acceptagce a8 challengers, then Rickard was not obliged, under interpretation of the agreement, to stage a title match in 1925, | *Tex Rickard 1s managing enough | tighters now and he never will man. age me.” Gene declared as his color !mounted. “In the future, T shall | protect Gene Tunney's interests and his alone. 1 have had a rough time | Betting where 1 am today—if I am anywhere. 1 shall by people with the interest of others at heart.” Gene returned to New York to at- tend the “All-Champions” banquet |of Tex Rickard’s “€00 Millionaires” club here tonight. If called upon to | epeak, he will discuss only the his- ! tory of boxing aad some of its light- | er phases. He plans to leave Janu- ary 10 for a ten day stay at Do.er Hall, Ga., hefore returning to Miami to set up light training quarters, FLYWEIGHT CHAMP { Newsbhoy Brown Racognized as Title “ JHolder by California Commission After Victory. | Los Angeles, Jan. 4 (B—Newsboy | Brown of New York has dethroned Johnny McCoy, recognized as fly- | weight champion by the California | Athletic commission. | . Brown's victory over McCoy by a declsion in a ten round bout here last night gave him a new start in |his campaign for the disputed {world's flyweight title. The News- 1 boy recently was defeated by lzzy |Bchwartz in New York, in a bout recognized there as for the division | chantpionship. A New York —— The Detroit Cougars {@efeated the New York Rangers, 4 to 2, in a National Hockey league !game. The Rangers went to third | pace in the American group by the | defeat. READ RERALD CLASSIFIED ADS \ \ not be ruled | {their 1,500 point match, 132 to 131. |The block required 14 innings. Chicago — Chlcago university de- feated the Oregon Aggles, 26 to 23, in a basketball game, Amerlcan Professional Basketball league. Insufficient crowds to meet cxpenses was given as the reason, New York — Roberto Roberi, the Italian heavyweight champion, was matched to meet Monte Munn, of Nebraska, in a ten round bout at. | Boston, January 13. Chicago — Paul Prenn, boxing jand wrestling coach at the Univer- sity of Illinois, was elected chair- man of the Illinols boxing commis- slon. He succeeds John G. Higheim- er, who resigned. Miami, Fla. — Gene Sarazen, Fresh Meadow, L. I.. and former na- tional open golf champion, won the $3,000 Miami Beach Golf tdurna- ment for the second consecutive ,{ime. His card was 292 for 173 holes. Johnny Farrell, of New York, was second with 295. eri, of Brooklyn, were matched for a 15-round bout January 27, for the teatherweight champlonship, Detroit, Mich, — Owners of the | Puzso, 1t Detroit Cardinals announced cancel- | Kovelosky, lation of the team's franchise in the Lipman, rg . elm, rg .. Andrews, 1g .. Zembrowski, Amenta, 1§ ... &) Sloasses FIGHTS LAST NIGHT Biloxi, Miss.—Big Boy Peterson, won by a technical knockout over Jack Clifford. St. Paul, 3. Los Angeles—Newsboy Brown, New York, won over Johnny Mc- Coy, California, 10, Indianapolis—Red Uhlan, Los Angeles, defeated Jack Chief EIk- hart, Pueblo, Col, 10. Tony Sand- ers, Chicago, outpointed Jackie Rey- nolds, Muncie, Ind., §. Winnipeg, Man.—Del Fontalne, Winnipeg, Canadian middleweight champlon, defeated Mickey Forkins, Columbus, O., 10, BREAKS BOWLING RECORD E. Brainard, captain of the Bit New York — Benny Bass, of Phil- | Braces bowling team in the Stanley adelphia, N. B. A. featherweight|Rule and Level league, smashed the champion boxer, and Tony Canzon-|high three string record in the cir- cuit last night by crashing the tim- bers for a mark of 345. The previ- ous high mark was 3¢4. HIGH PRESSURE PETE , | the McCoy muslc store at 246 Main But Drop It As Policeman Approaches. ! A wooden box containing a $250 radio set was found in the rear of street about 7:20 last evening by | 8upernumerary Officer Edward Mus- zynski, who saw two boys running out of the yard near B. C. Porter | Sons store. The box was partly open | and it is belleved that the boys were planning to carry away the radio. OfMcer Muszyneki notified Ser- geant Stadler and they learned from Miss Charlotte R. Symolon of 161 McClintock street, bookkeeper at MeCoy's, that she was at her desk and heard no noise. The means em- ployed to remove the box from the store to the yard puzzled the police. Officer Muszyneki was unable to ob- | tain & good description of the boys | because of the darkness. BOXING NEW BRITAIN A. C. Vincent Reina, Matchmaker Stanley Arena Friday Night & ALL STAR BOUTS Tickets on salc at Patsy Bridgett's Nou WILL HAVE -To AH, “ER--UAL-AA =-- . PAN -THE PREMIUMS! WHAT MAY HAPPEM,-sr BUT I WANT -To SEE -THAT VYoU ARE PROVIDED FOR ! v HM-M-s v NOW AH,ws OF COURSE = NOU'D MAKE, wanns™ « WiTH BLOOD PRESSURE “THAT READS LIKE A GAS METER (.