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

Speaking of Sports State Athletic Commissioner Thomas Donohue has caused Vincent Reina of this city, matchmaker for the New Britain A, C. to choose be- tween his position as promoter of professional fights or that of man- sger of Nando Tassi, Italian light heavyweight of New Haven, TReina has withdrawn from the promotorial end of the game in this | city and these activities will be taken over hy Tony Martello of New York, matchmaker and promoter for three of the smaller fight clubs in | Battle Fridayat Gmlen in a lightheavyweight chamnionshiy bout goes on this week with Jucl Sharkey, Boston Lithuania against Tom Heeney of New 2 |at Madison Square Garden Frid | night in a tryout for/a challenger. Promoter Tex Rickard, w . TOFIGHT TUNNEY Jack Sbarkey and Tom Hoeney | New York, Jan. UP—The chase | | for an opponent to box Gene Tunney Wright Simons Maier. Johuson Mofet . Odman . Williametz oorDell L, McBriarty Simonski . Schaefer artyka Semmanoski Hinel Honry Connur Purdick Ritter | Demonsfrati (CHECKERS EXPERT . PLAY§ 20 BOARDS of Skill at Y. M, C. A. Friday Night | new handball tournaments | will be officially opened tonight at a 3 {the Y. M. €. AL At 7:30 p. m., the 4 [Junior Achievemcat elub will hold {its first sign painting class. The Y. M. €. A, Bible class wiil et at 6:30 p. m., on Thursday. 'he Junior Achievement wood-work- ng class will mect at 4p. m. on the ndghalf the champs found themselves and, playing with simething like their real form, they ran up’ 29 points to their opponents’ seven and placed the final score at 44-18. 'ry member of the win- ning team scored during the spree, and finally a second team was sent onto the floor and carried on where the first had left off, The demon scoring combination of Bell and Morey set the pace with points between them, with Wes- sels and the guards getting plenty of baskets and kecping their opponents well out in the middle of the floor. 3" M team shot fouls well. Brown starred for the loschs with some inifty long heaves, and Haigis played a ncat floor game. It was a credit- abl i game for °the Center church. The game was very clean nd personal fouls were few. The lsummar | CANADIENS SHOW WAY IN LEAGUE Montreal Tean Hs Rolled Uy 60 Goals in Hockey Games ' New York, Jan, 9 (P—Supported by a flashy (rio of sharp shooters in Joliat, Morenz and Gagne, the Mon- | treal Canadiens have rolled up a | high total of 60 goals to direct the | march of the National , Hockey | league, The Canadiens today ) standings of hoth groups games won, one los ded the | with 14 four drawn. e Muravnick, vf ..., Kartinski, 1If ....,. l.oggugo, Degorio, Tish, lg Totals Score at half 13, Meriden 140, 29 wmatics | Referee—Lyons. | Representative Graham Sworn in at Bedside New second time tol resentatives worn the house yesterday, in W York, Jan. 9 (UP)—For the congressional member of the house of rep- his- in outside Representative Royal H. Weller, of New York administered the eath {to Representative George 8. Graham, jof Philadelphia, who is recevering |from an operation in Mount Sinal Lospital. The oath was given by authority tof a special resolution adopted hy {the house of representatives last week. Graham hecame i1l Dec.'s and was unable to take his seat with the other members of the 69th congress. |{He is expected to be able to leave i the hospital soon, Z Facing your dog-house south kes the north, east and west | sides wind-proof. | | | ma A BRIEF HISTORY OF A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT TWO years ago Dod{e Brothers embarked upon a pro- gram designed to place it and its Dealer Organizati in a position on January 1, 1928, second to none ia the industry. The astonishing results of this great achicvement are now knowa to the world. It is doubtful if industrial annals can cite, over a similas period, an achievement so outstanding. A smart, swift, low-priced and immensely popular quale ity Four has replaced its famous pres . The Senior Six, outstanding in performance, quality and luzurious appointment, has been created. Graham Brothers Trucks and Motor Coaches (formerly exclusively Fours) have been supplemented by sixes, new types have been added. The capacities are to range from one-half ton to two-tom, all resulting is the most complete and capable line of work cars kaowa, and with prices ranging from $670 to $4290. Then Thursday came The Victory—e Six for $10435 ond up—the most spectacular engineering achiovement of the lecade. These accomplishments, one following the other in steady progression, have now provided throughout the world with the most d‘:.vemiod and com- prehensive line of passenger and commercial vehicles ever manufactured and sold by a single orgagization. For every need and purse there is now s Dodge Brothers vehicle built dependably and in full rm‘nfi‘on of the progressive ideals of today and tomorrow. 2 lsame day. Nw York city. William Villiam ¢ Commissioner Donghue got in tonch with Reina yesterday and asked him whether he was the man- ager of Tassi. [Iteina admitted that he was piloting the young Italian and stated that it he had to mak choice, he figured he would go far- ther as Tassi's manager than he H it B CRGERS 0o would as promoter boxing | Lockwoud turn.’ o v |5 Turicharin shows in this cit Tunncy is due fo leave here fo- [ Lurkhnrth morrow for a brief visit to Dover | Sum ...l Hall in Georgia and from there he |, Bencdict will continue to Miami to start | \< Sho {training. The champion was invited | |to remain for the Iriday battle. | A Rickard will leave after the | Sharkey-Heeney fight for a golfing party with Tunney in Florida, an announcement of arrangements for | the big fight will probably come | from Miami. | The Madison South Congregational Their point total of 32 is FId. KL TML than the Detroit Coug: 9 1 15 [cnt leaders in the Am 0 | petition. While the Canadiens have the high total in zoals, they also hold the dis- | tinction of being the lcast scorcd upon, only 18 goals dropping into | their cage this season. As far as the team involved the Cougars with 45, Without the air of Captain Dick Hrvin who is on the hospital list. the { Chicago Black Hawks stumbled into nine more the pres-| an com- . checker champ of Savin Rock, will exhibit in the men's lobby at 8 p. m., on Friday. Mr. Clark will play 20 boards simultancously. This pro- 5 gram will officially open the “city- 34 | wide” ehecker tournament which 51 Will be conducted at the “Y". Re- reshments will be served after the g public is invited. | The educational class in s1|slgn writing will meet at 7:45 p. | The four classes in the wee { [ligious school will meet at 3 p. m. P il [A meeting of the Y. M. C. A, Bible ; etun s will be held in the banquet hall the cellar position, a 6 to 9 blanking H h from the Rangers last night marking Gt ) L 6:30 p. m. Classes in the gym | H- e ; 1 5 follona. Glier businass. man b Halgis: ¢ o0 their seventh consecutive sctback. |5:30 p. m., employed B class at 7 p. |- Derrick, re. ... The standing of the clubs to date: | m.; church B class at 4:15 p. m.; ley, Ig. International Group Isconlor leaders at § p. m. 1 w. | Friday: The educational class in |Canadiens 14 [ public speaking will mect at T:45 at T Ottawa Ceeseeees 6 TEE—— ip. m. William Clark will demon- Montreal Pstrate e lobby e men' 4 Toronto South Church and St. Matts;;‘:;‘,‘m(“"\‘.."‘vn‘.‘?‘,.""“‘.’.’1 il New York . : of the junior Hi-Y club at 7:30 p. Gapture Opening Games American G [m. Physical department program us Church Standing W & Bell, Potts, ri. : |18 going al T ‘the big spectzele at the Yankee ¥ . dium in Soptember. | Rickard said he might conduct |\ |another heavyweight championship |\ affair in Chicago where influential |y him 10 ve- | Haddock Murphy Albrecht i D. Hattings, rg. Parker, 1 May, lg. tallying 1s of rate second The boxing laws of this state for- hid one man from managing a fight- or and promoiing ho This climinates chances of furnishing set-ups for boxers, Commissioner Donohmie discovered recently that Reina. was acting in the double role and he immediately took steps to bave him conform to the rules, next professional boxing \ow is carded for this city on Iri- | D v, January 20, Clicky Clark of [ o) 'Now York early next month | Holyoke and Tony Travera of NeW o' cpion time the Manassa mauler | laven are scheduled to appear in X ¢ |is expected to definitely settle his in- the final with Tracy Ferguson of | . ¢iony for another attempt to re- Wallingford a 4 Joo smith of Haut- [ G G0 B0 OF ford in the semi-final. These plans = piopgo i fos taken the attitude | might be changed within the NSt a0 punney wants to fight twiee | two weeks, this yeur he will put on two bouts. [South Cong. i e mente | The winner of the Sharkey-Heeney |pivst Luth, The amateur !\th tournzments | gyegio may be pitted against Tun- . Mathew will bo resumed Friday night In G0 Sioug the formality of facing | rrinite M city at the Tabs' hall under the aus- {0000y ‘wio would be held over |swadish Fe pices of the Mohawk A. C. TN o yye et titie mateh. Center CONE. ... 1 New York team of boxers “'“_’r‘ w | George Courtney, Oklahoma wid- | o g i lonblias 1 rotuen ~ engagement here. TS| qio ot opposes desw Stringham | o) SUTPIINg and sensational vic- will be the first tonrnament of 1938 for gaty Lake City in the main ten [y Jiivar LuDs6ron Shifkel ovan fha and it should presage a line of 'l - round bout at the St. Nicholas arena piciie rated Swedish Bethany tures from now until the end of the [UHE R ‘,»)fi..-én featured the opening mgm[ A lof play in the Inter-Church basket- !ball league at the Y. M. (. A, urday night, The regular team m" factory league players failed to put in an appearance, and in their place | Manager Dave Ahlgren of the Luth- crans sent in a collection of young [players who were outweighed by | |about 30 pounds to the man and who were expected to do nothing wore than become meck victims of the Bethany guintet, But. thi youngsters, with “Oskie’ Erickson to steady and direct them, sprang . tremendous surprise and def ed their opponents by s Center Congregational L. Tied 1 Personal fouls, Bell | Wessels 5 2, | Brown Haigis, Bradley 2 Bell, Barta, Parker 2, May 5: Brown Slade 2, Haigis 2, Derrick 2. Bradle Re Timer, Luke. Scorer, Karbonik, St Mats, Take First, [ The St. Matthew's German Luth crans showed themselves to be onc Program For the Week | of the leading cortenders again | Monday—The educational class In | when they handed a 34-21 defeat ta Viation will meet at 7:45 p. m. The | {he Trinity Methodists. The combin- s in sign painting for the Junior ;ition of the three Preisser brothers | Achievement elubs will meet at 7:30 ' o ore 1han the Methodists could | P m. The following classes Will be' o ngie, Billy leading the way when |conducted by the physical depart-1 . (oo0y™ found the going tough with | - ment: Junior class at 415 P oonik ching him. The first | Boys' Club Team fn_ Silver City nl; baginner in boxing and u)f was nip and tuck until the st. | Kehplug db b Matts. breczed out to 14-9 at the | Jiabaay = b tional class in ' (3 "opne Methodists rallied as the | ‘,;‘“"f’"l’l‘_;'["'.‘o’““"'_”,“"" kg sccond half hegan, but they always | et just failed to tie the score and final- Iy the St Matts. ran away from then, Billy The den pro- | Detroit |New York . Boston enee Pittsburgh - .. “hicago follow Junior A class at 4 fm ounger business men at P intermediates (junior) at {m.; wréstling class at 8:15 p. o, Pet 1000 | 1.000 1.000 NEvaAficEmN Meriden | A0 Take Close Game From saturday Night, The New TBritain Machine hasket- ball team of the lceal Industrial League defeated the Meriden Boys' club team of the Silver City ¥ night by the scorc of 1t was one of the closest games in the Silver City in some time, } quintets showa=d plenty of stuff but | the locals managed to hold their light edge until the final whistle | The summary: Newmaties, ld Tho Hartford roller hos gets into operation today with the transfer of the Holvoke franchise to ! fain its makeup with I'red Jean r:|||ln||L McGraw Planning to Have Strong Team in Race team THE VICTORY SIX Coupe . & i 3 i & $1048 Sedan : & 4 s 3 8 1098 Brougham. & s 3 s 1095 AMERICA'S FASTEST FOUR Coupe is o §88S Sedan id e 878 De Luxe Sedan. : s 930 Cabriolet Convertible 95 THE SENIOR 81X Sedan (lesther upholosery) $1493 CoupeforFour . s s 1570 sa . i35 1998 Cabriolet Coavertible 1393 GRAHAM ha o &.h.‘ ssl naging from ey oy Gym cla class at 9 14:15 poomg P ‘ Wednesday . Samuel Fish will s t the mecting of the Senior Hi-Y club at noon. A meeting of the Mohawk tribe of the Friendly !Indians will be held at 4:15 p. | The Pioncers club will mect at 7:30 Ip. m. The physical department the ! progranm will be as follows: Younger | I business men at 5:30 p. m.: inter- ! ¢ [the clesest game of the evening. |mediates (Junior) at- T p. m.i, During the first halt Dave Swanson | Clurch A clas; at :15 p, m.; Lifc of the Bethany team scored four Saving at §:°0 p.in. | field gouls and aided his team as it Saturday—The following teams from piled@up a 16-12 lead, but this melt- the “Dusty” League will use the gym ; ed away as the “kids” staged a won- | in the afternoon for prac derful come-hack in the \d half. | Bearing from 1 10 Tie accurate shooting of N, Bengon ain Machine Co. from 2 to 3 p. m.; ud long shots by him and H. Bengt- | Corbin Cabinet Lock Co. from 3 to 4 son, coupled with the excellent floor | . m. Junior Hi-Y basketball prac- | WOl of Erickson and Larson's lilce from & to ) p. m.; Junio guarding, proved 100 mnch for the |leaders at 9 a. m.: Junior B. class Bethany team, which gradually lost | 10 a. 1m.; junior class swin its hold and finally dropped to the ™. rear in the closing two minutes of D | The champion South Congrega- | S0 ali-nvound wert of ckson | tional church team almost found | and the prety shooting of diminu- [history rep itself when the tive N. Benson featured for the |Uenter church quintet gave it a f Lutherens, Carlson starred for the | half seare hefore cellapsing. Last losers with some neat long shots, fyear the weak Center church team The summary alinost won from the South, and for First L | while Saturday night it looked i it might do even better this time, | 11 I starting with a new combination | ‘[mm-n included two inexperienced players and with no substitutes on the sidelin Center ehureh quintet st on two fou! shots by ‘lank™ Derrick and a pair of long ficld gouls, running up a 6 !>:I~;u!. Derrick’s first toss was the initial point, while Bell the opening basket. The South | ) rallied but all through the | 41 halr the losers Xk close and the ; | 2y count was 15-11 at the half, follows: Morning o Junior B ¢l Lmploygd B clas xser was high scor while ie and Herbert L found the basket often. Karbonik | tyed a whale of a game for the ! Methodists, seoring 11 points him. sclf and keeping “Goody” pretty wel Vottled up all evening. Only 11 per- il fouls were called in spite of hard play, both teams pl bali constantly. The summ S, Matthew’s Luthera Waterbury expeeted 1o | New Dritain - mects lre tonight and this is Lo a battle royal. The four other | teams in the circuit are planning a concorted drive on New Britain in an effort to dislodge the mm.ls‘:rqm | irst place. Captain Archie Muir- g : ‘\:Mfd p‘l:d his hn?\nl of warriors is de- | New Yorl, Jan. 8 () {ermined to stay at thé head of the Some sling and arrow pract civenit as long as possible and an- Outrageous misfortunc, John other good battle is in store for the Graw belicves the New YVork Giants will have considerable to say befors g the National league's 1028 cham- corge igan of Waterbury, is Dbions are crowned, ::'nr‘::;‘l t::“ll.l:z:;‘u;nuc to enter | The Giants had a lot of luck last a-report 1 fight promoter. | ¥ed it wax mostly bad. Injuries \inlligan promoted several hig | during the carly part of the season matehes with Louis (Kid) K kept haseball's “Napoleon™ husy % the feature in Waterbury and |tr¥ing to devise some sort of a line- Nartford, up that could keep him from being the post before the race Iy got under way. u finx ggparted and the started an upward climb th ened 1o bring both major nants to New York. The drive came too late, however, and the Giants forcefl 1o trail hoth Pittshurgh T.onis, by Floden, rena oo Anderson, ¢ Angustino, rg . | Swanson, g .. ! { 2 All prices [.0.b. Detrois Tunc in for Dodge Brothers Radio Program every Thursday Night, 30 (Eastern Standard Time) NBC Red Network. 8 o Totals | DODGE 'OUR BOARDING HOUSE Totals Teinity M. D Hewett, of L Fengler, If at 11 a. | Heinzman, BE A. Karbonik, lg . 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Hewett, Fen 2—4. VFree trie Preisser 3—4; Hew- Karbonie wer and st Prol himsolt h 4 third place, i his plans for the he addition of Lefty crack Coast League ot 1 of a flock Jiteh- given e seems the o their rivals, rry, Tornshy Vindstrom, MeGraw has one of the jelds in the league. The two “Reese and Coken are the ; : roservists, Coben starred w. Anderson, If .. in he Tnternational league 1ot | Eimer Johnson. « aces that should be heard {P0m |, while Reese was filling in | plenty in the futurc games. | " at third for McGraw. The anson, ¥ .... " inger for his first time with New (g0, (0 G0 (I L e Jar- HL Britain showed that -he has the |G heF (N AER RS B C. R, 5 Swanson, 15 .. z00ds and we look for him to blox- | (R BTG TO T ” om out into onc of the Rest men 5 ! = With Harper and Toush fwo 1 on the team before the season dw' W Lormes OO depending | Personal fouls — N. Wenson over, | n compa R TN A% as more b players were so mary than New Britain was not a form. Giving credit where credit is due, it will take some hard playing o keep the Aflas team down in the sccond half of the leag nson, f lund, 1t ison, r Johnson Cengison, 1E . L. Larson, 1z rather | campa " | REEAD HERALD CLASSY ODoul PEVVON equal nd of head or chest aremore easily treated externally with— in game or am 1 a The New Britain 2 sump and it may take 1wo 1o bring it out of it. The ad- Jdition of Diessinger to the lineup sives the quintet a pair of scoring | . Carlson, rf hase as upon O'Doul to fill out his quota of | Berglund, Erickson 2, La v P?—' Us i Jors. Yoarly _chagers. Once a piteher with the | Bengts W. Anderson nkees, O'Doul experienced n \mer Johnson, H. Anderson 2, P. change of heart and took up fhe |Swans . 2 . Benson arson o - Johnson . n business of snaring flics and hitting 2, Berglund, Swanson, W. Anderson 2, WATERBURY them far and often. He comes Bimer son 3—10 Referee, Tobin; VS, the Giants from San Francisco. The corer, Karbonik, NEW BRITAIN other outficlders inclnde T.esiie F rank E, Gmdwm Admission 50¢—75¢ Mann, that terror of southpaws, Art v CALL 2644 FOR RESERVED SEATS Jahn, onee with the Chicago Cul and Melvin O(t, pinch-hitter extraor- fiyes it Spetalan Preliminary Game Starts at 8 o’Clock 7 Main Tel. 1905 ELIMINATION SERIES I'romoter Jim Mullen Plans to Find ny S Challenger For Winner of Can- soncri-Bass Scrap. Chicagp, Jan. 9 (P reatherweight elimination series, to produce a challenger for the winner | of the Canzoneri-Bass match in the cast, 18 the aim of Promoter Jim by Larry Benton, who led the I« Mullen fu’ bringing together tomor- on a won row night Babe Luth of Louisville Rurleis wnd Bud® Taylor of Terre Haute. and \ v hopes Ruth, Joey Sangor of Milwaukee and | to develop at » more art- | 140" 8hea of Chicago are the three |ing hurler from “h Henry, contenders Mullen has in line for |fen Cantwell, conville right matches to decide the western chal- | hander: “Lefty” Faulkner, Toronto lenger. lstar, BRIl Walker. Denver south- Tavlor was recently defeated by nd Arthur Jobnison, parctiased Canzoneri in New York, and figures from Norfolk. Al of {hese saw in the serics chiefly as the “trial | copvice during the latter part of the horse™ for Babe Ruth. | 1527 campaign. With Al Devormer released, 9t looks like Zach Taylor and Jack Cummings will divide the catehing {duty, although Alfred Spohrer, a highly-touted lad from Wilkes- Tarre, joins the team in the spring. | dinary. Tndications are that the Burden on the mound will be carried ehief . (i z (55722 o1sea, o s seace, w. fis START OF WHOLESALE PERTIURY-— mwmons | HIGH PRESSURE PETE LEAD SIX-DAY RACE Bohby Walthour and Freddic Spen- HERE 15 THe. COLTBINATION On THIS PAPRR — S LEFT= 10-RIgNT = OH B0Y- WE. HAD A -3 NEE\{:‘\-)L NOW, S0 WE'LL LEME [T (N TH' TATE. Hi9sc UNTIL MORNINGY = GET DowN EMLY, PETE, AND ThKE T B TH' BMNKC — cer Held Advantage During Night | ey o Cheapn v | WITH THE BOWLERS | Chicago, Jax. 9 (UP) — Bobby FACTORY LEAGUE Walthour and Freddie Spencer, fa orites in Chicago's first six-day bi- cycle race of 1928, which started last night, pedalled into an early lead and held it during much of the night. The first hours of the race were the fastest recalled by Chicago bi cycle fans. : The Reggle McNamara-Charley | Winter Tcam and Otto Petri and | Norman Hill pressed the favorites all ight, and much of the time the ers were ticd in mileage and only poinis from sprint triumphs Lept Walthour and Spencer ahead. 1 Pther teams which looked strong in"the early laps included Goossens- Debacts, Final Standing I team Hizh iigh Mizh Averzes . 1 g Ttund : ) MaddenBeckman, ¥