New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 21, 1928, Page 9

SHUDKI JIMMIE PURCELL TELLS TR el SOME HOME TOWN YARNS = 5 Goal Tender on Meriden Roller Hockey Team Relates Tales of Fox Point, R, L.—Brother-in-Law Elected to General Assembly — Site of George M. Cohan’s| Birthplace — How Townsmen Got Rid of “Corky Hill"—Connie Sheehan and His Famous Horse. Speaking of Sports The management ¢f Original Cel- tics of New York, has cancelled the date of the team'sappearance in this city, The New Yorkers were origin- ally scheduled to come here on Wed- nesday, February 8, but a change in the plans of the club have been made. The Celties will make three-week southern tour and will uot be able to appear until the last week of February or the first week in March, Manager Clarence Lanpher will try to secure Lou Gehrig's Five to replace the world's championa on the Fcbruary date in this city. If he is successful, it is expected that this will be as great an attraction as the Celtics would have been. The Renaissance Five, colored hasketball champions of the world, will play a return game in this city next Saturday night. In order to ac- commodate the large number of fans who wish to mecure seats for the ®awme, rescrved seats will be dis- tributed in advance. The Meriden Maroons further ‘in- -reased thelr lead in the American Roller Hockey league last night by trimming the Wallingford Tigers by the score of 7 to §.. The Hartford Tndians sprung a surprise by coming from behind and defeating the Wa- terbury team by the score of § to 6. The New Haven Atlas basketball m handed the Hartford Yankees a ‘sound lacing in New Haven last night in a state league game. The Hartford players were badly off form and the Atlas had a lead of 21 to 11 t at the end of the first half. The final | score was 38 to 23, New Haven. Tn the account of the Jack De- laney-Humbeck fight in Boston last night is contained the information that George Manolian defeated -Joey Knapp of New York. Manollan is the “Wop” Manolian who used t0 he in the limelight as a boxer. He for- wmerly resided here, A team of hoxers from Philadel- phia will furnish the features at the amateur fight tournament to be siaged at the Pabs hall next Friday night, under the auspic hawk A. C. The Philly scrappers are among the classiest mitt push- | ers 1o have ever appeared in this 'hey have fought in Hartford several times and are booked repeat- edly for more performances in the Capltal City, “ There will be four of the Quaker City boys seen in action in this cit Bishop Hart, 165 pounds; Al Me. Gurk, 147 pounds; Ted Morgan, 142 pounds and Bob Hamilton, 135 pounds, Hamilton is the boy who met Pancho Villa in Hartford a few weeks ago, In that bout, for the first time in his ca the cany Villa has been known for his ability to take punishment It Hamilton appeared able to send him down whenever he wanted to, The other three hoys are consid- 1 the best in the clubs about 'hidelphia and thelr appearance in this city will be a treat for the fans who have been following ama- teur fights, They tell us a good one ahout Vin- cent Kiernan, (star) forward on the B Light & Power ketball team. Playing against Watcibury in one of the weekly ser- ies of games the other night, Vince made a great dash through (he en- tire teams, both his own and Water- bury and almost caged a goal, but he was shooting for the wrong basket, The New Britain Roller Hock am has a tough campaign ahead of it for next week, Tomorrow the Meriden Maroons play here. Mon- day Waterbury comes to New Brit- | ain. Thursday the Hartford team will eppose the locals at the arena. I"riday, New % plays at Hart- ford and Saturday the locals play m Wallingford. 10 RESUME TRAINING Dr. Otto Peltzer, German Running Star, Again Fails To Defeat Amer- ican Athletes, Palo Alto, Cal, Jun, 21 (UP)— Dr. Otto Peltzer, German running champion, will resume training in Los Angeles today in an attempt to get into top form to compete in two castern races nest month. If the A, A, U, grants him perm sion, the German runner will ta part in one race in Chicago and one in New York, he said here, He will not rim in events over two miles, he- lieving his physical condition too poor to quality for more strenuous races. Dr. Peltzer yesterday again failed 1o congner American athletes when he finished second to Bud Spencer in a kpecial 440-yard dash here. Les- lie Hables, who defeated Peltzer in vard race last week came in behind the German runner. Spencer, captain of the Stanford ck tewmm, finikhed fully a stride 1 of the German. race exhausted Peltzer to the estent that he was barely able to walk to the club house and was on the verge of collapse. Dr, Peltzer expressed the belief that Hables has an exccllent chance to win the 440-yard event in the Olymples. "AN'T CROW HERE 1e-Roy, France, Jan. 21 (P cock may not crow before dawn In this town, once the home of Louis XIV. Nocturnal erowing is prohibited »s an unseemly disturbance of the peace by a decision of the court on the complaint of Paul Gruyer, writer. Te sald the racket from a neighbor- ing barnyard had kept him awake for weeks and impaired his health. The court held that the roosters may begin their concert at ~gdawn but must remain silent until the night Is over. Gruyer was awarded ane franc as damages. Jean Arnan- din, who owns the offending fowls, was ordered te keep them qnict or move them fariher from town. ALD CLASSIFIED ADS e8 of the Mo- | Villa went te | i | v | old | 70 WELTER CROWN Hands Lew - Teodler a Sound Thrashing in New York Bout w York, Jan, 21 (1—Aee Hud- kins had advanced in his quest for |the welterweight crowp today with'a ten round victory over the veteran Lew Tendler of Philadelphi: marvel of a past decade, Meeting in the Madison Square |Garden arcna last night, Hudkins |gave the Quaker City southpaw a isound thrashing but falled to score {n knockout, The Nebraskan had iTendler on the verge of reclining for {the full count on several occasions. | Hudkins rocked Tendler with a {right to the jaw in the seventh round for a count of eight but the Phil- {adelphlan arose and managed to {hold on, Ace ripped a savage left to the head in the ninth that nearly {pitched Tendler through the ropes. | Lefty Lew staggered and was sinking islowly under his oppenent’s hard punches when the gong came to his lIl'fll'"l‘. | When the ninth terminated, Tend- ring ner under the bellef that §t was shis {own. The tenth round found Tend- {ler wearily defending himself against a merciless hail of blows from his ! youthful rival. Although the old timer was notice- ably outclassed, some 12,000 fans | hooed the judge's verdict and Hud- Ikins while the venerable endler, who has been boxing for more than | Less than a yvear ngo, Tendler lost |a decision to Hudkins in Los An- |geles. The Nebraskan's victory last night moved him into an elimination tussle against Sergeant Sammy | Baker to dctermine who will chal- longe Joe Dundee for the welter- weight champlonship in March. The i Baker-Hudkins bout is down for February 17 at the G | Hudkins weighed 14 jler 151 pounds. PROFESSOR PLANS ~ HIS RETIREMENT Harvard Teacher in Vocation | 35 Years i i i | Cambridge, Mass, Jan. “Copey.” beloved of Harvard's un- | dergraduates for 85 years and one of the best known authorities on Eng- Hsh in the world, will say farewell to his classes at the closc of the col- lege year, “Copey” Is Charles Townsend Copeland, Boylston professor of rhetorie and oratory, He has been at Harvard since 1893, Lut to thousands of young men and women, for h; also on the stafl of Rad- elift heen simply “Cope for have hecn his and “girls, Won't Sever Relations | nd announced his | r tirement on the advice of his | physician Dr. William Breed of Bos- | ton, who counseled him to forego | the active duties of a professorship {in favor of an occusional tour or ading. He will not, however, severe his {life-long relationship with Harvard, { whose famo as a center of English 1 s done o much to illu- unous bachelor quar- 5, perhaps the best oms within historie Harvard’s Yard, will continue to be his haunt where the hundreds of former students who return years fo visit may still their old in the same setting they inew so well in undergraduate days, Has Own Alumni Association The president and fellows Harvard have unanimously re ed Professor Copeland to retain his | quarters and there is every reason | to believe he will choose to do o, “Copey” e tion of an alumni association all his own. Tt was founded in 1906 when he first went to New York and gav, | readings of old works at the Harvard club of New York city. The association met every year until 1927 when it was thought a dinner might tire him but prior to that it was the yearly delight of old students, many of whom had them- selves attained celebrity in the lit- . field, thus to honor the man who had been their inspiration. | Copeland had a method wll | nis own. His lectures have seldom been lectures in the accepted sense. He combined the peripatetic method ‘ rsonal contact talks he be- nywhere and ended only when the bell announced the close of the period. ITe souzht to rouse students fo straight think- ing :'nd In doing so fr the invective, As an author maker Professor Copeland probably has transcended wome of the greatest litepary mas- ters. Some of the men who have listened to him include Robert Tenchley, Walter Lippman, John Reed, Ieywood iroun. John Dos Passos, Fro % L. Allen, Conrad Aiken, Edward Sheldon and E. IL Doole; President Lowell, himselfl has often sat in at Hollis hall while Profersor Copeland read or talked. Prominent Author Professor Copeland was born in als, Me, April 27, 1860. He re- ved hin A. B. degree from Harvard in 1882 and then spent a year in the Harvard law school. In 1920 he received a degree of doctor of literature from Bowdoin college, One of the most many works is his land’s reader.” He is the author of the “Life of Edwin Booth” and “Freshman Eng- lish and Theme Coprecting in Harv- lara Colleg He has edited numerous important literary productions and has been n [ contributor to the Atlantic monthly {on literary topies. For a time he was a critic for the Boston post mine. Hiy ters at Hollis known suite of of st Ca popular of his recent “Cope- dramatie ler grogetly made for a neutral cor- | a dozen years, received the applause, | the | tho unique distine- | y employed | NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1928 | Gouwls have figured prominently in the Purcell family for the past month, for while Jimmie Purcell of Meriden has been busy protecting | the Silver City hockey team's cage | from the drives and scoops of other | jteams in the American league, his| | brother-in-law, Bernard J. McElroy, | has attained a political goal. | Darney, as the Meriden goulie re- | fers to him, has been elected a member of the Rhode Tsland gencral asscmbly, representing the clty of | Fox Point, R. I, a hamlet which has | clafmed the residence of such note- ! {and Jimmie Purcell, plasers of dir- | ferent types, but both excellent | layers.” McEIroy in a democrat— |50 is Jimmie, for that matter—and !the most pleasing feature of the whole thing Is that Rarney was | lected by a large majority in a town | that is considered to be of the rock- | bound republican type. Purcell’s residence i Tox Point | iwas brief, but his parents distinetly | rcall the younger days of George | M. Cohgn, and Jimmie retainu suf- ficient of the home town pride to {stand up for KFox Point and coumer- ate its points of interest. iver Hear of ¥Fox Point? of Polnt,” ked with the air of ono a thing possible, during rest period jat the Meriden-New HBritain hockay | {game Thursday night. “Perhaps you will remember the famous ‘Corky {1 incident. | “*Corky Hill’ is a scction of Fox | Point. Tt is so called, according to old timers, hecause &0 many people who came from County Cork set- it1ed there and from the names it isy | reasonable to beiieve such is the | case. In 1870 work was slow And an | appeal was mad> to *Uncle Tommie’ | Doyle at that ime mayor. Doyle conceived the idea of razing ‘Corky Hill' on the ground that it was an ! cyesore. No sooner said than done, |*Corky Hill' disappeared under 1 | picks and shovels of the townsmen, scores of whom went on the ity payroll. When the strects were cut down the bourd sidewalks near the | awellings were so high that it was | a darcdevil stunt to walk past he| row of, hous “George M. A few doors from Barry's | . Barry had the corner ng and dumping work in | Fox Point for many years, He kept ! no books, and on Saturday ' night when the teadsters approached for | thetr pay he would ask how many hours they worked. “Fifty-five,” the answer. rry would then turn to his “vife and ask for his slafe. After perusing would | driver | and say noth , an driver “You're cnly worked get paid for. rsation and when the next team- ster came in the same act would o on. The slate was used for ,\'r:u'n‘ without so much as a scratch be- | ing put en it. Barry merely cut ‘ them ail five hours to b consis tent. vou know you | that's all you'll Kept Worse in House Jimmie's nest hest story involves another Fox Point resident, Connia | Sheehan, Connie bought a horse but 1ad no stable, 50 he took the horse into the house with much difficulty since the animal was required to mount a flight of steps. When came time to get the horse out, | nothing would induce it to go down | necessary to rip out a section of . the house and place planks. along which the horse obligingly walked, | Connie had so much dificulty get- ting back into the housc as he had gotting the horse out. | Fox Point made its bid for heavy- weight ehampionship honors in 1879 when Jimmy Murr fought Tom Hennery at Tong ¥sland for the | Lonor. Jimmy went out in the first round und there was weeping anl wailing at Fox Point, for Murray Gid not open an eye for more than | half an hour, Jimmie Purcell has many more stories of interesting and entertain ing character, but rest periods in| polo games are of specified length 2nd Hughie Rorty is not of the type that waits for reminiscent goal tenders, 80 the remainder of Fox | Point’s history remains for the pres- ent with Pureall, - WITH THFE. BOWLERS | | e i worthy men as George M. Cohan| finding it difticult to belleve such |} for a moment he would turn to the |} Bquires Scheyd Str Ki Barrow uly | Anranamson 108 of | Jarkson Baldwin 1 Ward Bradbury § Relden M. An u { Kinseibra ik Rebillard SWEDISHL A, Forward derson Carlson M. A Starhy derson | Magnuson ineh Hansan And Jorm Johuson Ryden 410 425 ROGERS ATLLEVS [LANDERS, FRARY & CLARK Export 101 won Togr Olilson Koch maler Seifel i Lynch That ended the con- & Goodro Frank Davis [tiodtewsil g 5 W Dummy it | Recano the stairs. Finally, Connie found it ;l)m’u..u! ANOTHER WAR | DLYMPIC RANKS Disputes Have Arisen Over Choice of Various Teams New York, Jan. 21 (M—Just when it seemed that peace and harmony had been restored to Olympic ranks, somecthing of a spirit of insurrection kas broken out, The new Olympic year, after start- ing off with a burial-of-the-hatchet ceremony by sports governing organ- 1 lizations, already has developed three #eparate and distinet controversies over team selection, The disputes have arisen over the choice of the speed skating, hockey and lacrosso teams. This team selece tion subject always has been packed with dynamite, because of the cone |ictgre Interests fnvolved, but it ap- |pears to be prampting more open debate than usual, If necessary' Major General Doug- las MeArthur, president of the Amer- fcan Olympic committee, is prepared to wield the big stick to settle mat- ters. In fact the gemeral already has taken an active hand in two of < !the three subjects of controversy, He has. in effect, rebuked Wiliam 8. Haddock of Pittsburgh, chalrman of the Olymple hockey committee, for failing to hold tryouts for an Olym- pic hockey team and, instead selects ing the Augsburg college team, of | Minneapolis, for the trip. Although he did not act alone in this matter, Major General MacArthur made the final decision against approving the. Augusourg team's selectiom, taking Haddock to task at the same time, In lacrosse, where two groups are at loggerheads over the method of selecting the Olympic team, the gen- :m\l has stepped in with the sugges- tion that an all-star team he pitied against the intercollegiate champions Amsterdam, Olympic officials muy considered the value of his military erience in selecting Major Gen- e MacArthur to succeed the late Bill” Prout hut his knowledge of mpaign tactics appears likely to come in handy The national foothall rules com- mittee, yielding another point to the opinion of college coaches, will meet earlier than usual this year to give iymorc time for the disscmination of any changes made in the gridiron code for 1938, 1t is understood that the commit- {tee will get together in New York carly in IFebruary, a month ahcad of {the usual scheduls, to cunvass the effects of the radical changes made in the rules last year and consider he coaches' recommendations to go 1cK 1o the 1926 rules on the muffed punt and lateral pass. e chairman of the committce, Edward K. Hall, is committed to a program of no changes. He believes the game has crystallized in its preg- ent form, so far as rules are con- cerned, and that it should be allow- ed to develop without further legis- lation. But the coaches, wiht a ) |Stronger representation than ever before, will be on hand to debate this ipoint, at any rate, Coditication of the entire book of rules is to be undertaken this year but this herculean task will not be completed before 1929, There seems no way to keep box- ers from cating their way into heav- v classes these days. Mickey Walker, fn a comparative- ly short time, ate his way from the welterwelght to the middleweight championship. Now Pete Latzo, who teok the welter title from Walker less than two years ago, has done even better. With hardly even a stop-over in the middleweight di- tavision, Pete has blossomed forth at 172 pounds and announced himself n contender for light heavyweight honors, Lew Tendler, a great lightweight five years ago, has outgrown even the welterwelght class. Most of the featherwelght cham- pions in recent years have grown so Roller Hockey SUNDAY AFTERNOON . GAME CALLED 3:30. MERIDEN V8. NEW BRITAIN Admission 50c—175¢ CALL 2644 FOR RESERVED SEATS Preliminary Game Called 2:30. \t5 SERT TD&NE\.# AGAIN— WE OUGHTA OUT N A (OUfLA (MORE- Davs to determine which is better equip- | pnd ped to wear the American shield at | not have | rapidly that they were forced to re- linquish the title without even de- fending it TRAINS IN RING Jdack Delaney Will Keep Up Work in Heavyweight Division Against Active Opponeats. New York, Jan. 31 P—Jack De- laney is going to do his traiding in the heavyweight campaign against active opponents in the roped arens, Joe Jacobs, his manager declared today. Delaney has been matched to box Battling Levinsky at Motor Square Gardens in Pittsburgh next Friday- night. In his comeback sprint, Delaney has bowled over three rivals via the knockout route, namely Paul Ber- lenbach, Sully Montgomery and Jack Humbeck, the Belgian, 10 PILOT DEMPSEY Leo P. Fiynnu Wil Again Handle Former Heqvyweight Champion When He Fights Again. 'w York, Jan. 21 (P—Il.co P. Flynn, who conditioned Jack Demp- sey for his two ring battles last year, will continue in the role of pilot of the former heavywcight champion in the event he dons the gloves again. Flynn made the announcement here upon receipt of a letter from Dempsey who 1s on the coast. Flynn expressed the bellef that Dempsey would fight only once this year and that would be against Gene Tunncy. ADMIRAL DEAD London, Jan. 21 (UP)—Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Derobeck, on: of Britain's naval herocs, died to- day at his home, He was one of the outstandin naval commanders during the war commanded the Dardanelles forces in 1915. After the war he was commander in chief of the Medis tepranean flect and later command- ed the Atlantic fleet. He was retired in 1924. TEST FOR SOBRIETY Feltham, Eng., Jan. 21 (UP) — |When the police arrested a builder ihere on a charge of driving an au- tomobile while intoxicated, they de. manded that he comply with the following test of sobricty: Draw plans of a house you re- cently mold and draw a section of the roof, Draw a plot of ground with 65 foot frontage and four chains (264 feet) deep. Put a house | in the middle, and show in figures what margin you have left. Draw and name any one-mile section of atreet in the district, placing in ac- curately all intersections. The builder did all this and wi freed. READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS OUR BOARDING 222" OF “THE BoNES IS GOMFOUND IT, M'DEAR, | 1 TELLNoU MV ANKLE IS - BROKEMW !« DIDA'T DR, BOSKER, OUR FAMILY PHYSICIAN EXAMINE Ty, AND SAY HIMSELF “THAT ONE HOTLY CONTESTED RACE NEXT YEAR Strength of Yankees Has Not Weakened Morale of Clabs Chicago, Jan. 21 (—There is a logical foundation--for the fecling, sald President E. 8. Barnard of the American league today, that the championship race of 1928 will be the most hotly contested the league has experienced in many years. The potential strength of the Yankees, he said, has not weakened the morale of the other seven clubs experienced ball players and strengthening of clubs this -winter than ever before in the history of the league. Reviewing club by club, | said: “Beginning at the bottom of the 1927 percentage table, we find that, the Boston Red Box will be better than last year, both because of ma- terlal andded and because of the in- creased experience of several bril. |liant youngsters with whom Man: (ger Carrigan put in so much con- scientious work last summer. “The St. Louis Browns will be al |most an entirely new club in 1928, as a result of the most drastic changes which ever before have been made in any American league club between two seasons. The Browns have sent several good play- ers to other clubs but Manager How- ley also has secured some good men in these exchanges. Players like Blue, Manush and McNeely would help almost any major league club. If the pitching staff measures up, the Browns will be a much better club than last season. This marked im- | provement in the Red Box and the Browns is in itsclf a sufficient guar. antee of an improved race when it |in recalled that the big lead the Yankees cnjoyed last season was se- cured and held at the expense of these two clubs. The world cham- pions won eighteen out of twenty- two games with the Red Sox and twenty-one out of twenty-two games with the Browns in 1827, “Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit, Washington and Philadelphia all have added strength to thelr 1927 organizations. The Indians suffered last year because Uhle, Levsen and 8mith failed to do what was egpect- ed of them. Both Uhle and Levsen will be back in form this year and in addition the Indians have more re- serve pitching strength than a year ago. The psychology of the new |ownership will also have a beneficial effect upon the work of this club. “With the addition of Young Cis- | sell, the return of Johnny Mostil to {Centerfield, the prospects of Moe | Berg starting the season as a regu- {lar catcher, and the presence of wmeveral promising young pitchers and outfielders, the White Box should {be able to avoid the slump that has HOUSE the 1928 President prospects, Barnard and there has been more trading of’ cause the Yankees nights next summer, ‘President Griffith and I-.r . Harris have been carrying ow as tensive campaign for & new P |Stafl for the past twe years and |efforts have been crewned with such isuccess that the Washington club will enter the 1938 race with as &00d, it not the best, staff of huriers in the American league, “By getting rid of a number eof veterans, the.return of Hauser to form and the addition of several youngsters, the Athletics have apeeded up without the loss of defensive strength. Connle Mack | ia good chance to get the pitel 1928 that he expected, but falled j&et last season, and that is all he needs to keep the Athletios in the. thick of things from the to the end of the season. “The American league is fortunate in having the most aggressive ewn- ership of its eight clube tn its entire history, Jf Col. Ruppert and Milles Huggins can keep the Yankees up te their standard of the past twe asa- sons, the American league is destined |to give its patrons some great |ball, as the other clubs in the | zation are determined to build the Yankees. The 1928 race wove that considerable progress has been made in this direction, and there will be no such gap between the Yankees and the field as was the case last scason.” * DENOUNCES REPORTING Los Angeles, Jan. 81 (UP) — A denunciation of the manner of re- porting criminal news was delivered by 8Buperior Judge Leon Yankwich before members of the Califeynis Newspaper Publishers’ ssseclation in 40th annual convention here, “The publication before trigl =~ and sometimes before the oapture of the accused—of the details of & crime, testimony of witnesses and all the actions, clues and theeries of prosccuting of criminals,” he de- clared, Lindy to Return From Hunting Trip Today Colon, Panama, Jan, $1 UP—The Bpirit of 8t. Louis todsy awaited-the return of its pilot, Colonel Charies A. Lindbergh. The fiyer's return from & Runt. ing trip in the region areund David, some 200 milus from here, was ex- pected but bis future plans were not revealed. It was not considered likely that he would try to make the 1,000. mile hop to Caracas, Venesuels, be- fore Monday, Dr. Meanwell, of Wiscensia, and Cralg Ruby, of Tilinols, are said to be opposed to the use of the dribble {in basketball games, "ou JUST TooK oUT DT FRACTURED { .« ava DRAT 1T, T'LL BE LAID UP YOR “TEN WEEKS OR MORE ! 2= NoU ARE JUST TEMPORARILY ~~+CALL UP-THE -COMPANY AND HAVE “THEM ISSURANCE SEND -THEIR DOCTOR, AND THE CLAIM ADTUSTER !~ ~ MV PoLICY HAS A L Zn one ALWAYS PoLICY, wwt AND T LOOKS KD OF FUNNY, we BUT “THEN, Nou PIDAT BREAK YOUR ANKLE YoR “HE FUN OF IT,~ I Walow -tiAT DISABLEP 2=t I CAN PROVE fo-THE INSURANCE BEEA PERMANENTLY DISABLED, 4As )/ FAR AS WORKy A WAY, 15 7 7, RAWN— NO 3, W, (4 aw )