New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 26, 1928, Page 15

Speaking N. Tronsky of Sports Louls (Kid) Kaplan, Meriden's | jaees contender for lightweight boxing honors, will return to the ring soon after a layoff of 10 weeks due to de- fective teeth, Kaplan has had the wiling members extracted and he has fully recovered from ill effects ' of poison in his system from the in- tveted molars and he has started <4t training at his quarters in the wer City. | It is thought that he will be for action in about three and he will probably take on | ., _av winor bouts for a warm up in kus .5 stule preparatery to staging an | durdeue ve campalgn for a crack at| Lokt uny Mandell and his title, ! FRATERNITY ALLEYYS SPECIAL, MATCH New Britain Stedman ‘e a8 Among the bhoxers on Kaplan's | wuiting list age the present candi- | ko dates for the National Boxing asso- ciation lightweight championship. They include Billy Wallace, Sid Te ris, Bruce Flowers and Billy trole. He also wants to meet the | winner of the Flowers-Tenorio bout |; at Madison Square Garden next Fri- iomos day night. He wants to meet all the Peterson leading lightweights including Me- 'AndrewY Larnin, McGraw and Loayza. Parker Buckey uman . Promoter Jim Mullen of Chicago |Filison who has first call on Mandell's gerv- |Gordley ices in defense of his crown, has I Daly NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1928, CORNELL DEFEATED Hands of Princeton—Now Tied with Dartmouth. New York, Jan. 26 (® — Cornell shares leadership of the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball league to- day as a result of the Ithacans’ first defeat of the league season. Holding undisputed possession of first place with two victories in as many starts, Cornell met with a de- jcisive reverse at Princeton last {night, 30 to 18. Miles and Dikovich {accounted for 21 of the Tigers' points. Schlosbach tossed in four |field goals and two fouls to lead the Cornell offensive, | The Ithacans’ defeat mnot only shoved Dartmouth into a tie with “oknell for the lead with two vie- tories and one defeat, but brought the Tigers into a deadlock for run- ner-up position. Each has two vic- tories in four starts. Penn has won one and lost ome while Columbia rings up the rear with a single victory in four games. Mid-year examinations will halt {league hostilities until February 11 when Penn clashes with Cornell, FLYWEIGHT CHAMPIONS Boxers, All of Whom Have Some | Ithacans Meet Decisive Reverse at Claim on World's Championship, | notified Billy Gibson, manager or I Dsiey Kaplan that Louis is his first choice | to fight Mandell for the champion- | ship, Gibson stands ready to offer Mandell a return bout in 90 days if | Kaplan beats him. Kaplan's efforts to get both Billy Wallace and Jimmy McLarnin back into the ring have proved fruitless. Tioth of these boxers kayoed Kap- Jan but they havc turned down al- luring offcrs and want nothing of the Meriden battler. i Larry Saunders, former Walling- |3 ford halfback who was injured in a | roller hockey game at Waterbury, “Than! ng eve, has ben notified by speclalists that the sight of his left eye is gonc permanently. Saun- ders has lived in hopes that he would be able to return to ti.> game some day. The New Britain basketball team will meet the Renalssance Five of | New York at the Stanley Arcna Sat- urday night. That will be the third | game of the week in this section for | the colored:¢hampions of the world. | The New York team is due to play | in Pittsfield Thursday night. It meets the Holyoke Mohawks in Hol- voke Iriday night and then comes lheve on Saturday night. Holyoke and New Britain both de- | feated the team on its first tour of and and the visitors are anxious to take the measure of Loth clubs in the games this week. New Britain will be ready for the | speedy attdck and with the players Leleving that they can win again, snother hectie battle is in store for the fans of this city and the sur- rounding towns. | | 10 IMPROVE FIELD | | George Little, Director of Athletics, Annonnces Proposed Changes to Be Made. i Madison, Wis, Jan. 26 (P—A $140,008 project for the improve ment of Camp Randall, the Univer- sity of Wisconsin's athletic field, has been announced by George Little, director of athletic: Concrete stands to replace the wooden henches are included in the building program. Funds will come from football receipts, with $65,000 now available from last season. | | TENNIS INSTRUCTOR Norval Craig, College Star, | Position as Assistant at Los An-} Takes | geles Club, | Los Angeles, Jan. 26 (R —Norval Craig, stellar intercollegiate tenn| lnminary, has signcd as sssistant in- | structor' at the Los Angeles Tennis | club, Hollywood, thus passing into | the realm of professionalism. Craig has frequently becn men- ttoned as a possible future member | of a Davis cup team. With Ben! Gorchakoff as a partner he was run- ner-up in the intercollegiate mect | last year. ol Mother and 3 Burned ! To Death in York Fire| York, Pa. Jan. 26 (®—A mother and three of her five children were | Turned to death last night when the contents of a coal oil can which tne | mother was using to fill a light ex- ploded firing the home of A, B. C. Williams, near York Springs, Adams county. | The dead are Mrs. Williams, two sons, one 4 and the other nine months old, and a daughter 8. Two childr>n escaped. The father was not at home at the time of the Amateur Boxing Y.M.T. A &B. * Hall Friday PHILADELPHIA TEAM Vs, PICK OF CONNECTICUT Card of 10 Bouts Planned ANl seats reserved at on xale at Bridgy | Kiebes * | ¥ive Valuable Stakes to - to Appear in Rin 5 _| Boston, Jan. 26 (A—The Argonn 2‘.:5 o H ring wilk be clogged with fly- Tog R ght champions in varying stages Tuna R. of recognition here tonight when Mancind Corporal York state boxing commission nominee for top honors in the di- T B vision, meets Harry Goldsteln or Met'ue = Boston, v England title holder, in a 10-round main bout. Ruby “Dark Cloud” Bradley of QH‘OI)DXH‘, world’s flyweight cham- jpion in the eyes of Connecticut's {boxing solons, is billed for a 10- it 3 |round semi-final against Harry Soo Paut . L |of Seattle, whose real name, accord- e 5 “tng to Matchmaker Rddie Mack is Ty S00 Qunog Ah Bill Iello rtimer, — SPORT TABLOIDS ¢ the Uaited Press. Berkeler, Calif. nta ¢ pversity defeated the University of | California 23 to 18 in a basketball | game, RAGING PROGRAM Buck Schader 455 Wome Wet Wa 5 Bl Greeley, Colo.—Colorado Univer- ed the Colorado Teachers Feature thall game. National Jockey Club's Turl Ac-| Annapolis, Md. 2 aval Academy Aefeated the Univer- tivitles This Year. S i Jan. 26 (P—TFive valu- | Kethall gar , with a total of $62.,500 — ded, and 208 days of racing will [ Montreal rge M. Lott, Jr., of fcature the American National | Chicago, defeated S Morgane Jockey clubs horse racing program |of Montrcal, 6-0, 6-0 in the fi r five Illinois tracks this yea he program opens at Aurora May 1, and closes at Hawthorne October Chicago, able stake The five prize stakes, including the famous American Derby which will have $25,000 added, will be run over the Arlington race track. The Derby traditionally has Dbeen run on the second Saturday of June, which would be June 9 this year. No definite announcement of the date was made by the club in pub- lishing the dates last night. The Derby heretofore has been run over the Washington Park track. but that track will not be ready this year because of ils extensive improve- ment plans. 3 Four of the tracks in this year's programs—Aurora, Arlington, Lin- coln Iields and Hawthorne To- ted near Chicago. 'The fifth is irmont Park at F St. Louis. Al have been mmed for spring and summer races and all cept Aurora will have a short fall racing schedule, PLAY IN MERIDEN New Britain High School Basketbhall OVER, =~ TLL Quintet 1o Meet Laurcl Business College Five, An attempt to get back into win- ning form after a series of two sic- cossive reverses will he made by the New Britain High school basketball feam in its game fomorrow night with Laurcl Business college of Mer- iden at Community Hall, Meriden. The Tted and Gold team is more than hitting the bumps this season. In three games played it b one victory. Preparat school and Hartford Public High school. Laurel Tas played seven games and has emerged victoriougly in six of thenn. New Britain's lineup will be as follows: Captain Fred Saunders, cen- er; Zaleski and K Sowka and Substitutes will be Berkowitz and Was. TWO HOLES IN TEAH William Wrigley Would Pay Almost Any Money to Secure Two Good Players. T | Chicago, Jan. 26 (UP)—Willlam Wrigley has found that mon | will not make a baschall clul | Chicago Cnbs had the makings of | what might be the best team in the | National lcagne, Stephenson, Wil- son, Cuyler, Webh and Heatheote form a good outficld combination. There arc few, if any, supcriors to the Cubs' pitching staff. he atching too is good. But there are | two holcs on the team that are holes. One is third base, the other is sccond base. Wrigley admitted that he would pay almost any price to obtain {wo competent men to fill these holes. [ With that idea in mind he went out 10 sec what he could do and wound up with Johnny RButler for third base and Freddy Maguire for second. fuir tielder but | The Cubs' owner paid Maguire and for $30,00 rookie, who has yet to win his big league spurs. | Tzzy Schwartz, the New | WELL, WELL ,~ WHAT HAVE You 6ot YouR FooT WRAPPED UP FOR 2+ GONNA SHIP (T o ENGLAND -To REST IT 0N A BAR RAILZ - MOVE OF MY PEDALS A WHACK, AN JOIN NoU, w4~ THEX MARTHA WILL “THINK T RUNS 1IN TH? FAMILY ! e OH= WHAT'LL. | DO round of the Canadian covered |nounce further details in the near courts tennis matches. future. Palo Alto, Calit.—Stanford Uni- versity defeated St. Ignatius 30 to 24 {in a basketball game, JOIN JOCKEY CLUB West Point, N. Y.—The United [John Hay Whitaey and A. G. C. States Military Academy basketball team defeated iho Manhattan Col-| ~"8° 10 Be Members of Raciag Governing Body, 4 lege team 25 to 19, New York—Gene Tunney, heavy- | New York, Jan. 26 UP—John Hay weight boxing champion, now vaca- | Whitney, son of the late Payne tioning in Florida, turned down an | Whitney, and A. G. C. Sage of Al- invitation to participate in the 3 # Shakesperean festival at the }:’o"“"'b::'”:; h"n‘c :;:’:" ;::::;"’d’:; | {atronolitag Opu_ House, Jan. 29. | (hich controls thoroughbred racing ! ey S i, |n New York state. 3y p"mfem"j - J—Princeton Uni- |0 0 o inations, made by Joseph ersity defeatcd Cornell Universit, | ThS mominavions made by Josep) 30 to 18 in a basketball game. e | 7w ter Racing aasociation, will be vot- | New Haven, Conn.—Yale defecated | | Brown University 41 to 21 in a zlu\:nfl?hffm‘,‘f;efl Mosting iof fg swimming meet. ENDORSE LOWDEN Boston—Re-constructioy of tne Bismarck, N. D, Jan. 26 (?— Harvard Stadium to a capacity of | Frank O, Lowden, of Illinol 80,000 was to we recommended to | night was unanimously endorsed for the Harvard corporation. The cost | presidential nomination by the inde- jof the construction was estimated | pendent republican faction in con- fat $900,000, | vention here, making him the | | choice of both major factions of | YOUNG PEOPLE'S SOCIETIES | ™, ren i e i ot ene T0 HAVE RALLY MARCH 9 sen’s" v ™™ ¥ "™ . 4 | NEWLYWEDS SURPRISED Effort Will Be Made to Have Dean' Mr, and Mrs. Charles Mooney of | | 462 Church street were pleasantly | surprised last evening by a mumber | i of friends. They were the recipients of numerous beautiful gifts. Mr. ple’s societics of the local Protestant | ”:'" in 1;‘;::\{‘:1\, o :',':;,r,‘:)d SR churches met last evening in the! s b ; '* fore her marriaze, being Miss Har- rst Congregational chureh chapel | (7 407 MEFOIEE T and made plans for a young peo- | iple’s rally to be I1d on Friday |evening, March 9. It is hoped to| have Dean Charles H. Brown of | fale university as the principal | speaker, but the final details of pro- | gram and place have mot yet been | settied. Committee chalrmen were | appointed as follows: Promotion, J. > Kiesewetter; ushering, H. Hol- nd; program, Rev. Alfred D. Hein- | inger; publicity, K. E. Parker. | Two years ago a similar rally was held in Trinity M. E. church and several hundred young people from | the churches were present. The | {committees in charge of the coming | are planning to outdo the {vrovious gathering and will an- | Roller Hockey | TONIGHT | GAME CALLED 9:00 | HARTFORD vs. NEW BRITAIN | Admission 30c—T5¢ CALL 2644 FOR RESERVED SEATS ! 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