New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 3, 1928, Page 20

WATERBURY BASKETBALL Strengthened Brass City Team to Be Seen in Action— Visitors Have McNamara Back at Center—Locals Anxious to Wipe Out Bristol Defeat—Despite De- feat Locals Are Still Tied for First Place—Corbin Screw and New Britain Machine Girls in Prelim. A strengthened Waterbury basket- ball team will stack up against New Britain at the Stanley Arena on Church street tomorrow night in a Connecticut State league game. The Brass City contingent since its last meeting with New Britain, has ac- quired several new players who will be making their bow to a New Brit-| ain sports gathering for the first time this season. The team has a trio of forward who have been making things hum in the league since their arrival in Waterbury. Mendell, former He- brew Glants' star and Guenther, well known collegs and professional league star, form a strong scoring combination while Helnie Carring- ton has been on a point-making rampage in the team's last few games. McNamara, lanky center, has re- jointed the team and his presence in the lineup will make considerable difference in the play of the team. The back court is coversd by Sheehy and Magner, two strong guards. Against this array of especially briliant basketball talent, New Brit- ain will pit its strongest team. Slo- man and Rubensteln will occupy the forward berths with Jimmy Zakzew- ski at center and Shechan and Levy In guards. Following New Britain's setback at the hands of the Bristol Endees in Bristol Wednesday night, the lo- cal players are anxious to pin a de- feat on Waterbury. more difficult task than in the for- mer games and plenty of action is in store for the fans who attend. Preliminary Game The Corbin Screw and New Britain Machine girls’ teams will meet in the preliminary game, a regular In- dustrial league contest. This will start promptly at 8 o'clock with the main feature taking place about 9 o'clock. PREISSER STAYY IN SCORING LEAD §t, Matts’ Forward Scores Only Five Points During Week last week was a bad one for the <corers In the Inter-Church basket- Lall league, only five points resulting from the combined efforts of the two players who were leading the list a week ago. Billy Preisser, St. Matt forward, who had a big lead las week, made those five points and re. tained first place, but this small pointage caused the gap between him and the rest of the pack to nar- row perceptibly. Emil Karponik, Trinity Methodist guard, went score- less and fell back into third place. He was passed by Clifford Bell, South Church forward, who scored 16 points and, although he has played in but three games, is now only five points away from Billy Predsser. Deming Hewett of the Methodists stayed in fourth place, but he was tied by “Goody” Preis- ser of the St. Matts and Oscar Erick- son of the First Lutherans. Deming Hewett, by shooting four .. fouls, took the lcad in this depart- ment of play. Erickson made no more personal fouls last week, while Otto Barta of the South Church committed two and brought his to- tal to 10, giving him the lead in his favorite feature at last. The Icading five scorers: G. Fld. Fl. Ttl W. Preisser, 8. M.....4 19 5 43 Bell, 8. Cong. B AT . 8 Karbonik, Tr. M. 4 14 2 30 D. Hewett, Tr. M. E...4 10 6 26 G. Preisser, St. M.....4 12 2 26 0. Erickson, ¥ .4 11 4 26 Only two games will be played to- morrow night at the Y. M. C. A The First Lutherans and St. Mat- thew's Lutherans will engage 1n the first one at 7:45 o'clock, and at §:30 o'clock the Center Congregational team will tackle that from the Swe- dish Bethany church. The South Congregational-Trinity M. E. confest has been postponed at the request of the Methodists, Boys’ Club Five Play Silver City Quintet The Boys' club basketball team will go to Meriden tomorrow nigh for a return game with the Com- munity Five of that city, T is the v one which has b to defeat the club on the home floor, turnin point in a hectic en go. The loc toin revenge 1OMoOrrow will throw their full e f s long as po: management h, upon what floor th yed. weeks itain s 3 rned game will be p North End C: in branch o ford. composed of colored hoys | play the Junior Hi-Y of N PBritain in the Britain C. A. gym tomorrow aftcrnoon at b o'clock. WHIPPETS WANT GAMES The Whippeis ba 11 team which has recontls seven straight games, W to hear from teams in ‘Le clty averaging 15 to 17 ycars of ¢ like to Trade Sc Keconds, Kensin church Junior any other v touch with L. Olewnik street. This will be a| GERMAN RUNNER 15 UP T0 STANDARD Races to Victory Over Nine American Stars New York, Feb. 3 (P—Dr. Otto Peltzer, German philosopher and foot-racing champion, had to credit today a sensational victory over some of America's foremost | middle distance runners after his much discussed indoor debut in the Millrose track and field carnival. While the doctor's most formid- able American rival, Lloyd Hahn, spent his time coasting to an easy one-mile victory the German star last night brought a Madison Square Garden crowd of 12,000 spectators to its fect yelling as he raced to thrill- ing triumph in a 1,000-yard race over nine American runners. There were no record-breaking thrills to the debut of Dr. Peltzer, who holds the world's half-mile standard, but the tall, blond Teuton exhibited a flashy brand of speed, as well as unusual gameness, in win- ning under strange and difficult con- ditions. Ray Dodge, member of the 1824 | Olympic team and former national 1,000-yard champion, furnished the chief opposition for Peltzer after the pack had sifted out from the start- ing line. These two put up a stir- ring nip and tuck duel over the last |three laps of the six lap race, but | Peltzer had the most in stamina re- |serve and won by flve yards in 2 | minutes, 18 3-5 seconds. The world's record for the distance, 2:12 4-5, is held by Hahn. Considering that he had fust com- pleted a transcontinental trip, that |he was unfamiliar with indoor rac- 'ing conditions and was badly pock- eted on the first two laps of the rac Dr. Peltzer's performance was con- dered by experts a brilliant exhi- ition. He showed plainly that he |was not in his best racing condition {but evinced ability to produce |“kick” when It was necessary. | “The German star dia not decide |until the last minute to enter the 11,000-yard event and did so only en Ithe insistence of Amateur Athletic Union officials, who notified him he must start in an open event and not the special §00-meter race originally carded for the invader. Besides Dodge, the 1,000-yard field included uch veterans as Schuyler Enck, for- merly of Penn State and one-time intercollegiate mile champion, and cy of the Boston A. A.. J on of the University of finished third. |the Rodman Wanamaker mile for the sccond straight year, hanging up his seventh consccutive triumph of the se s he romped ahead of d Joe Sivak of in 4:18 3-5. Germany's two walking stars, William Schnitt and Arthur Schwab, of Berlin, did not fare so well Peltzer in their first American starts. as They lost to Harry Hinkel of the New York A. C.. American champion | in a 3,000 meter race in which | Schwab finished second and Schnitt fourth and last. Ca s girl sprinters made & n sweap of their events, Myrtle Cook and Kay Flannig finished first and second in the 50-yard dash for girls and a fast-flying quartet of Dominion 1 American relay team at 440-y | Chief sprint honors went to Miller, bulky ex-Harvard football r, who conquered Karl W, Grorgetown 1 nd Irank in the final rd ics. The long trip east of reenwade from Silver City, co, proved in vain. He was rint serics and fin- card race. h ck Holy Cross or quartet turned in the be: meet in defeating 4-5, while the er classic - George Leness of the New . C., from Oliver Proudlock, 50-y ile re- JNNINGS BURIED TODAY Characters Laid at Rest in Little Cemetery in Moscow anton, Pa.. Feb 3 one of ba s will be Mo thousa ey Jenning: most characte tal tle cen his | 5 | Hahn had no difficulty winning the | s defeated a picked | DECIDEDLY WARY | Think Rickand Is Advertising | Dempsey lor Fight | | New York, Feb. 3 UP—The ex- perts seem to feel they cannot be blamed for sprinkling some salt and skepticism on Tex Rickard's idea that Jack Dempsey has fought his last big fight. | There are various and sundry rea- | sons why the “boys” believe every- thing is not exactly as it appears on |the surface. They feel that when ithe proper moment comes Dempsey will suddenly decide he again is in | shape and ready for another two | million dollar battle with Tunney |for the championship, probably in | New York. Just now, for instance, Mons. ! Rickard, the chef de guerre of the heavyweight eliminations, is casting about for an early summer op- ponent for Tunney, who wants no less than two title bouts this year. But so long as Dempsey hus been looked on as the one and only out- |standing contender, it has been dif- {ficult to work up enthusiasm for any |other aspirant. In other and perhaps plainer |werds, the viewpoint is, it will bet. ter serve the main purposes of the ! ballyhoo and focus more undivided | lattention on the other contenders | to shelve Mr. Dempsey for the time being or at least until after Tun- Iney's contemplated title defense in | June. Critics make the point that a third Dempsey-Tunney melee re- | ‘qulren no great stimulation in e | public eve that retains a vivid ple- |ture of last September's thrilling |bout. It is a natural return bout that needs no particular ballyhoo. On the other hand considerable uilding up” is consldered essential before Sharkey, Heeney, Delaney or Risko is accepted as a logical foe- man for the champlon. | It scems to these observers to be la trifle premature, anyway, to put the old champion definitely on the shelf when he has from now until September to determine whether his |condition will permit another title bout. Many & fistic mind has been |changed tn less time than that. | Dempsey has been off and on again too many times in the past for box- ! ing fandom to be entirely convigeed he is yet through at the advanced age of 32. It is just as well to keep |in mind his own statement that he “may or may not fight again.” | It appears incredulous to those lacquainted with the big business methods of the modern prize ring |that Dempsey or any one else would rctire when a purse of close to $500,000 is all wrapped up and ready for delivery in return for not (more than about 45 minutes or| actual ring action, | Even if money was not a suffi- clent attraction Dempsey undoubt- ledly retains enough of his fighting | spirit to desire to try once more | where he has failed twice. As long as the old punch remains there is | the chance of its crashing through. | | Tunney found that out. |Landino ...... Here's the latest picture of Bobby Jones, world's greatest golfer and the young man who recently de- | clined the gift of a $50,000 home in | Atlanta to avoid any doubt about his amateur status. He has just HENRY KRASZEWSKI OUT | OF HIGH SCHOOL LINEUP| Collegiate Prep Quintet Invades Hardware City To-| morrow — Local Squad to Be Heavier Against| Visitors—EIm City Five Red and Gold This Year—Captain Saunders Show- ing the Best Form of Team—Possible Lineups for | the Contest. Lineup for New Britaln High school-Colleglate Prep game tomor- row afternoon at 3 o'clock: B. High Collegiate Prep. Zaleska ... . ‘ Heyer right forward | esep Wexltr| left forward Saunders . been appointed a members of the ‘Trust Company, BATILE TONIGHT Takes on Lomski in Tea Round Fight at Ganden New York, Feb. 3 UP—Mike Mc- Tige, carrying the scars of some 150 ring battles, returns fo the pugills- tic wars tonight in & 10 round bout in Madison Bquare Garden with Leo Lomsk!, hard hitting youngster of Aberdeen, Wash., who aspires to scale the heights of the light heavy- welight division. Lomski is favorite at 3 to 1 to take theverdict. McTigue twice wore the 175 pound mantle, tripping it from the shoulders of the late Battling Siki, in & 20 round bout in Dublin, Ire- {land, in 1923. In 1925, Paul Berlenbach wrest- ed the title from McTigue in a 15 rounder and the following year saw the championship pass from Berly |to Jack -Delaney in a 15 round tus- sle. Delaney voluntarily relinquished the leadership of the light heavy ranks when he found it impossible |to make the 175 pound limit. Then, ithe New York state athletic com- mission tossed the title back to Mc- Tigue. Burdened with the age of 35 {years, Mike found himselt out- smarted by the agile Tommy Lough- ran last fall and so must start all over again in & campaign for the emblem. McTigue's record in about 17 years of boxing Includes knockouts over Berlenbach, King Solomon, | Billy Vidabeck and Soldier King. He |has been knocked out by Jack De- |laney and Mickey Walker, the lat ter turning the trick in Chicago last November. Lomski at the age of 24 shapes out as a solid boxer who has no re- spect for the scientific points of the same but instead relies on two hard fists which whip furiously in closc fighting. | Lomsk! threw a big scare Into |Loughran in their recent struggle here when the Aberdeen youth sent ithe Philadelphian to the resin twice in the first round for counts of nine. The champion steadied during the remainder of the fracas and piled up enough points to save his crown. The victor in tonights' fray has been promiscd consideration in the elimination for Loughran's challenger. Jimmy Slattery, Buf- falo lad and Joe Sekyra of Dayton, 0., also are in the running. Sekyra has been matched to box George Gemas of Philadelphia next Monday night at the 8t. Nicholas arena. STERN MASTER Ray Schalk, Manager of White Sox Entirely Changes Attitude To- wards His Players, embarked on a legal carcer, has legal staff of the Southern Railroad and has been elected a member of the board of directors of the Atlanta Has Won One Game From ACCEPT RACE OFFER American Power Boat Association to Stage Gold Cup Contest on the s Atbackl poomac Nest Fail, Chicago, Feb. 3 UP—A stern Sowka 2 .. Burke/| 2 5 master will direct the White Sox " Hght guard Washington, Fcb. 3 UM—The | through the coming season, If base- Trookart uGrm1d--5°“er ol_ the American Powerboat | liall observers have correctly inter- oy rnaieens °| assoclation to hold its gold cup | nreted Manager Ray Schalk's change left guard | Furthermore Rickard himself ap- preciates the magnetic effect of Dempsey's drawing powers too well {o abandon any thought of the for- mer champion's comeback without a determined argument, I 0UT OF SPORT PICTURE | Many Conference Stars Fl nking Scmester Examinations in Schools | in Big Ten Conference. | Chicaga, Feb. 3.—(P—Returns of | the semester examinations at Big | Ten schools are coming in and ath- | letic stars, who have flunked them, are passing out of the confcrence sport picture. So far three leaders in Big Ten |athletic competition have heen bar- red from further sports activity be- cause of fallurce. They are Leland | “Tiny" Lewis, Northwestern track and foothall star. John Kusinski captain and star catcher of the 1927 University of Illinois baecball team, and Leo Dalbeck, outfielder on the same nine. , | Jarring faculty lenience or some | mistake fn marking his grades, Lewis has ended his brilliant col- legiate career. He flunked the semester examination in qualitative | chemistry, which has been his nemesis since he entersd Northwest- ern. Lewis starred in Purple back- fields for the past jwill be without Henry Kraszewskl, | |school from New Haven which pre |In the previous game the hig New three years and | Hopes of the members of the New | Eritain High school team to open its wson with a win were mot asl right today following a report from | the &chool authorities that the team | its flashing forward and scoring ace. | The team will go out on the fioor National League Club | tomorrow aftcrnoon to battle Col- legiate Preparatory, undefeated nrc-p} viously defeated Ncw Britain in the Elm City. The change In | work to the advantage of the New) Britaing five in that the team will| be heavier and will be able to com- pete with the Collegiate team in this particular respect. In the previous game Sammy Pite’s team was much heavier and older and it used its weight advantage. Arnold Reckert| who will go in at guard in place of Landino who will take Kraszewski's place at forward, 18 a heavy play- er who is a strong defensive man. Haven players ran rough-shod over| Landino who was playing guard. The great advantage in defensc which is gaincd by the move is lost in the offensive aftack of the team. Although Captain Fred Saunders and | Alex Zaleski are good scorers, the |team needs the point-getting powers of Kraszewski. Landino who will be | taking his place is not a good scor-| ler. He plays a fairly good floor | zame and often gets in scoring posi- tion, but he does not secm to con- nect. At least that has been the also won the Big Ten shot putting | championship la6t year. He had been counted on as a sure point winner in track meets th senson. In the recent Notre D Northwestern meet, he was awarded individual nors with 12 points, winning the urdles and tving for first place fn the pole vault with a leap of 12 feet “hee. i T Athletic stars at schools, who have of ineligibility t to know the other Rig Ten been near the all year, ex- HATCT 1S POSTPONED Unable Golfers to Ram- Added Accept Soaked Coure as pn ap at S2n Anteaio, 1 Antonio, Tex. Fob, 3 (— Coltirs able to accept a rain soak- as an added handicap had today's scheduled ama- ssional best ball match, vesterday after part of 011 teans I tpon ad started piay. ent also delayed mtil tomor- READ WERALD CLASSIFIED ADS FOR BEST RESULTS His home is at Carlinville, | fate within a few case in the games played so far this | season. | The player who s showing the Ihest form this year s Captaln Saunders. He Is in good condition land his play has heen of a steady | natura since the heginning of the season He defe: d the LHHN'I\ Rusiness college team almost single- | handed. Papers in cities where the team has played have landed !the work of the New Britain cap- | tatn. | TEXAS OPEN STARTS ome of Leading Golfers of Country Entcred in Competition Over San Antonfo Course, San Antonio. Tex., Feb. 8 (UP)— The Tixas open, last of the major winter golf tournaments, began here y with some of the country's crs competing. Eighteen holes of medal play to- day an1 a like number tomorrow will bring. t contestants to the 36 hLole final day's play, Sunday. Macdonald Smith, Great Neck, L. 1. beeause of his previous winter showing, was the ranking favorite. C given consideration were | today to approve the the lineup will|schedule and discuss baseball toplcs race here on the Potomac mext fall in connection with the president's cup regatta has been accepted by the Corinthian Yacht club. The dates tentatively set are 8 tember 22 and 23. of attitude. Last season, those who watched | the White SBox work often expressed | the opinion that Sckalk was too easy on some of the veterans. Many times when plays went wrong, | 8chalk took them smilingly and for- | gave easily. This season, matters appear dif- | terent. Those who have observed the manager say he threatens to be sterner than John J. McGraw of the Glants, Hia first rule of the train. ing season is that all players murt | train twice daily, instead of the {usual single session. Fines and { other penalties, unheard of on the club last year, are also to be applied this season. Owners Meeting Today New York, Feb, 3 (P)—,‘lnllonll league club magnates gathered here 1928 playing in general. Nothing of unusual inter- est was down for consideration. The staff of umpires selected by Presi- dent John A. Heydler includes Dolly Stark of Dartmouth college, HELLO SKinNY - How's HELLe OLD HIGH-POCKETS ? HELLo HAWKSBILL How's TE oLp EAGLEBeAK ! Wild Bill Mchinorn, Tommy Ar- mour, Joe Turn:za, and Larry Nab- holtz. next | NEW BRITAIN HOCKEY TEAM RESUMES PLAY AGAINST MERIDEN TONIGHT—HIGH SCHOOL QUINTET SCHEDULED TO MEET ' COLLEGIATE PREP FIVE OF NEW HAVEN TOMORROW—WATERBURY TO OPPOSE LOCAL STATE LEAGUE BASKETBALL TEAM FTIVTTPTITTIIOIT G FOOTITVTOITTOTITOLOOT LDV OETHOTIOOOIT 'SPORTS EXPERTS | MEETING SUCCESS AS LAWYER QUINTET HERE TOMORROW MIKE WTIGUE T0O |NEW BRITAIN TO RESUME HOCKEY BATTLE TONIGHT |Hardware City Team Mects Meriden Quintet on Silver City Floor — Both Teams Strong Contenders for First Place — Locals Go to Waterbury Tomorrow Night—Maroons Due to Make Return Appearance Here Sunday Afternoon — Bristol Plays Hartford Tonight. CHOOSES FAVORITE IN $:0000 RACE 'Big Crowd Gathers o Waich| New Orleans Handicsp | New Orleans, Feb. 8 (UP)—Jus-| tice F., one of the outstanding stars | of this winter's racing, was a heavy favorite today to win the $50,000 added New Orleans handicap. The big crowd drawn here for this afternoon's feature at the fair| grounds could see little else among | the dozen-odd probabie starters and | it was believed the English colt | would be close to even money at| | post time. | " William_ Daniel of Chicago, owner of the English colt, and Doc Riddle, | his trainer, were confident of vic- jtory. | | The field presented none that| looked better. E. B. McLean's Speedy Jock' seemed the contender, but Jock has not been racing and it will be quite a trick, in his first |start of the year, to run over & horse with several good paces un- ider his belt. The sky was overcast today but the prospects were that the track would be good. The firm footing favored Jock, who would be at a disadvantage in weights, however, being handlcapped at 126 against 123 for Justice F. Tt was believed Johnny 8choor, McLean's trainer, {would send his fast-breaking Man /0" War colt, War Eagle, out to race Justice F. into the ground in the early going, saving Jock forthe stretch run of the mile and a 16th. War Eagle, while uncertain and probably a quitter, can show his |heels to anything in the race if he | decides to run. D |"“Senator J. N. Camden's entry ot Oh Susanna, Nor' Easter and Roth- ermel probably will get third choice. | The Coventry stable’s Boon Compan- {ion will be a contender, as will H, {P. Headley's Helen's Babe and Mose Goldblatt's Marconi. Danger- ‘ous and Sanford, the Rosedale Istable pair, deserve consideratign {but the fleld offers little else. ANNOUNCE GOLF MATCHES | Encouraged By Success of Recent Winter Scries, Los Angeles Pre- | pared For Next Seasom. Los Angeles, Feb. 8 (M—Encour- | aged by the success of the recem scries of winter golf tournaments California, officlals of the junior | Chamber of Commerce in charge of the Los Angeles open, today an- | nounced a dozen matches would be | held fn connection with that event next year. The prizes will total $40,000. Under present plans, the $10,000 | Los Angeles open would be staged | Jan. 4 to 6, next, with preliminary | tournaments at Fresno, Sacramento, {Del Monte, Santa Barbara, fan Diego, Ta Jolla and other California | cities, | with Lundeville at center. New Britain will resume its quest for roller hockey honors tonight when the locdl quintet of speed artists bucks up against the Meriden Maroons on the Silver City team's home floor. New Britain has had a | layoft since Monday night and the quintet will be in rare form for a tough battle tonight. The race for first place between Meriden and New Britain is the fea. ture of the league play. The Maroous have been traveling at a terrific pace cleaning up all opposi- tion while New Britain has dropped a game here and there to set the team back somewhat in the race. Meriden will have its two rush aces, Willlams and Pierce in action, Morrizon will play half back with “Corky" Purcell in the cage. Willlams and Pierce are staging a home town race for scoring honors in the league both men at the present being leaders in this respect. New Britain will present its usual lineup with Alexander and Boucher on the rush line, “Pop” Mulirhead at center, "Gid" Brown at halfback and Bill Blount in goal. Plays tn Waterbury New Britain will have another tough game on tomorrow night when jthe team travels to Waterbury to meet the Brass City quintet. The ‘Waterburians have been in a slump for the past week or two fut fol- lowers of the team have fond hopes that the quintet will be able to derrick itself out of the hole at the expense of New Britain. Meriden Here Sunday Meriden will play a return . en- gagement in this city Sunday after- noon. This will be the first home game for New Rritain since last Monday night due te the cancella- tion of Thursday night's game on ac- count of the automoblile show at the Stanley Arena. Becauss of the fast pace at which the Meriden team is traveling, the fans hereabouts are anxious to see the outcome of the two impending battles with New Britain, Rristol Starts Tonight ‘The Bristol quintet will start as a Bristol entry in the American league against Fartford tonight in the Capital City. Since the team ‘was purchased from Wallingford, it has recelved new life and the new owners are hopeful of a victory in the first start, Montreal Canadiens Again On Short End of Score New York, Feb. § (M—The loaing streak of the Montreal Canadiens, leaders in the big time fce leagu: had mounted today to four games in the past five starts. The Canadiens made & belated rally in the closing period with the Leafs ll\/'fl!mh last night, but the Leafs won ¢-3. It was the fifth set- back of the season for the Canas diens. Keeling, Balley, Carson and Day scored in succession before Gaud- reault put across a goal for the Canadiens in the sscond session. Joliat and Hart caged the puek in the last frame. In the only other eentest, the Senators took the Montreal Maroons into camp at Ottawa by 1 te § after an overtime period was played. Fin- nigan skipped the disc inte the net on & rush down the fce with Kilrea There’s At Least One In Every Office SHORTY-~ How'S TRicws * with four seconds of play %o go. By BRIGGS HELto BALDY - How'S OLD EGE-HEAD ?) 1 i