New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 9, 1928, Page 14

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, < MERIDEN MAROONS TO BATTLE NEW BRITAIN AT ARENA TONIGHT —LOCAL BASKETBALL QUINTET TACKLING ENDEES OF SILVER CITY—CANADIAN AMATEUR BOXING TEAM TO ARRIVE -IN HARTFORD TODAY—HIGH SCHOOL PLAYS SATURDAY : : MERIDEN MAROONS MEET FARMINGTON ENDS LOCAL QUINTET TONIGHT' Ry gF $0, CHURCH Silver €ity Roller Hockey Club Out to Avenge Last Sun- day’s Defeat—League Leaders Receive Sethack in Waterbury—New Britain to Attempt to Break Into Win Column in Game — Boucher May Return to Lineup — Visitois’ Great Rush Line in Excellent Shape. Anxious to avenge a dofvat suf- fered in this city last Sunday after- noon, the Meriden Maroons, leaders in the American Roller Hockey league, take the floor tonight the Stanley Arena on Church street de- tremined to down the New quintet. The rivalry betwee two outfits has been Leightens cause of the cha made by Meri- den fans last Sunday that the third period in the game had been lenzth- ened to allow New Britain to tie the score and eventually down the silver City crew in an overtime period. The New Britain team ing with two stinging r ing the weck, is double anxious to n the d be- FRANK J. McDONOUGH retrive some of the lost prestige y defeating Meriden tonight. ¥rom the remarks steaming out of hoth camps, a whiriwind battie is antici- pated and plenty of action is in store for all who view the game. The poasibility that “BiL" Bouch- er will return to the lincup tonight has increased the chunces of the New Britain team for victory great- ly. He has been out of the gam: with infeeted toes and his ahsence has been keenly Just what the decision on his lity to piay to- night will be, remains in doubt un- til this afternoon when Boucher is scheduled to be cxamined by his physicia Meriden's great rush line, “Kid" Williams and 8teve Picree, is in ex- cellent shape for a gruelling cor tonight, These two, leading the league in scoring, are out to mik: a season's recorn for points and because of the intense focling between Meriden and New Bri they will do their utmost tonizht. Meriden receive setback at the hands of the Waterbury team last night in Waterbury. The Silver ¢ quintet was in an accident on Waterbury mountain and their tomobile was rendered us team arrived in Watechury o'clock and went throuzh a fought game only to lose out, loss, at 1 hard Game triple imatenr liminery 1h ry s in th e in the h fn the tonight. They ar Pontiac 5 league g Dodge and These two with e, went into a for first place after Mon- day night's game with Nash cach m having won two and lost one game, One or the other will go into first place tonight with the losers taking third in th The preliminary game will start promiptly at 8 o'clock with th teature taking place at Britain | \Local Team Loses Game of Senior “Y” Standing. W New Britain i Farmington road Brook .. Wupping simshury Piainvilla A winning stréa extended to 11 ghmes was broken last night when the New Britain I HARNWINSNINTH STRAIGHT VICTORY South church was defeated by the | Triwngles in & rough- Sonior County "X Fasily Outdistances Field 10 i boskcant same it ¥arm- . ngton Grammar school, the score Handicap Race at Newark t ing being 53-43. This cut the local's Farmington lead to one and a half games, but a win over Wapping here next Tuese night will clinch the title for hurch quiatet even if Farming- | ton wina its two remaining games. | Farmington started fast on three naskets by Shaw and Rose. Parker made New Britain's first poing on a | ivec toss and then Bell and Morey Iropped in ficud goals. An instant N. I, Feh. 9 (P ack r of the Bos has recorded’ nis ninth consect- tive vietory of the indoor track campaign. Comprting dicap 1,000 yard run at the New k which had been | !’HARTNETT GETS FAT CONTRACT | | Figtsaod Argunens | Athl ~lub's cighth annual game: night, Hahn won as he the fast time of 2:15 1 later drove DBarta hegclong | " aeainst corner, laying the | Church guard's head open and | Enocking him out. He forced | 10 retire for the rest of the half, be- | ing replaced by May. The church | zained a lead ind held it througn “! e second poriod until just before the end, when Farmington rallied on some plays which the chureh pro- | tested, taking a 27-25 yead, In the third quarter Farmington continued 1ts spurt and soon had & comfortable advantage. The New Britain players were continuaily cem plaining about the referee’s deel- and finally lost hoth he Shaw a b the distar Bill Warde second 12 4-5 r. A. C., 15 yards Hahn stayed back of the field until ready and then pa Lis rivals one by one. It was merel abr for him Chet Dowmar, his first appearance since last July and finished last in the 50 and ' G0 yard events of the sprint geri ie withdraw from the 70-y »d it was reported he had suffercd 1 recurrence of a leg injury he sus- tained in an auto accident, Franecis Hussey of the N, Y. A. C. mas cloan sweep of the sprints with Jimmy I'anpas of Princeton were un cond and Bob MeAllister of the | egp un ts of Columbus, third. was Newark, C. then on their play lost cohesion and | irspite repeated furious raliies they | ble to overcome the handl- v which they found them- selves, Reveral near-fights betweew s tenm-mate Leo Lermond, 'Barta and Dif ind Berger oceur- distance star, had little op- ted, and finally Kennedy and Wea- | in a two mile handicap. sel8 had a mix-up which resulted in | covored the distance i the local centor being ejected. | comparatively tlow time. | Bell was high man for New Brit- | As it was, however, Lermond liad fajn, getting soven tield goals in the | passed all opposition four laps from ' first half hut being smothered by the finish line and won by half a the Triangles in the second. Shaw lap from 1° ulze, of the New un up 20 points for Farmingten York Sock Exchange, who hid been | white the work of Kennedy from ! ziven a one hundred yard handicap. |the foul line was noteworthy, The | Catherine Doac runaing for | summar i the Prudential A, A. broke her own Farmington Trlanglos world's indoor mark for the $00 | et W meters in an 859 yard handicap vace |y > 0 S for women. Her time for the 800 g, "¢ it & 20 meters was 2:34 4-5 compared With |y oo L o ! mark, sct early this year, el 5 She won the race ofitar P " 4 o Ha erack rm ON HOME FIELD Olicals Do Not Wish fo-Tnter- fezo W *fl Cofljge Game 9 (A—With tha || o ded to oppos IBarta 2, Ma ey % | —Morey. May. Cobraska “ornhuskers on the | 3 trinls, Khaw 2 st fall, speculation of Morey crn foothall fans today turned to | > 5 3 rker Pol niove in playing at | S instead of at the Yankee Sta- M W 3 Rockwell, Barta, e 8 pt e, 1g varker, 1§ | Personal fouls, | Haworth, Kennely ¥, Difany Rose 4, 1 York, Bell, Wessels 4.1 ¢ definitely o : Kennedy hedy 6, Dell 4, W May—19. Timers, Salmonsen ot JUNIOR TOURNAMENT iHY els, Barta W Retferee o and lon dimm he At We would ca at the mest in “ible afton snonld the Yoik. Among (he reasons advanced hy <t Point authorities for not for this hig in- Point, accommodations for about 25,000 persons | contrast with a pos- 50,000 patrons din New e contast be stag t Cames in Hartford County “Y*" Assoclation Play to Be Staged Saturday, February 18, onal 1l mor is the Geor Dich falls on Nov. Army- the County ¥ sociation will i junior basketball tournament AL C. AL Athletic P as i eity | New Britain has one victory eut of | 7 lquintet. ! 6| formidable front. Technical fouls| Rose 4— | You might be laughing, too, if you cause he is the best catcher in the bad a funny thing like that in your | National league. That funny look- hand and had just signed a three- | Ing thing he has in his hand is a year bascball contract calling for a bat or something that the Cubans salary well up.in five figures. Char- | use in their nationa) game, Jai Alai, ley “Gabby” Hartnett, of the Chi-|which is said to be the fastest game cago Cubs, has another reason to|in the world and which has become look nice and pleasant, though, be- |a vogue in Chicago. NEW BRITAIN FIVE PLAYS MERIDEN ENDEES TONIGHT Hardware City Quintet Anxious to Win' League Game From Silver City Crew—First of Two Hard Con- tests This Week — Lou Gehrig’s All-Stars Coming Here Saturday Night — Visitors Have Impressive Lircup and Record — Burritts Appear in Prelim- inary Battle, While the Meriden roller heckey | team is battling New Britain in this| tonight, the New Britain basketbal] team will be grappling, president Veeck of Chicago Cubs with the Meriden Endees in Meriden In a state leaguo basketball game.| Meets Little Success in Attempt to three games over Merlden this year| Secure Star. and after two setbacks in its last hicago, Feb. § P — Willlam two games, tho local team Is doubly | SChI*?82 | % Auricux b WL Aia srls apaly ued ook weldent af the Chisge | | Cubs, is back home from an castern |even matters with the Stiver CIty | oo™ iy (he tnformation that Ro- Meriden has an imposing lineup 1o | Boston Braves. throw in against the Hardware Cily | o[ gidn't even get to first base lerew tonight. Jerry Conway, the i1y president Fuchs of the Braves, erack center trom Holyoke, around veock explained, “I mentioned whom revolves all of Mcriden's teant ' frornaly. and Fuchs told me that play, will be in the game tonight. nta Claus had never been to Bo: With Carroll and Billy Cook at for- wards and Stavineky and Ling- | oo G S i eing Hornsby to 1 {ner at guards, the Endeca present a ciui from New York, he didn’t wish |to injure Santa’s feelings by letting New Britain will cast it best the gift awa {chances on Sloman and Rubenstein lat forwards, Zakzewski at center and Le and Sheehan at guards. | This quintet is the same one t trimmed the Renajssance Five twic {and on the outside, it shows favor-| ably with the best that Meridn can offer. | The Burritts of this city will clash with the Community Five of Meri- den in the preliminary game. Both | contests will be staged in the Meri- den city hall, the first starting at § o'clock and the second about | Gehrig Here Saturday Tou Gebrig's All-Stars led by the ‘;‘_‘"}‘l‘",“‘;"::‘;";‘;.‘h:;'rwmr;mnmmtl:;.r.l"nrm. football practice call at the e Mt the " Stanicy Arena | University of Tilinols. They had their st aht | againet the New iitlal practice ~esterday, FIGHTS LAST NIGHT By the Associated Press, Kaneas City—Leo Wax, Australia, knockad out Chuck Fulmer, Lincoln, Neb,, (10), | Toledo—Joe Facko, Toledo, and | Yale Ok, New York, draw, (12). REPORT FOR PRACTICE Urbana, 1L, Feb. 9 ®—One hun- and thirty-cight men have an- wered Coach Robert Zuppke's 1d HORNSBY NOT FOR SALE | gers Hornsby 15 not for sale by the | {ton before and now that he had paid | IRAY REINSTATED AS AN AMATEUR |Gantal . . Again Pats Track Sta in Good Staing Chicago, Feb, 9.—UM—Jole Ray, America's blond speeder of the cinder paths, once again is an ama- teur {n good standing, After an ab- sence of more than two years from the amateur fold, Ray, who reign- ed supreme in the mile run for a decade applied for and was given re- instatement in the Central Amateur Athletic association. Ray voluntarily withdrew from the amsoclation in December, 1925, to enter the profvsslomal sports fleld. However, he convinced the amateur officlals he never had realized one | cent for his athletic prowess beyond | his actual expences. Ray arranged to enter the two mile event in the Illinols Athletic club's jmeet here Friday night, running un- }der the colors of the I. A. C. After ‘vlhlt even, he plans to confine all his | efforts to gain a berth on Amerlca’s [1928 Olymple team. | Last night's action ended an un- ! fortunate and varied career for | Ray. Aftor Paavo Nurmi's victorious ‘1"\'!"(]0" of America in 1925, Ray ‘llrefl of the track and got a job driving a taxicab about Chicago. Lat- er, he obtained employment in a Chicago department etore which called for several exhibitions duily punching the bag. An amateur offi- clal warned him that such employ- ment would cndanger his amateur {status, An argument ensued and Ray startled the amateur athletic world 1by turning in his amateur card. | Then he announced he would be- ‘come a professional bhoxer. For a while he was successful in amateur i bouts, but eventually he matched {talents with a better lightweight. | That ended his pugilistic aspirations. Nearing the 30-vear mark, he ticularly the 31928 Olympic g |becamo ton strong for him. He letic club for a comeback. “I know I have a few good raccs | in my system yet,” Ray said. “I hope {1 can make the Olympic team and T belteve T can.” CANZONERI FAYORITE Brooklyn Battler Expected to Beat | Deany Bass for Featherweight Title Tomorrow Night. | New York, Feb. 6 M--Tony Can- zonerl of Brooklyn was rated an 8 tc 5 favorite today to become the |universally recognized featherwelght champion after his 15-round bout with Benny Bass of Philadelphia in Madison 8quare Garden tomorrow night. Canzonerl, recent conqueror of Bud Taylor, the Terre Haute terror, alse has a victory over Johnny Dundee, former king of the 126- pound division, although ' Dundee |fought out of the featherweight 'limit at the time. Bass was handed the title by the | | National Roxing amsociation follow: |ing a victory over Red Chapman of Doston. The Empire State commis- tion declined to consider Bass the champion, however, so the disputc: will be decided in the encounter with anzoneri. Maxie Rosenbloom®and Jack Mec- | Vey, negro middleweight, have been |matched for an cight-round seml- final bout to the Ace Hudkins-Sam- my Baker go on ] 17, | ANOTHER FRENCH ON WAY | Penn State cxpects John French, brother of Walter French, to he u |leading candidate for quayterback on {the football team next fall. Britain team. The visitors have an’ _ jimiposing lincup of irs collectod from in and around New York and | I New Britain will be extended to the | limit to win. | At the Me and Mine forward berths are ehrig and Gilkin- Immediately ufter reinstatement, | |found work in a Gary, Ind., steel' mill, but the lure of the track, par- | |started training at the Minois Ath- ' CANADIAN BOXERS ARRIVE IN CAPITAL CITY TODAY Quartet of Amateur Stars Scheduled to Work Out in Hartford Y. M. C. A.—All Reported to Be in Excel- lent Shape for Initial Appearance in New Britain Tomerrow—Jack Kelly Has Tough Assignment in Meeting Rattelle, Dominion Champ—Ten Bouts are - Carded. | Canada's entries in the amateur |several private feuds are on the {boxing tournament to be staged at|boards for settlement tomorrow {the Tabs' hell in this city tomorrow |night. New Britain will be repre. Inight, are scehduled to arrive in|sented by Joe Zotter, Dominick |Hartford tgday and they will work [Frisco and Del Poulet. Zottor is out at the Capital City Y. M. C. A, /down to meet Gerald Emard of Hol- ‘ln preparation for their bouts against |yoke and this should be one of the !the pick of Connecticut fighters. All |sub-features of the tournament, four men who have entered applica-| The fitst bout on the card of 10, tions for the tournament, are re-iwill be staged at 8:30 o'clock with ported to be in excellent shape ahd [the others following closely after, plenty of action is ected when |Present appearances indicate that {they step into the ringz. the house will be sold out before Jack Kelly, king of light heavy- jmo time for the fights. S R T T PREISSER INCREASES -LEAGUE SCORING LEAD row night. He is siated to meet Jean Tdleness of | Ratteile, light heavyweight champion of Canada, in the feature bout on South Church to Widen Margin Oyer Clife Bell. the tournmmient card. Kelly's long string of victories in this city is lable | !to be broken with a snap here to- morrow night if the predictons of | the Canadan team manager gire to bo taken literally. tielle is cofi- sidered one of the b in the me at bis welght and he is very anx Billy Yrolser prolited by b idlehess of the South Congregational church team and increased his lead over Clifford Bell to 19 points in the ruce for scoring honors in the Inter- Church Basketball league during the past week. The St. Matt player tore through the Center church defense for 14 points while his nearest rival chafed in enforced idlemers and let Billy roll up his bLig lead. “Oskle™ Erickson, First Luthergn player, had a good night and moved into third ' place, while fourth position wns ap- propriated by “Goody’ 'Preisser, and Amil Karbonik, Trinity Methodist guard, fell back into fifth. Billy Preisser now leads in both field goals and fouls, although An- derson of the Jfirst Lutherans i3 one behind him in ‘the latter respect. “Battling” Barta has been crow out of the picturc completely and Erickson’s 11 personal fouls now put | him in “front” in this department, iwllh Al Fengler and Goody Preis- ki one breach away. The leading scorara: Takes Advantage of fid. 24 17 18 fl. ttl, W. Preieser, St. M. 57 i JACK KENDELL | Bell, 8. Cong. (1o beat Kelly and add unother victim |O- Erickson, F. L. {to his list, Kelly is in excellent shape |G- Preisser, 8t. M. .. 5 16 o4 for a tongh scrap and he is just as | Karbonik, T. M. E. . 14 30 xious to win as his opponent. h| _The second round will open this fighter will be fn to finish the other | Saturday evening with three games. in the shortest possible time. | The Trinity Methodists will face the Johnny Clinch of this city, ace of St. Matts, the First Lutherans will New DBritain amateur fighters, also |play the Swedish Bethany team, and has a man-sized job on his hands. the Center and South Congregation- He is scheduled to meet Jack Ken- al teams will oppose each other. The 11, welterweight. Clinch has been |games wil be played in the erder fighting in perfect formn in recent mentioned. bouts but he will be extended to the I1imit 1o win tomorrow night. Friday Night, Feb. 10, at | Two Frenchmen will appear in the | !third Canadian fcature on the card, | CANADIAN CHAMPIONS |Harry Chevalier of Canada, 155 Vs, !pounds, is matched with Joe Truex |of Holyoke. Both are devastating puachers and it will be surprising if CONNECTICUT ACES 10 ALL-STAR BOUTS Reserved Seats 75 Cents the bout goes the limit. | ay Taylor of Terryville, whose t work in staying with the Phil- Tickets on sale at Bridgett's Smoke Shop, State Lunch, Sheehan’s Smoke Shop and adelphian, Bob Hamlilton, two weeks ago, has given him a place on this week's card, has a hard row to hoe, He meets George Courturier, light- |weight, Taylor, after learning that Hamilton could not put him away, has a world of confidence that he will beat his Canadian epponent to- moirow night. I'rom all appearances the card to- morrow night will be packed with action. Supporting the four bouts which will feature thgappearance of the Canadian fighters, are six inter- city and inter-state clashes sched- uled. Holyoke boxers will appear against Connecticut scrappers while | sk fray. FINNEGAH VS, FLOWERS 5 o Bosten 1 that the Army to Yankee Sta from the in- nnusl elash rivals. out ot pluas by the t1he ‘kles Havlem Nezro in First Tey Towards Shot i \in, the Bave holic three hig Yal Haven, Harvard hridee ind tl Notre Dame gtrugg here Many of the officials at West Point th v zreat portion of 1tk nes in fecthall campaign foutd be played on the home field i cor, it is understood Army's n to play Nebraska at il and t in th is 4 big demund ta hold «lar idiron, th or consi at Lightwei Titie, st e innegan, te from boxing ranks toward lightwei, 1 climi pos X 1" sand a : champlonship erown Bruce Ilo dumit il present lightws iz N of New | Pe York, in a 10-rc at the Argor A Matehmaker i fered Mandel] tiite agains nt is not matter will be given fur ic the sanes down for ne o-Harvard cla cruit dispos G oidds out about s DATILE OF CONTE/DERS 1 Taylor and Jocy Sangor (o champions veturned Panche in Ten Round Bout CHALLENGES BOYS CLUR 2o Ten'oht, The Brictol Keyat f ik of th sted to Garre tephone gin in dewell hall Luputen” Bggerts, " on rday. gon while Jess Walsh is at center. ruary vis climination tour- powgen and MeCrystal cover the L which is heing nsed instead of k court. Last/might this agsre- a league for the youngest teams un- ion trimmed tlfe Pittsticld Bagles der the County t will be o pittstield, Mass. 10 26 in a continied on Auec tnrdays game featured by the fact that Geh. il completed, pro s call- piy was put out of the contest in the or the second round onthe 25th ey period for arguing with the and the final game on March & The pagepee, 1al! has heen res 1from 10 a.m.. ' A Jong string of victories has to 2 p. m. oon each day. marked the campaign for the team his tonrnament will he open 10 this season Victims include the | Jil organizations now members of Celties, world's champions; Utica, | tie association and these wishing o/ Newhurgh, Catskill, Union City Reds | join. At least one New Pritain teum, {of New Jersey, Morristown, St. Jo- the South church Juniors, will be sephs of Albany and Geneva. Others entered. All v rvations for en- ha felt the power of the team. trance must be made before Friday “This should prove to be one of the bruary 17, and should be di- blue banner attractions of the year 1o the County"Y" office in and plenty of fans will be out to sea Information can also be | the great basebell star do his stuff B. Parker of this lon the busketball court the ¥ rocted Hartford. secured from city, No boy who had r birthday by November 1. 1 i alig to’ play. the tournament limited to those youngsters 15 or under on tha trophy will Lo awarded winning team. Last winter the “ntomis of this eity capturcd the tpionship, N FORM CHESS LEAGUE similar To | Ad- | | s¢ Big League Matches Bascbhall and vanced By Officlals. Otber Sports London, Feh. 9 (UP)—Org: tion of big leagu hes along lines like those of ball and other more robust sports advanced another step today. The Uaited Pr learned that President Rueb, of the Internation- Wl Chess Federation, will confer in Pari« soon with Alexander Alekhine, world champion—and that the fed- cra‘ion intends, if It can not reach an amicable agreement regarding future championship matches, to try 1o force its ideas on the chess mos- ters. 1t is hoped by the federation that an agreement i3 reached it will ie possible to adopt at the Hague congress of the federation in July a full plan for championship matches. | BEST DRESSED CLUR 4 (B —The Chicago win the National this year, but they s best drossed club . Like m clubs, they w but un- of qif- will be rodaily ¢ unitorms, club offi is said ILLINOIS 1., Fe i thirty-cis | Coach It N practice of Nlinofs. Tt 14l practice yestorday RFEAD HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS JoHnny =~ IVE GOT Tme SWELLEST UTTLE JANE You EVER CLAPPED A PAIR OF GLIMS ON = FOR. INSTANCE — VN HANK: - now LisTEn- \F You'RE REAL GooD Lt . 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