New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 10, 1928, Page 21

Speaking of Sports Just how much Manager Yves-of the Meriden roller hockey team pays attention to the claims that time- keepers are in a conspiracy to de- feat his team by lengthening per- fods was shown 'last night in the third period between Meriden and New RBritain, Near the end of the third period | Ha¥ last night when there was an ava-| lanche of times to be taken out for injuries, etc., one of the players went to the bank and told Mr. Ives to send some one upsatairs to watch the timekeeper. Ives’ answer to this was: “Get out there and play polo. The timekeeper will take care of his job, you take care of yours,” Hugh “Red” Rorty, premier ref- erees in the American Roller Hock- ey league, pued one of the best onea on record in the game between Hartford and New Britain in Hart- for the other night. Both teams were | lined up for the rush at the be- &inning of the second perlod. Both Welch athd Alexander started out, Rorty blew his whistle but he forgot to spot the ball. Unconsciousely, ‘Red” had the ball in his back pocket all the time and neither he nor the rushers noticed it. Kddie McAloon rushed out and made 2 swing for Rorty's back pocket. “What's the matter with you,” demanded ‘Red.” “I'm after the ball,” answered McAloon, and then “Red” became aware that the ball was in his pocket. He doesn't Down in Meriden last night, fans who saw the basketball game be- tween New Britain and the Meriden Endees, witnessed one of the worst apectacles of refereeing ever seen. Holme was tha referee's name and he is not familiar to anyone in the business. It is understood that four members of the regular staff of ref- erces of the league were available but a total stranger, a man unac- quainted with the simple rules of the game, was assigned to talk~ the game. This appears to be an exception- ally poor piece of executive work by ! the person whose duty it is to name | the referecs for the league games. | The New, Britain roller hockey team has been on the toboggan in its recent games. The team has been meeting with tough luck in this re- spect, that the visiting teams have | been playing away beyond their usual form. New Britain seems to be the target for all the unlucky “breaks"” these days. Merlden was unbeatable after the first period last night. Following the offering of $5 to the man making the first goal, the two teams put on | a spectacular exhibition, the best we have ever seen. It might be & wise policy to make this a regular thing and maybe there would be some ex- ceptional hockey played here. PLANTOURNEY FOR CITY COURT TILE Boys' Club to Sponsor Elimina- i tion Games in March | A city-wide tournament to deter- mine definitely the amateur basket- Lall champlonship of New Britaln Wwill be sponsored by the Boys’ elub during the sccond half of March, according o an announcement made today by Superintendent Dwight Skinner and Physical Director Ray- nard Anderson. The tournament will be split into several divisions, probably according to welght, with climinations for all classes from the smallest boys up to the unlimited division open to any amateur team in the city. A committee of promi- nent sports workers has been ap- pointed and will hold its first mecr- | ing within the next week to deter- mine definitely the various rules which will govern the tournament. | The tournament is designed promote clean sport and to-offer all® boys in New Britain an opportunity 10 play basketball under proper su- | pervision and capable officials. It | is also destined {o settle tho ques- ! tion of the eity champlonship in cach class. This problem has never | Leen solved in past years, and nu- | merous teams lave met up claims | to the title, each clalm having as good valldity as the next. These have sometimes resulted in bitter feeling, and as the rival teams have scldom met each other the question has always remained an open one. This year there will be no excuse, for the plans for the present tour- nament are so comprehensive that the team which emerges victorious from the final round will have an undisputed claim to the eity title and no team which has lost a! tourney game or has not entered the competition will be able to con- tost this, Any tcam in New Britain h" eligible to enter, and strict care will be taken to ensure that each toam is placed in the proper classi- fication and that uo “ringers” will be used by any entrant. Prizes will be awarded the members of the| winning quintet in each clam. While no date has been set for the opening round, it s considered likely that the tourney will get un- der way during the latter part of March. when there will be no con- flict with existing schedules of toams which may plan to enter, HAS KEEN MEMORY The kecnnems of Coach Rusty Cullow's memory was shown recent- v when he called 70 of the 450 crew candidates by their first names the cay practice started. ! There are two Christmas-Islanda, ons n the Pacific and the other in the Indian ocean. Doth are British possessions. 10 G 33-1000 7 22—~ 255 - 19— Charles ” R 457 48 4de—1416 AMERIOAN LEGION LKAGUE New Heltain Holmgren [ Donofrio 83 Jackson 103 rtls » Tyler * 455 4691360 | H. Montane 105 80— 244 L. Lavigne 93 94— 283 €, Thepiduit 102 19— 236 J. Kiltonick 6 107— 282 J. Welch 116 10— 311 460 492 4—un ROGERS ALLEYS NORTH & JUDD LADIKS AND GENTS Welrerines A. Reneck Turger . M, Dunn A, Carlson Q. Richter L7256 90— 838 Nelson .. 0 79— 2 . 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Warner March #chrein Kakpenia itarophint 363 390 4161189 | . Klore Girls L) | 200 [tallied for Detroit while Boucher | 2 and Himes registered the New | ph Yorkers' goals. Forbes atarted as| ati—13104goalkeeper for the Americans, | Finnigan i FIGHTS LAST NIGHT Ruson 3 Divw By tbe Amociated Press, | Chjcago—Joey Bangor, Milwau- kee, won from Buy Taylor, Terre THREE PLAYERS IN RACE FOR LEAD IN SCORING Banks of Celtkw, Hickey of flm-.j land and Borgeman of Forf | Wayme Ahead in Leaguc. New York, Feb, 10 UP—The race for individual scoring honors in the American Professional Basketball league has developed into a three cornered struggle _between Dave Banks, of the New York Celtics, Nut Hickey of Cleveland. and Benny Borgeman, of FFort Wayne. On the basis of points scored in games up to and including Feb. 7, announced today, Banks and Hickey are ticd at the top with 373 pointe. Banks and Hickey have compiied their totals in exactly the same man- ner—118 field goals and 47 fouls. Topel, of Rochester, trails Borgeman by 10 pointg for fourth pjace, with Thom Barlow of Philadelphia, right on his heels. The 113 field goals Baaks and Hickey have tossed through the cords, heads the list in thét depart- ment. Borgeman holds third place chiefly threugh his uncenay . foul shooting ability. The Fort Wayne forward has scored 10¢ points on freo tries, ¥Q lead the cireult in this T oapect. mmnpm. maintained its lead over the Celtics in team scoring. hav- ing tallled 1135 points In 36 games. The Celtics, however, in 36 ! wonder.” + | Bane of Hockey League Rreaks Out | l1eagne At Ottawa last night, the |York Rangers waged a &corel overtime battle with the Senators| 32 | BAME " clubs this week. , REPLAGE HORNSBY Giants Have Two Likely Pros: pocts n 0'oul and Coben. | New York, Feb. 10 (#—The New York Giants' problem of findingy some batting punch to offset the loss of Rogers Hornsby's potent wallop will be solved if two of the club's newcomers, Frank (Lefty) O'Doul and Andy Cohen, measure up to any- thing like thelr 1937 performances | in Double-A company. O'Doul, like Ruth, is a reformed pitcher who diacovered his bat to be more potent than his curves. Asa | representative of San Francisco he was voted the most valuable player in the Pacific Coast league last year. With an average of .378 he was runner-up to his team-mate, Jolly, for the league’s batting crown. Cohen, the widely heralded Jewish inflelder who may succeed Hornsby at the keystone bag, was a big fac- tor in Buffalo’s International league pennant victory last season, batting -353 and fielding sensationally. Both O'Doul and Cohen are ex- pected to land regular berths by Manager John McGraw, who feels they have had sufficient experience to step into fast company and make &90d. Batting eyes that glow in the minors frequently become dull in the big leaguvw glare but there are also numerous cases where they | have become even brighter. ‘The famous Waner brother, for inatance, never hit minor league pitching any harder than they have the slants of National league box- men. In fact Lloyd Waner, in his debut last season, hit just as hard as he did the year before in the “'Sally” league. Paul Waner, the batting king of the National league last season, did considerable to oftset the impres- wion that moat Pacific Coast league | averages shrink in the east. Paul Strand was a sensation while hitting in the rarfied atmosphere | Lake City and a “bust” with the | Athletics. Jimmy O'Connell was an- | other whose stickwork fell off when he came to the majors. “Wild Bill" Mehlhorn seems tp | have carried off the rich Texas open | engagement of Willlam Randolph |have not signed contracts for 1928, golf.tournament in apite of a record | breaking nine-hole scoring apree on the last day. Mechlhorn, 6ne of the most bril- liant but also one of the most erratic shotmakers in professional rankeg, has had a habit of “shooting | the works” on onc stretch and then suffering a costly reaction from his burning pace. He experienced such a reaction at San Antonlo after scoring 31 for the first nine holes of the morning round but managed to noss out “Light Horse Harry” Cooper by a ningle stroke anyway. “Wild BIlI” had the American open title in his grasp last June at Oakmount as he got off to a sensa- tional start his final round. course, But now “Wild BIN" has demon- strated that he can he romething more than merely a ‘“nine-hole MORE DRAW GAHES Afresh When Two Games Result in Deadlocks. New York, Feb. '1(‘ P — Draw games on the wheel National Hockey out have broken afresh, which was the second non-wmrlnl‘ participated in by the two In New York the Americans plaved to a 2-all te with the De- | troit Cougars. Traub and Foyton | Haute, Ind., bantamweight cham- plon by technical knockout—non title, Manny Sharkey, Baltimore, de- feated Jimmy McMahon, Scranton, Pa., 5. Jimmy Black, Los Angeles, defeated Warren Levy, New Orleans, i Hearst's Third_So—uls Engaged to Be Married | feated Smiley Springer, Chicago, §. Joey Medill, Chicago, defeated Marty Silvers, Brooklyn, 5. Boston — Bruce Flowers, New Rochelle, N. Y, won from Dick Honeyboy Finnegan,” Boston, 10. Philadelphia—Matt Adgle, Phila- delphia, Technically knocked out Will Matthews, Baltimore, 4. Mickey Martell, Philadelphia, defeated Red Rousch, Sellersville, Pa., 8. McKeesport, Pa.—Tug Phillips, Charleroi, Pa., and Tommy Milton, Toledo, O., drew 10, Fort Thomas, Ky.—Joe Dragon, Cincinnati, outpointed Willie Yap, Indianapolis, 10. FAKE SAILORS ARE PUBLICLY REVEALED Wholesale Frauds on Steemship : Captains Bisclosed Philadelphia, Feb, 10 (P—Whole- salo frauds leading steamship cap- tains to put to sea with men they belleved experienced, but who gov-| ernment agents asserted “never had smelled saltwater, was revealed here last night with the arrest of two New Yorkers. The prisoners, Jolm J. Clark and Raymond F. Gorman, were held by a federal commisstoner under $10,- 000 bail each, Clark was charged with buying, selling and altering of- ficial United States documents, while Gorman was held as a material wit- ness. He was alleged to have ad-| mitted selling @ seaman’s certificate to Clark. Both were sent to Moya- mensing prison in default of bail. Assistant District Attorney Robert M. Anderson, said the frauds were national in scope with Philadelphia as the headquarters of the ring. He sald the operations had proved a serious menace to shipping. Members of the ‘ring were alleged to have bought and sold certificates of discharge from vessels and certi- ficates of service, erasing the origin- al holder's name and substituting that of the purchaser. They also were safd to have dealt in sallor's of Salt |passports, charging $30 cxtra for| them, San Francisco, Feb, 10 (A—The Hearst, Jr., third son of Willlam R. Hearst, publisher, and Miss Alma Walker of Pledmont, Cal., and 8an Francisco, was announced here last night. Miss Walker 18 the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton L. Walker, and a granddaughter of P. B. Walker, Minneapolis gart collector. Miss Walker studled art in the New York Art league, Panama canal The is 50 miles in Europe and | CANZONERI WILL MEET BEANY BASS Rivals Batle in New York lor| Featherweight Title New York, Feb, 10 UP—Tony Can- soner! of Brooklyn and Benny Bass of Philadelphia are opponents in a 15-round bout at Madison 8quare Garden tonight for the (feather- weight championship of the world. Cansonerl with an advantage of two inches in height, and two and one half inches in reach, rules the fav- | on, orite by § to §. |he. Cangoneri, an Italian youngster of 21, was born in New Orleans. He the champlon of the New York tate Athletic commission with vie. tories over Bud Taylor, Ignacio Fer. nandez and Johnny Dundee, former titleholder. However, his triumph over Dundee was when the latter was fighting out of limit. Bass, a hard hitting hoxer of 22, was awarded the title by the Nation- al Boxing assoclation after he had an elimination tournament, As New York state is not a member of the National Boxing association, the dis- pute over the championship s created. (Kid) Kaplan because of difficulty in making 126pounds. 3 At the present time there are a flock of featherweights with Can- zonerl and Bass generally regarded as the best of the pack. Jocy San- gor of Milwaukee stands out as a prominent contender after his vic- tory over Taylor in Chicago last night. Then, the reports of the re. instatement of Charley (Phil) Ros- enberg and Bushy Graham indicate they will resume activities in the featherwelght cla: UNSIGNED PLAYERS |Ouly Four Members of the New York Yankees Still Remain Out- side of the Fold. | New York, Feb. 10 (UP)—Oply four members of the New York | Yankees, 1927 world champions, Tho unsigned Yanks are Walie| Hoyt, Earl Combs, Tony Lazzéri and Mark Koenig—four very vital cogs |in the Yankees' machine. have returned their signed contracts. There are 14 pitchers on the roster |fielders and seven outflelders. The first squad of Yankees will leave New York for the training camp at 8t. Petersburg, Fla., on Feb- ruary 24. The entire squad has been the tong. ordered to be in camp by March 5. the |T. Tilden, II ction from tennis amateurs, prejudices were overcome and the are now t matches Wil be run off between the | bination by only a few points. A vie- | |jal alal games. The usual betting|tory for the Carrollmen will enable | the division{at the jai alal games will be post- |the Bearing Makers to replace the | {poned until the amateurs have left New Ha the fronton. Hennessey and Hunter also will | meet in a singles match. Tilden then ! defeated Red Chapman of Boston In \yy| pair with Hunter against Lott and Hennessey. Numerous controversial some dealing with Tilden’s to go abroad before the Davis cup | The featherweight champlonship |trials, were scheduled to come be- | was vacated voluntarlly by “°"“i.‘,?': the meeting of the U. 8. L. with of the elrly squad NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1928, I GRIGAGD TONIGAT Veteran Tennis Star to Enguge in Special Singles Match st Jal Alal Games, Chicago, Feb. 10 (UP)—Williana veteran tennis star, will meet young George M. Lott, Jr, of Chicago in a special singles match in connection with a program of jai alai games here tonight. The Tilden-Lott match and two others in which Johnny Hennessey of Indianapolis and Francis Hunter of New York will participate will feature the 47th annual meeting of United States Lawn Tennis a ¢ | sociation. q'-ytnx of the nT‘ntlch“ in eon-P Due to their sensational playing nection with the highly profession- of the past two weeks, . Ve lized jai alai games first met ob- Towners have climbed from fifth to|J0™ Chadys and Wexler, guards. but second pisition in the standing and SEYEN PLAYERS 00T New York Giants Have Plenty of Work Before Season Opens To Complete Roster. New York, Feb. New York Giants have seven play- g ers unsigned for the coming season. They are Virgil Barnes, Jim Faulk- ner, Burleigh Grime: Jess Doyle, Frank Hogan and George | | Harper. Hogan, the young backstop ob-| |tained by the Giants in the Horns- | by trade, is expected to confer with | President Charles A. 8toneham here | Saturday over his salary. | receiver I8 said to weigh around 220 | pounds. about 25 pounds over play- |ing welght. CHARLIE ROOT SIGNS Chicago, Feb. 10 UM — Charlie | Root, winner of 26 games' on the [hill for the Cubs last year, and who |" The other 31 members of the team |Tecently returned his contract un- signed, has come to an agrecement | ‘ The new for this meason, b catchers, nine in- |contract is for one year, but the | [terms were not made public. One arrivals of the Cub | the management. today was CIiff Heathcote, “butter and egg” man from York, Pa., who patrols left fleld for | Cubs. OUR BOARDING HOUSE UM-A- GULPws GULP e MiSS CHURCH v ARM-caq How'D Y'LIKE -To Go SEE A MOVIE TNIGHT ? ] s NOT ONE OF ~“THEM . MuUsHY RoMAKTIC s BUT SUMPIAY® ABOUT FROMTIER DAYS, WHERE -TH" HERO ALMOST GBTS HUNG,«BUT His LEGS PICTURE AT -THE STRAND I'M W6 To SEE,“4 "HEARTS ARE-TRUMP WrfH WHEELER BARROW, AMD VicToR(A-ToPP !5 KIND, IS LONGER -“THAN “TH' ROPE ! 5. Frankie Bauman, Brooklyn, de- By Ahern SWEDISH MATCH, ~THeVLL BREAK A Do2EM “TIMES BEFORE LOVE (SMITES! FAKE FiaLLy GETS UP ‘NERVE = HIGH PRESSURE INTeREST o | EST 800K , " THE. HAIR SHO0D ETC-Erc-ETC — contests, trajl the leaders by enly § points. o LN GROWER" PV .M. BALOT— (el BE_WIMOUT [T PETE BUT (TS ONLY You (AN'T BEAT oN 1‘11_ CBRUET: b2 e 2ot - m— matters, |in the balance, Bristol may be ex- | desire [pected to perform at top speed and 10 (UP)—The Bill Clarkson, | The new BRISTOL ENDEES T0 NEET ATLAS Loading Toams i Sta Loagoe 2 e s v Battle or Leadersip "Cn i |back drive in the closing |nose out thelr rivals in the Bristol, Feb. 10.—The Bristol New Departures faces its most severe leot?::l:‘:ld ‘:::.::‘: .:l‘..: ey minutes of play. The interest of Conn - of the present season on Baturday |expected to be packed to the rafters night at the local high school gym.iat the shrill of the referee’s epening when they are slated to clash with |Whistle, the league jeading Atlas quintet of | FProbable lineups: Bristol—Feld. New Haven, in a contest that {s ex- |man, Johnson and Malocelm, for- pected to produce the winner of the Wards; Donoghue, center, and Maa- “{second half of the Connecticut state Ning. Waterman and Crowley, | basketball league. guards. Atlas—Cohen, Botwinik and Pite, Bell | forwards; Lyman, center and Gor- the HI-Y PLAYS SATURDAY The Junior HI-Y hasketball team of this city is scheduled to play & baskethall game with the Junier eners at the head of the HI-Y team from the North End { processton, while a defeat will force | COmmunity branch of the Hartford them to forfeit their chance to gain| Y- M. C. A. The Hartford team 1o the second half title and the right to | composed of colored fellows and are meet the Eim City hoopsters in the known to have a fast team. The Dlay-off series for the state crown.|Eame will bo played on Saturday at With such heavy stakes hanging | the local “Y" at £:30 p. m, GETS FIVE YEAR CONTRAC? the fans should witness a ding-dong| Charles W. Bachman, formep exhibition. The two clubs have been |Kansas State coach who traditional court rivals for the past slgned to coach the Florids football |several years, and the Atjas are|team next fall, was given & five-yeas |anxious to avenge past perform- contract on his new job, ances, the Bristolites climinating the | = Elm City Hebrews as champlonship| Chicago—The signed contract of cantenders during 1926 and 1927. |Charley Root, Chicago pitcher, wag The teams have met twice this recelved by the Chicago Cubs. Tomikowski & Dawson The Store For You OPP. 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