New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 11, 1928, Page 8

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1928, WIN TWO OF FOUR BOUTS IN AMATEUR FIGHT TOURNAMENT —LOU GEHRIG'S ALL-STARS PLAY TONIGHT— FRED JEAN'S TRIBE OF INDIANS INVADE NEW BRITAIN TOMORROW—HIGH SCHOOL MEETS HILLHOUSE QUINTET — SPORTS CANADA WINS TWO BOUTS IN AMATEUR TOURNAMENT Rattelle Suffers Injury to Knee and is Unable to Con- tinue Against Kelly — Kendell — Harry Chevalier Receives Decision Over Holyoke Slugger—-Courturier Batters Way to Vic- tory Over Ray Taylor Bouts. | Canadian amateur boxers in the| Mohawk A. C. amateur boxing tour- nament at the Tabs' hall last night carrled away two hard-fought tories and suffered two defeats. One of the losses came in the first round | of the feature battle on the card when Jean Rattelle in a flurry \H(ll} Jack Kelly, twisted his knee out ou joint and was unable to continue, The injured leg swelled perceptibly while handlers attempted to straight- | en it out. The Canadian had to be| assisted from the ring to his dres ing room. Both men seemed anxious to end the fight with one punch.! Kelly had sailed into Rattelle and Rattelle lunged at the Connecticut boy. He fell to the canvas and in attempting to rise, was unable to| get up. The bout was called off. | Johnny Clinch scored a decisive | and complete victory over Jack Ken- dell, 147 pounds, in the other win for Connecticut. Clinch, meeting a man with an extraordinary height und reach, appeared helpless in the tirst round but after solving the st of the visitor, the local boy let loose and Kendell had all he could do to stay until the end of the bout. Harry Chevalicr, weight 155 lbs., of Canada, slugged his way to a, three-round victory over Joe Truex of Holyoke in the wildest exhijition of punch throwing seen in a local ring this scason. Both wen ham- wered each other around the ring without a let-up, for three rounds. Chevalier's cleverness was the out- standing feature of the bout. Truex punched him blow for blow for two rounds, but in the third canto, Chev- alier hammered out a margin enough tor & win. In the lightweight division, George Courturier scored a four-round de- cision over Ray Taylor of Terryville. | For three rounds, hoth hoys fought | at each other wildly. Taylor all but kayoed Courturier in the sccond round but the Canadian came back to ‘take the third. The bout was called a draw and in the fourth ses- sion, Courturier slammed home plenty of clean nunchxs to win a clear-cut victory. Taken all in all, the card of fights last night proved to be the biggest fistic sensation of the entire year. The (anadians all came up to ex pectations, Each man was a fighter, und each fought his best to win. g matehes were excellent and except for the final between Rattelle and Kelly which ended so unfortunatly, every hout was a sizzler. Vie Carlson in the inter-city houts. | weight 165 pounds, scored a 12 ond knockout over Charles Jackson, colored, of Hartford. Jackson shot out of his corner but only for a sec- ond was Carlson nonplussed. Then Carlson let loose and with a shower of teeth falling out of his mouth, Jackson went down and out, cold. It took several minutes to revive him. Joe Chamip was on the losing end of his tilt with Don Lynch, colored of Hartford, in the 130 pound class when Lynch broke his thumb in th second round and Champ was given the fight on a technical knockout. Lynch had Champ on the way to fairy-land in the first round but he couldn’t put over the finishing kic Both boys camle from Hartford. Gerald Emard of Holyoke won decision from Joe Zotter of this city in the 135 pound class. Emard sent Zotter down for the count of nine in the first round but after that Zo refused to stand and fight. kept after the New Britain boy con- tinually and although 4 hlome some good punches, Imard beat him by a wide margin. Vie Merley of Hartford at 150 pounds, was handed a declsion over Charles Stevens, colored of Hurtford. ': in what appeared muech lilke draw. Stevens showed himself to he the class of colored fighters in the state and many figured that the worst he should have received would hiave heen a draw. Ernest Langelicte of Holyoke scored a three-round decision over Charles Viani of Hartford in the 14 pound class. Both boys were hard punchers and each was on the verge of & knockout during the e Viant took @ lacing in the third round. Don Frisco of this city clean-cut three-round i} John Masterson of Hartfor: opening bout of the tourn 118 pounds. Both fought fi Iy for two rounds but the Hartf battler tired in the third and Frisco casily. The next scored a over in the ment at won tournamen vill be con- ducted two weeks fron with an all-heavywed ors. This should prove to the sensations of o amat season. PLAN SPECIAL RACE br. Otto Peltzer and Lioyd Hahn 10 night Meet in Mile Run in New York on February 29, 11 4 — The hop: rac Chicago, Feb. of track enthus tween Lioyd Ha Athletie elub and of Germany will Febroary 20. Following his defeat by ger of the Illinois Athletic ihe 1,000 meter race last Peltzer announced he permission and had acee vitation to compete in the mile run at th Columhus games at Now that date. It will be night, his third and y final rac \inerfean ir Wim an pain of his Jortunity o defeat by Conger, | for the opening events of the world's | | national leaders were to review the ilined up at the {embourg, ¢ Olympics of Clinch Gets Verdict Over in Four Rnunds — Other NTH OLYMPIAD T0 START TODAY Competitors From 25 Nations Gathered for Winter Events St. Moritz, Switzerland, Feb, 11 | (UP)Bitterly cold weather and a heavy snow marked the opening day of the ninth ()l)'n)\l‘ld today at 92 competitors of premier sport classic, BOSTON HAS TWO CANDIDATES FOR FIGHT TITLES As members of the Olympic ice and snow teams assembled for the | opening parade, there was a blind. ing snow, contrasting with the fine weather of the past few days. President Edmund Schulthess of ' the Swiss confederation and other | athletes of the 25 nations. i Nine days will be devoted to the winter sports after which the scene of the Olympic games will be shifted | to Amsterdam, Holland, where track and field events begin on May 17. | By the time the athletes had | @ rink for the oath of office there were 1,000 spectators gathered to watch the first game of the ice carnival. The Olympic committec overruled a, French protest and decided that Canadians might play with a Gi Britain team, even though Canada ‘has a team ‘entered in the contests. The four ice hockey games on to- day's schedule include: | Austria versus Switzerland, | France versus Hungary. Great Britain versus Belgium. Sweden versus Czecho-Slovakia. American has 26 men and women | entered in speed skating, fancy skat- | ing, skl competition, bob-sledding and teboganing. Although runner- up for the ice hockey championship in 1920 and 1924, America is not en- tered in that event. ’ The winter games mark Ger- many's re-entry into the Olympic games. Germany was not permit- ted to compete in the Olympic zames in 1920 and 1924 because of | the war fecling, but the Deutschland is coming hack strong this year and | expects to make a creditable show- ing. Germany has 26 men entered | in the ski races and a large entry | list in all the other events. Other nations entered inalude Austria, Belgium, Canada, Esthonia, | Finland, France, England, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lux- Norway, Rumania, Swed- en, Switzerland, Serbia, Lithuania, Argentine, Poland, Czecho-Slovakla and Yugo-Slavia. | America 18 favored to win the bob-sleigh races which will be held next Thursday and Friday. John Heatin of New York and William Fiske of Chicago finished first and | third, respectively, competing | against 44 representatives of 22 na- tions in the annual §t. Morita derby nym Valentine B lrvmg Jafeo and Nathaniel W. s are America’s leading entries in the speed skat- ing contests. Claes Thunberg of Finland, who was successtul in the | 1424 at Chamonix. is the favorite in the speed skating | races. | cred a likely winner in the women's | Miss Beatrix Loughran is consid- | ancy skating events, However, Son- ja Henie of Norway - old girl who won fourth place uzd, | nad pected to give her a st Anders Haugen, foremost Ameri- n ski jumper, is second choice in b Thams of Nor- has outdistanced the ficld in nd is picked to win, ! days on the program will be Mgnday when there will he two speed skating T for 300 and 5,000 meters; T when thera will be the stance skiing races for 50 k s and _the speed skating race 0 10,000 meters; Jrid 1l be the long distance skiing con- kilometers and next Sat- n there will be the final ping contests. Other features include fancy skat- ing by single skaters and by couple en; long distan tary patrols and hob- usting” races on " the speediest, sled course in famous niost the Olympic Al of the inter- orts orzanizations ill hold their annual contest here. include the International leration, the International union, the International lew Hockey leagie and the Inte tional Boi edding and Tobog ing association. GIVES UP BASEBALL national winter is A Legzett Leaves Chicago Cubs and Dectdes to Start Prac- tice as a Dentist, (5] Feb. 11 (P—Owner Wil- m Wrigley, who came all the Jlifornia to gather his Chi- Cubs for spring tr np tomorrow. found one toduy, not a holdout but one who turned his back on bascball for of dentistry. is Lonis A gott, last year from an *in the Sally league, t Prosident Veeck ed to quit bascball, a eatc Atlan | champion | Langford, one of the best | Bass in the third round. 1S ALL SET For A TiLCT TH LIGHTWEIGHT Cf W SAMY MANDE You can lay some dough on the| line that Boston, while it may not | have a champion very sooh, prac- tically is certain of secing one of its | boys in a title bout soon. | The Hub fans have had some great fighters among their local boys in the past, including John L. Sullivan, once world's heavyweight Johnny Wilson, former middleweight champion; and Sam heavies the game has ever known, and some good ones call Boston home now. Honey-boy Finnegan and Jack | Sharkey are two Bostoncse -in line for championship fighta, Pinnegan is angling for a crack at Sammy Mandell. If he gets it— well, he may beat Mandell. Sharkey has a tougher rond ahead of him. He fights Johnny Risko on March 12. and if he wins he then must fight the winner of the Delaney-Heeney fight of March 1 bLefore he can get Champion Tunney before him Tut he is con- fdent—and he may got there if he | is luc I CANZONERI NEW FEATHER CHAMP Beats Benny Bass in Fierce 15, Roundr_Su'uggle New York, IFeb. 11 @—Tony Can- | zoneri assumed undisputed recogni- tion as featherwcight champion of | the world today, but only after & fierce: 15-round struggle with Benny Bass of Philadelphia, who boxed | most of the distance with & dislocat- | i ed right shoulder. Before w crowd of about 144, uuu in Madison Square Garden last night, Canzoneri opencd up With a rapid | fire fusillade of -ights and lefts to| the head and nearly knocked out| The Phila- | lelphia went down for a count of | cigat and was on his knee when the bell ended the round. | The injury to Bass was not dis- | closed until after the bout when a large swelling appeared about the | shoulder. Dr. W. C. Fralick said | the shoulder was dislocated and the right collarbone possibly fractured. ass was taken to a hospital, The Philadelphian said he sus- | tuined the injury in the third round when he missed Canzoneri with a | hard right and that thereafter he was compelled to rely on his left for piled up a big lead on up to the tenth reund when s8, handicapped by his injury, be- zan 1o land effectively with Jefts to the chin, one of which sent Brooklyn youth staggering to for support. it rally in the next five Both boxers abandon. defensive tactics and ring finesse and pum- elled one another in savage fush- rounds. {ion. Bass was Irequently warned by the iteferee against low hitting. Low blows provoked disapproval from 1 fans who thought the Philade attler deliberately intended to foul \zoneti, Judges' approval verdict met from the receipts e Canzoneri weighed his rival, 126, 3y ning the decision, Ca #ri brought to an e¢nd a long troversy in the featherweight di- vision L nerl was the standard bearer of the e 8 acknowledged by the N¢ York state athletic commis sion while Tass w the reigning champion of the fonal Boxng s iation, has a member- ship in incinding York with one. $63.65 pounds, o gate nzon- con- which Canzoneri was Nov. & n parentage New Or- Ttalian His rise 1o the top of fhe sht ranks fol- a threc-year career as a pro- t al boxer which is said to have 1 him more than $2 soneri howled over many of featherwelghts in his k. including Tiud Fernandez and the former title- horn in leans on 1503, of merie: therwe 00,000 \lllyl NTINES \I(I (U\ll\!. ision 0f the is plan United American {be a regularl, Bass made | 1 HARTFORD INDIANS MEET NEW BRITAIN TOMORROW| \Fred Jean’s Tribe to Battle Locals on Stanley Arena Rink—Capital City Quintet Toppled Panthers Dur- | ing the Past Week—Visitors Playing Great Brand | of Hockey — Hardware City Five to Be at Full " """ Strength—Nash to Play Chrysler in Preliminary. ! Lineups New Britain Alexander Hartford | Weleh St. Aubin Boucher | Jean Muirh Arriuda Brown Lovegreen Bloun Fred Jean, who has”made the boas that the casiest team in the Roller Hockey league to beat is the New Britain quintet, will head his tribe of Indlans in an | invasion of the Hardware City to- morrow afternoon. The game will | wcheduled one in the | American league and will be played the Stanley are | after th during the past wee which the Capital Ct from New Britain that the Hartford ptain - who onee occupied podestal of public favor in this city remarked that the locals werc the vasiest team in the lesgue for Hartford to beat. This proud boast was made with Boucher out ol the lineup and the New Britain team | badly crippled It was game staged | in Hartford five took Tomorrow afternoon Jean the opportunity of disco fis was an idle boast Lic New Britain will present its strong- | st front against the Capital City crew. Despite the great brand of liockey being played by the Hart- ford team, New Britain is hound to shake off the jinx that has beset it in its last three and all the local pla to gt back into the winning column, Hartford will have Welch and Aubin on the rush line with Je at center, Arriuda at halfback and | “gwede” Loy u at goal. New | Britain will line up with Alexander and Boucher at the forward y tions, Muirhicad in center, Brown at ialfback and Blount at goal. Play in Preliminary The Nash and Chrysler teams in the New Britain Automobile will clash in the will have that games TS ure set league preliminary gam: in another hot battle, The local | amateur league is one of the best | ever gotten together here and the | Chrysler outfit. occupying the cellar | at the present time. intends. ‘o] break into the win column at the of the X quintet. Nash second place and has a chance | | spense is in to go into a tie for first place with ! first at 8 o'clock feature will begin about 9 o'clock. ® Britain will meet the Water- | geated Hays Teachers 35 to 22 in & | Khamrocks in Waterbury to- |pagketball game, ! Sport 8to2 game, Pittsburgh, |of Pittsburgh 8tillwater, Okla. Tabloids By the United Prese. Chicago—The Montreal Maroons {defeated the Chicago Black Hawks, in a National hockey leagus | Pa.—The University won ~Missouri gles 56 to 47 In a basketball game. Pinchurst, team after tonight's Stockbridge, contest will start and the main Hays, Kan !record set by Emmet Youngstown and Southern Pines by turning in a 66, five under par. N. C.—Cyril Walker, | former open golf champion, now of | Mass., tied the course French of | Emporia college de- its thirteenth | consecutive basketball victory by de- State college 48 to 25. | uni- | |versity defeated the Oklahoma Ag- | ~ WITH ALL- Girls in Prelim, |LOU GEHRIG TO APPEAR STARS TONIGHT Yankee Home Run Slugger Also an Accomplished Bas- ketball Star — Lineup Composed of Well-Known Stars — String of Victories Marks Campaign of New York Team—Locals in Good Shape After the Battle in Meriden—Corbin Screw and Stanley Rule CHURGH QUINTETS N SECOND ROUND {Pair of Good Games Expected When Teams Clash Tonight First Lutheran Swedish Bethany | 0. Erickson ... Carlson right forward - Berglund, Benson .... W. Anderson left forward C. Anderson h‘lm(-r Johnson \nmm, Bel ngsmn right guard ‘Larflon Hultberg .... left guard D. Swanson Center Cong. South Cong. | Brown, Brainerd .. +es. Bell right forward | Scott, 8lade ....... Morey, Oshorne left forward Board'n, Derrick | Bradley Barta, May right guard Parker, Hattings | left guard | - | The second round of the Inter- | Church basketball league will open |at the Y. M. C. A. this evening with 5 o'clock the two Swedish teams—First Lutheran and Swedish | Bethany—will elash. The Lutherans | bested thelr compatriots in a start:- |ing upset when the teams played bLefore and have improved since |then, but the Bethany quintet has | |nlso showed markedly better play- ing in its recent games and another | toss-up game is looked for. The final game will bring to- | gether th old rivals—the Center .\nd Bouth Congregational church !(‘:-\nut While the Center team has |tost every game and the South has won all its league starts, that fact means nothing when ‘these quintets met, as more than once a Center | church team has come close to up- setting or has actually upset a fa- vored and confident South church opponent. The hour set for this game i8 8:30 o'clock. The St. Matt- | Methodist game has been postponed. , Fla.—Charlcs A. Roberts, of New York, defeated James W. !West of Atlanta in the second round | |matches of the annual Miami invi- |tation golf tournament. [I“CAD HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS BASKETBALL STANLEY ARENA SATURDAY, FEB. 11 Lou Gehrig and His All Stars V8. New Britain Reserved Seats Tel. 2644 | THE FIRST DaY oF THE BIG TOURNAMENT YoU BEAT ED BY CLEVER PUTTING THE FOURTH DAY YoUR WIZARDRY N RECOVERING FROM SAND TRAPS WINS FROM RALPH Te SECOND DAY YoU Wi M Toa T DAY BY MASTERFUL TEE SHOT: m o | T T WITH A BEAUTIFUL TROPHY AS A H. Anderson TLockwood Wessels, Rock'l three games between teams which | “Buster Lou” Gehrig, one of the |most famous figures in the baseball morld ,Lodl) and second only to the home run hitters in smash- Ing oul circuit drives last season, will appear in this city for the first time in the role of a basketbail iplayer when his All-Stars clash with 'the New Britain State league team at the Stanley arena tonight. Despite the fact that the big at- |traction is the appearance of the ;\unkee sluggeg in the lneup, the ‘\Isltlng team in itself forms ona of {"Iv most formidable arays of bas- ketball talent to show in this eity this year. During the present tour “BUSTER LOU” GEHRIG io( the quintet in New England, it |has scored a string of victories in- terrupted only once by defeat. Geh- |rig will play in the game for a full | perfod at least. The baseball luminary plays a forward position alternating with either 24cCrystal or “Dutch” Eg- gerts. Gehrig himself is a star but his work is doubled in effectiveness through the ability of his running. mates.~ Eggerts is the big scoring number of the team. He was lead- ing scorer in the Metropolitan league last season. McCrystal was [8ne of the mainstays of the Visitu- |tion Triangles of Brooklyn last year. | Jess Walsh plays the pivotal po- sition and is considered one of the best centers in the game today. Wilkinson and Bowden play the |backcourt. Wilkihson is a former member of the Catskill, N, Y., team, {one of the best in the Empire state-. |while Bowden is & formér Ameri- can league star. Against this imposing array of court talent, New Britain will {throw in the samc team that top- !pled the Renaissance five of New York in two games. Every player on the team is in good shape fol- |lowing the battle in Meriden last |Thursday night and each is fired with the ambition to beat the New |York team. Sloman and Rubenstein |will play the forward positions with |Zakzewski at center and Leary and ‘shoehnn at guards. Preliminary Game The Corbin Screw and Stanley |Rule girls will play the preliminary |Bame. This is a regularly scheduled 'contest in the Girls’ Industrial {league. The first game will start at |8 o'clock ‘Wwhile the second contest 1wlll be staged beginning at 9 |o’clock. Somebody Is Always Taking the Joy Out of Life DeADLY AN BEAT BUD APPROACHE S \\.\"' \ = AMD THE SIXTH Dav REWARD fOR YouR MAGN(FI CENT “SHOWING THEY HAND YU TH(S EASY HALF OF THe mel