New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 16, 1928, Page 11

Speaking of Sports Roller hockey fans, those who viewed the game in the old Gays and those who are enjoying the sport for the first time this spason, will be grieved to learn that Ferdy Harkins, second rush on the Waterbury club, has been forced to quit the game because of a weak heart. Such is| the report coming from the Brass| City today. Only a short time ago, Harkins| Collapsed in a game from over-exers tion and after several visits to phy- | sicians, he has been ordered to quit | the game entirely. | Ferdy was a member of the fam-, ous New Britain combination of 14| years ago that won the champlonship | Pellittier W. Begay Russell Engebretsen Bwitt 4 Cadrain Hohfer Wheeler Joe Gaffney Dummy 92— 95— §1— 259 81— 233 4201310 13— 333 | 9 Kopec Begay Rinuza De Loreuzo §5— Kaweeki — 3181 su—1043 | Chatanent Gral Davi 3 | Cas 8 of the league for a number of con- |, secutive years. He was a partner of | Jack Mercer on the rush line. Fred | Joan was at center with Soxy Lyons: at halfback and Bill Bannon in u..,-i soal, His work this year as a member of the Waterbury team has becn ex- ceptional and often those who used te watch him play years ago, mar- welled that he could retain so much of his speed on the floor. His with- drawal from the picture takes away a colorful player and a fine gentle- man, With New Britain playing the At. las here Baturday night, Bristol has @& tough session on its hands in play- ing the Meriden Endees in Meriden on the same night. These two gamces have a very important bearing on the situation as regards the cham- DROWNED IN FALL ' INTO FOX RIVER linois Legistator Slips OIf Stone Embankment Ottawa, 1IL, Feb, 16 (A—Tee O'Neil Browne, lawyer, I and one of 1linois democrac, | forceful figures, drowned yesterday |in the swift waters of the Fox river NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, ‘THURSDAY FEBRUARY 16, 1928, Lineup for New Britain-Bulkeley { High school game at the high school gymnasium tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock. N.B. H. S, Zaleski o........ right forward Kraszewekl .. left forward Saunders ....uveeieenn center left guard Two basketball teams with a !o:ul even son’s mark of .500 or : BULKELEY HIGH TO MEET NEW BRITAIN TOMORROW Two Teams Have Season’s Mark of .500 in Games Play- ed—All Local Players to Be Eligible for Game— Captain Saunders in Crippled Condition—Visitors Have Been Traveling at a Fast Clip — Contest Marks Beginning of Home Stay for Red and Gold. B. H. . (Hft) Mollay . De Pasquale ++.. White Shages .. Carasole| an Hartford Student Is Wesleyan Prize Winner Middletown, Feb, 16 (M—Wes- {leyan university today announced the award of the Johnston prize of $25 for excellence in electricity to Dwight Olcott North of Hartford. North is a member of the sopho- more class and of the Common clubs fraternity, The Johnaton prize is the gift of Dr. David G. Downey, '84, of New York, president of the board of| trustees, in memory of Prof. John Johnston, Wesleyan's first professor of natural sciences, and it is award- ed annually. jon a charge of criminal negligence DRIVER BOUND OVER TO SUPERIOR COLRT McKnight Held Under $10,000 for Newington Fatalify Newington, Feb. 16.—Willlam A. McKnight, 35, of 20 Wethersfield avenue, Hartford, was bound ever to the superior court at a session of the Newington town court last night as a result of an automobile accident which occurred in front of Howard L. Kinney's garage on the Berlin turnpike on January 30 at 3 & m. and which caused the death of Frederick Pipkin of this town, a mechanic at the garage, Justice of the Peace C. 8. Barrows presided. A small coupe owned by Clarenee A. Bunnell of 549 First avenue, West Haven, Conn., was parked {n front of the garage on the morning of the | January 30, because of an over- heated engine. Pipkin was filling the amount of wins and losses, will be matched against each other in the New Britain High school gymnasium Five of Yankees Are school quintet, Although every member te He received a floor burn {shoulder in the New tomorrow afternoon when Bulkeley | !Tigh school of Hartford will fight |1t out with the New Britain High|members of the The Hartford te: won five and lost five and New Brit- | holding out on signing contracts. rain has won three and lost three. of team will probably Le ciigible, the:auintet, along with team’s star, Captain Fred Saundc |18 practically a man of bandages, In- | report could {jurles to his ankle has made it nec. |(hTOUSh Business Manager Barrow. ary that that member be taped. on Haven Still on Holdout List York, Feb. 16.—®—Five | world champion | n | Yankees were reported today to be New | Pitchers Waitc Hoyt and Urban Tony Lazzeri, Earle Combs and Mixe Gazella. The ! not be confirmed March 4 is the final day for the the | Players to report for training at St. (he | Shocker were said to belong to the | t2lled to the radiator of the car which was head- |was struck by McKnight's car go- ing in a northerly direction and on the wrong side of the road. Pip- Kin’s body was hurled 37 feet, ac- | cording to measurements submitted ' |to the court by State Policeman | Backiel and Austin - who were de- case. Bunnell, who stepped out of his car an instant be- fore the impact, was struck by Pip- | kin's body and suffered two broken ribs. Bunnell's car was thrown 43 {feet ngainst a telegraph pole from i which it veered into a vacant lot | | for a distance of 54 feet, according | {ed in a southerly direction when he | street, New Britain was fined $25 and costs on & charge of hunting without a license. Cook was arrest. ed by Constable Raymond V. Halle an on February 2 at the south end of the town near the old brewery. His gun was confiscated by the court. He was taken to jail on de- fault of payment of the fine and court costs. Grand Juror Harold G. Lucas prosecuted the case. The Newington Volunteer fire de- partment has received 1,000 cards from the printer giving the number which is to be called in case of fire. These are being distributed through- out the town by members of the de- partment, Judge Walter H. probate court for Hartford has appointed Richard H. Erwin and Charles L. Luce of this town appraisers of the estate of the late Axel H. Edman of Newington. Mrs. Emma Caroline Edman, the widow, is named executrix, Mra. Mary Mulcahey of Hartford entertained the Friendly Hour Whist club at her home yesterday after. Clark of the noon. Mrs. Irene Hayes, Mrs, Law. | rence Kerwin and Mrs. Everett M. Stowell were awarded the prizes. A three-act play, “See What You've Done” was presented in the parish house of the Newington Cen- ter Congregational church by a group of young people from the White Street Community church of Hartford last night under the aus- ! pices of the Christian Endeavor, There was a large attendance, The eondition of Whitney Craw- ford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ozro E. Crawford of the Center is reported slightly improved. The boy was struck by a motorist in front of his house a week ago and suffered con- cussion of the brain, the district of | Ashamed of Old Fiddle; Finds It’s a Real “Strad” Darlington, Wis., ¥Feb, 16 UP— Marian McQuaid, 15 year old schoo: girl, liked to play the violin, bux ahe was ashamed to be secn in pub- | lic with the old fiddle belonging to | her father. Bhe had about decided to get a new one when her teacher looking it over yesterday saw on an age- | browned paper inside the instrument the word: “Btradivarius, Cremona Anno 1721 | An expert will be consulted to sec | 1t the violin is a genuine Ptradivar- | ius. It has been in the girl’s family | 50 years. | Rockefeller Makes Gift | ! Of Quarter of a Million New York, Feb, 16 —The board of missionary cooperation announces that John D. Rockefeller, Jr., has given to the Nprthern Baptist| | churches $250,000 ofitright, the same amount provisionally, and has prom- ised to do the same tLing next year, |to help put missionary finances per- manently on a more secure basis. The first $250,000 will be applied | on the current year's Northern Bap- | | tist budget and Mr., Rockefeller will ilhon meet any increase in unifled {budget receipts over last year up to an additional $260,000. He will do the same next year, making the total of his gift $1,000,000 if the churches ;rahe enough from other sources, | | | Hartford vs. = ] { HAD RECORD YEAR | New York, Feb. 18 (I"—For the |first time in history the number of ‘persons carried by New York city transportation lines excecded the three billlon mark during the fiscal year ended June 30, 19237, the re- vort of the transit commission made | public today disclosed. Bubwny and clevated lines carried 2,000.440,990 . paid passengers, surface lines 568,133 and bus lines 80,052,418, Of Pimples Do It Quickly And At Small Cost—It’s Easy This Way, Why should anyone allow pimples, bleckheads and other biemishes to mar the bLeauty of their skin when they can be mo casilly gotten rid of with Peter- son's Olntment. All you have to do 1s to rub the Olat- ment thoroughly and regularly into the skin for a few days till it is soft, clear and perfect. Emma Lillan Baler of 8t. 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TONIGHT LAST OX TEAM bankment at the rear of his new FEast Doan, England, Feb. 16 (P)— Without having any official in- formation on the lincup for the game we expect to see Tom Leary pitted against Cohen Saturday night with Johnny Sheehan playing Sammy Pite, What a whopper of a battle this should be. New Britain plays Hartford two games next week. The first contest will Re staged in Hartford while the Capital City team will be here for the second game a week from Sat- urday night. If New Britain wins over the Atlas and then takes Hart- ford into camp in the two following games, the battlo for the champion- ship will be a repetition of year's windup, o struggle between Bristol and New Britain. New Britain has four more games to play after Saturday night. The team mects Waterbury in bury, Hartford in Hartford and in this city and the Atlas in New Ha- ven, To us this looks like a real tough campaign for the local quin- tet. Fans in this city who are planning to watch the Atlas-New Britain game Saturday night from the vantage of reserved seats, would do well to lose no time in making reservations. To- day, a large number of the seats in the balcony have been taken and it | looks like a sell-out before Saturday arrives, The Hoboken Germans took the Bristol Endees into camp last night| by the score of 31 to 17. The New Jersey team is reputed to be the class of basketball teams to appear in this section of the country. The New York Celtics are sched- uled to appear In this city on Sat- urday, March 3. WITH THE BOWLERS PALACE ALLEYS Water- | home, his body was carried nearly half a mile down stream before it was recovered minutes later. | penders caught on an iron hook. | Friends often had warned cause of his being subject to dizzy construction of a guard rail there. | bating the fate of young Harry Hill, | whom Browne had defcnded against {charges of matricide, Browne had just returned from the court house in high epirits, beleving that the| {long dcliberations were favorable to, | his client. | Since 1900 Mr. Browne has repre- | democrats and republicans. It was in the clection of William LLorimer to the United States senate in 1909 and in the subsequent charges of bribery that the name |Lee O'Neil Browne was given na- tional prominence. It was charged by State Representative Charles White of O'Fallon, that Browne had pald him $1,000 to vote for Lori- mer. As an outcome of the subsequent investigation, Lorimer was ousted from the |Brown Was twice tried on bribery charges, but was not convicted. He was returned by his constituency to of confidence. Although a democraf, Browne op- posed much of the program of the former democratic governor, Ed- | ward F. Dunnc. On the otber hand he had been a close personal friend of Governor Len Small, a republican, |and is understood to have advised | the governor on most of the republi- ! can appointments in Browne's home county, La Salle, In person, Browne was suggestive of the old school political figures. A forceful face merged into a brqnd forehead. He wore the flowing 5 | windsor tie, and his hair was crop- 105— 34—1448 — 93 94— 108— " 93— e 201 95 494 490 4851469 100— 203 100— 284 77— 249 370 282 446—1383 90—~ 260 93— 27, 77— 261 452—1302 121— 295 #— 301 81— 272 104— 299 51— 290 4511457 Willlams Anderson John Liss Paulson Owen Nelron Decolvin TFledor Lipetz 86— 271 452—1356 2| pressions of condolence over ped behind. With him when he fell from the wall yesterday was Charles Mac- Namara, a Chicago attorney and friends. Boats were not available, and it was three-quarters of an hour befora a policeman in a small craft was able to reach the legislator's body. Physicians and firemen with pul- motors worked over the body three hours before hope ot reviving him were abandoned. Browne was able to swim, but his head struck the wall during the fall, stunning him. The judge presiding at the Hill trial, the prosecutor who opposed him there, Governor Small,President Kinley of the University of Illinois, and scores of others joined in v]x- the death of onc of Illinois’ most pic- turesque political figures. Well Known Dancer Dies Following an Operation Brookline, Mass., Feb. 16 (P— Miss Berthe De Pourtales Bragglottl, well known dancer, died at the Parkway hospital here this morning following an operation for appen- dicitis last Thursday. Miss Braggiotti was for many years a leading exponent of intere pretive dancing and with her sister, crancesca, conducted the Braggiotti- %enumw school in Boetan. Both have appeared at many fashionable functions in all parts of the coun- try. r))"'! Trancesca was at her sister's bedside when the end came, after having made a hurried trip from Hollywood, Cal, where she was working on a motion picture. Caveman’s Teeth Better Than Those of Moderns Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 16 UP—The caveman’'s teeth were about 95 per cent better than those being treated by dentists today, Dr. Percy R. Howe, bf Ioston, Mass., president of the American Dental association, is convinced. “Tooth decay was virtually non- existent among the anclents,” said Dr. Howe, who is attending the Mar- | quette University Dental Alumni as- sociation convention. “Today, decay is apparent to a degree that almost reaches 98 per cent.” Dr. Howe blamed many dental disorders on the practice oi dieting to reduc READ HERALD CLASS| A year ago, Mr. Browne, who was | the legislature by a reassuring vote | econd year-of sport. son, | The Hardware City fivo will be Bulkeley's first on a New Britain floor. The Red and Gold team will open a stay on its homo floor which will season extend to the end of |3 the wit® the exception of a game | Pittsfield, Massachusctts, on March With the advantage of playing sented his district In the state legis- | at home in its favor, the team will{lasting relief by removing the cause lature, where his oratory and force- 'endeavor to make the season a suc-|— fulncss were recognized by both |cessful one in spite of the fact that |[bowel. Nothing but an internal it has already lost three gzames. Lauvel Business college of Meriden | ting Bulkeley High has been travelling | at a fast clip in its last few games. | Last night it defeated West Hart-| 2 years old, slipped from the same |ford High school team. Hartford's |y, L it "wis saved when his sus. |outh end high school, In enjoging ta | sooh 8t0M Last year the him [school got underway in sports at! 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