New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 17, 1928, Page 22

Y BOUCHER’S GOAL IN LAST 28 SECONDS WINS FOR NEW NEW BRITAIN DAILY RERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUAR CHRYSLERS—ATLAS AND NEW BRITAIN BASKETBALL TEAMS CLASH TOM FAVORS STUDENTS AS PRO BALL PLAYERS Hartford Hockey Quintet Dash of New Britain BOUCHER'S COAL IN LAST - 28 SECONDS WINS GAME| HUDKINS TONIGHT Turned Back by Brilliant Rusher—*“Molly” Morrison Gives Capital City Five Unexpected Strength— Locals Lose One Goal and Tuck, Setting Fast Last Night's Result Bristol 15, Moriden 14, Tearing through the eritire Hart- ford volley hockey team in a whirl- ng play down the floor, Bib Boucher with-38 seconds to go to the end of the game, caged & goal that gave Now Britata s 6 tc § victory over the _City corabine at the Stanley Avens last night. Boucher teok the mear his own goal and with tping-like speed, he squirmed S through the opposition elud- y sticks and ‘attempts to path until with a scoop, he ball into the side of Hart- with the winning point. one of the most thrilling registered on the local floor Hartford had fought New Britain tosth and nail in the first two < and was even showing be}:v stamine ‘snd speed than the ::;Il in the final frame. The acore tied at §-all after New Bnm: : on fouls an Sl o a live-saver. The game then ended before Hartford coald get & clear shot at New Brit- ot the play of Boucher sh line, the oentar was rown, always a tower iy e defense, out did Hartford's forward attack was completely blast- od with Brown in top form. Back- in ace-high shape was le guarded and nicely to the forward section. Blount played & whale of & ssme 18 Alu‘:l::r. ‘.:.d Boucher carried the sooring sttack for New Britaln, both men showing plenty of life on Soor. Boucher's attempts to rst part of the game bound against Love- the final shot ‘which him. lw::: ::pd the prettiest goal of the pight when, standing near his own cage. he sliced the ball into to bit the ::f;:rd'n cage just above Love- green's leg. Brown also drove one in from the center of the floor. The addition of Morrison as half- pack to the Hartford team has shade the Capital City combination a powertul . one. Morrison was & \r of strength on the defense and oftense and his work enabled Fred Jeai to keep up in front ina driving attack on New Britain’s goal Jean starred in his play and he had two drives that went into the cage and | these scored, New Brit- been defeated. first in the open- but New Britain led 8 to unt at the beginning of the frame. Welch rame but New Britain goals in this period to lead e dhres M McDonald took & in the second period and three quick fouls on New Brit- ain thet teok one goal away. The referee’s actions, in view of the fact that he has herdly ever before called any fouls, were &0 surprising that the erowd hopped on him right o Aubin tied the count with ® shot in the third period and the geme went along until Boucher his goal winning for New Play ta Hartford two teams will meet again to- in Hartford and another game is anticipated. Hart- ford fs out to take New Britain's re in the Capital City and the Joca! team is just as determined to forn the Hartford team back again HAartford . Welch . 8. Anbin 5 Jean .. Morrison . Lovagreen 8t. Aubin Alexander Alexander ‘Welch Muirhes4 Period Hartford Welch New Britain Alexander 2:58 Hartford Bt. Aubin 24 New Britain Boucher 24T New Britain Brown 14 Third Period Hartford &t Aubin 4.25 New Britain Boucher 12:13 Score: New Britain 6, Hartford 5; rushes, Alexander 14, Welch 1: stops, Blount 60, Lovegreen 63; fouls, Brown 2, Muirhead, Morrison; referee, McDonald. New Britain Hartford New Britain 03 Second 532 Senua aawwe - 1 12 HE OUGHT TO KNOW Jim Corbett, former world heavy- weight champion, says modern hox- ers do not learn the fundamentals of the game today as they used to do and therefore lack ring science. Atlas —of — New Haven New Britain Reserved Beats Phone 2644 top corner of | on Fouls—Teams Play Nip Pace—Fred Jean Stars. CHRYSLERS BOW T0 Roller Hockey Game Standing. W. PCT. .600 600 600 .250 Dodge Nash Pontiac Chrysler Captain Dill and his speeding band of Pontiac roller hockey shoot- ers swamped the Chrysler quintet. last night by the score of 7 to 2 in the preliminary game to the New Britain-Hartford American League contest. The victory puts the Pon- place with the Dodge and Nash teams. atar of the winning team. With the sang froid of a veteran of many campaigns, he played a pretty floow game and his shots for the goal were perfect. His pass work and his team crafty dodging and whirling on the floor brought many favorable com- ments from the onlookers He scored five of his team’s points in | the game. He was ably assistad by Newell in bringing the ball down the floor. The Pontiac defense was the major reason why the team won. Frank Kieffer at halfback stopped the ma- jority of the Chrysler rushes for the Pontiac goal while Heinzman per- formed wonders as goalie. Harry Kieffer was the outstanding star for the losers. He was station. ed at halfback in the first part of the game but went to one of the rush positions and his work result- ed in the first score for his team. Selander did good work on the floor but his play was marred by the rough tactics he employed especially against Keeley of the Pontiacs. | Chrysler lost one goal on fouls. With three goals in the first frame, the Pontiacs took a lead from which they were never headed. Chryaler's best work was done in the mecond period when the team scored three goals. The Pontia also scored three counters in this frame. One lone goal scored by the Pontiacs in the last frame was the result of fast play by both tcams. The summary: First Period. Goals Rcored by Caged hy Pontiac Newell Pontiac Dill Pontiac Dill Second Period. Pontiac Dill Chrysler H. Kiefter Chryaler Grosko Pontiac Dill Chryaler Selander Pontiac Newell Third Period. | Pontiac Dill Time H. | Newell 8, Dill 1. Htop: Heinzmann 51. Fouls--Newell, Se- lander, Reinholdt, H. Kieffer. Ref- eree—Ralph Battey VETERANS T0 BOWL “Uncle Jor" Foote and Bill How- arth to Roll “Fido® O'Brien and Tommy DeMonty of Hartford. | A battle between two |two-men bowling teams fought out tonight at creation Alleys between Foote and Bill Howarth of this city anl |“Fido” 'Brien and Tommy De- | Monty of Martford. The local men are not only twa of the veteran bowlers of the city but they num- ber among fhe shooting at the duckpins. This will be the first appearance in this eity tha geason of "Fido” O'Brien, one of the leading pin- [topplers of the Capital City. O'Brien |in davs gone by has done some timber splitting in Ne¢ Britain ana he has beaten some of the best men the Hardware City could offer. His appearance tonight in the sprcial two-man team match 1s one of the features of the howling season New PBritain’'s end in the battls will he ably upheld by Foote and Howarth. PBoth Thave represented this city at verious state duckpin league and ever finished out of the first fivision. “Uncle Joe” {1 rolling in better form than ever while How- arth is considered to be the of uny bowler the eity. match wil he started about X vetaran will be | Joe top netthe; has o'clock Topel and Hickey in Tie for Scoring Lead York, Feb. 17 (P—Within striking distance of the leaders for several wacks, Topel, of Rochester, has jumped into a tie with Nat Hickey, of Cleveland, for high seor ing honors in th American Profes- | sionzl Basketball league, | The individual scoring for games |up to and including Feb. 12 made | public today, reveals Topel and | Hickey at the top with 205 points. | Hickey leads in ficld goals with |123 | Philadeiphia | team scoring. |29 games. heads the list ir with 1,275 points in PONTIAG QUINTET Dil Shows Class in Amateur tiaca in a three-cornered tie for first Captain Dill was the outstanding | play featured the contest and his Rogers Re- | notchers in | talr | times in the | BAKER T0 BATTLE Result Will Defermine Chal- ]enger Tor Welterweight Title New York, Feb. 17 (A —Ace Hud- kins and Sammy Baker meet in & ten round bout at Madison Square Garden tonight to determine who shall be the challenger for the wel- terweight crown now guarded by Joe Dundee of Baltimore. A flurry has been occasloned by reports that Hudkins was having difficulty in making the weight limit of 147 pounds. He has been quoted as a 2 to 1 favorite to win, Baker, the soldier-boxer of Mitchel field, concluded light training yester- day below the regulation poundage tipping the beam at 146. On the other hand, Hudkins wasa said to weigh 148% with a pound and a half of surplus to reduce before weigh- ing in at the New York State Ath- letic commission's office this after- noon. | Handlers of the Wildcat sald he | would get down to the 147 pounds lwilhaut difficulty. Should he ex- Icfid that amount, however, it will mean that he cannot hope to figure in the role of challenger againat | Dundee but muat shift his activities to the middleweights in which realm Mickey Walker is king. The winner of tonight's tussle has been promtised a bout with Dundee at the Garden on March 23 provid- ed the Baltimore pugilist is rein- stated by the Empire State solons, Dundee 1is still under the ban here from his recent fiasco in California. Hudkins and Baker have met twice and each has won a victory. Jack McVey, Negro middleweight, and Maxie Rosenbloom are oppon- ents in an eight round semi-final on the same card. Another bout of the same distance finds Buddy McDon- |ald of St. Paul stacking up against | Andy Di Vodi. A third eight round- | er pits Young Manuel against John- ny Kochansky. WEAR 15 CHOSEN (OWHITTEE HEAD {Yale Man Named fo Direct America's Tennis Strategy Philadelphia, TFeh. 17 (P—The new chairman of the Davis cup committee and, as such, the director of America’s international .{ennis strategy this year, is Joseph W. |and all-around sportsman. In selecting Mr. Wear for this im- portant post in his new cabinet, {Samuel M. Collom of Philadelphia, {new president of the United States Lawn Tennis association, not only went outside the organization's “old held no previous office in the L, A The appointment came as some- what of a surprise to many observ- ors who had expected to see either Dick Williams or Charles Garland, former Daxis cup team captains, se- U. 8. to some one outside the so-called “old guard.” Mr. Wear succeeds Julian S. My- rick. of New York, who has lieaded |the Davis cunp committee since 1920, | when “Bib Bill” Tilden and “Little Bill" Johnston brought the famous trophy back from Australia, and en- gineered the American campaigns that were successful for seven straight years. Philadelphia, where the French staged their triumphant finish last September, thus becomes the center of 1928 American challenging straf- egy with Collom, Wear and Tilden a1l making their homes here. Although he has not figured in the ;a\m:uh\b councils of the game Iy identified with tennis and its lead- ere. A former athlate at Yale, where he starred in baseball from 1596 1o 11599, Mr. Wear has been conspicn- ous in recent years chiefly for his skill at court fennig, which has hit |1 similarity o lawn tennis except in name and Jay Gould captured the national 'eourt tenniz doubles title six times | With Dwight ¥. Daviz, donor of the famous tenms cup, Mr. Wear al gained honors in racque Since his earlier fenms Aavs in his old home, St Louis, Mr Wear has dona little with the out- | door game except to pair with his son. William Wear, to win the father and son doubles championship at Lonzwond Jake Schdel'er Again Beats Welker Cochran Chicago, Feh. 17 (P Young Jale Schaefer. world's champion at 14 halkline billiards, wound up an eight game series last night at winner over Wellier, iCochTan, formes tidnoluk 2,757 to 285, in a fotal of 44 in- Cochran won fhiree of the 400 points blocks and Schasfer five In the third block 499 points, an entire third highest score professional match. for the ina block, ever made | LEAVES FOR MIAMI | w York, Feb. 17 ®—Gene Thn- ney, world’'s heavyweight champion, will depart for Miami Beach, Fla., tonight to resume training. Tunney expects to remain at Miami Beach until April when he will shift train- ing quarters to his old camp at Speculator, N. Y. | GETS $1,000 GIFT Morley Drury, fouthern Califor- grid star this season and All- i back, was presented with a gift of $1,000 in cash by admirers in Lis home town recently. Wear of Philadelphia, a Yale man | guard” but picked a man who has | lected for tha position if it was to go | heretofore, Mr. Wear has heen close- | The combination of Wear | | Aoesn’t know he as (BY BOB MATHERNE) NEA Service Writer Although it may sound like trea- son to the cause of higher educa- tion, there is one prominent univer- sity president who hesitates not in the least in encouraging his young men to enter professional baseball. That is, when any of his young men show enough talent on the campus to warrant the belief that they will eventually become major league performers. He ia Dr. George H. Denny, presi- dent of the University of Alabama, whose football teams and baseball players have advertised the state and the university more than a few hundred thousand dollars could have done. Dr. Denny can take out his alum- ni record and very proudly show you that one dozen former Alabama students were connected in one way or another with major league clubs last yvear, and at least ten were playing in minor leagues, ranging from the International league on down. And, with the exception of Der- rill Pratt, who has served his ma- jor league career and is now man- ging the Waco Texas league team, all of these players attended Ala- bama within the past nine years. and the majority of them in the past five years, Here's the list of those who had major league connections last year: Joe and Luke Sewell, Cleveland; Riggs Stephenson and Tommy Bew- ell, Chicago Cub: ke Boone, White Sox; Grant Gillis, Jack Hayes and Emile Barnes, Washington; Andy and Sydney Cohen, New York Giants; Ernie Wingard, St. Touis Rrowns, and Frank Chambers, S8t Louis Cardinals. And in the minors can be found a surprising number of young men who had their bit of college educa- tion under “Mike” Denny, Only the two Sewells at Cleveland and Riggs Btephenson with the Cubs were regulars last season. The ma- jority of the others were either bought late in the year or in the minors, farmed out by their owners with strings attached, as in the casc of Andy Cohen and Grant Gillis. Just why should one school have S0 many of its players go in for professional baseball? Perhaps Dr. Denny is reason. Dr. Denny attends every athletic event of Alabama teams on his cam pus and also most of them away. He is one of the strongest exponents of college sparts to be found among the heads of educational institutions. He is out on tha field of practice every day. He knows the game, watches everything, and what he s about. Talking recently about the num. the chief ! ber of Alabama men playing profes- plaving | sional baseball. Dr. Denny said: “1 am deeply interested in splendid records made by the onr | former &tudents in the professional field. and must admit that I have encouraged their entering that field when their prospacts seem bright for succens “I am glad to see any of our hoys &0 into professional haseball for the <ake of the profession, feeling that it would ba a fine thing for profes «onal baschall if the spirit and weals of college men would in large degree influence that field. “When prospects seem bright, 1 have held the view that it was 8 £ood thing for the individual to ac copt the best offer he received Schaefer ran | | { | | 0f two years, “T certainly hold in esteem those of our who have gone baseball.” the highest own number into professional BASEBALL SCHEDULE New York, Feb, 17 (P—Army and Navy appear on the baseball eche- dule of Fordhamn announced today which lists a total of 26 games. Fordham resumes a thirty-six-old series with the Cadets after a lapse journeying to West Polnt on May 19. The game with the Naval Acamedy takes Fordham to Annapolis on April 13. REFUSES $25,000 OFFER Ty Cobb recently refused the offer of the Atlanta bascball club to play with them this season. He was of- fered $25,000 for his services. HIGH SCHOOL FACES TWO QUINTETS IN TWO DAYS Red and Gold Basketball Team Meets Bulkeley Today and Meriden Laurel Tomorrow While the New Britain High school basketball team is struggling with Bulkeley High of Hartford in the New Britain gymnasium this aft- ernoon, Laurel Business College of Meriden will be putting the final touches on its plans for the game with New Britain High achool in this city tomorrow afternoon. ‘This is the first double-header at- traction scheduled for the New Brit. ain High achool on ita home floor in years. A victory in both games will %0 a long way toward making the season successful. The Bulkeley at- traction will start at about 5 o'clock and will be preceded by a prelimin- ary game between the Junior Re- serves and a team picked from the scrubs. Laurel's record this year has been very good. Tt lias some of the Sil- ver City's best amateur basketball material ready for service. In the previous meeting of the two teams this season, the Red and Gold quin- tet won by a 23 to 19 score after three over-time periods. New Britain High school will start with the following lineup: Captain Baunders, center; Zaleski and Kras- zewski, forwar Sowka and Lan- dine, guards. Lanure]l Business Col- lege will start with the following team: Mastriano and Tomkiewitz. forwards; Treloer, center; Smith and Johnson, guards. PRACTICES AW IN WINTER Don Miller, one of the Four Horsemen of Notre Dame, coaches football at. Georgia Tech in the fall but practices law in Cleveland, O. the remainder of the year. . 1, 1988, OW NIGHT—HIGH SCHOOL TO PLAY—SPORTS ATLAS AND NEW BRITAIN CLASH TOMORROW NIGHT Local Basketball Team Faces Crisis in Race for Second Half Championship — New Haven Team Has Al- ready Won Two Victories From Hardware City ‘Crew—Both Quintets in Fine Fettle for Gruelling ICE HOCKEY GAME Philadeiphis Arrows Scheduled to Meet New Haven Eagles in Contest Sunday Night. New Haven, Feb. 17 — For the last time this season, unless they re- turn to take part in the playoffs for the title and it js not likely that both New Haven and Philadelphia will figure in them, the Arrows will be in New Haven Sunday to do battle with the Eagles on the ice at the Arena, The Arrows are due in New Haven after a strenuous game with the Springfield Indians played on home ice Wednesday night, but Manager Norm Shay reports that every one of his stars i8 in fine shape and that the sextet is out to get revenge on New Haven for the -0 defeat suf- fered at Philadelphia recently. .Briden, Carson, Robinson, Elmer and the rest of the Arrows will give the Eagles plenty of battle and at the same time Joe Starke, the jump- ing goalie of the Philadelphia team, is in fine working order and the Fagles will have a hard job trying to get their shots past him, FIGHTS LAST NIGHT the Amsociated Press, Chicage—Ted Esterbrook, Loma, 0., won from Mike Rozgall, Omaha, (10). Jack McCarthy, Chicago, kifocked out Billy Bortfield, Milwau- kee, (6). By Meadville, Pa.—Johnny Tyan, Roston, defeated Young Irish, Akron, 0., (10). Knockout Lee, Akron, O., and Joe White, Mobile, Ala., no con- test, (3). Fort Thomas, Ky.—Gypsy Wil- liams, - Toledo, knocked out Willie Yap, Indianapolis, (5). McKeesport, Pa.—Tynn Gordon, Johnstown, Pa.. defeated Jack | O'Connell, Cleveland, (8). Lafayette, Tnd.—Vincent Ham- Eright, Cincinnati, and Tony Sanders !Chicago, draw, (10). How To Star the Day Wrang /NGO MAAJ CAw BE CALLED ‘WELL DRESSED” UNLESS He WEARS Tus COAT TS SEASOr - WHITE GEORGE. CHECR (P, Jom T Loow GLoomy FE DAY- *SPIKE TAIL™ GLlow 83 - Stk ToPPER on Turs IF TS THE LAST THinG | Do FLL KiLe THE GuvY wHo DICTATES FASHIONS POR MEN Struggle—Preliminary Game. MULLEN CONTINUES TITLE BOUT PLANS (Chicago Promoter Undetarred by Walker's Snspeasion Chicago, Feb. 17 (UP)—Undeter- red by a ruling of the National Box- ing Assoclation, Promoter Jim Mul- len today went ahead with plans to stage a middieweight champlonship bout here, with Mickey Walker billed as the champion. The N. B. A., suspended Walker for his “not having shown any in- clination to defend his title, although the six month's grace allowed him has expired.” Mullen contended the association bad no right to take away a boxer's title “becauss ' no promoter has made the fighter an offer to defend his championship.” it “I have Walker signed for a title mateh in July,” Mullen said. “The contract containas the provision that 1 must name his opponent sixty days before the match. “I bave not named the opponent because I have been unable to find one I think can put up a good fight against the champion. “As soon as I can locate a chal- lenger who would stand a chance to win from Mickey, I'm going ahead with the bout.” Walker has not defended his title aince he knocked out Tommy Milli- s in London, last June. His seem- ing unwillingness to fight the mid- dleweights is surprising for amart boxing men concur in the opinion that he probably would have little trouble beating anything in the mid- dlewelght division. Mickey has been imbued with an idea that he could win the light- heavyweight championship and thus become a three-titte holder. e held the welterweight championship before ascending the middleweight throne. These aapirations have required so much of his time that the middle- weights have been neglected. He won from Mike McTigue and Paul Berlenbach in two light heavy starta. Similar in some respects, to Walk- er's case is that of Sammy Mandell, lightweight champion, whom the N. B. A, let get by without suspen- sion because of the announcement that Mandell has been matched with Jimmy McLarnin. Admittedly Walker has had few. er good opponents than Mandell. ‘While most of the middleweights would have little chance against the champlon, there are several light- weights boxing men belleve could cause Mandell trouble, o " Two Pitchers Missing From Camp of Giants. New York, Feb. 17 (® — With Pitchers Larry Benton and Virgil Barnés on the lot at Hot Springs, Ark., training camp, the Giants to- day lacked only two of their bat- terymen, Vie Aldridge, who was a qnired by New York from Pitts- burgh in the Grimes and Jess Doyle. Barnes and Benton had brief workouts yesterday. The squad now numbers 18. EVERY TG WRoNG Tor So deal for Burleigh | LR Tomorrow . night two teams of basketball gladiators will meet on the Stanley Arena floor in one of the most bifter contests in _the state league this season. The Atlas team of New Haven, champion quintet of the first half of the league and New Britain, winner of the state cham- pionship last season, are the twe cambinations scheduled to fight it out, The Atlas scored two fairly easy victories over the local crew in the first half of the league. First the Elm City team won in New Haven and then came to this city and scored an easy victory in what was to have been a hard fought contest. New Britain, however, in the sec- ond meeting was without the serve ices of Rubenstein, Al Sloman’s run- ning mate at_forward, and this made a material difference in the play of the Hardware City team. Both teams will be at full strength for the game tomorrow night. The Atlas will use the same lineup that has brought it through some dlerce court battles to numerous victories while New Britain will throw in the same team that has defeated the Renaissance Five and other well known quintets during the present season's play. The two teams were scheduled to play games this week but beth called off the contests because of the fear of injuries before SBaturday night. The anxiety of each to win may well be figured out through this movement. New Britain was to have played Waterbury in Water- bury Thursday night and the Atlas team was to have met Bristol fo- night. The lineup of the Atlas will prob- ably be Pite and Cohen at forwards, Trupin at center and Gordon and Chadys at guard. New Britain will probably take the floor with Ruben- stein and Sloman at the forwards, Zakzewski at center and Leary and Sheehan at guard. The Landers and Corbin Screw gitls’ team will meet in the prelim- inary game which will start at 8 o'clock. The main attraction ' will commence about 9 o'clock. Manager Clarence Lanpher of the New Brit- ain team stated today that he will have either Dick Dillon or *Red" Ball as referee for the feature game, FRANCE BACKS PROTEST Marquis Deploignac . Champions America's Objections to Cancella- tions of Race. St. Moritz, Switzerland, Teb. 17 (®)--Sportsmanship had paved the way today for a new amity pact be- tween the United States and 1 without the necessity of ratification in the senate’s legislative chambers of diplomatic fntercourse when Marquis _ Deploignac championed America's protest at the cancellation of the 10,000 meters apeed skating competition. The marquis demanded that Irving Jaffee of New York be declared the official winner, Count Clary, president of the French Olympic committee, hailed Jaffee as the Olympic champion as far as France was concerned as the Americans departed at the railroad station. The venerable and aged count, with flowing patriarchal whiskers several inches long, kissed Jaffee on both cheeks. “Gee, old top!” Jaffee expostulat. his is worsa tham racing even in tim 10,000 meters.” AND S0 THE DAY 1S UTTERLY AND COMPLETELY RUINED GoopBY Coup (- BoY GoopBv- ™M Leavn: Dow' T Tawe v SERIOUSLYPEG HE S HAD SDME\ SERIOUS TROUBLES,