New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 20, 1928, Page 9

Speaking New Britain today is knoeking at the dood of two championships in the state, one being basketball and the other being roller hockey. Sat- urday nizht the local basketball tribe defeated the Atlas A. C., & crippled combination far frem the one that appeared here previoualy, and vaulted into the saddle In the court loop. Yesterday, New Britain defeated Bristol in roller hockey and the team is now tied with Wa- terbury for second place. Both New Britain and Waterbury have won the mme number ef games as Meriden but the Silver City team has twe gimes yet to play to be even with the second place teams in the number played. It Meriden loses two more and New Britain and Waterbury continue their winning campaign, Meriden will be behind in the race for the second half cham- plonship, —— New Britain and Waterbury will fight it out tonight at the Btanley Arena for second place. The form shown by New Britain yesterday augurs well for the chances of the Jocal team to beat Waterbury to- night. “Dolly” Morrison has refused to play halfback for Hartford and he has been indefinitely suspended by Owner Harry Starkie of the Capital City team. Morrison was traded to Hartford from Meriden for Arriuda. It was reported at the time that Fredie Harking had been forced to quit because & weak heart. This has since proved to be a good slice of bologna. Harkins with a weak heart is good enough but he would be the best ever it his health, was good. The worries of a manager in any line of sports are many but they do not all combined in the results ob- tained in wins and losses but their teams. Manager Clarence Lanpher had an experience starting late Fri- day night and lasting until just be- fore game time Saturday night that he will remember for years to come. Depending on having either Dick Dillon or “Red” Ball as the referee for the game between New Britain and the Atlas here Saturday night, Manager Lanpher rested easy all week, Then came Friday night at 11:45 o'clock and he was notified that neither Dillon or Ball was available, Tmmediately he started to burn the wires in an attempt to secure some official to take the game. Up to 1 o'clock Saturday morning, he was unable to secure anybody at all. - Baturday morning at 7:45 o'clock, hestarted another campaign to se- cure a competent officlal. Every referes he got in touch with refused the assignment or could not be here. He called Holyoke, 8pringfield, Mid- dletown, New York, New Haven, Waterbury and many other places. In fact, he spent a sizeable sum of money in a vain quest. Finally he was forced to accept the two men who handled the game here Saturday night. In justice to Frank Barnikow of Meriden, the referee, we feel that it is only right to say that his work was good. His partner, Holm, the umpire, certain- 1y can learn a great deal more about the rules of the game than he show- ed Baturday night. The same old cry of “in the bag” s floating through the air again after Saturday night's game. Those who belleve the game was in the bag | can believe it if they wish to. As far as we are concerned, we are ab- solutely convinced that there was nothing pre-arranged Saturday night. We don’t think that the in- tegrity of the local manager or the local players in this respect can be questioned. *“Red” Rorty pulled a good num- ber at the roller hockey game here yesterday afternoon. Between pe- riods, he started to announce the score. The count stood New Britain ¢ and Bristol 3. In his stentorian volee, “Red"” announced “The score, New Britain 5—" Immediately there ‘was & chorus of voices from the kids in the bleachers “Six, six, six, six.” It was a regular chant. “Red” was non-pluss-d for a time | and he took severml looks at the score board. Then he announced the score rightly, adding this re- mark: “Well, I'm only the umpire, how do you expect me to see.” There are many who used to think that Rorty was blind, especial- ly at Electric field when he was um- piring baseball games, hut we would like to lay a bet that the majority of the hockey fans here would give anyone an argumen‘ who said that R-rty wasn't the best hockey official to make an appearance in this city. George C. Rogers stepped up to the gun mark at the bowling alleys which bear his name, Saturday night and hit a score of 161. Earl Davis of the Universal league fol- lowed him and hit 172. This might be considered unusual for any single day or night but high acores have become a regular thing at Rogers alleys, Numbers of bowlers such as Foote, Anderson, Howarth, Rooney, Larson, Stedman and ethers are showing a keen eye and a steady arm. Besides these many business and professionsl men are indulging in the sport which has retained its popularity straight through the win- ter months. SWEDE YS. SWEDE New Haven and New Britain Luth- eran Basketball Teams Mect To- night on Local Court. : ‘The annual battle between the SBwedish Lutheran basketball team from New Haven and the local Bwedish Lutheran team is scheduled o take place tomorrow night at the 1 Y. M. C. A. gym. Last year the tors saw a hectic battle in h for a time it looked as if the last minute rally pulled the game out of the fire for the local hoop- stera, Preceding the basketball game to- morrow night an acrobatic and gym- Mmmuwh;:: pler, Schenck, Atkinsen, Rogan, Parker and Helnsmann They will perform on the high hori- sontal bar, parallel bars and side horse. The tumbling team consist- ing of Stankelia, Narkea and Ander- ®on will do the rubber heel act. Lineups of the local and visiting basketball teama: New Britain New Haven W. Berglund ........ R. Gustatson Left Forward Forward Right C. Anderson ..... « A. Johnson Center L. Larson ........... P. Anderson . Left Guard E. Berlin .......:...... M, Carlson Right Guard Program starts at 8§ p. m. and John Tobin will be the referee. MAY HAVE PEACE INTENNIS RANKS Samuel H. Collom Has Coni- denos of Parties to Argament New York, Feb. 20 M — The olive branch seems about to be en- {twined about the turbulent tennis racquet. The entwining is being eccom- plished’ by the new chief executive of the United States Lawn Tennis hasoclation, Bamuel H. Collom of Phladelphia. In employing practical measures calculated to promote harmeny in the tennis family, particularly so far ‘as the Davis cup campaign is concerned, Mr. Collom s in the happy position of having the confi- dence of the “old guard” of the U. 8. L. T. A. as well as the clos. friendship of the tall gentleman of the courts, W. T. Tilden. As he has’‘outlined his Davis cup !program for the Assoclated Press ifor the benefit of those who may be concerned about his policy, Mr. Collom makes these two salient starting points: 1. The recognition of the fact that Tilden is the main reliance of the playing forces; that he is far and away the greatest American singles performer, with ne younger talent ripe enough to replace him, and, partner of Francis T. Hunter, the dynamo of the greatest doubles combination in the world at the present time. 2. The formation of & Davis cup committee that will work harmoni- ously with Tilden, remove any sources of friction and push & cam- paign designed to put America's best foot forward this year, as well as to bulld up playing strength for the future, 1 ‘This policy already has ‘been put into effect by Mr. Collom's appoint- ment of Joseph W. Wear of Phila- delphia as ‘chairman of the Davis cup committee, Wear is & close friend of Tilden's and an ‘“out- sider,” so far as the executive coun- cils of the game have been con- cerned previously. Although he aiso has been in intimate touch with the game, it i3 reasonable to suppose that Tilden was consulted in the selection of Wear. In the past “Big BIll” frequently has been at loggerheads with the chairman, Julian 8. Myrick. The ex-champlon’s declded viewa on tactics, training and team selection have provoked many a merry ar- ' gument. | 1t some concessions may be made to Tilden's standpoint in the or- ganization of the campaign this vear it is probable also that “Big | Bill" may bow to the association’s wishes on the schedule of team play. It is likely that Tilden, as well as Hunter, wili play through the entire Mr. Collom hopes to convince Til- !den that, although the American izone finala will not be completed |until early in June, he still will the campalgn. Tildén has sald the United States rious bid for the recapture of the Davis cup this year or devoting the major effort to team for the fture. “We can do both this year,” Mr. Collom holds. “Tilden and Hunter may be the bulwark of the team again but there also will be a good chance for the youths to make the team.” Collom proposes that a squad of six players, combining experience Wwith youth, be sent abroad for the FEuropean tournaments, the selec- tion of the “big.four” to be made according to developments on the other side. This would give & chance such Lott, Hennesscy, Doeg or Chandler to make the trip and gain valuable | experience, even though they did inot get into much Davis cup com- petition. for The opening mateh for the United States, against Mexico, (will be played in Mesxico City in April, |season. The second mateh, with China, will be played either in Ban Francisco or Kansas and the American sone final {h Chi- cago, the first week of June, with the survivor of the Cuba-Japan- Canada half of the draw. b s - s e Free Examination HEART and LUNGS Tucsday and Friday Afternoons NEW BRITAIN CLINIO ‘ Booth Block old Davis cup committee and fts] American zone competition | before going abroad for the finals, | have sufficient time to go overseas | and get into shape for the rest of | {must choose between making a se- | building a new capable younger players as probably NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, !‘EBRUARY' 20, 1928 WIN OYER NEW BRITAIN Locals Stll Under Spell of Three- Polat Jax Held by Silver City Team, Meriden Btate Trade school de- feated New Britain Btate Trade school by 33-30 eb the Senior High school here Baturday morning and kept the three-polnt jinx which it holds over the locals. New Britain had the best of it for the first three quarters, but Meriden came from behind and won out in the final minute of play. New Britain was Ured from its hard game with Lewis High wst¢hoel the previous evening, while Frederick Abel w away from town and was missing from the line-up for the first time since he entered Trade school ath- letics. Prysbys filled in for him creditably, making nine points, but the team was too tired. Burning for revenge from the three-point overtime loss when the teams met in Meriden, New Britain started fast, Pond, Richtmyer, An- derson and Prysbys joining te make the tally st the quarter and 21-13 at hall. Meriden held New Britain séoreless from the floor in the third period and moved up to, 2¢-23. In the last quarter & sub- stitute, Salke, went in for the visi- tors and broke a for easy shots three times in quick succession, winning the game. The Traders collapsed physically in this half, the strain of two games proving too much. The summary: Meriden 6, T. 8. Fld. FL Tt 13 8 Humpage, r. f. Frang, L 1. | Zajae, ¢, L @ |Salka, c. . |Clerk, r. . Lesiak, 1. 8. . Slonwomn O o € 4 2 3 New Britain 8. T. S. Fld. . 4 FL Ttl. Pond, r. . .. 10 Richtmyer, 1 f. Anderson, c. Knowles, r. g. Rozjenski, r. g Cohen, r. g. Pryzbyz, 1. g. o 0 [ a0 Personal fouls—Richtmyer, An- derson 8, Knowles 2, Rozjenski. Pryzbys $3—10; Humpage, Franz 2, Salka, Ciark, Lesiak, Zajac 3—9. Technical foulvHumpage. Free tries—Pond 4, Richtmyer 2, An- derson, Pryzbyz §—12; Humpage 4, Frans 2, Clark 3, Lesiak 2—11. Referee—Nixon. Timer—S8chober. Bcorer—B8mith. TERRYVILLE TEAM WILL PLAY BOYS' CLUB FIVE Maple Ends Boast of Quite a Record in Western Part of the State ;Junhrlucuu The Maple Ends of Terryville will oppose the Boys' club basketball team here tonight in the local or- ganization’s regular Monday night home game. The visitors boast quite a record in the western part of the state and hope to be able to down the club on its own floor, a trick that has been pulled only once this season. Coach Ray Anderson will use his new lineup, with Kerelejza and Gill as forwards, Goffa at center and Compagnone and Benjamin as guards. This combination has worked exceedingly well in the last two games and will be tried again tonight, with Kley and Bliva ready to step In if the youngsters falter and with Grusha, Parparian and Zujko available for reserve duty. ‘The Boys' club Reserves will renew their series with the Good Will club of Hartford in the preliminary game. The Reserves hold one vic- tory over the Hartford team and hope for another tonight. Dancing will follow the games, with music by the Imperial club orchestra. Junior League The Group B Intermediate league games were called off Saturday aft- ernoon because of the bridge party of the ladies’ auxiliary, but Junior league ran off its scheduled contests in the evening. Btars, who a few weeks ago looked - Slusocws alwcoocore had their lead cut to one game whtn they were defeated by 8-7 at the hands of the Hurricanes, who there- by climbed out of the cellar for the first time. The Phantoms closed in on the leaders by taking a 10-3 de- cision from the Wildcats, while the Pirates took the measure of the Speedboys by a 7-4 score. The standing: w L Pct All-Stars ... 10 3 789 Phantoms L 4 692 Pirates . 8 5 815 Speedboys 1 L] 538 Hurricanes vee 810 231 Wildcats ....o00000 2 11 184 READ HERALD CLASSIFTED ADS HIGH PRESSURE during the Easter holiday City In May 9| the | The All-| as if they had the league cinched, | NORWAY DEFENDS OLYMPIG TITLES United States Finishes Second In Outdoor Classic 8t. Moritz, Switserland, Feb. 20 UP—The rugged athletes of Norway had successfully defended their Olympic winter sports champion. today with the United States finish- ing second in the international out- door classic. Sweden was third. The American contingent aswept through to a glorious victory in the bobsleigh finals yesterday, Willlam Fiske landing first place and John Heaton second. The sleds hummed over the ice at a €0 mile an hour clip. Heaton registered the fastest times, one minute, $8 7-10 seconds which is only ten seconds behind the world record held by Martineau of England. The others in the bobsleigh event finished as follows: Third, Paul Kil. fan of Germany; fourth, Gramajo of Argentine; fifth, Hope, Argentine; sixth, Ernest Lambert, Belglum, In the figure skating champlon. ship for couples, the American team of Beatrix Loughran and Bherwin Badger was placed fourth. The event was won by Mile. Andre Joly end Plerre Brunet, France. Lilll Scholts and Otto Keiser of Austria were séc- ond and Melitta Brunner and Lud- wig Wrede, Austria, third. Thirteen couples competed. Theresa Blanch- ard and National Niles, United States finished last. P, Although finishing sixth among the nations in the meet, Canada had little opposition in scoring & decl. sive victory over Bwitzerland by 13 to 0 to become the Olympic hockey champion. The Canadiens made a total of 38 goals and held all op- ponents scoreless. They defeated Sweden In the first of the final series on Friday by 11 to 0 and in & ¢on- itest against England Saturday re- 7 corded a 14 to 0 decision. By defeating England 3 to 1 yes- terday, Sweden became the Euro- ipean hockey champion and acquired I'second place in the Olympic hockey final standing. Uinland, which had been the run. up in the previous Olymplc com- tion, was relegated to fourth e, Austria was fifth. | While the point ring was for teams of the various countries as practiced in the champlonships at Chamonix in 1924 was not adopted this year, on such a basis Norway would have received eredit for 90 1-2 points; United Btates, 50 1-. Bweden, ¢0; Finland, 89 1-2; Aus- tria, 22 and Canads, 18 1.8, ULLEN PROPOSES BOAING TOURNEY Issues Fiery Answer to Boing Association's Bdict Chicago, Feb, 20 P)—The demand of the National Boxing association of $5.000 forfeits from fammy Man. | dell and Mickey Walker to insure i defense of their boxing titles mext summer, has drawn a flery counter- proposal from Jim Mullen, the pros- pective promoter of both thess championship matches. Mullen's proposition is to match the six specified challengers in each division in three bouts, the outstand- ing performer of the card to get the title “shot.”” If the N. B. A. will help him sign the contenders, Mul- len offered to promote the show him- self, giving each boxer ten per cent of the gate receipts, which he fig- ured, would run about $50,000. “If the N. B. A. is serious about its six contenders tor the lightwel, and middleweight titles, let’s have an elimination series to see which is the better, and then the publie might get interested. Some of the challengers named by the N. B. A. wouldn’t draw enough to pay the | ushers, | _“I have both Mandell and Walker | s\gned to defend their titles if the B. A. will contribute some help instead of merely interfering.” Mullen’s predicament threatens to prevent the match between Mandell (and Jackie Flelds hers Thursday {night. The N. B. A. insists on Man- dell's $5,000 forfelt permitting that contest to go on. Mandell's pros- pective opponent next June in the | title match is Jimmy McLarnin, but | McLarnin encounters 814 Terris Fri- day night, and until McLarnin has proved himself master of Terris, Mullen hesitates to sign either one. One day’s difference in the dates complicates the situation. Mandell’s manager, Fddie Kane, promised to call on the Illinols State Athletic commission teday to find out why the $5,000 forfeit was de- manded. | *“Mandell has signed to defend hlnl title as the N. B, A. asked,"” maid Kane, “What more could be de- manded ? BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Three Games in Intercollegiate League to Be Playod on Wodnes- day Night. New York, Feb. 20 UM—Five sames appear on the alate of the Eastern Intercolleglate Basketball league this week. Three of the eon- tests are to be played Wednesday evening, 3 Dartmouth will entertain the Co- lumbla quintet at Hanover. Cornell moves against Pennsylvanie at Phil- adelphia and Princeton eppeses Yale New en. Saturday night Pennayivania will be at Dartmouth and Princeton at Cornell, ) i 'rha‘ p;otut of Penn ever the m‘- ng of the game againet out! last week will be considered at & meeting of representatives of both institutions here on Wednesday. Penn claims Schaat shot a geal from the foul line that was éveriooked by the scorers which would-Rhave made & count after the regular playing time 30 to 30 instead of 30 te 89 in favor of the Hanoverians. The Qua- kers want to play the game over. DRESSEL AGAIN CHANP Local Handball Shark Again Oumes Thiough in Gto Tournement Played in Merides. For the fourth time In succession the single four wall hand ball eham- plonship has come to New Britain. Henry Dressel won it in 1935 and 1926, Fred Unterspan in 193¢ and Henry Dressel won it again last Bta- urday in Meriden. The Meriden Y. M. €. A. staged the state four-walled single afid doubles tourneys. Dressel represented the local “Y" in singles and Sam and Edward Mag in doubles. Hartford, New London, New Britain and Meri- den competed. The first match of the day was in doubles between Johnson and Proul of Hartford, vs. Hanceck-Cobbledick DOUBLED Anpo REDOUBLED WITHIN FIVE YEARS!! afl PETE of New Londen, Hartford winning two straight, 3 3 Meriden, with the The finals of the doubles were played next, Warner Brothers de- arner Bros., |feating Johnson-Proulx 31-15, 31 George and Frank, defeated Sam and [The Meriden team won the doubles Eddle Mag, 21-6, 21-13, In the singles match, “Yump" title, In the final match for the llnllui Johnson of Hartford defeated De- |title, Dressel defeated “Yump' John- Maria, of Meriden, 9-21, 21-17, 21-117. |son of Hartford. 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