New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 25, 1928, Page 8

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1928.- - BILLY TAYLOR FETS FOUR-ROUND VERDICT OVER JOHNNY CLINCH —NEW BRITAIN BASKETBALL TEAM ALL SET FOR- " HARTFORD INVASION—MERIDEN TO ENGAGE ROLLER HOCKEY QUINTET HERE 'TOMORROW — MLARNIN WINS — SPORTS . , TAYLOR DEFEATS CLINCH - IN FOUR ROUND BATTLE Hartford Amateur Boxer Wins Verdict Through Fast Rally—Lucien Larrivier Qutpunches Vic Carlson of Terryville—Dan Murphy Knocks Out Frank Miller of Bristol in Second Round — Vic Morley Takes Slashing Battle From Weaver Squires. Billy Taylor's slashing rally in the fourth round last night, brought him a decisive victory aver Johnny Clinch of this city in the feature bout of the Mohawk A. C. amateur fight tournament last night at the Tabs' hall. Clinch had fought the Hartford boy on even terms for the first three rounds and the judges declared the result a draw. In the fourth, however, Clinch remained on the detensive and ' Taylor scored heavily with lefts and rights to the body while the local boy missed with an effective counter which he | used for the first three rounds. Clinch appeared to be over-cau- tious as the boys came out for the first round. As the fight progressed, | Clinch kept backing away and only occasionally took the offensiv Taylor kept boring in but Clinch's agility enabled him to keep out of harm’s way and Taylor missed re- | peatedly. Clinch scored to the body heavi ly in the second round and took the session by a wide margin but Tay- lor had an edge in the first. The hoys were even in the third. Going into the fourth, Clinch's friends implored him to go to Tay- | lor but he kept backing away and in & sudden spurt, Taylor landed four, rights and lefts to Clinch’s face 'E. Ppreisser.D. Swanson, Westergren | that appeared to take the wind out of the New Britain boy's sails. Nel- ther was in danger of being knocked out at any stage of the bout. ‘The card was evenly divided as to interest. The matches were all good, though some, especially,in the heav- ier classcs were slow in comparison with the four opening battles. Lucien Larrivier scored a wide margin ot victory over Vic Carlson, kayo king in three rounds in the 175 pound clams. Carlson’s much vaunted right failed to reach the Waterbury scrapper during the fight and Lar- rivier used a left jab and a right cross to good advantage. Mike Raffacle of Springfield very fortunately was awarded the honors in the bout with Charles Rasmussen in the heavyweight class when Ras- mussen twisted his leg in the third round apd was unable to continue. Rasmussen was a mile ahead on points when he was forced to quit. | Dan Murphy of Waterbury, the coolest specimen of a fighter ever to step into a local ring, was forced to knock Frank Miller of Bristol down six times before Miller was counted out. This bout was in the 170 pound class. Murphy used a short left hook continually on the Bristol boy and in that left he had a kick like a mule. Miller went down three times in_the first round. Murphy's style was as unorthodox as could be imagined. Every time Miller went down, Murphy strolled slowly. to the opposite side of the ring and when Miller arose, Murphy as nonchalantly strolled across with & bored look on his face, to pave the way for another knockdown. Final- ly In the second round, Miller caught one on the chin and there ‘wasn't any question about his being through far the night. Jack Bhea, heavyweight of Wal bury, scored a three round decision over Angelo Russo, also of Water- bury, in a slow bout. Neither fight- er could find the other for the greater part of the bout. Bill Dombrowski a 160 pounder from Hartford knocked out Mike Plazza of Waterbury in the second round. The first round was slow but suddenly in the sccond the Hartford boy slashed out and had P’lazza all but out. Coming out of a clinch, Dombrowski slashed a left at Plaz- za's jaw. The blow was 80 quick and short that few In the hall saw it. | motion picture | drop to the canvas and failed to get | Plazza did a slow up In time to resume. He was in motfon when” Referee Jack Watson piloted him to his corner. Vie Morley of Hartford Weaver Squires of Waterbury and put on one of the best bouts of the night | with Morley emerging the victor in three rounds. Both boys started out like whirlwinds in the first round nd Morley was robbed of a knock- out when the bell ended the firs canto. A pile driving left hook caught 8quires flush on the jaw just before the bell and Squires barely came back in time to answer the gong at the beginning of the second stanza. He was cautious after that and Morley had to he content to win on_points. Pete Smith of Waterbury in the 160 pound class, defeated Paul Gros- kritz in three rounds. Smith, without a killing punch, hit the Hartford boy with everything. He showed pretty form in shooting his punches both right and left and he should be heard from plenty if he develops punching power. Dan Carter, colored, of T took & four-round decision Phil Desavitch of N. second bout of the ni . Desay was wild in the first three and missed haymakers repeatedly When the bout was declared ev at the end of the third round, Car- ter started in to fight and he won handily. The best fight of the night was the opening bout between Charles Pepe of Windsor Locks and Mik: Cavalieri of Bristol. I'epe slashed his way to a three-round victory over the Bell Towner. Both boys slhigged toe to toe for the three rounds with Pepe getting in the cleancr and bet- ter blows. The Tabs’ hall was packed with ans eager for the bottle h* Clinch and Taglor. The card was good from beginning to end. next tournament wil be staged he next Friday night and will be d by a match between rivier of Waterbury and Billy 1 lor of Hartford. The winner of this bout swill most likely be Con cut's representative at the naf championships in Boston in Ajp GAMES MAY HAVE | | Faremost Competitors fo Meet Strong Opponents Tonight South Cong. Bell | | First Lutheran | A. Anderson | right forward 1t forward | 0. Erickson.....Wessels, center right guard Berglund Morey Rockwell | Berlin Barta, May . Parker |Larson .. | eft guare Swedish Bethany Dahlman St. Matthew's W. Preisser | right forward G. Preisser .......... W. Anderson | left forward Klopp Elmer Johnson center .. H. Anderson, P. Swanson right guard Litke . left guard | Trinity M. E., Center Cong. Johnston, Fengler . Brown | right forward ........ Slade, Brainerd fett forward |A. Hewett . Lockwood Heinzman ..... Derrick right guard tt guard Two of the three games which {the Inter-Church league will ofter at the Y. M. C. A. tonight may have immediate bearing upon the league {lead, as they bring the two fore- | most competitors up against strong opponents. In the first contest of the evening the First Lutherans will have their second shot at the cham- pion South Congregational church team, which has yet to be defeated in league play. The Swedes put up |a valiant scrap when the tcams played before, and they stand an ex- | cellent chance of upsetting the Con ! gregationalists unless the latter plav better than they did Thursday night The Swedes are essentially a defen- sive team and their opponents an |attacking one, so the battle, which |is scheduled for 7:45 o'clock, should |be interesting. | In the mecond game, set for §:30 | o'clock, the St. Matthew's Lutherans |will take on the Swedish Bethany |church, which put up such a battle !against the South church Thursday 'night that the 8t. Matts will have to be at their best if they are to win and say in the race. The Preisscr outfit, however expects to come out of the comparative slump in which it. was last week and to defeat the Swedish five. The third game will be between the Trinity Methodists 'and the tail-end Center Congrega- tional church team. This is sched- uled for 9:15 o'clock. Scoring South and Swedish Bethany play- crs moved up in the scoring rank Thursday when the two teams met 3ell regaining undisputed possession lof second place, Wally Anderson crashing into third, and Morey push ing up to fourth. Anderson also tied Billy Preisser in foul-shooting while “Battling” Barta brought his personal foul total to 14 and re- gained his “lead.” The lcading five scorers | Karbonik Bradley USehes . FLTt. 73 7 a8 W. Preisser, St. M. Bell, South Cong. W. Anderson, 8. Beth. 5 28 Gosaw Y CUTTING DOWN LEAD Pzul LaHar Retains Place Ahead of Scorers in Industrial Basketball League. Although and “"Hammy bers of the sele . M. C A ck Arena, Joe Jasper, Darrow, three mem- scoring circle in the industrial league, cut rather deeply into the lead which aul LaHar, fnir forward, has in ‘oring, in the game played last Tuesday night, they were not suc cssful in overcoming the lead. The two features of the week were Joo Jasper's advancement from fifth to “hird place in scoring and Axel Flo- ropping out of the circle for time since at o » was trailing 1 it best he could do was 1o cu to five. Last week Jasper was ed for fifth place with Floden avily in P. & F. Combin's 15t m iped o third 1 ul tries, 18 the Are all the other Corbir Serew players, night was off form in shots from the ficld. ‘ ints thros foul 1zh Bucherd dr own 1o fifth place from ti on, his team was not playi 'he scoring i na (F) (NI . (P&F) ('8) (L) 0w Bucheri BEARING ON LEAD 1 DERBY ENTRIES REGORDS BROKEN List of 106 Threo-Year-Olds Nominated for Classic Louisville, Ky., Feb. 25 (UP—A record of more than half a century was broken by the entry list for the 1928 Kentucky Derby made publie today by Col. Matt J. Winn. American turfmen and women { have nominated 196 threg-year-olds for the 54th renewal of the $50,000- added stake. This is 17 more than lln 1898, the previous record year, {and 34 more than last year. The |entry lists closed Feb, 8. | One hundred and twenty owners lare represented, including ten wo- |men. Almost every name of prom- |inence on the American turf appears. | H. P. Whitney who won the great American stake last year with | Whiskery, apparently is out with a | vengeanco to make it two straight. |He has nominated an even dozen | from his extensive stable, | The 196 eligibles include 154 en- Itire colts, 31 geldings and 11 fillies. |The best brecding stock in America, !is represented through such sires as | Fair Play, Man O'War, Broomstick, !Friar Rock. John P. Grier, Black |Toney, Whisk Broom II, Omar | Khayyam and many others. Admir- | ers of the consistently good get turn- {ed out by Maikefwar will be disap- | pointed, however, to find that only four of his oftspring have been list- cd, Genle, War Flier, Ironsides and War Whoop, none of them promi- nent as two-year-olds. War Whoop !represents Samuel D. Riddle, Man O'War's owner. | The Whitney string is composed |of Flyacross, Agitator, Honker, Bye IInn Bye, The Tartar, Victorian, | Groucher, Limbo, Tantlvy, Gada- long, Pollywog and Hush Dear, the {latter the only filly. Scveral of the | string, notably Groucher and Victor- | |1an, distinguished themselves in | stake races last year. Honker and | { Agitator also did well. Mrs. John D. Hertz §s capably represented with Anita Peabody, winner of tre Belmont futurity; | Reigh Count, second in that stake |and winner of the Walden, and Sca | Rip. | Harry F. Sinclair's Rancocas sta- Ible has a formidable trio—Nassak, | winner of an imposing list of two- vear-old stakes; Mowlee and Suble- vado. | Other prominent owners repre- sented are Col. E. R. Bradley, Hal Price Headley, J. N. Camden, E. B. McLean, Frederick Johnson, W. R. Coe, B.RB. Jones, William Dupont. | |Jr, Willls 8harp Kilmer, Samuel | I Ross, Walter J. Salmon, Cary T. Grayson, George W. Widener, R. . | Wilson, Jr., Willlam Ziegler, Jr., ann Robert L. Gerry. Desides Mrs. Hertz, the women owners are: Mrs, Graham Faw Vanderbilt, Mrs. J. 8. Dean, Mrs. Ethel M. Copper, Mrs. George B. Cox, Mrs. A. B. Stelle, Mra, L. Viau, | Mrs H. C. Phipps. Mrs. Mary Emer- | son Baker and Mrs. Katherine E.' Hitt. Only about one in ten of those | | nominated will start in the Derby. | The field probably will narrow down |to 20 or thereabouts before they | parade to the post on the afternoon lof saturday, May 19. The quality !and present condition of many of those nominated, however, leads to |the prospect of a large ficld and a rich purse. The 196 nominated already have contributed $25 each as a nominat- | ing subseription, making $4,900 to- | wards the purse. To that, the Joe ¢ club will add $50,000, of | which §40,000 will go to the winner. 186,000 to the second horse, $3.000 | to the third and $1,000 to the fourth. | In addition, each actual starter will | contribute $500 more. 1t 20 etart, {the purse therefore will be approxi- mately $65,000. The winning owner | will receive in addition a gold cup from the club, FIGHTS LAST NIGHT | ’ New York — Jimmy McLarnin, Los Angeles, knocked out Sid Terris, {Now York, 1. Dominick Petrone, N York, won from Lew Perfetti, |New York, & Willle Siegel, New | Yorl defeated Walter 13abeock, !Jersey City, 4. Sammy Dorfman. |New York, outpointed Chick Suges. w Bedford, Mass,, 8. Detroit — Billy Petrolle, Fargo, N. n from Spug Myers, Pocatello, , 10. Joe Nedill, Chicago, de- Johnny Mellow, 6. 0. Jackie Dngan, ., defeated Loufe De Arco, . 10. Larry Heyton, Cincin- nati, and Creil Hurd, Indianapolis, drew S. Bill Cain, St. Louis, out- pointed Jimmy Aman, Cincinnati, 6. Tamp — Jack McFarland. 3 won from Julian Jim w Fargo, Pitts — Dik Hopy: ted King Tu le, Cal. Morgan Ritchi Owen Phelps, Phoenix, a out Jack Chief Elk- Marndell, Minne- ‘onroy Moor- Sioux pol St Paul, head Falis, ¢ ring the burgh Fir; to their P training the 1 I'ic Traynor, ' ambition was to be king of the ligh | ferocious ecareer in the ring. MAY GET SHOT AT WELTERWEIGHT TITLE WALKEO oWt oN ACE 1§ Los ANGELES About the only thing of interest to Ace Hudkins now is a crack at the welterweight title. And with his second victory over Sergt. Sammy Baker in the record books, it looks as though the Nebraska Wildcat's chance is here at last. It wasn’t so long ago that Ace's weights. But the passage of time also brought weight to the Nebras- kan, and now he is in the class ruled by Joe Dundee. On the Paciflc walked out on the Wildcat last November because all the dough scheduled for the champ wasn't ready when fight time came, Ever since that night last Novem- ber, Ace has been aching to let Joe feel the power of his maulies. Hudkins is now 24, still very young, but already considering re- tirement from the ring after his crack at the welter crown. ‘The Ace isn’t one of these rugged boys who can stand a long and Not being a boxer, he depends entirely on his smash-bang style to bring re- sults. He is saticfied to take them all over the face if he gets the other fellow to mi COILEGE TEAMS REABY FOR MEET Harvard, Dartmonth and Cor- nell in Annual Competition Boston, JFeb. 25 (P—Harvard, Dartmouth and Cornell were primed for their annual triangular indoor track meet here tonight and al- though past performance made each equally likeable as a winner, the Crimson and Green were favored, while the men from Ithaca figured as dark horses, The meet is to be run off at the Arena where for the first time in 30 years spectators will be treated to the running broad jump indoors and !the pole vault for the first time in the history of the triangular meet. | Kach contesting college has been thrice victorious “in past competi- tion. Harvard this year has a fight- ing team and for that reason ranks a slight edge on Dartmouth which, however, possesses the formidhble Monty Wells, captain and intercol leglate hurdle champion. Wells has been on crutches since his unfortunate fall at the recent New York A. C. games and he ac- companied the squad to town in that condition, but with the determina- tion to participate, if it is in any way possible. Lven lacking Wells, Dartmouth has a well rounded team and the enforced absence of its cap- tain has not been reflected appreci ably in sentiment governing spec lation concerning the outcome of the meet. Cornell is regarded strong in the weights and distance runs but its great relay team of a year ago has been shot to bits. Despite that, the Ithacan aggrega- tion of 40 men was believed to hold considerable potential danger to Loth other contenders especially in view of the fact that Cornell, al- though it has not won since 1924, has been a runner up to Harvard for the past two years. The Crimson team is favored in having more men back from last year than either of ifs opponents. Two events, the shot put and the 5 pound weight, will be contested cariy this afiernoon in the Briggs Memorial « at Harvard and the @ at the Arena will running broad jump The games have time schedule coast Dundee t 7:45 o'clock. en arranged on TOORING FOR GAMES, The Atlas Junior basketball team would like to arran ame with ny team in the eity averaging 116 mds and possessing a playing sur- Communicat vith or telephone Jack | STANDING Meriden 15 .559 New Britain . 16 .543 ‘Watcrbury 17 514 Hartford 18 470 Bristol 14 20 .42 Games Tonight Hartford at Bristol. New Britain at Waterbury. Results Last Night, Meriden 10, Waterbury 5. Hartford 8, Bristol §, Another chance for the New Brit- |ain Roller Hockey team to set the Meriden Maroons back in the race | for the second half championship of | the American League will be pre- sented tomorrow City combination again faces the lo- cal quintet at the Stanley Arena. Meriden fell before the excellent team play of the New Britain team last Thursday night and the defeat has not set well with the Silver City quintet. Tomorrow afternoon when the teams clash, Meriden will make 2 desperate attempt to cut New Britain down and blast the hopes of the Hardware City of landing in first place when the season closes next Sunday afternoon. | New Britain will be ready for the ( night attack. Having met with success in|again tomorrow, | o'clock and the first game will MERIDEN AGAIN TO PLAY NEW BRITAIN TOMORROW Mzroons Seeking Revenge for Defeat Suffered at Hands of Locals Last Thursday Night — Hardware City Quintet Ready for Stiff Battle—Same Plan of De- fense to Be Carried Out in Game — Nash and Chrysler to Meet in Game in Amateur League. bottling up the two star forwards of the Meriden team Thursday night, the same plan of battle will be fol- lowed out tomorrow and New Brit- ain has an even chance to come | through with a victory. Meriden will use its regular line- |up with the addition of Morrison at | haltback. Morrison, lost for a time to the Maroons, entered the game against New Britain Thursday night [but his presence failed to stop the |inspired play of the locals. Prcliminary Game The Nash and Chryaler teams will clash in the preliminary games in what should be a rejuvenation spec- tacle for the cellar champions. when the Silver|“Tanky" Selander and his crew of skaters are determined to score & victory in the game. The doors of the arena. will be thrown open at 2 be staged at 2:30 o'clock. The main contest will be started about 3:30 o'clock. Play in Waterbury. The New Britain team gocs to Waterbury to meet the Shamrocks tonight. The local quintet has a | tough job on its hands to take the ! Brass City contingent into camp to- oand the Merlden Maroons LOCALS MEET HARTFORD IN IMPORTANT CONTEST Hardware City Quintet to Play Crucial Game Tonight— Capital Gity Five Seeking Vengeance for Defeat Suffered Last Tuesday — Result Will Have an Im- portant Bearing on Race for State Title — New- matics and Stanley Rule Girls in Preliminary, ILARNIN KAYOES TERRIS IN FIRST Right fo Chin Sends New Yorker Quickly Into Dreamland New York, Feb. 25 (® — Jimmy McLarnin has conquered Sid Terris, | the rollicking ghost of New York's) Ghetto, It required less than a round for the California Irishman to safely stow away his adversary and thul become the foremost challen- ger for the world's lightweight championship now held by Sammy | Mandell. McLarnin displayed more than his baby face before some 18,000 spec- tators in Madison Square Garden last night. He exhibited two sweep- ing drives with' a sturdy right arm, one of which fell with terrific force | on his foeman's chin, sending him to the resined canvas to be counted out one minute and 47 seconds after the fight began. The startling finish was followed |by a great demonstration for the Los Angeles battler who was carried through the cheering throng to his dressing room on the shoulders of admirers. Terris, idol of the East Side for | jmany years past, wept in his cor- ner after recovering consciousness from the blow that shattered his aspirations for lightweight honors. The fickle fight fans booed Terris as he slipped from the arena and made his way past the patrons. ‘This was McLarnin's first appear- ance in a New Yorl ring and the Pacific coast Irishmam made a big hit with the fans, many of whom doubted reports of his dangerous {punching attack which had preceded him here. Previously the east had been in- |formed that he had knocked out Louis (Kid) Kaplan, Jackie Fields and Joey Sangor. McLarnin was on the short end of the betting throughout the week. Terris ruled favorite at 8 to 5. How- ever, when the boxers entered the ring fast night the odds had receded ito 6 to 5. | McLarnin scaled 133% pounds, | the same as Terris. There had been {reports that McLarnin would have trouble in keeping within the limit of 136 pounds but following his suc- cess in reporting two and one half pounds under the grade, he proved his right to continue in the light- weight fold. Mandell Pleased Chicago, Feb. 25 UP)—The decisive victory of Jummy McLarnin, Pacific coast lightweight, over Sid Terris of ‘Ncw York in their lightweight elim- |ination match last night, caused con- Isiderable rejoicing here today. “McLarnin's quick victory will make the match in Chicago next summer go great,” Mandell said. {“What could have been the matter |with Terris? Looks like he forgot to duck. I'm glad McLarnin estab- lished himself so decisively as the contender, for now the National Boxing association will have to hide around the corncr, after the way [they acted about my contract to meet McLarnin. That forfeit business, after I had signed, was silly.” Oh, Man! e S HOW WARM T nY GoLF 1S WELL THIS TIME TomoRrRoOW Lk BE ON THE RATTLER HEADED FOR ‘Iai\—»)\/ SouUTH 'Ll BE REAL Conlsi! AND LET YoU HNow EACH DAY DERATE S AND WHAT WHILE Going into the crucial stage fn the race for second half champion- ship honors in the Connecticut State League, the New Britain team will be on its toes tonight when it meets the Hartford Yankees for the sec- ond time this week. Leading the league with a one-game margin s a ticklish position for the locals be- cause one loss will jeopardize the chances of the Hardware City quin- tet to come through with a victory, Hartford was sorely disappinted when New Britain nosed it out last Tuesday night and it will be & ven- geance-seeking combination that takes the floor against the home' club tonight. New Britain, in the |series with the Hartford club has taken two games and has loat one, The defeat administered to New Dritain by the Capital City combine was in the game #layed in this ity in the first half. After New Britain had played rings around the Yai kees in Hartford, the Yankees came hack and nosed out the locals by a one point margin. Tonight the same club that made New Britain extend ftself to the limit last Tuesday . night, will be sent in against the home team. Tor- rant and Murphy will probably be at the forwards with Hurley at center. Gubersky, Friedman and Hafner will probably be at the guards, New Britain will send in Sloman rand Rubenstein at the forwards with Zakewski at center and Shee- han and Leary at the guards. Preliminary Game The New Britain Machine and Stanley Rule & Level girls teams will meet in the preliminary in a regularly scheduled game in the Girls' Industrial League. The first contest will start promptly at 8 o'clock while the main game will get under way ahout 9 o'clock. SEVEN CONTENDERS Few Hoavyweights Entered in Heavyweight Class for Central A. A. U, Championships, Chicago, Feb. 25 UP—Although & heavyweight champlon gets a million dollar puise for each fight nowadays there are only seven aspirants for that important money in the Cen- tral A. A. U. boxing tournament starting here next Monday. The entry list, announced today, shows that featherweights are by far the most numerous, totalling 46 of the 274 amateur glove throwers. Lightweights are a close second with 44. ‘Winners in the finals next Thurs- day night will go to Boston to try out ;or the American Olympic team. STATE LEAGUE BASKETBALL at the Stanley Arena SATURDAY NIGHT, FEB, 28 Hartford_ Yankees New Britain You PoOR S1mPs Ae SLAVING AWAY 1LL B&E OUT o THE GoLF COLRA®