New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 3, 1928, Page 9

B i e e bt A e WITH THE BOWLERS PALACE ALLEYS CORBIN SCREW FOREMEN LEAGLE Threaders Speaking of Sports Manager Clarence Lanpher of the New Britain basketball team, ane nounced today that starting next Wednesday night when the Celtics | hasketball team plays here, Dick Dillon will appear as the regular |b. referee for New Britain's home gamea. He will be in the officlal position every Saturday night until the end of the season. This is the best news we have had in some time anent the bLasketball situation, ‘Were it not for otlier ar. rangements, Dillon would have been tle referee at most of the hom sames during the past season. 1 the New Britain Roller Hockey | team plays liks it did last night in Meriden, it appears that the cham- plonship of the league will come to New Britain. In last night's contest Williams and Picrce were stopped dead by Brown and Muyir! n! fact, neither got a shot at New Brit- ain's cage. It was the greatest defensive piece of work ever seen in Meriden and it |v is doubtful if a greater display has ! ever been seen in any g = Magnuso he defeat and especially the s of a shutout didn't set well with ihe § Merlden playcrs. Four fights were | g started in the dressing room after | the battle and there i3 sure 10 be a hectic tune in this city Mond night w the two te the first gume of tho p! Players who are within three points of vach other for the leader- ship 1n scoring of the Girls' Indu trizl Basketball league will opp cach other at the Stanley Arcig night in the P. & F. Corb 4 Rule game, They are Mary Motyka, who has 15 field goals and goals for a total of 43 Anna Marley, who has 1S field goals, four foul s for a total of l“’ peints. Hepp cach of I will put his best guar 4 Marley and | 2 ¥hop coach, | will have his best guard in to take ! care of Miss Motyka. TITLE GRANGE LOST Unexpected Change in Rules Makes 52 e 2 Several Lions' Players Ineligible | M2< oL 26 Merwin SPECIAL MATCH South End Drg Store for Comtests, An unexpected ehange In the | rules and neglect of the state author- ities to notify the Hartford county officials has cost the New Britain 1.ions their chance to win the Con- necticut title of the Intermediate County Y. M. C. A, Athletic associa- tion, The Lious, who clraned up the Now Britain division of the Hartford county league and then won county honors by trouncing the Eimsbury (Cardinals in two successive games this week, were looking forward to the annual state fournament and | v.ére hoping to ret in New Brit- | ain the championship cup which was won last year by the State Trade |D: school. It has now developed that | ¥ several members of the tsam are [ over the revised age lmit for the |, stata competition, and the team has parforce withdrawn from its quest for horors. Last year the state rule for teams Cdma in this class excluded all play or over, while Hart the age limit at 21 all Trade school pls the bounds set by th this winter this countr rules to conform with tlhose of the| parent body. The latter, without notitying the Hartford oificials, drop- ped the limits another year to 17, {popiaci and the belated discovery of this now ' Paluil: rules out several members of the ¥V Lions. Rather than enter with a crippled team and exclude men who | have played all year, the Lions have | Conr withdrawn, and the county officials, | St in deference to the local team, will |yt ;ot substitute another for it, Setfel le May Gt | As it happened, | crs were within hanged its Billy Petrolle May Get Chance at Title Now | Chicago, March 3 (#—The im- LAHAR STILL LEADS championship fight negotiations have ' pagnir Rearing Forward Pulls Away passed may give Billy Petrolle, “The Fargo Express,” a chance at Sammy | Mandell's title in placc of Jimmy & McLarnin. | During the: Week. Jack Hurley. Petrolle’s manager, ennounced in Minneapolis tha! I'e- trolls has signed to ehampionship fight with Mandell games last Tuesday night and at here June 21. present he scems to be assured of Promoter Jim Mullen, who holds the leadership in scorlug for a few Mandell's agreement to defend his more weeks at least. title in Chicago this summer, Will|New Britain Machine forward, who promote the mateh, Hurlcy said. | has been holding second place s Mandell and Petrolle fought ten long as LaHar has been on top, was rounds in Minneapolin several weeks not disturbed although Mickey Bu- ago, Mandell winning the decision. |cheri of Landers moved from fifth Petrolle is to fight Bruce Flo‘rrr!‘[o a tie for third pluce, 8t Madison Square Garden. New| yor tho first time this York, March 16. S Habiry™ Dafrow who. 1y {Nfth place, is in danger of dropping 'out of the select circle. He has 18 to a 14 Point Margin in Games Paul LaHar, Fafnir Bearing for- ward, pulled away to a 14 point lead season Tigers'i‘nimn?(?lass Sl —1:@1! " PITTSFIELD FIVE TONIGHT "7 % e — | il | 3chiools fn western ) CUEARe IN A Nn the Industrial Basketball league Nick Arena, | | | now In| ) 'field goals and nine foul goals for a For Infield Is Chosen [0/7, &0 00 m0e S oo e | San Antonio, Tex.. Mar. 3 P—i,n, noint s Captain Hilding (Rtreak) Manager Moriarty of the Detroit | Bengston of the Rule 8hop team who Tizers, in training here, has sclected | yony on a rampage in the rulers' is first string infield and an analy- | firet victory last Tuesday night, Five sis of the playing talant in camp lyoams are. represented among the fndicates the group will probably |giva scorers. conatitute: the dee | fenge when the season opons. op last week are still there this Tavener, who is rapidly getting |week. The statistics follow: back into his old stride, is placed | Fid. T, #t shortstop: Johnny Neun, who has | paHar (F) litte opposition now that Lou Blue | Arena (NBM) . 5 liag been traded to the Rt. Louis |Jasjer (P&I) . 49 Browns, ix given first base; Gehring- | Bucheri (L) 9 40 er, sccond and Marty McManus | Darrow (CS) . 4% third. Arena, Darrow and Jasper will CRITICS WATCH WANERS The play of the two Waners, sen- points next Tuesday night when Stanley Works plays P. & F. Cor- gations with Pittsburgh last scason, |hins and Corl Herew plays New will be watched closcly by the crit- | Britalg Machine ics this season as there is some be- - — et than the younger Waner may TO TOUR CAMPS crack, dent of a presidential tour of base- WILL, FIGRT IT OUT Harry Riconda, formerly with the Atlletics, and Howard Freigau, for- mer §t. Louls Cardinal, are waging a fight for the third base job on the Brooklyn club this gummer. [ ball training camps will be st this jscason by E. 8. DBarnard, president of the American league, who will [leave for the south tomorrow. His first visit will be to the White fox camp at Bhreveport, La. The mame five who were on the | | sosn 2R 69! have an opportunity to increaso their | | Chicago, March 3 UM—The precc- | measure of Harvard. W cise to NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, Speakingmof Prize Fights . s with personal ' opinion, is at Ir al and does mot warrant the con- ! fidence of its readers, o fact which any publisher soon learns, Expreasion of opinion belongs oniy in the editerial eolur in some space which is casily ricognizable as b ! torial origin. Tn order that it say be generally v a ! shall brand this article, here and now as an . an ex- | ® opinion of the writes and hence news. i ough we lonestly belisve that it iy : opinion of several hundred, if not a thousan 5, who witnessed th boxing matehes in Tabs Hall last night Our opinton is A newspaper whick colors its stories of « «thic 15t this and nothing more. Of all the poor Prelim. of judges cver wrought, the decision ory over Leo Standing was the poor. w integrity of the refcree and judges, hem decided that Taylor won, resston of opinion is simply that of the > know others felt as we do, but how [New Britai in the game should =o come that a so Bristel air conclusion should be reached we cannot v | | Meriden Hartford 0 | Waterb writer, although we in the world the bre nianifestly derstand. served th Games Hartford at RBr Meriden st Two 1 In our opinion the first round 1 Taylor was making quite a show of I shoulders and otherwise carrving * should inz on his oppos s oppons straight lefs have been 10 Larriviere, > ASUIE ler Hocky ; {earned victories in their la lgames, will clash at the Arena tomorrow afternoo me fr (Hartford invii aiscant came of champions} is ci up in Meriden oppo night with | Britain. | The C City com on ha |the chance of winning seeond b ampionship by ning to- third roun. ixed in win st brusii, Tavylor 1 makes it Larrivierc's 1 ne but a hlind man at and he would han 15 of howls wh victor. it a rr 5 ne loss for | Meriden . can’s tri will give Merald has always rincipally b ¢ them re enot i supported the game e best sporting town of the stat ation into th: support the fight game Britain the fact ons m 8 will Kill the ganme her # p E (.(.’r]~ ¢ New Britain's t h they are attaining their o as well fold ! Alexander eir tents, taking along t! 1tehes and ,,““' vard positior refillable fountain prns s rhead at ha to the conten = : goal. re fans are ¢ Defeat Merlden To add insult to injury it inerd from 1) . he sea: ‘hat Taylor and Larrivicre wou ) it o playes I’riday night in the sar Waterbury or Hartfo pose that the anticipation rom the rafters to witn. Iut, if the retn lofense of the New out the ; The defeat puts Meriden in They are I losing out for the second half chiani- 2 pronship of the leag —— 0 Watterbury tonight HIGH SCHOOL TEAN MEETS % o The visitor St. Aubin o at center play lLalfbac t heavily to And New initely ito a sier fool Doucher was the star ¢ scason|Britain team's offensive. He Four former|flash on the floor and was every- inlwhere following the ball like a hawk. hat!His runniug mate, Alexander, work- ed with him to perfection and be- vagur . they scored four goals § point fead. nry, ot 18 loc m. Une 1 was s at left guar | on fouls. Meriden also was| lar sau at forward positions | penalized a roal on fouls but be-| i Bryant, eenter. {cause the Sihver City failed to seore, | hind them. same as —_— e Red and Gold Quintet Stacking up x'v'i"""‘ e Against Strong Bay State Outfit an Court. correct score at the end contest New Britain 3 o one jin the h lard position. |1 SO B ‘rom O'Connell, at 1ot forward, and | "::”“",‘; Prown (';1 1 & oantan “‘" the Crimson, as ) oo they put up will go down in e R {the history of roller hockey as one S ' Ch (‘]nlr» o Yale gym, the | goioain scorad all of its goals in the | e B angling with the [ 0o perfode. There waa no freshmen in preliminary | ! scoring done in the third frame. 1 the largs | scoring |game, tendance cus- | 3 & The summary i Tl e OME” | New Britatn Tinae BRR 1€ | \lexander . Vale [it terr Pitsticld | | t forward ¢ greatest defensive trio Meriden this year and the Center Sowka o Martt) Right ard Landino . | Loft Guard Subs—8halsey, O, Trole, T, {and Borarro for Dittsficld; Re for New Britain, Meriden Williams Harvard O'Connell Boucher . Pierc A that it has fou “w Britain High school baskethall team will Pittsfield, Muss, for an al game with the public high school of that city. Pittsficld js th $ 1oft forward | Muirhead Lunderville Townsend in| i i [srown Morrison | Blount Rurns | { Purcel | Nanry ‘\ First Period Won by Caged by 1 New Britain Boucher 2 New Britain Alexander 3 Now Britain Boucher king pi Goals X tar gt s | championhips in football an - P R BBl oty ot ekl vk P‘“{:e k[.“fie!d i\{:“ - orxkmg m re rorm Since it has a good record this year with 12 victorics out of 14 sturts, it Taso Robles, Cal, Ma [ is ecrtain it will be out for a vietory. After the Grantham. lams-Wright- Muech wil on how well Traynor inficld combination of the | Bruno it held in check. He s far| piusburgh Pirates, traintug here, al of other Pittsfield j In - performed with almost mid-season ul and field goals. precision in a snappy workout he- tween showers yesterday, M nager ate gymna Bush 1ot it be known that he was %0 that the speedy ki and Kras- | highly satiaficd with the way thef zewski can get underway. play was shaping up. YALE vs. HARVARD George Grantham from ritis, but Ell Baskeiball Quintet Mects Crim- ‘! Second Perlod | 4 New Britain Alexander i Third Period | No scoring. I Rushes—alr stops, Purcell William 2, T r, Brown, nder 5, Williams 2 . Blount 46; fouls . Muirhead, Alex-! Boucher. Referee, Playoff Dates Arranged playoi: to dectde the ch sionship of the American league U1l suffering | will open in this city Monday night not missed a | with Meriden furnishing t "po- Harris con- |sition for New Britain. The loague to fuvor a wrenched tendon gnates he a speci: meeting in in his back. { Meriden yesterday and arraneed e - | tentative dates for the plavoff. TORM TWO TEAMS | Four teams will be entercd und Avalon atalina Island, Mavch 8 |each will p six home games and s and rookiss of the isix confests on the read. Th divided | 1 follows iy for a full | Hartford at ne-inning ganie, h and Wein- | Waterbury at New Britain iert were the indicated pitching se-| March 6—New Britain at leglate league games With their Win jections for as long us they last. ! ford. over Dartmouth last W Y, a4l Some of the veterans will relfeve! “Mareh treshened and confident Yale basket-| thuse (w0 rookie pitehors for & round ball team prepared foday to take the or two, as they have had three ! loosen their The Cubs temorrow ch from the Bat- bury, ! Marel 11—Meriden at Waterbury, » xession. 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