New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 24, 1928, Page 9

Speaking of Sports Beveral of ihe players in the Amer- ican Roller Hockey league will take part with an all-star team of play- ers against the New Bedford club during the coming week. On the team will be four New Rritain play- ers, Blount, Muirhead, Brown and Lioucher. Bill Jette, goal tender of the Hartford team, and Bill Duggan, are arrangiog the contest and it should prove to be one of the blue ‘nner athletic attractions in the ¥ State city, There has been talk of having sev- eral Massachusetts cities in the cir- cuit next season. TLe managers of 1 ans and officials of the league to form an eight-club 928-29 and if o, an in race should resul The N Britain basketball team fuces a critical contest tonight when it meets the Atlas five of New Ha ven at the Stanley Arena in this ci A win for the home team will put it in a position to win the state cham- plonship whils defeat will exclude it from any chance of winning. Basketball fany of this city due to see the Celtics of in action again before the scason closes, according to an announce ment of Manager Clarence Lanphe The New York team, champion out- fit of the world, will be Lack in New Lritain around April 1. 1 are ew York ‘The locals play Plainficld in Plain- €<l next Wednesday night in the first game of a series of the best two out of three. Dlainfield is sched- uled to come here next Saturs right for the second me and if a . |Bethany church, a v jcalled 20 times. PREISSER WINS SCORING HONORS 'Forward on St Matts Team Stands Highest for Season — William Preisser, star for the runner-up S Matthew" erma Lutherans, won scoring honors in th Inter-Church basketball league, {which recently concluded its thirl season of play. Billy was the only :Nnyrr in the league (more than 100 points, his final total {being 167, He nosed out Clifford Il by one basket to lead in the making of ficld goals and he also had a margin of one foul goal over Wilton Morcy and Walter Anderson {gving him a monopoly of scoring onors, He averuged almost 12 points a game and came from hehind in the last game of the leagu: score 20 points and swoop into the van. Bell, South church forwurd, who was at the 1op a year ago, finish {second with 47 points, with captain and teammate, Morey, one jpoint behind. The teamwork of this {demon pair ofiset Preisser's indivi {ual play and was largely responsibl for the winning of a second con- secutive championship by the South |church. Fourth place was captured by Walter Anderson of the Swedi “dark horse,” while Emil Karbonik of the Trinity tion on the last night of play. Otto Barta, Seuth churct hattler,” finally “won" the *“cham- {plonship” in the matter of commit- ting personal fouls although he play |ed in only seven games. He ‘Wally Anderson ‘was the most-fouled man in the Ic getting $1 free shots, while third one i necessary, it will Lr-:;gux- vlayed in South Manchester on a| al Karbonik for second pluce neutral floor. committing personals. Bell, T. | Wessels, and Ernst Klopp cach mu two techaical fouls. Backers of the Plainficld Technical fouls—Bell 2, We 2, Morey, Dradley, J. Ericson, Obl- =on, Einar Johnson, A. And.rson, A | Hewett, Klopp 2. | WITH THE BOWLERS FRATERNITY SWEDISH A, . oalies ALLEYS LEAGUE Whow.£cored | ia | 1 #an A & to| | AMERICAN LEGION Unionyille LEAGUE 0~ S0— 1 |qae Holn: [n 148 Methodists squeezed into fifth posi- ' was NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1928, COLLINS IS READY [} Captain of Philadelphia Athictics Would Like To Run String of Games To 3,000 Before Quitting, Tort Myers, Fla., March 24 UP— ! Pronouncing himself fit and ready |to play ball, Eddie Collins, captain {or the Philadelphia Athletics ar jone time super-second baseman, e press his total American league games to 400 before he quits the diamond. Colling s nearing his 41st birth- ay and has played in 2.77§ league sames. He hopes to surpass Ty “obb's mark of 2,928 hefore hie re- tires, “I am starting my 27 |the game,” Collins said, |T am not as lively as I used to be {T feel snappy this spring. I I could gp to second right now and play the game. That's how good [ There has been considerable spec- { ulation about Collins’ duties with the [Athleties. 1e is captain and at {times acting manager and the chances are that he wtll sea serviee |at second this season and act as pinch hitter, FIGHTS LAST NIGH Associated Press. ew York—Andre Routis, France, won on foul from Sammy Dorfman, | New York, (5). Ignacio Fernandez, [ Filipino, and TDominick Petrone, INew York, (draw). Kid Francis, ;. won from Archie Bell, New (10). Al Brown, Panama, -ated Benny Schwartz, Baltimore, ). Bert Stanley, ngland, won Pete Passifume, New York, 1 | Chicago—Roberto Roberti, Italy, ed the wish that he might run think | FLOPEMENT PLINS NOT CARRIED 00T | \Judge Sees to 1t Nothing Hasty Occurs 24 (P . Mareh 1t cupid ! pla J. Clarke s Dean, Jr. whose, ther is a menmber of the board of ! 1o, and Mrs. Joscphine Sceberger . socially prominent diyorcee, | are ¢t to revision, | Lasker sucd Howard Lasker nglewood, 2 or diverce, charging cruclty. dean accompanied her to| ferday Judge Sabbath deeree, but said later | ad done so accidentall | He entertained & motion to vaca (the decree made by Attorney John |D. Black, who said the elder Dean |had arked him to investigate the | | proceedings upon learning of the | jelopement plans, Judg the motion, “I don't want to be a pa { hasty remarriage Lefore the ink has !dried on a divorce decrec,” said the |court. Attorney Raymond Kelner, | |council for Mrs. Lasker, was asked | to bring young Dean iuto court. | Judge Sablath asked young Dean: | “Is it true that you plan to elope | with Mrs, § 4 “Well, Dean. “You were here yesterday trying | to rush through her divorce decree, | weron't you was your in- | terest in trying to specd things up? { "I think the world of the girl, but | I wanted her to be divorced before | not replied | just completed. Salibath | | fixed march 31 for the hearing on |} FLASHES OF LIFE: WILD WEST HAS GONE WILD OVER AVIATION GAME Acw Press York—The wild hog wild over Eddie Rickenbacker has it ght. The ace u flying while New west a is aviat aces kept on a He that in Po r the elopement to- |7 Lindberg qu one day’s cdness, booter with bad, and murd . Australi ding his days most recent o Indies wher roved. Tn was one of t terorized th gone a horse show. Sl rod jumps and took t gra !Hur\l'!‘ Baker are arrested on fed. eral warrants charging them with theft of shoes from a freight car in anford, N. C. nd that she found! Mae Murr: 00 from | Victorious tn Civil Action asd Also wpuncher, | % & Pueishad | Criminal Action Brought there were | Against Him. when she safter pur-! New York, March 24 (®—Dr. Jobn I the Roach Straton today stood victor in two court actions. one brought by insurgent members of his own reh and the other a criminal aes he had brought against the of the American association for dvancement of atheism. appellate division of the su- preme court upheld the pastor of iry Baptist church in his plan church's property in eventh street to a cor- L would in turn erect aper church and office The insurgents had ques- gality of the action of trustees in approving & tion ttend to 13. ision, alse made division was that president of the st be committed 1o Tombs to await trial for ling letters and atheistie propa- nda to Dr. Straton through the Smith had been free under a rpus action, the judge in sase having held that the send- a “silty” letter was mnot a by t o) > appellate rles Smith, Atheist societ; 1 Scott of 1 his left ne. Braves Have One More Game With Athletics Petersburg, Fla., March 26 (P of the training camp sea- 5 for the Braves with m scheduled to get away carly Sunday after one more en- | won on a foul from Big Boy Peter- (I 20 places with her.” Yo \ counter with the Philadelphia Ath- PPl {on, New Orleans, (1). Ray Miller, sy ~ 24| Chicago, technically knocked o - 247 Frankie Schacfer, Chicago, (7). Leo reeing that New Britain and th icam each won a game, are of (1 cpinjon that the Pros rate than New Britaine The series will show which quintet is superior. pager Lanplier Las @ the idea of etting an extra Difflcultics anent the amateur sta ing of the player sought, prompted the local pilot to decide not to use the player, n The date for the second game be- tween the Corbin Screw and Harte ford Rubber Wol changed from Wednesday to Tuus- day evening. The contest will be another in the climination playofi for the state industrial title. 1t will be staged at the Stanley Arena and the scheduled games in th w Britain Industrial league postponed. will b Arrangements in these matters clu i better | The South church swept the t ‘.flrnrlng honors kefore it; running | points in nine games, an averas 37 poinis a contest. The &t ged 20 4 gawe, the Met the Swedish Bethany e First Lutherans 22, and i Center church just nipions made the goals, but th “irst the most fre Ler of foul g jcommutted the most personal T (of I Mar odists e it most field given num- also ks team has been | | Bell Morey W Rarta Parker | Rockwell I |Potts . were completed at a mecting of the | M. ove- Industrial Council at the Y. C. A. last night. On Wednesday ning the postponed game between Stanley Rule and Fafnirs scheduled for April 10, will be played at the Y. M. C. A Luque May Be CI_\osen‘ To Pitch First Game Arlando, T March 24 (P— Adolfo Luque's impressive pitching in the game against the Baltimore Orjol: Thursday has caused Man- ager Jack Hendricks of the Cincine nati Reds to consider the Cuban for mound duty in the opening cham- plonship gane against Chicago. Red Lucas had been tentatively chosen for the honor, bwt he has net been very effective in his recent appearances. Problem of Fan;il;k Out Tiger Recruits San Antonio, Tex., March 24 UP— Manager Moriarty is giving mueh thought to the prohlem of properly S Matthew's Luthera G T W. Preisser G. Preisser Klopn Litke . F. Preisser {Becker i Brussick | Trinlty Methodist G, ¥id. Kari f iD. ¥ | Fengler A. Hewett Heinzman ‘.!nhn‘-!"n N G L. Gross ik wett) ross | King | 0. Tt | Bergluna farming out Detroit Tiger recruits |y con upon whom the team will retain an peryip - option. {H. Bengtson . The surplus players will be sent Einar Johnson to minor league clubs where it is|: Swanson .. helleved they will receive the right jroqcn kind of tutorjng, Moriarty said. |xomlgren Many of the minor clubs are backs | oy e ward about developing players fi another team according to the Tiger pilot and these will be avolded. Boys’ Club Quintet to Play in Boston Tonight The New Britain and Boston Boy club teams will clash on the basket- ball court again tonight at the harlestown Boys' club in Boston. The local squad entrained for the Hub yesterday afternoon ami is spending the week-end in that cit When the tsams played cach other Tiere the speedy Boston five emerged on top by 44-38 after a thrilling en- counter, but the New Britain team is always at its hest against the Bos- ton representatives and it hopes to turn the tables in the big Charles- town gyra tonight. Tt is helicved that more than a score of rooters will make the trip to cheer Captain Nick Gill and his men. Tonight's zame will close the regubur schedule for the cub team. EXCELLENT COMBIN Tampa, Fla., March 24 (P—The Giants’ combination of Cohen, Jack- son and Terry is gaining prominence in the Flerida exhibitions. Andy Cohen started a pair of dazzling | double plays against the BSenators vesterday and sewed up some fast base runners. Jackson's whip Terry at first shows plenty of snap ani speed. BUSTING FENCES Los Angeles, March 24 (P—Kiki Cuyler and Hack Wilson are busting the fences and all is well with Mr. Wrigley's Chicago Cubs. Both Kiki and Hack slammed balls out of the | lot yesterday to give the Cubs n 6-4 victory over Hollywood of the Pa- cifle Coast league. LEAVE FOR BALTIMORE Ktars of the Industrial Dowling League including Bill Brenaecke, Gacek, Tronoski, Linn. Myers and lddie Anderson, © left for Balti- more 1o represent Now Brituin the mational bowling tournament The local bowlers are out to bring hewe honors. to! | St. Matthew's Lutheran—G. Prefs. | in | 10 90 45 Swedish Bethany G. ¥l 36 16 17 191, 14-31 §-18 4-7 W. Anderson .. (Elmer Johnson | H. Carlson D. Swanson wvanson Dahlman P. Swanson {1 Anderso: {Westergren { Ohlson {A. Carls 4-3 10 Center Congregational | Bradley ! Brown .. |Haigis .. | Slade cees {Lockwood . Brainerd . | Derrick . |7. Ericson | Scott A | Boardman 'Booth 12 South Congregational—Barta 20, Bell 15, Morey 12, Parker 2, We: irels & May 8, Rockwell 4, Hattings =78, ser 16, Litke 12. E. Preisser 11, W. { Preisser 10, Klopp 6, Becker 4, | Brussick 2—61. | Trinity M. E—Karbonik 17, Hewett 14, Fengler 13, Johnston 7 A. Hewett 3, Helnzman 3, King M. Gross—60. First Luthcran—0. Erickson 16. Berlin 13, Larson 11.” Einar Johnson .10, Berglund 9 A. Anderson 9, T Rfwanson 6. Benson 4. Nordgren 2, Hultberg—8§ Swedish Bethany—W. Andereon 17, Elmer Johnson 12. H. Anderson 9, D. wanson 7, P, Swankon 6, Wes- Itergren 5. H. Carlton 4. Dallman 3. £ Bwanson 2—65, Center Congregational — Bradiey 14. Haigis 9, Brown 8, Derrick . 1 | Ericaon 8, Brainerd s. Scott . Sia - 2, Lockwood—63. e o Schaefer Meat si ROGERS A) LANDERS Sad In 452 Cutlery 141 48 Trade Shop ST e T 52 0 59 ) 0 | Poyaski [ Patiutis Tu'l\.s‘ Export .88 o Pelligrini Dawill Silso 105 ayward Hoyle Nelson GOIN’ FISHIN? Trout Scason Opens April 15th. Get Your Tackle Now 15 MAIN STREET. verything for the Sportsman.” FREDERICK’S AUTO LAUNDRY 5 WALNUT ST. (Rear) Washing, Polishing, Simoniz- izing, Etc. | n. Bengtson 4 o | Knapp, Toledo, and Louis Lavelle, | | Anderson, Ind.. draw, (5). Tuff | Griffith. Sioux City, won from | Tomms O'Bricn, Billings, Mont., (5). | Mike Mandell, St. Paul, won from Tom Corbett, Los Angeles, (5). Bobby Brown, lLowell, Mass, and Haakon Hansen, Norway, draw, (3) { Philadelphia—Jack Louis won from Pat | delphia, (10). Horner, Haley, Phil 2Syracuse—Jimmy Tranne land, won from Tony Perr; ton, (6). . Cléve- Scran- Baltimore—Eddie Bowling, Mem- ; {whis, defeated Tony Ross, Baltimore, (10). Minneapolis—Newshoy | New York, knocked out Howard Mavherry, Duluth, (9). Buz Grit- | fith, Sioux City, won from | Watzel, 8t. Louts, (6). irow San Franelsco— Mike O'Dowd, € | ltmbus and Mickey Cohen, Denver, Iraw, (8). Hollywood—Jack Groes. Philadel- phia, won from Jack Roper, Los Angeles, (10). apolia, defeated Doc Snell, Tacoma, (8). Vancouver—Vie won from Bud Taylor, (10) | title. "oley, Vancouver, Non- El Paso—Mike Tyan, California, won a technical knockout over Tom- my White, Mexico, (9). Phoenix—Rattling Sikl, beat Pate Flannagan, St. Louis, (1M. IAP CRUISER LAUNCHED Third 10,000 Ton Craft Takes To the Water At Tokyo | Nippon's Shipyards Today. ! Tokyvo. March (#)-—-Japan’s | |third 10,000 ton cruiser. the Haguro, | was launched at Nagasaki today, i £ { _The Haguro is one of the firat| | class cruisers provided for under the| | 1923 ana 1924 naval programa. Two| | were commissioned fn 1927, the Na-! {chi and Myoko. ! The ships carry ten S-inch gums. four 4.7 anti-aircraft rifics and |twelve 21-inch torpedo tubes above {water. The | with very high muzale velocity. At a speed of from 14 to 15 knots {they have a crulsing radius of 14,- 1000 mile | The estimated cost was $11,000,- 1000 each. They have a triple hul! designed to ve the greatest possible protection Four airplanes s |against submarines. ‘are carried. { | The cruisers Ashigara, Atago and | Takao of the same class still | building. | | i are READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS San Francisco—King Tut. Minne- | £uns are & new model| | | “You can keep company with her, | (rl"d to her until I dispose of this motion. I'm going to give you hoth trie to think it over, If you marry {and this divorce is set aside, you will | be tiahle to prosecution on a charge of higamy.” | Atforncy Black told the court that Dean was only old and Dean denied this, saving 1 ‘Boston Red Sox Will Play in Savannah Today | Bradentown, Fla., March 24 (T— | |The Boston Red Sox werc on their | | way to Georgia today from this town which has been their home for the | past month with a game scheduled | at Savannah this afternoon. By way | of saying goodbye to Bradentown | [ With a smile they shutout the Balti- | more Orioles yesterday 3-0 in what | {was essentially A pitchers’ battle |“Lefty Merle Settlemire, recent Sox |acquisition from the Mobile club, | {lived up to Manager Carrigan's | |hopes by viclding only two hits in 'six innings, the longest route any Sox pitchers has travelled yet. Ruel’s Throwing Arm Is ‘ Big Concern of Haris | Tampa. Fla, March 24 (¥ — | “Muddy” Ruel's second base throw- | ing arm is about the only real con—} cern now of Manager Harris of the | Washington Senators, except per- | haps his own left foot, which he in- jured when sliding into the bag the other day. Harris probably will be lout of the practice sessions and ex- hibition games for a week. Ruel, former Boston Red Sox re- ceiver and now a veteran Washing- {ton backstop, showed up In camp in !Gine physical trim, but his usually accurate and casy swinging pegging jarm simply wouldn't work. ~*Mud- {dy” tried it out yestorday and while {his throws made arches he said aft. | lerwards that “it won't be long now."” Phillies View Today’s . . Game With Enthusiasm Winter Haven, Fla, March 24 () —The Phillies faced today’s ba ball tasks with something that re- sembled enthusiasm, in view of 's defeat of the St Louis 4 to 1. the first time this training season that the Phillies have won from the major league club, except | one lone defeat administered to the Athletics some time ago. Ring and Ferguson held the Cards to four hits {while the Phillie clubbers hammered | {the ball all over the lot. | Pl e | HITTING BALL HARD | West Palm Beach, I'la., March (@ —One more day like yesterda |when the St. Louis Browns bowled | {over the Brooklyn Dodgers and 1t Isport scribes will no longer refer to | Ralph Kress and Otis Brannon of the Browns as recruits. Kress carted off with a home run and Branuoun hit a triple. BASEBALL MEETING The Burritt A, C. will hold a ball meeting tomorrow morning 11:30 o'clock at the club room. All | members of last year's tecam are re- | quested to attend. out | but I'm telling you not to be mar- | Made after a trip a covered wagor ves discontin Benefiel of Oregon Southern ory Dame at Chicago t attenda the co (Jac Iplayed in New and love and money a tick would be delighted if 1) should frown on the | brush manufac 1 ventic . o issembled they rowing coutest. T.os Angeles favored ridin i Irtics today. The lads from Boston downed nnie Mack's forces here vesterday in a game that looked as f it might go an extra inning but Hauser's costly muff of Hale's per- fect throw gave the Braves the en- er 6-5. Brown, Braves' cen- clder, dashed across the plate vith two out in the ninth. The owd gave Hornshy a great recep- tion when he delivered his first ex- tra base hit. t Bar associa- ©ETCAL | GATISFIED WITR PITCHERS | _West Palm Beach. Fla., March 14 rrie A. Ham- 1’>—Although the Brooklyn pitch- . have IS are taking plenty of time in th when au- WArMing up to season form in their 1ed between two (F4IMINg cxcrcises this spring, Man. Hamlin was pulleq 28¢r Robinson is satisfled. Petty and rt and Ham. | Yance failed to quell the thumping of | Of the Browns yesterday but Robbie feels confident that his mound aces will find their stride by the time the campaign gets under way. concussion of trolle HAVE NEW INFIELDERS Manager Wilbert Robinson will two new infielders this sea- First Baseman Del Bissonette hird Baseman Harry Riconda. ird hitters, his in w > was a Shore Linv present 1h John Woaiw OUR BOARDING HOUSE ET Al MEN,-THE oWL's CLUB WILL SHARE IN-THE FAME OF A-TRULY REMARKABLE INVENTION OF MINE! «« T HAVE INVENTED AN ELASTIC SUT FOR AVIATORS “THAT WILL MAKE PARACHUTES OBSOLETE !« I\ “TIME OF DANGER, THIS SUITCAN BE IWFLATED WITH GAS, ALLOWING “THE AVIATOR 10 FLOAT Down GENTLY! —~ A “TANK oF COMPRESSED GAS IS ATTACHED “To ~“THE SUrT AND NoU MERELY By Ahemn wWisH I HaD ONE OF -THEM SUrTS LAsT GEE,« WHAT A GREAT spEpA \AHEAA -H' LAW PULLS RAID ON OUR NIGHT! wnTH’ POKER GAMES !« | WIFE RUNS ME | ~« ALL"TH' MEMBERS | UP ToTH’SECOND CAN HAVE A c Ezo&tvum SO, AN SUMP ORY, ouT-TH' Wikpouws “"OA_?\ s A_%.s AN’ FLOAT Dowy, / o PROF VARD, « I DD | JusT LIKE REAL 7 odLs Leavin' /] "o BETMAK, T aEes Nou Dot INFLATE VvT-T0 A POINT, WHERE Noud DESCEND As i ™ \F VYou WEIGHED AR OY SSIBILITIEES's RG.USPAT.O. 334 REAT PO ©1928, BY NEA SEAVICE. 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