New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 26, 1928, Page 8

EW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1928, NEW BRITAIN C TITLE OF SECOND HALF B0ARD OFFICERS APTURES Furious Rally by Local Quintet Overcomes Lead of the Atlas—Entrance of Ra v Holst Into Game Turns Tide in Locals’ Favor—Al Sloman Leads Hardware City Attack—Pite and Rubenstein Come to Blows —New Haven Has Upp er Hand in Opening Ses- sion—Ball Dees Fine Job. i H-n.~n defea \m Haven a stiage-struck oalboys, ovganized on its off to do mu. ‘hough its def The New yed the loca Jod at the score. Iiritain’s furio Talf net onl bt left the g in the « marathon race Al Sloman was t morable first only before cited crowd but who h o to New I Hudso to watch Sioman was tie sole hope o cal quin caged fo1 t. He ind outplayed zuard at every well attuned for Ray Holst. substitut ing the game in the second hall when Rubenstein it oout on personal fouls, proved to be hero in t last rush of the I elnb. caged three bask cts from center, enter- nd one foul goal, giving New Brit- 2in an edge that Lielped the team to victory. One basket by the singing conter shot from cxactly the center of the floor, proved to be the straw | that broke the camel's back because | 1t broke a tle and gave New Britain the heart to go ont and win His work did not excecd that of the rest; of the players on the team but be- cause he was equal to the occasion in the critical moments he played, the wreath of glory must g6 to him for Saturday 5 est form | in the first half when every mem- ber of the squad scored from the field. New Britain's defense through- out the contest was the best seen this | scason and for that reason alone, | the team was cnabled to win| through. ‘ An account of the game would not be complete without a word concern- ing the officiating of “Red” Ball. Yaeing one of tho most difficult games in Connecticut basketball, the | Mass. Aggles coach t 1 in a per- foct job. His decisions were un- questioned by either players or fans and his work was of such high ovder that what would ordinarily have de veloped into a ronghhouse, was real- Jv a finely played basketball game snd an epic in court history in this city. Rubenstein, Zakzewski, Sheehan \nd Leary all tock a hig part in the | local vietory cach i playing l\h‘ should the s jardest to win and fans ad the the <on now com vould be st basketh, adlock Then other, Hav on “iolatio stein pa pointed to 1 his try e Vite 1 o Beit gon foul ved with shot =0 d dropped in a mak- Ha other point “e1d zoal and ¥ a foul shot Leary tore 1d scored fromn ¢ & streak making through Iike a the floor 8| Big Rothenfeld 1. Chadys tossed i the side, all with nioe minutes to Holst raade one of two free tries o siiet Then wdys with his back to aop. toseed one over Lis head, | v Hav in the lead 29 Ly uding beyond the center of or. let fly with the feature t of the night through and it Atlas players. The score 1 at 30-all. Immedtately onian was given a free try d. Holst took the ball cleant appeared to on the rebound and sank the shot, giving Britan 32 | With four and a half minutes to play Sloman sank a foul, making the count 33 to 30. long shot and New Haven as one point behind New Britain. It ever action was seen in a bas- kethall game it was seen from then ot loose and put in 1 goal, making it 35 to Then New Britzin began to stall kzewski cut for the basket. sloman shot him a pass and “Zak dropped the ball through the hoop. was fouled and he made his BOSTON MARATHON Nova Scotia to Be Represented By tun April 19, Halifax, N, 8, March 26 (M—Nova Scotia will be represented by many strong runners in the Boston mara- thon down for April 19. Billy Taylor of Sydney Mines {5 expected by home folk to duplicate the perfor- mance of Johnny Miles, Cape Bre- ton runner, a victor in a previous Roston marathon, Entrics from with Taylor, will be: Major Rams-|Jolict team overwhelmed St. Louis dale, Stealdy Campbell, Florence |1 niversity high school of &t. Louis, | Cape Tireto John MacDonald, | Mo., 32 to 11. It was the fifth an- Donald Young, Raymond Hamilton, | nual Catholic tourncy and the first | Ha1 Alfred Rodgers. Dart-|time o champlon has retained its mouth: William Cochrane, Windsor; | title. Silas McLellan, Noel; and William | Holmes, Thorburn. (Waiting To See Ruth and Gehrig Deliver [wi.n 1 &t. Petersburg, Fla., March 26 (P With only a few days left before nkees pull up stakes at their | ining camp here, fans still await- | A the thrill of secing the twing deliver one of their wallops Rahe Ruth and Lou Gehrig came |Who has been handicapped south ahead of schedule this spring |10 to got early start on the cam- palgn, the heavy sluggers have s<h for the circuit- Columbia Lou is determined an failed to hang a long one for the townsfolks | before the caravan heads for Jack- sonville on Friday. The Bambino i& not worried over his clouting activi- ties which have been hampered by a blistered hand. Jim Elliot Shows Good Form for Five Innings Palm Beach, F March 26 - Notwithstanding a pair of casualties in the Brooklyn fold. the Ra s today were Jim Elliott’s most recent per- formance. The 235 pound Hoosler heaver pitched the first five innings against the Browns yesterday, yleld- neither run nor hit. Only one plaver e first. This was due Elliott's successor, as touched for three runs but Brooklyn won b to 3. Bancroft has a touch o the gri while Catcher Hank DeBerry will b out of the a with a dislo finger *hrowing hand, sustained chulte’s bat on his from a the in foul tip off tourth inning. IN GAM! LIT EVE) Diamond Leaders split games yesterday Sluggers 18 1o § and bra Whitewsshers 9 to 5. These mes ware the fl E ue. The teams average 12 13 years of age aven los tving the | ting New Britain in the lead | Then Cohen let loose | added a foul, making | for New Haven. | were laft to play when | The ball sailed | Strong Runners in Classic to Be | | De LaSalle High School (‘umnm, Ladaaaad NEW BRITAINMEN :SCREW SHOP AND RUBBER WORKS CLASH TGMORROW Hartford and New Britain League Leader: ond Elimination Game for State Title — Girls Teams to Battle in First Game of Playoff of Triple Meet in Sec- Tobin and Nizon Honored by Baske(ball Oiuclals Fobin and Leonard R. Nixon Tie—Corbin Cabiret Lock and P. & ¥. Corbins on Jot Program—Newmatics and Landers in Final Con- lis city were honored at the ] nnual meeting of the Central Board test of ‘\lght' of Connectiont 1 thall Officials Hartford Y strial Basketball leagne M.C A Y fa be served one of the most sl roon by election to the of- s ot vice presigent and secretary all atiractions of the s cavoctively, Bam Wus.|LOMOrIow night when ihe float of » was naned as presi. || VO play-off the GIrls' | mber of » two games > Clyd> Waters of Dristol £ ot cond of |y fihe w of how X the home and home series bet jE t Ahcarn of Middletown 'crs of the exceutive com- Corbin Serew team and Hi $60L Rubber Works for the state indus- : ot “‘}" e e S rd he result of its N e trial championship will be played. Liondr s e ran: isssels lnsel These games are the two most im- etorg ynn eHartiord lant secretary treasurer of the orga A R e s ¥ Gk : | portant on a program of four games, ThUTSIAY in apital City, Hartford Industrial League and was ew Britain Machine-Landers | rivalry elas 1 great favortic over the Hardwar | Landers vs. Stanley Rule (City team previous to the seri | When Coaches “Jimmy" Murphy | it hias only a one point ad- {of Stanley Rule girls, Ralph Recano to work upon, the Corbin lof Landers, and “Pat” Coons of I m must win again or it will | & F. Corbins got together for a de- the runnir {cision as to which two teams would | Other Games, ! play the first game in the playoff or P. . Corbin row lize their {a triple tie for the championship of tram a chance for the cham- {the girls' league, Landers and Stan- piouship following its game com |ley Rule were named and the P. & back frc cond last pla here . Corbin team is to play the win- it rested after the first round had iner at a later date. jleen played and they will be root- | These teams hav t five times i for th team to win again | this scason and every game was a 2gainst onc of the Ldckmaker's two | “hummer.” The first two occasions great rivals, the Corbin Cabinet were exhibitions. The Rule Shop | Lock team. !team won by a 5 to 2 score and the | Shortly after vhr season was un- sccond was a 1 to 1 tie. The league |der way, the Cabincimakers sur- {started off with a game between | prised the league by dumping the P. s and it ended 5 to & ictio; ere made The other two contests will see Cor- | ‘ Works | bin Cabinet Lock and P. & F. Cor- P team’ accomplishe Ibins as opposing outfits and the : e Rubber Works ha final game of the night will be a cons t winner in the | The Central Connecticut board will hold its ford Y. annual banquet at the Hart- M. C. A. on April 26, RGAIN WINS TITLE Catholic Basketball Championship For Second Consccutive Year. Chicago, March 26 (#—De LaSalle high chool of Jolict, TIL, shattered tradition last night by winning the national Catholle high scheol bas- ketball championship for the second Nova Scotia along | but in six exhibitions to date to |th enthused over | N€ | nationals who made consecutive vear. Led by “Bubble: * McCarth the 'Red Sox Hope To Ha\e C npnles Back Again . March 26 (P— e on the New this afternoon | after a Sunday layoff that was ap- preciated by most of the bovs. they {hope to have some of their invallds York Giants home run |back on the field if not actually in hrro!xs"ll" game. “Slim” Harrlss. the big pitcher by a h of rheumatism, in shape in while Phil Todt's wrenched nee has 0 far mended that he left the train yesterday without a limp. |Ken Williams, another member of sick list, and like Todt, a leg guf- ferer, will be in action today. flenators To Have Last Training Session Today Tampa, Fla., March 26 (#—The last full day practice session before the scason opens up north faced the | Washington Senators goday and bat- ting and ficlding was not all that | Manager Harris had listed for his charges. A little lecturing was in istore for those who have failed to grasp the finer points of the game and also a small group who don't know their signals. sad Sam" Jones, former Yank, | | Wi get his first tryout with the | Washington team tomorrow when the St game series here. Tom Zachary will help S8am on the mound. | Giants Are Back In Training Camp Again Augusta, Ga., March 26 (PM—The New York Gilants were back at their spring training base today with a record of six victories in eight exhi | bitions through Florida towns. The i Newark Bears fell victims | McGraw clas at & iterday by 6 to 4, | showed an elusive is of Jim Fanlk ball to the Inter- but. one hit off Bill Clarkson [lim in five fnnings + in the Triangu- stopped the Bears with three safe- | 0 [ties in the last f ir innlogs of the contest. Louts Cardinals open a two- )i The Atlas players were | these two riva jesperate but they could not break | after an overtime period. Both teams iin’ Holst his men rough New Britain's defense. Zak- | played in the last scheduled game of | were through, This is the fou veki went to take another shot and | CONARD R. NIXON | the season and the Rulers in won |[vear in wh the league has bee Cohen fonled him with 30 seconds {in an overtime period. They met|on the books as a sporting attra to play. 1o dropped in both shots. |tion. He has held this offfce for again in the play-off of the early |tion. fn the thre s previous to leaving Aol beore az 49 fo 30 |several years and proof that his scason b to 5 tie and once again the fhis year, I & F. 1 not in favor of New Britain, The .«um-‘“orl\ has been efficient h given Rulers triumphed in an overtime | finished worst than 1t mary: | through his rpel zame and as a result both teams |is out to keep up the record this 7 New Britain | with (eorge Hayes of Hanvord and were tied for the lead as the season year. Fli ¥l Pts John Manion of East Hartford were | :nded. Four of th Landers-Newmatics, Rubenstein, 1 2 4 named as delegates to the annual lhn:\, two teams wore over: 1f New Rritain Machine is sue- loman, It d 1 13 meeting of the connecticut board. cessful in defeati Landers that Zakzewski, 5 «| Three men who have served their { It so happens that both of Landers’ team will be It out of the race for Holst, 1 7 | probationary period, were clected 10 defeats were from Rulers, both | the Industrial League title and a Shechan, rg 1 1 full membership in the board vyles- [of the Ruler's defeats from P. & F. half-game will separate the New. SUUFM, 8 ..-eeoeee O o terday. George M. Cassidy, athletic | Corbins, and both of I. & F. Corbins’ Pnle e S TL0TY, T el amvas 3 4 coach of the New Britain Senfor loses were to Landers. * T 1a it Kild Iz [ ) 4 high school was one and the other | Gontinue Scrics, Corbins wins ever Corbin — —~ - two were Roy Cuyer, athletic direc-| Probably the game which will Lock 14 12 40 tor of the Connecticut Agricultural|aqual the girls’ game in interest is | New Britain Machine staged a New Havm college and Gerald Grinnel. athletic; (hat betwsen Hartford Rubber | comeback in the last two games. ¥id FI Tt director of the Westminster P(‘l!DDX‘\\nrkg and Corbin Screw for the |This game should be closely fonght. Botwinik, rf ....... 1 1 2 in Simshury. e | Rothenfeld, rf, rg .. 1 1 Harry Ginsburg of this city and ' Pite, 1f ... -3 1 Willlam Thomson of this city were 9y Sweeney, 1g Trupin, ¢ .. .2 0 continued on probation whuc'BflYS L”B L S | c. -0 1 1 Thomas Picket of Hartford and Al- Chadys, rg a 2 8 bert Ahern of Storrs were dropped New Britain Boys' Club jEetiste e 3 1 7 from the list. The board now has| 1. tl S T 27 full members and four probation- { |Gill, rt 5 13 6 32 lury members. | Kerelejza, 1t 0 Score at half time—New Haven | Tpe gtate board meets next Sun- = Grusha, If .. 3 18, New Britain 13. Referee, Ball. \day at the City club in Hartford. | Parparian, 1t G(vfll, ompagnone, Dooley and Releree Too Much for e New Brtaln Quintet | peeivin s : | 10 25 1 Personal fouls—Glll 2, Grusha 3, Although the final score read 34- 25 agalnst them, the Boys® club quin- “;'rf’”'* 5 (\?"”ML:‘;:L Hay ‘"{’\':";; tet won a victory on the basketball | gWeency—35. Technical fouls— | floor of the Boston Doys' club Sat- |Grusha, Doolcy. Free tries—Gill 3, urday night, and that victory was Gru Goffa 2, Benjamin 4—11; over thelr own tempers. Starting the ‘fi':‘“‘“x‘: = ;“\0"“;‘3 Ll‘fv""‘l;it“'r’:‘"fi game under a severe handicap when ' vainheons” Timer — Aronson, | young Tony Kerclejza nervous coilapse less than a minute after the game had begun, the Hard- | sutfered & | Scorer—Parker. BUTTMAKERS LOSE T0 FAFNIR TEAM . Stanley Works Five Falls Short Aiter Uphill Battle in Game Men's Industrial League WL Corbin Serew L 2 : SRy « ln\»\r! . 6 4 «v'n.b\ Works L § [ 3 abinet 6 B N. . Machin = T .364] Stanley Rule . P | 10 091 After by apparently being snowed un- a smooth-working. machine- of the Fafnir team, the rks basketball team in the 1 league fought a des- brought in victory in the closi inutes Saturday night. the Buttmake @efeat. It was the preliminary game |to All-New Britain contest at| the Stanley Arena, » Carvlson’s Stanley Workers were aided greatly in the final min- tcs of the game through the loss to the Fafnir team of it scenter, Gier- {ochowski; its star forward, LaHar, and its zuard, Wilson, on personal |fouls. Fafnirs finished the final six minuies of the game with four men. In the early part of the game the ,Fafnir men worked their plays to i perfection and piled up a 20 to 9 ilead at half time. Every member 'ef the team contributed to the couse, LaHar making thrce fleld goals, Havlick, one; Gerry, one; Matulls, {two and Wilson, two. | After half time intermission Coach Grobstein’s men began to pop them nd at one time five points sep- the teams. The feature of s the foul shooting of Fafr team. It made out of 12 chances. LaHar. who ain starred for his team had a per- night from the complimentary sinking four out of four. The vanson duo, one of the tanley Works' many forward com- hinations, starred for the losers. | Through this dofeat, P. & F. Cor- Lins goes into third place, and Stan- ng However, strip, Merlin 1oy Works' best hope now is & tie} for first place if Corbin Screw loses | all of its remaining games, " The summary: Fafnirs Fld. Fl Tt LaHar, r¢ S 4 1 Beloin, rf-rg ‘ Miriliant, rf 0 Havlick. If ....... 1 rochowski ) Wilson, rg-c 0 Matulis, Ig . 1 10 MJ sunky Works \Nferline, rr.1¢ - E 7 |$wanson, 1t-rt o 4 - [Hewett, 1t . 1 3 o |Hatgls, c-1t 1 5| Murphy, e 1 3 ! Abramowit; 1 1} Pelletier, rg 0 4 9 ilis, 15 .. o 0 |Carlson, 1 . o o 10 7 2 Referee, Nixon; timer, Saunders scorer, Butler. | YANKEE JUNIORS WIN The ldefeated the Perockles yesterday by {the &core of ¢ to 2 in a tight basc- {ball game. John Durbar starred for the winners with two hits out of our times up. The winners lned as follows: Rinaldt rf, Luziett} p. Alisw, Negri cf, Anthony 2b, Bras- ile 1b, Melechinski 1f, Roman 3b, up-hill campaign whieh near- | s suffered a 34 to 27 10 shots | NEW BRITAIN SMASHED WAY THROUGH TO BASKETBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP—BOYS' CLUB TEAM BEATEN IN GAME IN BOSTON—CITY TITLE TOURNAMENT STARTS TOMORROW-—FAFNIRS DEFEAT STANLEY WORKS—SECOND ELIMINATION GAME ol FIRST GAMES IN CITY | TOURNAMENT TOMORROW. Junior Division Begins Play at Boys’ Club in Afternoon and Intermediate Teams in the Evening—Two Con- tests in Each Class Tomorrow — Senior Quintets Will Start Wednesday Night—Interest High in Bas- kethall Playoff. Games Tomorrow Afternoon Junior division: Eust Ind Lagles Panthers; TFlying Ilomeos vs. | speedboys. ames Tomorrow Night Intermediate division: Church Reserves vs. Ilashes; Club Reserves vs. “Y" Arrows, ithe senior and intermediate tions will complete their ounds that night. | All teams must be on hand ready ito play at the scheduled times, the committec warns, or forfeits will be jexacted. The tournament will be {conducted with strict adherence to | Games Wednesday Afternoon [rules and with as little delay as | Midget division: Eagle Juniors vs. | possible, and the teams entered must {Apaches; Celtic Juniors vs. Hula be ready to start play at the ape I Hulas. M‘Omlul hours. sec-. opening South Boys" (.amm W cdm-«lay Night Sen: a: C H Em- lonuxl.l‘ Regular Left Fielder Twenty-gseven teams are {awaiting th> opening of the San Antonio, Tex., March 26 (P)— The exceptional play of Paul Easter- city's first championship baskctball {tournament, which will begin at 4 o'clock tomorrow ternoon at the Boys’ club under the auspices of that organization. Two games in the | junior division will be played during ling, Detroit recruit, in the open tpaces of left fleld, frequented last geason hy Bob Fothergiil and “Red” Wingo, leaves In doubt the regular assignment t0 be announced after the afternoon, while the opening en- the training season by Manager gagements in the intermediate class George Moriarty. will be fought in the evening. The| The defensive and offensive midget teams will play their first strength of the big outfieldcr was itound matches Wednesday after- ably demonstrated Saturday in an noon, and in the evening the senior exhibition game with San Antonio championship fight will begin. All “When Easterling played third in the is now in readiness for the big tour- batting order. pounded out five hits ney, and intcrest is at fever pitch il as many time at bat, driving in .ul -m .ac e bul |three runs and scoring three him- The first game of the tournament S¢!f. In addition Easterling stols | will be the junior game between the Nome once and proved dangerous on | East End Eagles and Panthers. This {he paths, an accomplishment much will be played at 4 o'clock tomor- '© the liking of Morlarty, an ex- {row afternoon, and if the contentions | Ponent °f the art of bfl!e stealing. of the rivals are to be taken at face Lo e haa worths apemer. for.| Braves Satisfied With the tourney. Tt will he followed by Showing In Training another contest which promis e e s e > be a hummer, that between the Fiy- | Fort Myers, Fla, March 26 (P— | The main squad of the Boston ing Romeos and the Speedhoys. Th"‘n poroda for these games will ho six|BTAVES was here today after break- ng eamp at St Petersburg well minutesiitng: wnl\lml with having won two thirds Tntermediate Games The South church Juniors and|°f their encounters with fellow big ey : leaguers during the five Flashes will start the excitement in ! ithe intermediate divislon tomorrow | [/*NiNg. Srorts writers who Mwmn The church tram bas had | {07 Doys moricaut Nl 3 \umgnr Jack Slattery's ax.vr‘,::ulon jcons ring ( 3 Bcnlnn in the National league in rmediate class i fs admittedi The first material cut in the squad, |shooting somewhat over its head and | 0" ¢ % ust before the warriors en- lits showing is prohlemati THC | tratned, sent Cronin, Clark, Wright, |Flashes are a speedv aggregation pepiogski, Spears and Dunlap north and are confident of elimbing int0l4, raport to the Providence, R. I.. |the second round over the remains ajy), {of the church juniors. | In the second game of the night lone of the big battles of the tour- ! ney will take place when two old irivals, the Boys’ club Reserves and| gan Francisco, Cal, March 35 () the “Y* Arrows, come together. The | _ponte Bush and his Pittsburgh {club team has won by far the great-|pirate crcw were forced to cancel er portion of its games this year their contemplated revenge on the |and has even upaet the Arrows on san Francisco Seals today, rain one occasion, but it has been weak- again causing concellation of hoth tened by the promotion of Kerelejza morning and afternoon gemes. Tha ito the first squad and the forcing out | Pirates move to Oakland tomorrow. Rain Again Postpones Pirate Training Games Yankee Junior baseball team} of Garro because of welght. Arrows, presenting a {has played together off and on for the last couple of years, are one of the prominent contenders in the di- vision and figure to give the club Reserves as good as they send. Eight-minute quarters will be play- ‘ed. Wednesday Contests Iminute quarters, will start Wednes- day afternoon, with the lors opposing the Apaches and the Celtie Juniors facing the Hula Hulas. The senior section will begin that evening, when Co. H will tickle the Emeralds and the Boys’ club will en- gage the Lions in the most likely- jlooking battle of the first round, The junior five first round will be fin- (ished on Thursday afternoon, while Th, lost to the Clark Giramonti 2b. Games may be se- e City boys carried on gamely y Vebia il s st morning 10 to 9 cured through Captain John Durbas | fouls them with reckicss abandon P4t in the afternoon took a forfeit- 19 Corbin avenue. The team aver- but who also subjected them to a ©4 8ame 8 to 0. ages 14 years of age. constant verbal “riding.” That they - withstood this and even put up a great se a high o manship on the ' players. The game had scarcely started | |when Kerelejza dropped to the ! | floor, and play had to he held up for about 15 minutes while he was given | { respiration and a doctor summoned. | Over-nervousness was given the cause of his trouble. As the game was resumed Woods danced under the basket for the first kcore. A minute later Gill went into a corner | land flipped & sensational ene-hand hook for a tiz score, and the teams | fousht without further score for the I rest of the quarter. | Baskets hy Sweency and Medaglia | gave Boston the jump in the next | session, but Grusha made three points and Denjaniin sent New Brit- lain ahead with a basket and foul. | |1t was 10-6 when Goffa arched a | p in spite of it evidenced liber of spirit and sports- part of the local goal and Boston called time. Then Dooley and Sweeney tied the score and the former made a foul. but Benjamin evened things at 11-11. | Dooley and Goffa made baskets. MeVey did the same, and it was 14- 15 when Goffa put in a free try just before intermission. | The third quarter saw Boston run up eight points and hold New Brit- ain acoreless until Goffa made a |long shot at the whistle. Benjamin | {opened the final period by pumping | |2 brilllant field goal. The teams now | | fought on even terms in spite of | several decisions which drew loud | boos from the group of 25 loyal | jrooters who had accompanied the |1ocal team. Boston made several | baskets by bringing the ball in from | toutside when it looked as if Boston men had knocked it out, while the calling of & double foul when Gill was knocked down from behind also evoked the ire of the Hardware City tans. Dooley again featured for Bos- ton. For New Britain Gill, Goffa, and Benjamin were the outstanding players. The summary Boston Boys' Club - fd. 1. 1. | O'Kane, 0, 10 0 McVey, of . 19 | Crowley, rf 1 0 ] Dooley, 1t ¢ 1 Woods, ¢ i 0 2 | Medaglia, g 10 8 ‘When a Feller Needs a Friend The | team which| The midget division playing four- A Fagle Jun.! While the rest of the crew were {dle vesterday Bush took his twirlers to a semi-sheltered section under tha {bleachers and put them through a stiff drill. He is far from satisfied, he indicated. LOCAL TEAM WINS | The Swedish American Soccer football team defeated the Skandia C. of Hartford by the scére of » to 4 Baturday. The game wae plaved on a muddy fleld but the lo- cals showed up well against the Hartford veteraua. HILLTOPS WIN The Hilltops defeated the Yankeca 16 to 9 in the first baseball game of the scason yesterday. Gamen may be arranged through Captain Peter Grieco, 198 Burritt street. By BRIGGS Q