New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 29, 1928, Page 16

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH 2), 1928 LIONS DEFEAT BOYS’ CLUB TEAM IN CITY TITLE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT—NEW BRITAIN QUINTET TO MEET OPPOSITION FROM CHICAGO BRUINS SATURDAY NIGHT—JOE HOWARD IN PERFECT SHAPE FOR TOUGH BOUT FRIDAY NIGHT —SPORTS a2 ki ) 400 m “LIONS DOWN BOYS' CLUB CHICAGO BRUINS | TIGERS SURE TO BE TROUBLESOME \JOE HOWARD AIMING FOR AFTER 3 EXTRA PERIODS| FORM FAST TEAM N T STATE TITLE THIS YEAR Free Shots by Dennis Give Lions Victory After Spec-; ; ; / R \ . R Former Middleweight Champion in Perfect Fighting tacular Fight—Co. H Eliminates Emeralds—Eagle Johnny .Beckmn Was FOI'll'lel'ly\ S, Les . 2 Form—Worcester Amateurs to Oppose Pick of Con- Juniors and Hula Hulas Take Afternoon Games— | (aptain of New York Celtics : o . necticut Simon Pures—Visitors Considered One of Phaptolps(gm(i‘ South Church in Feature Game on | SAEEel SO : € . Best Teams in' the East — Last Tournament for Tonight’s Card. | Edanseopnasifisn il i " ’ . ; o 'l'hree Weeks — Inter-City Matches Scheduled in red by the New Britain baskethall team at the Stanley Arena Saturday Fo 8 el : e ; : = ) Card of 10 Bouts. kil | night when the Chicago Bruins, led Midget divisio gle Juniors 19, ren committed ible Toul and i ot L e e \paches 7; Hula Hulas 40, Celtic were both banished from ga catest court perform all time, S E . : - L 3 : 3 #a With the st title tournament Juniors 2. b ir personals. Kley t0ss- yiu¢ here, The Bruins were one of 3 2 _ 2 . ' . g lonly a few weeks away, amateur Senior division: Co. H 53 or in asket and Compagnone a | . Rl < 3 y \ : { ding quintets in the fight fans arc watching Joe Howard ds 34; Lions 29, Boys' Club 27, oul to put c three points in |} . 3 e Basketba & 4 : s g L. ; Games Tonight the lead. T vselli cut it down a || fgue “,‘,“;L,n;\(m(,:,: i l,v,l,‘ ,f,,\,‘: S i (o Wowitond, foriacy middlewelght Intermediate division: Pythons vs. point with a free try and F. Marsel- |weoks for the championship to the | : =\ i & : champion, closcly. Howard has Phantom Reserves. Senior division: i ¢ witiful basket 10 | frort Wayne team. Fort Wayne - =\ : R : E SOy traincd himselt down to 160 pounfds Phantoms vs. South church. tie the s 2 4 all as the final |(urn, was defeated by the Celtics for | 3 - B . i 4 . land at the present time is reported Games Tomorrow Afternoon i ey {the ultimate world's title, ; i Im Hl“ Mw 0ldfimelns wt to be in fine fighting form. He will Midget division: Hula Hulas v, Both teams baitled through the | Beckinan has, for a number of E R s ; Bt be seen in action in this city Friday Hawks. Junior division: Panth:rs first overtime period without scor- |¥ :n one of the foremost per- o i . night for the first time in many ve. Speedhoys. ing. Kerelejza dropped in a long formers in big league basketha : v/ : : Among lllc lllol‘ ].Mgllem |{months against a tough opponent in Games Tomorrow Night shot from the center of the floor to les. He was captain of the 3 g o i - |Heetor Pe of Worcester, Mass, Senior division: Co. H. vs. Lions; start the second overtime period. Original Celtics of New York, tie | Besides the state title tournament, winner o Phantom-South church With 15 seconds to go F. Marselli world's champions, from 18 to 2N § ? : New York, March 29 (®#—Another Howard plans now to enter the na- game vs, All-Stars, zain tide the score a all with | |‘~.‘d;md‘ e that time ho e . famous tribe—the spitball pitchers of ||'nn:<l title competition in Boston in bas rom the center of the ‘ained the Chicago team. He was e % 4 May. Judging from the records of i50r: wiblls riviilas at ful (1,”1 considered the hrains of the teams hl“eb‘" s spihe Wbseoming Lexs |the men who won honors in the na- “harlow put the Lions into the lead |00 Wiich he plaved and he is a dead | Hnot, . . [tional classes last year, Howard sl : vith ‘& foul Shot in the third over. |shot both from e field and the foul Now that Urban Shocker has made ' stands a v zood chance of cop- * lline, He is known as “The Babe 3 % : up his mind to moisten banjo notes |ping honors in Boston this year. Ruth of Basketball.” | g 2 - N iy ¥ in his 8t. Louis radio shop in pref-| Howard will be out to score a Frankie Roxbur and Frankie \ & erence to wetting the old spheroid, |knockout in quick order Friday dalEp oS Strichburg were called the “Gold | g ll;nhrul\ks o}: th:;i ouee great galaxy |night. His punching power is weil P perinds Betexe the Lig . gt _ |Dust Twins” in the American Bas- > ik of hurlers has dwindled to a mere | known to New Britain fans and with Iy conquergd the Boys' club by 2u-27 A "'l'“:‘""“ Ivies good, bringing | o)) jeague. They have played / HAZRY'S : half dozen. {his physical condition as yuovll as it w,wkl)‘v:dk(l:; ifimm day's play in tlhv yo seore =3 10 =7 in favor of |\ cketball together cver since they ; el ; . . : Only ;A‘ht yeara ago the major |is, Howard will be the favorit city basketball tournament under = sraduated from St. John's college in 2 2 i eagues decided by concurrent action |against his Bay Statc opponent. O the auspices of the Boys' club. The| The Lions last Karbonic and Luke e ey op THE TIGER o 1. ban sk Ahverioelang rseed|rn Lt La Siale opRONERG B same was one of the fastest and O IOUF P 15 and the Club GIIL | o0 thie fastest pairs of forwards BIG ELAM 1S GETANG that 17 bona fide spitball pitchers {some of the toughest opposition thit hardest ever played on the club|2nd Benjamin A total of 33 fouls | Ty ooy o T Ron Grady, called the READY FOR THOSE Q? then performing in the big circuits | Howard has over roceived. tecordin floor, and, while the victory of the|WAs called but most of the fouls opio"cenrer of basketball, will SEVENTH INNING HURRY CALLS‘ ¥ y would be the only ones exempt from |10 reports from his training camp. Lions was not exactly a surprise, the | WUT¢ for violation of the rules and | Ly pis last game of the scason the rule. He is @ fast man on his feet and a elimination of the Boys' club in the 70t for roushn AeiELmAry: here Saturday night. Following the iz . Of that number, the National had |faster one with his fists. 1f he lands first round put onc of the tourney Li contest, he will report to the Jersey | 4 NEA - eight, namely, Bill Doak, Shuffling |Howard wijl he in trouble. The bout favorites out of the running at the fid. 11 . |City team of the International Bas e SAN ANTONIO o Phil Douglas, Dana Fillingham, Ray |app. 10 have all the ear marks very start, Co. H had little difficulty | L. Marselli, vf .......... 3 ball league as a member of the Fisher, Marvin Goodwin, Burleigh [of n good scrap. in polishing off the Emeralds by heri, If pitching stafi. 5 [ 72 the ‘Tankees Hiimp, Waton| Grimes, Clarence Mitchell and Dick | Jour othcr Worcester hoys, num- 53-34 in the other game of the D e E e Ao 21 Chizmader is one of the leading |, G0 A R PR AL p 7 tudolph. Today, enly Doak of the [jered among the amateur fight team uight, In the midget games played Karbonie, St guards of the Ameriean league, and | PO - TIHES T G0 O R rown University, figuring to be one | relief work at short, second and [Robins, Mitchell of the Phillics and |that is considered one of the hest dnring the afternoon (e Charlow, . ceees { Kennedy, his running mate, Wil be aj o o =50 G ooy o My | O the best young pitchers in the|even first base if need by. Grimes of the Pirates, survive, in the cast, will be scen in action Juniors vasily won from the Apaches | Luke, Ig ..., S h sensation in himself. All of the o S T TS { Fothergill, Rice and Hellmann| With the passing of 8hocker of the |during the tournament, A battle in by 1 while the Hula Hulas ran [F. Marselli, . . men were high scorers in the Amer- |t o ST roush il If carly spring form counts for|will cavort in the wider expanses, {Yankees, three of the moist by M.. light heavyweight division will wild to pile up a 40-2 count over the n leaguo and they are out to hand.| oo, wF T LI g depend. | ANVEhIng, this - bespectacled lad|with Red Wingqyin reserve. Foth- |flingers are left in the Am: {be seen with Vie Carlson of ry- Celtle Juniors. New Britain a lacing, if possible, | {1 OF Harry fer, Sud SEpCE should graduate into a regular his ferglil for once 15 down to a normal fleague. When the rule was pai villo pitted against James Sullivan Lions 29, Boys' Club 27 Boys' Club saturday night. e Datnoit ol s 1o think they | 1WSt full year in the big show. In|playing weight and figures to have in 1920, there were A, W. Avers, Ray of the Massachusetts city. Both ar ter batiling for thrie overtime L 1.t | Preliminary Game | | xhibition with the Minne-|a good year. There is no peace for |Caldwell, Stanley Coveleskic i kard punchers and it is doubtful it periods the Lions bash.tball team (GIlL ¥f ......ociviiiins A double feature is offered to the | | awol can Association club, |athletes who arc overweight when |Faber, H. B. Leonard, Jack Quinn, |tiic hout will 2o the three scheduled scored a sensational win over the Kerelejza, rf fans Saturday night in the appear-| T | Billings, called into the fray in the | Morlarty and Leifield are on the job. Allan Russell, 8hocker and Allan [rounds. Boys' club five when George Dennis, | Goffa, 1, 1 ance here of the Manchester At ( '\ ; M ihs Ay -'.)m | ninth inning, proceeded to fan three Detroit wx'll probably ‘carry four sot‘horon. Johnny Clinch will zet a good tesi lanky center of the Lions, atter Grusha, If cation Girls' te g the '. an :1 ol‘vm‘, X e ireh -4“*‘ liller batters in a row. That is catchets—\\ood?'ll: le_gruve, shf!u Coveleskie, now "u"v“n‘ for a TeR- [of his powers when he swaps punch ing scorcless throughout the Klov, ¢ anley Rule & Le t. e pennant hee s puzzng in 0| uet arough idea how good he looks |and Phillips. “Plnkic” Hargrave, |ular berth with the Yankees, Faber |og with Joe Prestero in the 147 s free tries to make Compagnone, rg Manchester crew appeared he amp of the Detroit Tigers down | in pre-season battl brother of “RBubbles” of the Reds, fof the White Sox, and Quinn of the [pound cluss. Prestero has appearcd s rwlk '-“0”‘!(“ : in “\u.: of Benjamin, Ig <hort time ago and proved fo be one | San Antonio way. |V Sorrel and Carl Hubbell are|will do a lot of pinch-hitting this |Athletics, remain on the American |in Hartford on several occasions anid gl et 8 nere 10t G of the sensations of the year. Stan-| Of course, pennant becs that by |two other pitchers who have found |summer. The stocky little recelver |league active list. Sothoron, former- {ius always & a good account of i R A e Ry 1 tey Rulo should give e visitors 4 | in the training camps are not always | a way into the heart of Moriarty by |knows how {o pick out a g0od one |ly with the Browns, is a coach with | Af. Clinch is out to get him- "‘{;fi‘fi“‘ 1:‘:”"‘:' gt el Parssnel fouls —Tln i ‘Mar. |roval battle. | taken seriously by ‘the other clubs |nice exhibitions turned in on the and smack it from ether side of [the Cardinals. self ready for the state title tour- ‘h,.‘.'.,' ;o B e far o, botbe bonik 4. Ohariow 2 J‘,c‘"m" | YLose To Plainficld in the 1 . heless, Man- | training battlefields. | the plate, and has been doing it fre- | The ancient Polish heaver, Covel- |nament and he will try to finish Appeared i S e b . L. Marselli 2—17; Gill 4 In a game marked by the terrific ager George Moriarty and his en-| The infield has been greatly | quently this spring. eskle, hes turned in two good per-|prestero in short order. Pancho Bl cice (s Tiohd' penis o S el B A b oth it ins ! tire camp have droams of being in [strengthened by reserve material| Moriarty looks for plenty of com- |formances during the southern train- |Villy will do his stuif wgainst Mil o e 5 T o Gruebia, Compag- | Hee o eam went down to defeat | the hieavy end of the oncy next | and should rank close 10 the best in | petition {rom the Athictics and |ing grind and scems assured of 5om | ford Savagic in {he 136 pound el : ' " be |last night at the hands of the Plain- | world series time. ;va league. Neun has first base Washington in the task of over-igort of a contract with the world |Villa fs the favorite to win over his st d well into the final Bucheri i Marselli 4—13; Gill 8, ifield Pros by the score of 40 fo 31 There is one condition to this | Safely tucked away, while Gehringer | hauling tre New York Yankees. If champions. opponent but not among the follow I o » minutes to go, Kercle ; Gronha, Kiow ' [The contest was played under pro-| fancitul hope. The New York |18 @ fisture at second basc. Jackis |he can keep that bee buzzing and | Jack Quinn, 43, the Methusalch of crg of the Worcester camp. A baiil T o o Dot Basans irusha, Kloy 8 |0 onal rules. and the unfamiliar | Yankows must sucenmb 10 the law | Tavener's finger is as good as ever it the Yanks should figure in @ |hagchall, is cntering his 25th year|in the 115 pound clss has been DA Bherlon o O i aopay S IEiB 3 | toe was @ bz hanfices fo the 10| of avarasen 't ‘% ome team can. |and thercfore Jackie will get the |train wreck or sontething, mavbe on the diamond. After leaving the [scheduled between John Villa o * shot to put the Lions in the lead : ‘n isea ixon u».] Tobin. T shy | not gobble all of the g every call at short, Marty McManus is | the Tiger fans have good things in {minors Quinn began tossing his | \Worvester and either Sal Navarro o {56 Bo8 tms duting (hs g, el I(;'“].l Dime— yl".‘.yn‘r”{n atte oo wunders. | €40 O tain 1ed at the end of the | year, Once every so often even the leading for the third base assign- | store for them in 1928, ‘; 'zzling spitter with the Yankees in | Hartford or Lou Taylor of Dristol then on the lead changed from SEE -minute quarters and | (%Y & 14 to 12 score but 4| mightiest of champions must take |ment, but.it will mean a fight for {1809, Ttis an odd twist of fate that | Jive other bouts to be made up to angther, ‘ 3 G pEuond DA ive AL LSRG Tl e Sy 1 BIGIRASI | 46 5hl ks cbis) | Marty to remain there, "Gms us’r N]GHT Quinn in his carly mafor league days | from entrics from various citics in Although Dennis scored the Wih-j . Co. H 53, Emeralds 34 lin the second half, enabled the home | A little let-up in the Yankecs' | uk Emmer, once a Cincinnati had his poorest luck against Connic |the state will round out a card of 10 ning polnts of the gamo e EIGV | Co. IL was ticd only once and was | 40"l through with @ win.| pitching or a stump in (ke butting | Red, and Jack Warner are striving Mack's Athletics of whom he s at (houts for the fournament, Some of st be given to “ritz” Marselli, r headed as it scored a i The summar | of dess th and Gehrig wounld | for the understudy role, while Chick [ny the Asmociated Pr present a member. the favorites in the amateur ranks who entered in the final quarter. \win gver the Emeralds in the e Bl A i or the | Galloway should be just the man for| ~ Cincinnati—Harry McCarthy, €in- | Mitchell, Doak, Grimes and Faber | of the state are slated to appeat With a minute to go in th hin-ll gume of the cvening. The game was Fd. 1L 1. | Bengals, figures the Tiger hoard of | | cinnati, won over Jimmy Sayers, geem to be ready for at least an-|and plenty of action seems assured canto Marselli tied the score With & ow 1 zetting up any speed, Rows|pooo oo F) G ategy. | Fort. Wayne, (10). Jimmy Hartis, |other season but 1920 may bring | for thote who plan (o attend (i beautitul hook shot from the side of ing the first asket after more | SUDSRSIGER T -0 o §1 Twenty per eent improvement in ) | Cincinnatt, defeated Larry Pruitt, [further reductions in the fast thin-|pouts, the court. The Boys' club took the (Ifi; five minutes of play, although | T » 6| all-around ctfectivencss is looked for H] ”’ (6). Buddy Lee, Nashville, techni- [ning line of these moundsmen who| his will be the last tournamen lead in the second overtime period e had put in a free toss earlier. | | @hech 2l in 19 o osses, Dis- GOIN FlsHlN | cally knocked out Hobby Bridges, |acquired their skill in the days When | ror thrce weeks. Next week heins on a basket by I\IA‘.\ I 00) J ': Iclnerney shot-put the ball in, .md‘ S 0| counting snother string of il m K | Indianapotis, (1). [whewing tobacco was an art in itself. Jioly Week, no tournament will he vanish when 1ritz '.:m\ et bas] ! Herdlein followed another score by | s suffered th cam o Trout Season Opens April 15th. = Sty e ‘nnm while the following week will rom the conter ot the 1 A to make it 5-4 at the quarter. 9 21! should be in the running from the | Akron, Ohio—K. O. Christner, Ak- RED SOX P L\l“l‘l( E Ibe date of the title tournament. The seconds to go. It was the S tings tossed a neat one from the 4 Heedndiy Get Your Tackle Now ron, knocked out Rergeant Jack Ad-| Augustn, Ga., March 29 (P—A |first hout tomorrow night will stari of the game, . J 1k ond period opened > . b Harry Ric Elam Van G ams, St. Louis ,(10). Charley Brock, | much needed regulation practice will | promptly at 9 o'clock. The work of the catire Lion t : f L but Howard |go el 1e |0 3! der, obtained le with the | Philadelphia, defeated Jim Sigman, |ahsorb the attention of the Boston | — — W utiful to watch, the play o g ints and Herdlein tied | ponoe’ o0 3 owns for Rlue and Manush, | Spartanburg, 8. C. (8). Red Box here today. They demon- | GIANTS ON WAY HOME and Bucheri heing outstan i re at -9, Smith popped a|poicon g .. situte the main part of the im - strated the dire need of inter-club| Augnsta, G, March 29 (P—The work ‘of Charlow and \ ! 3 cowski dribbled | oo T Sl | provement. “Throw 3 Detroit—Forrest Hawke, Détroit, [ play vestcrday when the Giants| New York Giants made their fare- e stages © fhr of many bask- | - ¢ A i e e i | defeated Tom Sayers, Detroit, (10). |whipped them 8-5 in a game that | well here today with Chattanooga o= by bR fhio) Lione fr0m A€ nd militiamen ran up a 20- 17 40 can last summor’ “oit 15 MAIN STREET. — saw a lot of unnecessary runs can- | the next stop. Howard Dilkes, & cd. Gill and Goffa he Morin getting a baskct] g.ora at half time, New Britain Albert “Lefty” T . ith gL Bradford, Pa—George Meenahan, | tributed by the Sox in a way thet|semi-pro pitcher of Philadelphia, the losers e 1o Emeralds | s the b ‘H Plainficld 12; referee, Smith, | Rice in cent “Everything for the Sportsman.” || Buffalo, N. Y., won over Tony Russo, | indicated that Carrigan’s crew was | has been sent home to take treat- : ‘ ¢ 1 ‘ : be taking that « ] vy | Toledo, (6). still full of loop holes. fament 7or atnus trouble. Yester s Results tries to keep the s i +d. The two e Games Saw Intermediate division: Boys' Club Aces--Tirst 8 nusr of Thippeta et .| time period but the score was again 1 when Kley sank a froe try. With a minute to go Dennls was | fouled in the act of shooting and ez A terr battle v up ngar the top this scason. = started the e fight point for point. T the lead throughout the first th -Luke 2, Charlow 2, Dennls 5, { the attack “'7 “A weak throwing oftfield sean uls with the y 30-18, but | tmalke: (hnll‘::# pitchin .(\v \;(, M ok “Ny Mothel‘ was a Lady” By BRIGGS iegesie 1 'l" s sec to brace the Emeralds, | Wallingtord Women's Team to Roll bad” rants the conzonial Gill 1 elub soho came ck to 33 at the o 5 1 : i " iy f your gardencrs can't Iropping N 1WO i ferdlein and B, Morin| New Britain At Rogers Alleys To- | VAT BT AR (00 Arat s made an aitack which Wiel 58| wuuy g Pl Metobin, | what chance hs Vlscred ; A3t e e onl) [ helped by the ¢ M scarcd 1 but there ‘the Emerald offe col e Women's State Bowling often results when @ runne y | i with Ross gue will open play tonlght at on first b wd Micczkow- © togers Recreation alleys with the | “And another thing. n we | 05 You HAVE UH ‘SEES T | CAME Ta THEES "R EAT §-3 in 1 un of th L c ‘1 {hrough the Emeralds for | wallin, s NEeW hit that losir 1 s )\ UHM Kiey, P E . nk t baskets in brilliant sucecesion. | Britain, s sche out of s wore dropped ~BE K. B e e e o S | Tm no NEEDS PRO-Tec - cee- TEE Ider, th et | LCT- T FIND A BRAW! 'H the nding | fotal of 10 teaws arc entered in the where Elam Van he | eireuit, These including Branford, | pitcher, comes SHUH’ Ma TO t alCollinsville, Manchester, Bridgeport, o there you have th S W‘O()- the | Meriden, Hartford, Waterbury, New which the pennant bee i t<!jondon, Wallingford and sw Other thives that helped pe 1in. cam in its pre optimistic mood lics Ttoberge who holds the high are the great improvement shown g at the Raltimore tournament hy o younsiters comir r for the Walling- cor 1 be rep 3 Linn 1 Osten and Gortrude * pitchers have ptain. to zct them istrial team that repre Im.m is connting ¥ in the Daltimore the Rog r Sherman 2tion of New Haven, also an in th more tournament, ie s for a purse e e ' 2 Disrla m-eat Form| ™ oo poy! You—woop - ng'r Moward, g ! % i March 24 (Pr—Skep- Amateur B:.- 6 : 53 s o v been worring abont || The Gireat Cutdoors DA UH | ' n : § PSR Trout Scacon, Aoril 15th FOMMIRBIOW N IGHT 1ot v wor canse . sparkling form “Rod and el Boots, D A v 3 c's two aces, Va Rods, McGrog “lub: ] J \ o ‘ tty. The potent hats of the| Flite Golf Y. M. T- A. & B HaL Hattis rec t i : ra which had- shelled the || num and | k off the opener of a four lone bingle yesterday as the flock | < ries by 9 to 0. Va s to cover. were sileneed to Worcester, Ma-s. in four innings, AN BRAVES VS DOD( Mizmi, Fl Toston Brave Connecticut ved Seats (5 cents Reserved Seats 05 cen redeem thems lves today ug Tickets on sale at Bridgett’ n pasetta seored for 15 for (heir poor showing o o . i fr the fie P g terday when Vance and Petty w Smoke Shop, State Lunch. | : : ¢ wakist tie s, 3.4 & B. Smoke Shep anc | . 3 i Wior abiaa : < Slat ie’s Smoke Shop. = [tery's men were completely out- following 1"