New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 6, 1928, Page 22

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1928 125¥ CSESLEDOCESLDLE036068808030 0656 $60 5860605806 068006000505066 SHDEG50ISES656055E0E045000000000ES600E08C0ES5DH060 DLSE0A DO 5HL66000564 60D BL000E80048006080800800000 080606 0 S0LE40 0508680000 BRISTOL HIGH IS ELIMINATED FROM CHICAGO TOURNAMENT BY CARR CREEK, KENTUCKY—CELTICS TO CLOSE NEW BRITAIN BASKETBALL SEASON TOMORROW NIGHT—CORBIN RED SOX HOLD MEETING—INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE PLAY TO BE CONTINUED CELTICS TO BE WARY OF DEFEAT HERE SATURDAY New York Team, Champion Basketball Outfit of the' World, Primed for a Hard Battle—Locals Anxious | to Close Season With a Win — Brilliant Stars to | Again Be Seen in Action—Ball to Referee—Phan- toms to Meet Hartford Pirates in Prelimina LAUFER STAR OF SWIMMING MEET Unattached Athlete Breaks Two More World Records i | Basketball will cloged for the scason as city is concerned with the ance of the New York champions of the world at the Stan- ley Arena on Church street tomor- row night. This will be ghe last game for the New Brifain teans, t only other games left being those to be played in the Industrial ! After a season ring games in the state leag several contests with Amer R league quintets, one of the b N e tures is expected to take : u when the world's champions I cinnat with the Connecticut champi the game tomorrow night Britain, winner of the state title season, has taken the state hor again this year by default sine Atlas team of New Haven refused to settle the issue while both teams were tied. far as this appear- Celties, DIRv Walter 1 scoring ace Not Johnny | muller, fer, of is the of the Amateur union’s cord breaking indoor 1928 swimming cham- ps for pionsl F1 world o ishing through t water s record time to capture cham- | 300 yard individual | rd back stroke | pionships in the medley and 3 The Celtics have a famous cOm- |, o, idand placing second in the Bination of players. Tor several ;g uug vard free style swims, Lauf- years In a row, the New York team | (.5 yo Competed unattached, scor- | has copped the championship honors |y’ ;g poinie, Weissmuller was s in the American league, the world's | g Wity 15, while the Tlinots Ath- major elrcuit in Lasketball, and only |} vic cluby of Chicago led seven of her recently it repeated the feat by de-| e tor eyl honors with 41 points featlng the Fort Wayne team, lead-| "1y inning his championships. ing outht tn the western halt of the 1ot qeicated tno. defendin | conrt elreuit. | champions, Waiter Spence, Brook- Davey Banks and Barry are the ), y Ao dn the 200 vard | forwards on the team. Banks Was ;oqioyand George Kojac, New York the leading ecorer in the American | go g “ciyp, in the vard back Teague while his running mate I8 one | ;510 a won last night over the | of the most dangerous floor men In |, 004y Koiac, wio held the former " game. Leonard generally DIavs| oq record in the event. after a conter and he is a clever pivot man. | ;o1 3} record Nat Holman, one of the greatest| yoiesmyujier and Pete Desjardins stars in action today, and Dehnert| . g,nrorg university, defended suc- form the guard combination With | . .c v their titles in the 500 yard Lapehick In reserve for elther center | ¢ .o giv1o ang fancy high board div- or guard. This s the combination | "\ hoctivoly. Weissmuller won | thet appeared against New Britain |, 5 B6 faet ang lonted alers ®a March 7 of this year and defeat- |, et O ity i A (e locals 307te 24, Five world's records were shatter- New Britain will have its regular | ;' y, 41y gwimming championships " in the game with Rubenatein | .0 "0 05 REht. while il nd Sloman at the forward positions. ,another was shattered by Spence in | ::h;:““n .;u:::'" and Leary and |, ofricial, lone try in the 100 yard ee] imianry GiR0w breast stroke which was not part of | Pre G | the championship competition. “‘"”""'“’“" city sentor_ama- | 00, O ehelr holders and | BLo nffif&?a?fi.".fi’ffi'fiidfi"nfl; the o) wosonle: promptly at § o'clock with the main | NW (e 243 58 sevondr | 0 o0 feature getting under way at about |°'d. by Eric Rademacher of, G 9 o'clock. “Red” Ball will referee, |Many in 1026, 2:45 4-3 BY SMALL MARGIN Delmts Middiefield Team by Scare of 17781768 150 yard back gtroke, record 1:37 3-5 seconds. Ol record, by Kojac in 19 9 1-5 seconds. 300 ward medley. Laufer. New rec- The New Britain Rifle club won s shoot with Middlefield last eve- ®iag on the Middlefield range. Scores were as follows: Middlen Lavn New 400 yard relay, I A.C. muller, Paul Sameon and Peterson). New record 3:32 3-5 sec onds. O14 record, by Cincinnati Cen- tral Y. M. C. A. in 1925, 3:38 &ec- onde. 500 yard relay, 1. A. C. ord 4:28 1-5 seconds. O1d record, L A. C.1in 1915, 4:40 3-5 300 yard medley relay, T. A. C. New record 3:50 3-5 seconds. Old record, by the I A. C. in 1927, 3:51 1.5 reconds. Harold “Dutch” Smith of the Los Angeles Athletic club, who won the low board faney diving champion- ship Wednesday night, also placed xecond in the high hoard diving. Farid Simaika, Ambassador Swim- ming club, Los Angeles, was third. Preliminarics in the water polo championships will be held tonight {and the finals tomorrow night, the winner to represent America in the Olympic games. C. New rec- ord 3:39 4-5 seconds. Ol record, by Dy eld Laufer in 1928, 3: geconds Gladwin o.oovoene g STZIIIN LEAD IN TOURNEY H. Kalloh oooemene v oevs — McCormick roves e 17 “ | hasshss 180 |Two Veterans and One New Comer | Are Ahead in Chase For Three | Cushion Billiard Honors. | Chncago, April 6 (T—Two veter- | ans and one newcomer among the coterie of billiard satellites led the chase for the national three cushion RETURN {billiard championship today T0 RAGING SR Lonis and Willie Hoppe the veterans, and Louis. Of the three, Layton ahead with 13 victories and no Hoppe and Hall have won for Saratoga Meeting. the only two matches they have plaved in the tournament Otto Tieiselt of Philadelphia, champion, is tied vith Augie Kicekhefer, | Gus Copulos of De- The nest match Is New Britain vs. Farmington at New Britain, April 18. of &t of New Allen Hall 16 | York ©. K. Q. Billings, Prominent of St Turf- man Years Ago, Has Taken a Box | /1 defeats Billings, promin« racing two dec to thoroughbrd taken a box for t at Saratoga. Doc trained the Rilii/ days of Lou Lillon, | Harvester, cxpects \pply " trainer's license =0y Billings was iden oughbred racing at Fip 1912. In 1915 he bought ¢ fashionahly bred England in partnership with erick Johnson. Included was Omar Khayyam, victor Kentucky derby in 1917, Shortly afterwards, solved his partnership of his farm at Curles return to the turf prompted by Thon for years a leadin harness racing, the Greentre: ending des azo, th place August 1 Hoppe had a clos call from « ight when he met Charles Pittsburgh. Weston led until needed one win ivories Hoppe out with a The score was 50 to 49 | was the s four davs, Weston of the he Then ran point 1 ind 7 two! zoing 75 o veur Today's pairings o s vs. Lool Hall vs Kenney. v, Aot cign castilly ter three has previ- He former M mini- re- ¢ I from offies who 1+ sstul - attemps, stable Lo Wen-kan audit bu “d to become DILS 1oy known CRICKET PLAYLR London, April 6 (UP) ner, onc of the b cket players in Engiand, day in a Lendon hos eneric fever which 1 while coaching in India last winter He played with the English cricket team against Australia on on different occasions. 2 i I Kil- | cior of cecding Yao-Chen. | 21, Who udge of the su-| prem died to- < contracted he the le of con foreign fice.” which aik. That by Chang Jucting of interpreted as mean £ his policies wer Teo-lin. overruled i {fend himself with his usually the fate in {eorded their | his entire carcer as a {and Lee | Greenfield |and | start | sidered one | Wiliam T | Arnold Jones will face ONLY TWO TEAMS LOSE T0 MINORS ((leveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds on Losing End April 6 (A — The 1 of major league bascball by their little brothers con- although in lesser degree. vo of the big fellows fell be- minor leagu opposition yester- but the defeats left no issues doubt, the loscrs scoring only run between them The Cleveland Indians to Montgomery of the Southeastern 4 1o 0 while Indianapolis Cincinnati 11 to 1. The Lions of Montgomery bunched their hits while the Cleveland safeties do not even count in the ayerages. In the rout of Cincinnati at Tn- Japolis, Jakie May could not de- gool was knocked out in the Only Ethan Allen's late home run saved the Redsfrom of the Tndians. best pitching performance ng season was by Bill Walker as he lefthanded the Giants 1o a 4 fo 0 victory over shington. The Senators reached fellow for only two hits, separated. The Giants ac- most promising recruit support but the Denver paw was so good that wohhly 1ing could not dull the lustre of New, mbi York, Only fore in lost left and ird round the hig widely | his brilliant performance. The Yankees pounded the ball to win 14 fo 4 from Gabby Street Knoxville team of the Sallyleag Ruth ran the scale right up to the home run chord but fell short. He vegistered a triple, double, single |and drew two passes. Mark Koenig {unrsed heel and hand trouble as he saw his understudy, il a home run. X Brooklyn's Rohins, aroused by an anta defeat the day hefore, apped out 21 hits to defeat the Cfackers 15 fo 2 in the sccond of the gerics. Rube Bressler, who in Ttobin had made but one hit, delivered four. Jigger Statz, appearing as a pinch hitter, hit for the circnit. The Pittshurgh Piratos won going away from San Antonio, &topping the Te 10 to 1. Ray Kremer Meadows, of the Buccaneer <hock troops, pitched tight bhall. The White Sox, off in front, kept improving fheir position until they defeated Louisville, 17 to & Even presents of floral horse shoes and traveling bhags to Kent and Lance Richdourg atop the Boston Braves the Nashville Volunteers were downed, 13 to ? The Browns, Cards, Cubs Tigers were kept out of action rain The Philadelphia Athletics, await. ing resumption of their city series with the Phillies, received some had ws during the day. Al Simmons, ‘onnfe Mack's best hitter, has heen 1aid low hy had ankles, hlamed on his tonsils, and may have to have an operation. 1f he ix unable to the zeason, Bing Miller will take his place. DAVIS CUP TEAM 0UT FOR VICTORY American Teanis Aces Hope for Three Straight Wins T.eo Durocher, A conld not and by Mexico City, April 8 (#—The United States Davis cup tennis team today hoped to win the first round of the American zone play with three straight victories. Two singles matches were on the program for this afternoon. The Americans in theif workouts here apparently have not bheen af- fected by the high altitude, 7.850 feet above sea level, which was con- of their biggest ob- stacles, Tilden, nerican team, captain of the 4 faced what was re- garded as {he stiffest opposition in obert G. Kinsey. Big Bill was pro- 1unced in superh condition. Kinsey ind his brother Howard won the cific Coast doubles four ycars run- 1921 to 1924, and the national court doubles in 1923 and 1924. 25 they toured Japan and the year Robert came to Mexico ke here. The Til- den-Kinsey mateh was the sccond on AY'S program. he first scheduled match was be- John Hennessey, United and Richard Tapia, Mexico. Tapia, 2 vouth of iS, has been un- ler Kinsey's tutelage for more than a vear and has a stvle suggestive of Vincent Richards—fine in voileying. Tomorrow afternoon Tilden and Kinsey and in doubles. Unda Louis last year against sin for Mexico, losing to hoth Yoshiro Ohta and Takeiichi Harada. He was born and raised in Mexico City. If the Americans should win these three matches they will move into the second round, meeting Chin. In vent they lose, the singles will be held Sunday. In these Hennessey will play Kinsey and Til- den will meet Tapia. ning, In 1 next nd his home States, Alfonso played Japan in the Unda at st BANS WIDOW'S WS London, April 6 all lisf will hers Wilcox of d last s not proved John Henry Somerset, who d Minehead November. will don “what it and shouid he used at his laft an valued entirely to his widow. v in <hould not widow's his wife nown no flowers Al He tha funr at § ostate of | contributed concluding | When her hushand rose from a cab driver’s job to a millionaire’s Chicago was able to gratify a childhood ambition to own a string of above with the pride of her stables, Reigh Count, short odds favorite estate. Mre. dohn . Hertr of winning racehorses. She is shown to win the Kentuchy Derby, May 19. IN flUSTY LEAGUE day a string of winning race horses. Seven years ago her husband, who ence drove a taxicab but now is a millionaire, told her she had better begin to gratify her ambition Horses hegan to fill the stables on the 725-acre Hertz_estate near Several Reasons Advanced for ooton o e v ant weare| - Action of Board of Managers ranking two-year old, whose fleet legs won $114.000 for her owner. g | Mrs. Hertz gets a thrill out | After taking into eonsideration | her horses, but she says she gets a | the possibilities of improvements in | greater thrill out of watching the|the standing of several of the teams | career of her hushand, who founded ;-0 v N6 T A T gustrial Bas. | {remaining games on the schedule. ! around after my husband on i | [ explaining the committer's action | many journeys or after my children | gocrerary Bryee Long said the rep- | who drag me into their many in- resentatives of the factories also gave | terests,” she said. consideration to the closeness of the The Hertz estate is a paradize of | n4ividyal scoring rac> when they rippling brooks and miniature 1akes, | ook their action. All the Hertzes love horees. Al sy Arena, obetacles to this plan were | ride and are enthusiastic over the|found almost immediately after the | hreeding of thoroughbreds. Mrs. |meeting came to a close. In the Hertz early learned the art of rid-|first place the arena is rented for | ing well and today is an ardent priday night, April and in the | polo player. Three or four polo second place a corporal's guard | grounds and many miles of PICtUr- |would net he present at the Tuesday | esque bridle paths have been 1aid | night games since it is «lection night | out on the estate. and everybody but the players will Anita Peabody and Reigh Count.!pe outside. with several stable mate Secretary Long has decided to hold Louisville now, training up the announcement of the playing Derby. dates until Monday night when a sec- ond meeting of the athletic commit- | tee will be held. However one thing is certaln. Corbin Screw and Stan- | ley Rule will play on the same night | that the P. & F. Corhin and Landers | game is to be played. These games will be at the Y. M. C. A. Bome time next week the four-| game schedule will be put on the o Cary, Tl. There are more than B0 now and they include Reigh Count, short odds favorite to win the Ken- tucky Derby, and Anita Peabody. the Yellow Cab Co, and its its |y i) T.eague, the athletic commit- president. {tee of the Industrial Couneil voted | She calls herself the “caboose™ of | (8 %00 0l ST Dlay the six the family. “I'm always traveling |, where rainbow frout splash in free-| " Alhough the committes voted o dom. The barns are steam heated. |pave two games played Tuesday electric lighted and neatly tan-|picn at the Y. M. C. A. and four harked | played on Friday night at the Stan- Faces Four Big Derbies Louisville, Ky.. April 6 (#—Reigh Count Jehn D. Hertz's Ken tucky v favorite, is in prepara tion this year for one of the most extensive and exhaustive compaigns ever arranged for a colt his age. His Derby engagements alone will amount to more than $130,000 and | tar, 'yille W | Cincinnati yrogram and Corbin Screw will play. The battle in the sccond game will be ong. in which Stanley Rule and P. & . Corbins will figure. Corbin Cabi- net Lock and the Staniey Works will se each other in the third game and Tafnirs and tha New Britain Machine will fight it out in the Jast game DELANEY VS, SHARKEY Bridgeport Patticr and Boston Sailor Signed to Meet at Madison Square April 30, New York, April & (M The long drawn out controversy over a mateh ween Jacl Hharkey, the Roston and Jack Delaney of Bridge- port, Conn., hias ended with the box- s siated to fight over the 1h-round distance at Madison Square Garden on April 30 e Joe Jacobs, manager of Delaney, <igned for the hout last night, there- dispelling veports that the Bridge- port idol would forsake the heavy- weight ranks and return to the light Feavies. Jacobs announced that he agreed to the contest as a result of assur- ances from ‘Tex Rickard that in the event of a knockout victory for De- laney, the French-Canadian wonld be given the first call to fight the win- ner of the Tunney-Heeney title bout. FIGHTS LAST NIGHT Kansas City — Imey Garfinkle, Denver, won over Royal Coffman, Omaha, (10). Fort Thomas, K Cincinnati Omah Midget Guery, won from Paul Antheny, . (10). Young Brune, Mouns- Va., defeated Johnny Bass, (4). Bddy Ammon, Cin- cinnati won from Young Ketchell. Moundsville, (4) In the first game Landers | EX-TAXI DRIVER’S WIFE HAS DERBY FAVORITE[BRISTOL TEAM ELIMINATED FROM NATIONAL TOURNEY Kentucky Basketball Team Opening Session Ends Combination Forges to STILL GOING IN PYLE MARATHON Runoers and Walkers Leave for Gmom, Texas, on Long Jaunt | Amarillo, Tex., April 6 (UP) With Arne Suominen, Detroit Finn, | still leading, runners and walkers left here today for Groom, Tex., the 34th control station of the Los An- seles to New York race. Suominen, by consistent walking and running, has piled up an clapsed time lead of almost five {houra over Andrew Payne, Clare- | more, Okla., who holds second po- | sition. | Yesterday's lap from Vega, Tex. "o Amarillo was covered in fastest time hy Fat Demarr, Los Angeles. | A snow storm hindered the runners, [many of whom were forced to seek medical aid. John Salo, Passaic. N. T. in sccond in yesterday's run. Payne crossed the finish in third place, Phillip Granville, Hamilton, Ont., walker. fourth fifth, Louis Perrella, Albany, N. Y., sixth, and Peter Gavuzzi, seventh. The ten elapsed time leaders for came are: Arne Suominen. Detroit, 42 Andrew Payne, Claremore, Okla, 201:15:25, Peter Gavuzzi, Eng., 203:35:10, John ale, Passaic 57. John Cronick, 216:39. Ed Gardner, 26.2 Phillip Granviile, 224:23:53. William Kerr, 56:55. Touis 239:04. Mike Joyee, Cleveland. MAROONS TAKE FIRST 196:07:- Southampton. N. J., 213:27:- Saskatoon, Sask.. Keattle, Wash, 219:. Hamilton, Ont., Minneapolis, 234:- Perrella, Albany, N. Y. 244:26:40, of Title Play-Off. Montreal. April & (F-—The vic- tory stampede of the apeedy Mon- treal Maroons h: lenge of the New York Rangers in the first game of the world series for the hockey championship. With a 2 to 0 triumph over the Rangers last night, the Maroons gained an advantage in the pursuit for the Stanley cup and now need but two out of the remaining four contests to capture the trophy and the premier laurels of the fce sport. Close to 14,000 witnessed the be- ginning of the meries. As the Maroons took the ice, they were ‘(re"!d by a storm of confetti- The {band played “The Sidewalks of New York” as the Rangers came on to [the series will be played here on Saturday night. will be decided in a space of 30| days. On May 19 he is entered in the Kentucky classic of all races. the purse being $50.000, while on June 2 he will be called upon to strive for the Fairmount Derby. at Col- linsville, TIl. This fixture carries an added value of $25,000. Seven days later, Reigh Count will he seen in the American Derby, at Arlington Park. Chicago, which has a purse of $25.000. From Chi- cago he will return to Kentucky for the Latonia Derby. which has an added value of $25.000, about June 23. The winner of this race, it also the victor of the Kentuecky Derby, receives a $5,000 additional purse. While Reigh Count's activities hegin later than those of the sen- sational Black Gold in 1924, when the great colt won the Kentucky Derby. FLouisana Derby, Ohio Derby and Chicago Derby. the chestnut horse of Mrs. Hertz will be more extensively occupied The horse's condition Hertz stable desires. so the trainers say, and should he perform up to | his owner's cxpagtations he has an | | opportunity eventually to eclipse the achievements of the mighty Man o' War before his racing days are | ended. Me and Mine! ED- GUESS WHAT 1 is all the Murder Trial Juror Takes His Own Life | Syracuse, N. Y. April 6 P— | Marshal A Bishop. 69. a juror in | & murder case here, last night leap- | |ed to his death from a window at | court house jail, where the jury had its headquarters. Tate yesterday Bishop had complained of gervous indigestion. His home was in La- fayette and he was a farmer. Bish- had complained that the pro- ceedi “made him nervous” and | twice during the trial the court had been forced to declare a recess on his plea of illness. e had asked to be relieved of service, it was said but his physician, Dr. James H I declared Rishop was not ill. but mercly overwrought GooDps HAT -- Jus™ LIGHT LI HURT MY HEAD --i op [ AY ¥ T GAME cdboye baseball team will <t game Saturday morn- ck. The [play N at 9:30 o'c How Do You LIKE Tue NEw LD ? MAKe A GUESS -- BET YoU CAN'T THREE BlKKS DD You EVER SEE SO FINE A HAT FOR THE MONGY: FRED JUST FEEL THE THEY PUT AS A FEATHER -- 1 CoULDN'T WEAR ANY OTHER HAT- - THOSE IRON BABIES PAID, FoR HEFT OF NTo THiS e SILK AND IReTE NO VENTILAT(ON, IN ‘EM- -NOW THiS HAT—, 'WELL TALK ABOUT HATS! HERE'S ONG You CAN'T TIE FOR THE MONEY AND WHAT D'YA 5'PoSE IT SET me ? Two FIFTY FEATHER AwD— OH BoY! wHar a TIRESOME €GG B0 WHAT ‘E's GoT= IT! LIGHT AS A is! TALKING ABOUT Suominen | Montreal Tce Hockey Team Crushes | crushed the chal- | the forum rink. The next game of | Emerges the Victor in Ex- citing Game hy 19 to 13 Score—Bell City Quintet Makes Great Bid for Victory in Third Period— in 2 to 2 Tie—Carr Creek Front in Second Quarter. (Spevial to the Herald) Chicage, April 6.—A wonder tuam with an unorthodox style of play last | night eliminated the Bristol, Conn., basketball quintet, the only remain- ing Eastern combination playing in | the University of Chicago national | interscholastic basketball tourna- ment by the score of 19 to 13. The winning team hails from Carr Creck, Wentucky, which up to the present time had been unheard of and un- heralded in basketball circles. The ! game was one of the quarter finals and it was won on the ability of the Kentuckians to out-guard thcir game little rivals, | The wiiners made their best sliow- ing in the second quarter. The first | session ended with the teams ticd at two-all and then the Mountaincers stepped to the front and soon led by an 11 to 5 count, Bristol made a great bid to re- tricve its prestige in the third period but any hope of victory was dispelled by the strict defensive work of the Kentucky team in the last playing period and the brilliant offensive work of its players. Goals from the | floor kept piling in and although | the Bristol ‘players tried desperately to break through the Kentucky de- fense as the end of the game drew near, they were unable to pierce the line and the last of the New England teams went out of the tourney Naugatuck High defeated Spart- ansburg., & C., in the consolation tournament by the score of 3§ to 23 The summa | the 1,189 miles of the race covered Stamper, rf Madden, 1t . \F- Adams, Hale, rg Comett, Ig G. Adaws, g . | Rao. rf Zetarski, 1t | Hugret, ¢ | Allaire, 1g | White, rg | Goodrich, Tioberts, Iz . g Score at half time: Carr Creek Bristol | ASSIGNS UMPIRES President mmnrd of American | Teague Names Officials for Open- | ing Games Wednesday. Chicago, April 6 (P —President | Barnard of the Amerlcan league to- day assigned umpires for the open- !ing games of the season next Wed. nesday as follow: Chicago—Connolly, and McGowan, | Detroit—Hildebrand, Ormsby and | Guthrie. | Philadelphia—Dineen, Nallin and | Barry. Roston—OQnens, Geisel and Camp- ‘l"fll | To give President Coolidge an op- portunity to participate in the sea- son's opening, Boston will play Washington in a regular champion- ship game at. Washington on Tuez- day. with Opens, Geisel and Camp- bell officiating. The teams will ghift |to Boston the next day for a second iopening. Van Graflan By BRIGGS LISTEN ED- NS HAT Came FRomM ' LONDON! KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS HEN. THEY KNOW How To MAKE HATS - THS Shre HAT WOULD CoST ' GUESS You WHAT D'YA S'Pose MAKE A GUSSS - Six BuCKS TWeY'D NiCK You = FRep 1S A Fine FaLLow AND ALL THAT IF HE'D ONLY, GET OVER THAT BRAG oF is' ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT HIMSELF AND WHAT e OUN'S