New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 7, 1928, Page 12

LOCAL BASEBALL CLUBS OUT TODAY FOR FIRST PRACTICE SESSIONS OF THE SEASON—CELTICS TO BATTLE NEW BRITAIN IN LAST GAME OF BASKETBALL IN THIS CITY THIS YEAR—PAUL LAHAR LEADS INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE SCORERS—ITEMS 000000000 0000000000000000E00000P00000EE00000000I00000000000T 0000000 0I000I 000000 000000000000 I PP00P0 4 000 T 3¢ EXPECT GREAT GAME AS CELTICS BATTLE LOCALS New Britain Team Anxious to Close Season With a Win Tonight — World’s Champions Primed for a Hard Fight—Hardware City Players in Great Shape for Contest—Second Appearance of New Yorkers This Year—Phantoms and Hartford Pirates in Prelim. | (ne of the blue-banner basket- | lall games of the season will take | place at the Stanley Arena tonight | when the New Britain Basketball | tcam in ifs last appearance of the ackles the world champion | ics of New York for the second tinie this season. The Celtics have «ane victory over the local combina- lion already having scored a 30 to 24 win here on March 7 and tonight. | the locals will be out to even up the score if possibic. i The Celtics, knowing the ability of | the local club from the previous | game, are coming here tonight all preparcd for a hard battle, It ap- | peared to evervone and even to the | Celtie players in the last game, that New Britain should have won the contest but it is ihought that the litle of “world's champions” had a | psychological cffect on the New | Britain team and aided the New Yorkers in winning. The play of both teams floor was on a par basis, ncither quintet baing able to get a com- manding lead. It was only in the last fow minutes that the Celtics se- Cured their six point lead, enough to with a victory. second time this season 1-fans will have the opportuni- ¥ of secing in action some of the | greatest stars'of the game. Dave Banks and Barry will occupy the | forward positions with Leonard or| Lapchick at center and the great | Nat Holman and Dehnert the guards. New Britain's regulars will face | the invaders with Rubenstein and Sloman in the front court, Zakzew- ki at center and Aheehon and Leary at the guards. Preliminary Game The Phantoms, senior amateur | city champlons this year, will meet | the Pirates of Hartford in the pre- liminary game. The Pirates have an | imposing record of wins this year. Included among. the victories is one scored over the local team. The Phantoms will be out tonight to srek revenge. The first game will he started promptly -at & o'clock while the main feature will get under way at} about 9 o'clock. ed” Ball will referee FORMER CUE CHAMPIONS ARE TIED IN TOURNEY Willic Hoppe of New: York and John on the t Layton of St. louis Have Three Victories Each. Chicago, April 7 (P—Two former champions, Willie Hoppe of New York and John Layton of St. Louis | today were tied for the lead in the race for the national three cushion billiard title with three victories vach Hoppe easily disposed of Len | Kenney of Chicago last night, 50 to 28, in 52 innings. Layton was idle vesterday, but tonight he will meet tie flashy Augie Kieckhefer of3Chi- cago in the feature match of the fourth round play. Kieckhefer shoved Allen Hall of St. Louis from his perfect percentage last night by defeating him in a 55 inning game, to 33. Kieckhefer lost two| er games of the tournament. The defending champion, Otto Reiselt of Philadelphia. and Gus Coulos of Detroit are tied with Hall for third place. each having won two matches and Jost one. Earl Iookakangh, Len Kenney and Art Thurnblad I of Chicago. with ihree defeats and one win each, and Charles “Comboy™ Weston of Pitts- burgh, who has lost four stranght games, have heen virtually eliminat- #d from championship consideration. Today's pairings Hall ve. Thurnblad. Copulos s Weston: Reigelt va. Kenney: Laytar ve. Kieckhefer MAROONS ARE FAYORITES T0 TAKE HOCKEY TITLE Montreal Seatet Given Edge Over LOUGHRAN WANTS T0 PICK OPPONENT Light Heavy Champion Bans Lomski and Jack Delaney New York, April 7 (U'P)—Tommy Loughran grows more Gene Tunney every day. The light heavyweight champion now dictates to his division, sclects his opponents, blackballs certain fighters and even tells Tex Rickard where to get off, just as Tunney does in the heavyweight class. At these boys think th are telling Tex where to alight, which amounts to the same thing. Loughran first turned thumbs down upon Leo Lomski as an op- ponent, although the Pole from Aberdeen won the recent light heavyweight elimination tourna- ment with something to spare, Now Tommy has blacklisted Jack Delaney, who, the champion clares, has eliminated himself as a light heavyweight contender by signing for a bout with Jack Shar- key on April 30. “When Sharkey with Delancy, the shown up and won't he any use as an opponent for me,” is the way Loughran puts it. Tommy wants it understood he is not choosing casy ones, but he also wants an opponent who will bring in the most money at the gate. With Lomski and Delaney off the list, Loughran's choice has fallen upon Shamus Slattery, with whom the champion had a lively little brawl in Madison Square Garden one night last winter. But Tommy docs not propose to sit around idle waiting for Tex Rickard to make the match. Lough- ran has advised Humbert J. Fu- gazy, junior partner in the new promotorial firm of Mullen and Fu- gazy. to fix up a title fight for the Buffalo boy some nice spring eve- ning. Upon hearing of this, Rickard retorted that he had an option on Loughran's services until next Sep- tember, “An option in New York state,” retorted Tommy, who knows his options, “is about as much use as esterday’s weather forecast. It n't binding, according to the com- mission, which only recognizes the signing of both fighters to a tract.” Gene Tunney discovered the same thing some time ago. The heavy- weight champion has declared that his agreement with Rickard extends to his fight with Tommy Heency and no farther. 3 Tunney, of course, still can make the mest money by playing ball with Tex. But the heavyweight champion only fights once a year and names his opponent for that occasion. Loughran needs more work than Tunney, because the rewards are smaller in his division. Tommy's ac tion in blasklisting Delancy &hows, however. that the -pound cham- pion has taken a leaf from Gene's notebook “Delaney wanted to fight me, or said he Jid,” eaplains Loughran, “and T wanted to fizht him so bad- Iy that I agreed fo accept only per cent of the gate per cent due Delaney could have had like least gels through latter will be con- instead of the a champion. per cent, |instead of 12 1-2 per cent. Bul he went and signed heavyweight him." WESTERN OR SOUTHERN TEAM 10 WIN TOURNEY to T'm fight Sharkey, finished with New York Rangers in Race For Stanley Cup Montreal, ¢ April 17 (I al have favorites at § to cond clash of the with the New York Forum rink tonight standard bearers of | group in the Na- tional Hockey leasie mpetition, shut out the New York sextet by 2 1o 0 on Tiursday night displaying | brilliant team combination. ipporters of the | Ling the Canadian sextet to tri- umph in the series at quotations of | 2 to 1. and cven terms. The Maroons claim to have the voungest player in the major league hockey fold in their lineup with Joc Lamb, 20 years oll. who has been | setting a terrific pace in the recent playoifs. Pres The | been in- to capture niey cup Rangers tr Maroons the | The the in Maroons are | a nt Calder of the announced that all the remaining | ames in the serics will be, played at Montreal. The third fray is down | for next Tuesday- | 1e has NEPHEWS REPLACE UNCL West Point, N. Y. April 7 (®—| Major Francis W. Honeycut and C'olonel W. Scott Breckinridg: room- ed together at West Point and woere | champion fencers. Now their nephews, Joha Hinrichs and William M. Rreckinridge, are roommates at! the Peint. They, too They seorsd high in the championships. intercolle Draw RBrings Kentucky Against Vienna, Ga.. and Winois Against North Dakota. 7 (P---The al Interseholastic Basketball pionship for 1928 wWill g0 1o a lcam from cither the south or middlewest This was assured today when Can- 11, drew Grand Forks, M., and Ashiand. Ky., drew Vienna, Ga.. in the semi-finals of the University Chicago's nationa tournament. The winners vwill meet tonight for the title, In winning its way into the semi- final rounds last might the strong Vienna five ended the metcoric tour- nament carcer of that mountaincer team from Carr ¢reck, Ky. the smallest community to be repre in the tournament and prot HIOSt aggressive The i ssing combination of the A was too much for Carr Cr first citizens' and they to 11 The ne final round, howeyver I'e vietory over Alexandria, to 22. The North Dakot Chicago, April Nation- cham- ton T ¢ 100th Vienna K's succumbed, of the was closest quarter- and ks 1S W0 | in the tast minute of play when they |and this y converted two Alexandria fouls into | points. The dosn th stern and team still in running va Wilmington. consolation flight is to the semi-final also round mid-w estefn Wheeling, W. N with one ) are fencers. | paired in one game and Naugatuch. | Cleveland “onn [ enood, Ul and the other azo in N B B £ e e NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1928 HOWERS HELP T0 WIN FOR VANKEES Ruth and Gebrig Both Smash Out Pair of Circuit Drives New York, April 7 (#—New York | baschall clubs are back in major | league territory today after a sud- | den suggestion of a belated Yankce { +ffort 1o share in the glory that has [ been the Giants' on a triumphant spring journcy through the south. Playing at Charlotte, N. C., yes- terday the World Champions took dvtange of a sensational advance in 1|)>P home run market to score runs against 10 by the local Hornets of the Sally League. The American Leaguers went ahead of their Na- tional Ieague rivals for total scor- ing in a spring game. but McGraw's men retained the inning title. The Yankees' best was 11 in one frame while the Giants counted 17 in one inning at Chattanooga when the final score was 1§ to 8. Charlotte scored ten runs, the Yankees' bat- ting proving better than their pitch- ing. The game at Charlotte permitted Lou Gehrig, junior member of the firm of Ruth & Gehrig, home run pecialists, to qualify for 1928 with ;lvxs first home runs of the practice period. He smashcd two out of the park, but his partner in crime cgainst pitchers, the Big Babe, matched his offort and ran his string for April to four. | The Giants also collected their | auota of glory by stopping Washing- | ton for the sixth fime in a row. The Senators won the first game of the iater-leagne series in March and have nofl been able to repeat, The Giants 1aurched to their 13th straight victory hy a score of 10 to 2, another piteher finishing the job he started. Jim Chaplin, the former collegian, demonstrated that he could pitch a ball game. Extra efforts were necded in the Philadelphia city series, the Ath- leties downing the Phillies 6 fo 5 11 innings. Ty Cobh Speaker, Connie Mack's & men, figured at bat and aficld As the Boston Braves are heating their way slowly toward New York | to open the National League season, Captain Rogers Hornshy is standing alone on the quarter deck of the ship. His manager, Slattery, has been summoned to Boston to confer with President Emil Fuchs on the welfare of hoth the Braves and ite adjunct, the Providence club, This conference caused Boston fans to wonder if Hornshy was to be made manager, captain and leading | | hatsman, but the president disclaim- cd any intention of letting Slattery g0 hefore he starts. The champion Pirates who have found the west an unprofitable bat- tleground fell 6 to 3 hefore the Ti troit Tigers at Dallas, Tex. Turleigh Grimes got out b much of the shooting started. ghteen ye | | fo r old Mel Harder could not hold a lead George Ulle turned over to him and Touisville scored five runs in one inning to stop the Cleveland Tndians, 6 to Ted Lyons too tough for Tn- dianapolis and the White Sox won a light hitting game, 4 to 0. Tirooklyn coasted home against Ralcigh of the Piedmont 1. Del Bissonnett “s home run wi hases full proving helpful i to 0 victory. AMERICAN TENNIS TEAM DEFEATS MEXICAN STARS William Tilden. Captain, Rarely in ! Better Form Than in Yes- terday's Match Mexico City, victories in them, membs Davis cup move into the American zone Mexico in the | William T. Tilden, [1he Americans, and Arnold Jone scheduled 1o et lobert | Kinsey and Alfonso Unda of Mesico {in the doubles this afte nd | experts predieted that the S ns | would he victorious. Observers said that Tilden | varely it ever heen in better | than when v he defeate | American born Kinsey, 6-1. In the other mutel | defeated Ricaro Tapia protege of Kinsey, 6- |7 =1 feel pretty well [ that two matches | way,” Tilden said. | with my own form {ing on the April 7 P With two raight sets behind of the United Sta n today hoped to second round of the play by defeating donbl chairman of | wers had form l)u-‘ 6-4. 18 -old | 1. ple rd out “I am 1lso, the officiat- umpiring Jine ex- lent and the gallery most friend- | of the satislied | was |1y | he Hennessey {the Mexican youth his first oppor- | tunity in international play. In the main it was back court game, | Tapia. who is small in staturc. not i clecting to take a chance the net DOPING THE LEAGUE Opi ipia mateh gave | | a | | [ | | ‘ il | Expert Places American | ams in the Order in ! Finished Last | New York, April 7 (P——Here's the | comparison of expert opinion on the | of the Awerican leagu nt, showing the its of the | Associated Press consensus, the | finish of last race * opinions 1927 i Pick Recond First Fifth outcome | penn 192 actual season 1928 Pick Finish Iirst Secor Third Fonrth Fifth Sixth cventh Lighth Chib New York hil. [ Wash Detroit Fourth Fifth | Siath Seventh Lighth Chicago St Louis Be.ton shth | 10 : § INDIANS FROM THREE NATIONS IN MARATHON LOCAL BASEBALL TEAMS dians from the United States, | Merico -and Canada will compete cathon at the Kansas re- ina Iays April 21. center) will carry the eolors Old Gl left) will repr tes from v Ben Taylor hurdi na m: ory while Jose Torres (upper | nt Me; rions unives (lower wico. Purcell Kane (upper of Athle sities who will perform within the huge Kan- sas stadium include L. C. White upper vight), Miinois, pole vaulter Jeft). right). Texas weight ster, (BY CHARLF (Associated 1 Lawrence, Apri and Teo Baldwin ( l)l\ln: « ? NUTTER) &5 Sports Writer) - red-skin derby with an international flavor brings nine United States together I the fi as Relays champ) ion Cana ptur April mara hera Indian 1nd of t | thon » he 21 - Indians from the 1exico Kan- The | unner | of North America will be named. Picked at four tryonts in aualifi gues! marathon route E i wide the will come he faskall Tndi we Iy an scattered | | Athletics 1 United o hietics to win 1 IFinal tryouts over the from set for April 14. Pure offer Tou of last y ell B Mevico, derby from b ar. Kane u miles in & ing fast track at the fin'sh. Haskel competit i vho rahun von Torres hou relay pac a6 te I 17 minutes later Two Olympic events, the dec v run, will attrac torrid competition from athietes who | lon and 3,000 are 2 ailing themsely dle wosts’ to present bids for herths Southwest, first 1 middle Tope 1 ion nara f ed am ka for 1 are expects to Jose ndian distance th minutes, on as City to Lawrence 1 out- the ane finished h- of the mid- west an ajor ontdoor meet Qlympic team d far western teams, who have shown un- usmal promisc in indoo ern outdoor relay earni major threat to cr roan d off south- | er the e meet's eu- EXPERTS STILL Poor ing Doesn A 't Shake Confidence (- The poor v York Yankees New York. April showing of the N in their spring tra failed to shake the confidence of the g najority of experts that the world's champious will again lcad the American league parade. These newspaper critics may b | riding for a fall. as most of them | did last year when they picked the those polled by the. Associated Pre this spring are convinced that | Ruth and his mates will repeat, IFForty-two out of 49 writers and | sports editors who contributed their | opinions to this second ann sensus of the Associated I" the Yankees to make it three pennants. | of southern exhibitions, these critic helieve that though the r; this year may he closer than in 19 | when the Yankees finished 19 up or | their nearest rival: abe 1 con- s pick even o | be dominant. Of the handful of experts predict the Yankees will be pimpec off their high perch, five select the ! Athletics, led by Cobb and Speaker, | as pennant-winners, while {wo naine the Washington Senators as firs | choic second in six selections and third ir ene list. cellent set of records, established in | five Tows western mile Aggies, [ ve sho Towa Sinte two-m il linois. and Ohio State good in the dist former years the outstanding middir 1 inens relay tea n much el team Azgies. and medley events Indivtdyal Leo includ versity in the of Ki ctars dwin o are wit expreted while nd Ohio State < in dash re- has shown the hest h the Rice, dlahoma to Texas 1'ni who won four weight events Texas 1 sas, broud lays; S ol Melnerney ump winner in the linois relaye, conference indoor and Texas meets vanlt lor polc Ren Diemt who ind John Hennessey | Clande has 1 winner of of c he Missonr [ cqualled 1 world's record this holder milc and now | Keith of OKlahom: i the 1 Tast g sprin he son; who outdoors Oklahoma and hurdlers: it 10 I Ifus Haggard of {intercolleginte mp White of Tllinois, Farl flash 0-yard rold run CHODSE YANKEES Showing of Team in Train- ining games has but 83 per cent of | PAIRDL | championship this v Tessing out the results there is no rea- | {son fo doubt that the powerful at- cnte tack of the New Yorkers will again he has now given up the id who | This minority places the Yankees| In sharp confrast to the National league selections, where the Pirates are choices in a wide range of opin- ion, there is remarkably litle dif- ference of opinion bout. the rat- ing of American clubs. In 1act they picked right down the | line to finish exactly as they did last | fall . The Detroit Tigers round out the | first division in the consensus and a pennant contending “big four” that is conceded a hig edge over the other half of the cireuit. In fact only four | cvitics think well enough of the | chances of any of the other feams [to pick them for first division berths. | Three of these ballots go to the Chi- !cago White Sox and one fo the Cleveland Indians | The White Sox are rated fifth and | Cleveland sixth in the slate, with the | Browns conceded only a slight edge {over the Boston Red Sox in the ‘I battle to escape last place Farrell Not to Play In British Tourney New York, April T (I"—Johnny winner of | | | "I 1arrell of Quaker Ridg the | Goree golf fourn: L decided to forego the British open and rest up S |in prospect of an intensive campaign lin the United States this summer. Farrell has returned from the | scene of lis recent conquests in the south with about $6.500 in prize stakes. He said he had considered ing the British classic but th H ™I Oregon Lawson coach- It s the MAKING HIS William 1. Haywood, coach, will .| Rohertson on the Olympic ing squad again this year. | his fifth trip abroad with | American Olympic squad. ol track assist D HERALD CLASSIF FOR BEST RESULTS n | RIS ADS | fow | Har in the scoring race hut | tie hy one point. LaHar played in| HOLD FIRST PRACTICES Falcons to Work Out Today at St. Mary’s Field—Corbin Red Sox to Go Through Paces Today and Tomorrow at Willow Brook Park—Busy Season Anticipated— New Faces Will Probably Be Seen in Lineups This Year—Limbering Up Exercises on the Program. LAHAR STILL HAS The two leading bascball tcams of the city, the Falcons and the Corbin Iled Sox, plan. to open the season today with the first practice sessions |of the year. The Falcons will lim- | ber up at St. Mary’s field, the home playing surface of the club, while the Red Sox will travel to Willow A SCORING LEAD Nick AI‘eIla COIlleS t() Wlthlll,xo\fl“.u be out again tomorrow for Five Points of Fainir Forward | vou tcams 1 ‘ Both teams | for a big scason s [ the veterans of last year's scrvice, Tive points now scparate Paul La- | will be attempting to retain theie Har, leading scorcr in the “Y" In- | positions while numbers of new can- dustrial Basketball League and | didates who have reported at mect- ick Arcna, runner-up, after the |ings and who will report for the games last Tucsday night when La- | training scssions, makes it very like- Har made only four points and |ly that new material will be used in Arena made seven. Thus three | the lineups of both teams during the points were clipped from ‘the lead | season. that the Fafoir forward had over | The Falcons will occupy St. Mary's the New Britain Machine star. | field again this year. Under the di- The race will probably be decided | rection of Ray Begley who has been in the game between Fafnirs and | named as coach, the team should New Britain Machine which inci- | develop into one of the best com- dentally is the last schedule game of | Linations in the state. Begley's ex- the season for both teams. LaHar | pericnce is such that he has a world has been in first place throughout |of knowledge of the game and his the second round and Arena has | vork as coach of the All-Kensing- been in second place. Tn the past | fon club two years ago, should augur weeks Lalfar has been losing [ well for the success of the IFalcons zround and Arena has been cutting | during the coming year. into the lead. The Rritain M Tt is most likely that the fortuncs nir game should have of the Corbin Red Sox will he cast interesting sidelight. with the Cenfral Connecticut Basc- Joe Jasper is holding third place | ball League. The team has not yet for the sccond consecutive week [taken the decisive step with regard although he made enly four points. | to entering the circuit but according Al Havilick jumped from a triple tie | to the sentiment expressed at the for fifth ¥ to exclusive fourth [meeting of the club held Thursday position just one point ahead of [night, it will probably be a membex Andy Yaukuhowitz, Corbin rew |again this coming season. Manager captain John Tobin will make all of his Machine shop fans at plans with a view to making things rooting hard for Nick hively fn the circuit. to make nine points in the third| Getting out for practice tomorrow game of the nizht and thus pass La- [afternoon, the club plans to make Arena |an early start in its summer cam- made only seven and fell short of a | paign. Several independent games will be placed on the schedule of the team and these will he played over the week-ends on open league dates. Manager John Cabay of the Fal- cons has already signed up several good attractions for the summer Sunday afternoon games. No an- nouncement of the line-ups or of the games in prospect will be made for the next few weeka, it is expected. e laid their plans On both clubs, ace the games wepe the final game of the night and was held to four points hy “Hugg: Carlson. Arena is still the leading foul shoofer The statis'ics: Youl ‘Total 24 27 19 9 s Tal Arena r (P (NBM) asper (P& Havlick (1) Yakubowitz (€S) DUNDEE VS, SIMONICH New York, April 7 (F)—Joe Dun- dee of Baltimore, world's welter- (he Yankees' home.run | Weight champion, has been matched thrillers, hit a home run_ during fOr & ten round bout with Joe Si- the spring training schedule at [Monich, Butte, Mont, boxer, in L Chicago on April 16. Max Waxman, ey Dundee’s manager, accepted terms i from Promoter Mique Malloy of 1-5:,;\1 ‘i .\'r-:;nlp‘"{‘;:‘gl“: {Chicago here yesterday. The match Nowe Dame is compilink | ®|will not be a championship affair Eret ihashelia Srston it b RIO N inee it has heen closed at 150 pounds. age squad has won out of 62 games in the past three seasons. wor Neither Gehrig, NO HOME RUNS! Bahe Ruth nor Lon MARING Notre XURY ack star is luxury, says Lloyd most famous runner. The past cost him ap- BASKETBALL at the Stanley Arena TONIGHT New Britain Being ¢ expensive Ameri middle distance indoor campaign proximately $2000, n WON'T TOLERATE SLACK PEAY Having a number of very cap- able reserves on his team, nnie Mack has announced that h will not tolerate any so-called stars vot doing their best at all times | this summer. OF NEW YORK ADMISSION 50¢ Reserved Seats Tel. 2641 |Oh, Man! this | record W. L. Morgan Lodge, K. P., Wins Ruel With Bristol last sotting of the setback Int Wi al Thurs The but win it the Bristol 1o 1. westor tionals, he ment Jodz of n { Pythine No. the [ i o ne Which | pisol wi No. this 71 city points 1 lead of only men ors nt we v n play f in a four tonrnament total play 1shington Bristol 1 T IN SOCCER | Yorl g0 Brickiiver n ision Pmeet in the tlonal goces points was as foll 1. Morg points oints Kn players: to April rand fina morrow afternoon. more #ithan an Knights of Pyth local Pythians won by three between Washington L. Knights of Ithan A COMPOSITE PICTURE ADDICTS, GATHERED ON REGISTERING GRIEF OV By BRIGGS OF 2369431 GOLF THE FIRST TEE ER DEATH OF WINTER | | as of | the | points the | to of scored ows m lodge lodge ™ 1 for w for 11 iristol on by the No. hs will entertain supper at NALS The Chi- champions of the 1d New York 1eholder= Na- will challcnge cup here to- | 19 points | points 1o No. | /"'//. 0. UM Ts I/ LUl S fT /L [