New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 23, 1928, Page 9

Speaking of Sports Mickey Huber, star outfielder on the Corbin Red Sox baseball team, champion club of this city last sear #on, is going to have a tryout, in league baseball according to the lat- est reports. Mickey has received a contract from the Crisfield, Mary- land, team and he will be scen in the uniform of that club in the very near future. i L g New York, April to strat training for his heavyweigh |antipedean Tom Hecney, in land quite reconciled to Tex Rick Mickey gets his chance through Billy Lush, roller hockey referec and former well-known Connecticut league manager. Billy is managing the team in Maryland and during “shot” a year. to start on a program of light train. |ing at Speculator, N. Y. 23 P —Gene Tunney is back in New York, ready title defense against the plodding July, ard’s program of one championship | After a weck here, Tunney plans A)mmcnx LFAGLE Games Yesterday Cleveland 3, St. Louls 1. Chies 9, Detroit 8, BostofA 8, Washingten 8. Philadelphia-New York, raln. Standing |Cle\'ellnd New York . Washington St. Louls . Chicago Boston . t .33 33 w 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 2 P ) Philadelphia .... Games Today . Washington at New York. the hockey season, Billy Clancy, o 3 = : - Boston at Philadelphia. coach of the Red Sox, mentioned | gerop “‘r:;:;:l\'“ol"llo charanr| Chicago at Detroit Huber to him. - a 3 . Lush was immedi- ately Interested and he stated that ho would like to look him over this coming season, teri ridiculou he planned to tour k | “honeymoon” after ne Within the past few days, Hube 1 received the contract and Lush stat- ed that he would he given a thor- ough tryout and iA he made the grade, he would be given the op- portunity of going higher. rope Do you champion, who has a busin, least $750,000 a year who jeopardize all that by ried? D know,” queried the lchin. After all, the man who Friends of the Red Sox star are confident that Huber will make the grade. He is a fielder of much abil- ity and his work with selfish.” sl v B . o pe Dr. Ira C. Brown, public school | payments. #hould bring him along 1n‘ll‘):Qs':\:z'\(|if Tirn\lll.; e _\'";‘.: iy ",'m 5"’“‘";‘! I pep, |Physiclan, announced he would ex-| Dempacy continues confident that He makes the second from New |challengors. New Torkiosaran s Uz aig|oDineitho youngster today diveo ol |Ia former managar g not sgally Britain to go into league baseball| I have never scen Heeney with!8t. Louts 5 3 fors toessn why e craves fobaseo- [ontitled 4o anjthing o s sowt, fand this year, Frank (Chuck) Wojack |his hands up inside the ropes, but|Chicago o A I have known many youngsters |despite hix nervousness on the wit- e e ) s andeiin nally o bt Cilsagefe niak who smoked,” Dr. Tirown sald, “but |ness stand, the retired boxer still s bty ‘w00t Eman. iic tavire hislGineinnat Ik 5 » I never knew one to start as young a faverite with the Broadway boys The Y. M. T. A. & B. socicty has | fights, and that's what counts.” | Phlladelphia ... 3 ‘ 429 ,:;i:‘;efi'e‘,“":;‘f“ :u:‘::li c:.‘h','ffi r,.},'fs,”c Ioliowlng the irialiwlihiln. perfected plans for a baseball teara| Sunburned to a deep tan, the|Boston . 5 286 1:‘\'" Bin: o oravi ¥ for tobaceo Tex Biakard. Svho s b aod which will be entered in the New |champion appeared in fine condition | Pittsburgh . 6 250 Skl G 3 S Siapl N0 AR BUbpoenanS Britain City league this scason. James J. Naughton is chairman of the committee in charge of the ar- rangements and Jim Luby, former pliot of the Pioneers, will probably be selected as manager. as he stepped off the train, although he admitted he weighed 202 pounds, more than he ever has scaled. STARS PICKED ON WALKER CUP TEA Trophy to Be Ably Defended at Chicago in August The Tabs' plan to recruit the| strongest team possible from among the members of the saclety and from present indications, it appears | if the Main street team will maie | it hot for all other entries in the circuit, The Central Connectleut Bascball league vall mcct tomorrow might in Meriden at the Insilco club house. Definite steps on the formation of the league will be taken and, it ia | expected, that definite word will be had on Simshury, All-Kensington, St. Mary's of Derby and South Man- chester. These four teams have in- timated that they might join the league and information concerning them will probably be secured to- night. New York, April (A—The Walker Cup, never out of the hands {of American golfers since it was do- Inated for international competition in 1921, will be ably defended at Chicago Augnst 30-31. The team announced by the Unit- ed States Golf association to play in'the fifth matc between the United States and Great Britain s jcomposed of vetiran ists. international- Rain vesterday prevented any of the local teams from carrying out | their plans for practice sessions, The Yalcons got in a spirited sion Rat- urday afternoon but fears of the very one of the “hig eight” has el en previous Walker Cup and two have played on all om. Francis Ouimer and Joss: cold weather existing, held back the |55 (RN Francis Guine, and Jos: candidates from showing their best {po oo\ C0h (00" (BTN S8 stufl. Bobby Jon ayed in 1922, 1924 and 1926 and Chick Evans in 1922 The Faicons, Corbin Red Sox and All-Kensington clubs were scheduled 10 get out yesterday but were pre- vented from so doing. and 1924. Jimmy Johnston was a {member of the 1823 and 1924 teams and an alternate in 1926. Roland MacKenzie, George Von Elm and Watts Gunn played for the first on the 1926 team. The personel of the team offers wide geographical range. The Manager George Rawlings of the Stanley Works basketball team pre. scnted Ray Anderson, Doys' club | physical director, with a handsome ® Wile gcokraphical T i fountain pen Saturday in appreci- | 245t S 1 ]( \h)‘;l«’»‘:;( L ation of the work done by Anderson |Toston. Swoeetscy of Wew YO o7 T | MacKenzie of Washington. The far in refereeing the Buttmakers' pames wost elakms o place with Yen Bim during the past season. T RonGe oid tho midMs weer is re ‘nted by Jerry Drogue, assistant to the club | superintendent, is as appreciative of |50 and ‘"’]_”“"1"’25, 1r‘ \L'(m'\:,r;?“‘n the gift as Ray himself, for now he | While Jones "l‘"‘" ”I;“(:I SR will not have to lend his own pen to | ive the south its quota. the physical director every few min- utes, |Supt. Pullen to Speak e | | L?,‘:,’}:n;\fiSE: :,‘,1‘:," ,\;,",‘.N l,'f'o,ll‘ iation of the Central Junior High church won a basketball game. The |S¢hool will meet this evening at 8 team had to play into the thirg|oclock at the school auditorium. weelk of April and then go overtime | Parents may consult teachers from before it could conquer its hoodoo, |7:30 o'clock to § o'clock. —Officers ¢ been laid. {for the new year will be elected. kiiihe anccter 1os finally hect iin | The entertainment program will {include sclections by the Junior basketball scason has been discov- | 13oys' Glee club and the Girls' Glee ered. He is John “Red” Compag-|club, a piano solo by Miss Ituth La none, Boys' Club guard. Red would [son and a violin sclection by Jo-| pot even show up to receive his|seph Salafio. 8014 basketball at the recent ban-| Dr. . W. Pullen, supcrintendent quet tendered the club teams. “Ifjof the health department. will epeak it was playing a game, all right,” jon “How to Promote the Health of | }e said, “but T can't any fun in |the Adolescent Child.” eating and listening to specches.” The most bashful player of the | 81 YEARS WITH RULE SHOP | Albert L. Wiard of 59 South “IE’)‘ !street, employed by Stanley Rule & | Level Co., cclebrated his 61st an- {niversary of his entry into the ser- | vice of the company yesterday. Mr. Wiard is surpassed only by one who |stands higher in_point of wecrvice, |that being 1. 8. Walter. | When Mr. Wiard entered the ser- vices of the company in 1867 as & Welper in the shipping and packing department, the organization em- ployed about 100 men, whereas to- day it employes 1,000. A few years later Mr. Wiard was at the head of the department in which capac- vears, later Northern New England Has April Snowstorm ‘Boston, April 23 (UP)—A heavy April snowstorm which covered most of Massachusetts and northern New England yesterday. gradually turning to rain, causcd minor.a dents and disrupted telephone and telegraph. service at some points. The greatest depth was reported at Center Ossipee, N.| H., where six inches of snow fell, Brattleboro, Vt., and Rochester, N. H., reported an average of four inches. Telegraph wires snapped under | the weight of the wet mow which |ity he served for ma plled up heavily during the night |being transfered to th and emergency crews were dispateh- [the sales department. As v o ed to repair the damage. by he advanced to the advertising A sotal rainfall up until 10 o'clock | department and today serves the tast night of 1.28 was recorded. |company in an advisory capacity. The snow, in most cases, was wash- | Mr. and Mrs. Wiard have one son €d away by the heavy rain. and one grandson. The former John {1, Wiard, is at the head of the | motor department of the §. A. Wood (0., of Boston and the latter, Ro- REGAINS CONSCIOUSNESS New York, April 23 (UP)—M reports that on a he battles Hee- “anyone of sound mind s paying him at would getting mar- Last year 1 recetved $1,000,- 000 for taking seven punches on the is {not willing to do that is just plain Backing Tex Rickard's selection Lvans of Chica-| Ann Wood of Westport, Conn., today regained consciousness in Post Girad- uate hospital where she s being treated Tor abscemsed lungs. Dr. L. T. Perrault, her physician, #ald Miss Wood's fever had subsid- ed slightly and that he held hopes for her recovery. LOSES MUCH BLOOD Stamford, Conn., April 23 (P— Mrs. Annie Cunliffe was in Stamford hospital today in a serious condi- tion frem loss of blood, which fol- lowed the severing of an artery in her temple when a fragment of glass struck her after an utomobile collision. K. BLOGOSLOWSKI ILL Dr. Walter Blogoslowski, an in- terne at the Georgetown hospital, ‘Washiogton, D. C., has been called to the bedside of his father Kasimir Blogoslowski of Orange street who s 11l with bronchial pneumonia. bert C. Wiard is employed in the laboratory of the Atwater Kent Ra- ‘dio Corporation in Philadelphia. Mr. Cleveland at 8t. Louls. nes Tomorrow Boston at Philadelphia. Washington at New York. Cleveland at §t. Louis. Chicago at Detroit. NATIONAL LEAGUE Ganmies Yesterday Chicago 3, Pittsburgh 2. New York-Brooklyn, rain. 8t. Louis-Cincinnati, rain. (Other clubs not scheduled). Games Today w York at Boston. ttsburgh at Clicago. . St. Louis at Cincinnati. (Other clubs not scheduled). Games Tomorrow Philadelphia at Brooklyn. New York at Boston. Pittsburgh at Chicago. 8t. Louls at Cincinnati. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Games Yesterday (All games postponed, rain). Standing w L Pet, Rochester ...... 8 Baltimore . 3 o | Newark 2 1 Montreal 2 | Reading . 1 2 Toronto 1 2 Jersey City [ 3 Buffalo .......0. 0 3 Games Today Toronto at Jersey City. Rochester at Newark. Montreal at Baltimore. Duffalo at Reading. EASTERN LEAGUE Games Yesterday (All games postponed, rain). Standing L Pet. New Haven ... 1 2750 Pittsfleld ... 1 750 Hartford .. 2 2500 RBridgeport ) 500 | Springfield 2 500 | Providence 2 2500 Waterbury 3 250 Albany .. 3 .250 { Games Today Pittsfield at” Hartfore New Haven at Waterbury. Springfield at Albany. Providence at Bridgeport. Games Tomorrow Springtield at Pittsfield. Albany at Hartford. Bridgeport at Waterbury. New Haven at Providence. 129 Year Old Oarsman Off On His Atlantic Voyage Lisbon, Portugal, April 23(®— Captain Franz Romer, who is at- tempting to row a 20 foot boat across the Atlantic to New York, resumed his voyage today. Captain, Romer a 29 year old German steamship officer, left Lis- hon on March 30 but bad weather forced him to halt at Sagres, the most southwesterly point of Europe. { His craft is canvas and rubber cov- ered and he carried aboard it 590 pounds of tinned food and 55 gal- lons of water. He intended to sleep s and row 37 miles each night. SMITH LAUDED Providence, R. I, April 23 (UP) —Enthusiasm over the presidential prospects of Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York featured the an- nual Jeffersong Day dinner of the democratic party of Rhode Island here last night. Smith was lauded as exemplifying the principles of Jefterson and as being the “greatest representative of the common people since Andrew Jackson. READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS HIGH PRESSURE Wiard is now 78 years old and 1s enjoying excellent health, MAE MURRAY SUED Los Angeles, April 23 (UP)—Mae Murray, screen actress is made de- fendant in a sult filed here today by Mrs, Sylvia Ulbeck, who asks $2.140, allegedly ,due on a contract. Mra, Ulbeck, masscuse, charged that she was cngaged to keep the form of Miss Murray beautiful, but that the screen actress terminated the contract permaturely. Veteran Actor Dies Los Angeles, + Aprit 23 & —| Frank J. Currier, veteran stage and film actor, died late last night. Mr. Currier had been ill at his home at Beverly Hills for the past 10 days with blood poisoning in his right hand. -t | AMERICAN AND BRITISH NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1928, TUNNEY PREPARES [Bascball Standing/Seattle Boy of 3 Years, Smokes T0 DEFEND TITLE Hearpweight Campion Plas o . Real Cigars, Perplexing Doctors WADISON SQUARE BOOKS IN COURT Kearns’ Counsel Demands Audit to Show Dempsey Payments Belief Is That His Body Is Experiencing Cell Change That Demands Nicotine — Case Being Watched. 3l Seatde, Wasi., April 23 (P—Hav. 3 ing developed into an ardent cigar smoker at the age of three, Freddie Riggs, Seattle youngster, has become the subject of much speculation among doctors. The boy's mother, Mrs. Ralph Riggs explained that when Freddic was a baby he was weak and under- developed and refuscd to cat until he chewed on a pipe. That was when {he was 10 months old. Then he hegan to eat. He cut his teeth on the same pipe. When he was a year old he began to chew cigars and shortly after that to puff on {them. Efforts to make him quit |tobacco have resulted in his stop- ping eating. Aside from smoking-— he has one cigar every night—he is a normal and healthy child, He will be four next month, books of the Madison Square Gar- den corporation, balanced by suc- cessful deals in caulifiowers and showing profits of more than $1,- 000,000 a year, were to be examin- ed in federal court here today at the resumption of Jack Kearns' le- gal efforts 1o obtain about $700,000 from his former pal and protege, Jack Dempsey. Counsel for the plaintiff in the trial of Kearns' suit against the for- mer heavyweight champion demand- ed the books as part of their plan to show payments by Tex Rickard to Dempsey for his fights with Gene Tunney and Jack Sharkey. It is the contention of the plaintiff that Kearns is entitled to a share of such There are cases on record where sick as a witness by the plaintiff, is all folka have benefited from smoking for the defense. but they are exceedingly rare. One “Kearns hasn’t a chance of col- benefita wherc a thousand are|lecting,’ the promoter daclared. |harmed. I have heard of boys four |“Dempsey foupht Tunney for me— and older 'smoking, and usually it is their only shortcoming.” “I have never heard of such a case before,” declared Dr. David C. Hall, president of the King County Medical Mociety. “Of course the child would be {rritable, cross and perhaps even go on a hunger strike if his cigars were taken away from him. A grown person who attempts to quit amoking is also frritable and nervous. T can't understand a child's system needing nicotine,” and Sharkey, too—some time after this contract Kearns talks so much 1about expired. Even if the contract were any good, it wouldn't apply to Dempsey’s fights zfter its expira- tion. “Before they get through,” Tex predicted, “they’ll find that Kearns owes Dempsey money.” 145 RADIO STATIONS —_— Reallocation of Various Broadcast- PRISONERS OF SANDINO and One From England Reported Prisoners Held | Ry Nicaraguan Rebel. i New York, April 23 UP—A mos- | sage sont to a mining company here | from Nicaragua indicated today that {four American employes and one British were prisonera of the rebel leader, Augnstino Sandino. Word received hy the owners of la Luz, an American gold mine in the de- partment of Prinzapolca, Nicaragua, told of a raid on the mine by the rebels and the ecapture of prisoners. ing Agencies Also Urged Four From U, in Statement. Washington, April 23 (P—A real- location of radio stations with the ultimate elimination of 145 was sug- gested in a statement prepared for submission to the federal radio com- mission by the National Association of Broadeasters, Federated Radio Trade Association and the Radio Manufacturers Association today. Any plan contemplating an in- crease in the number of stations should not be conaldered, tha three assoclations, representing those who broadcast and those ~who manufac- ture and sell radio equipment, main- J. Gllmore Fletcher, president of | tained. the La Luz and Los Angeles Mining| Their views on reallocation, au- Company, which operates the mine, | thorized under the equalization received this message: “On the twelfth Sandino ralded La Luz taking all the gold, money, merchandise, animals, also Marshall and all employes prisoners.” “Marshall” was stated here to be George B. Marshall 6f New York, assistant superintendent of the mine. ] Other Americans at the mine, ac- | cording to records here, were: L. B. Milbery of Woodsville, N. H.; { Roy Burley and P. Peterson, ad- | drosses not recorded. Harry J. Am- phlett, the superintendent, a British | subject, s also thought to have {been at the mine at the time of the atlack. About 100 Indians also were employed at La Luz The message was believed to have been sent by Indian runner from the mine to Puerta Cabezas which would tnke six days. 1'rom there it was transmitted by the private wircless station of the Standard Fruit und Steamship Company to the United States. Metropolitan Racing Season to Open Today amendment of the radio law, were harmonized at a Chicago meeting last weck. - ! Two procedures are explained in the tripartite proposals, one calling for the allotment of 110 stations to each of the five zoncs, and the other allowing ecach zone 1407 “We favor the sccond method { with an approach to the first, as best calculated to achieve the ideal, as soon as time and practical con- siderations permit,” the statement | read. Pirates to Protest Victory by the Cubs | Chicago, April 23 (UP)—The Pittsburgh Pirates have protested the game won by the Chicago Cubs here Sunday, 3 to 2. In fielding Riggs Stephenson's drive in the cighth, Clyde Barnhart, 1 Pittshurgh's left flelder, kicked the | ball against the wall holding back 'an overflow crowd. Stephenson jreached third, and remained there, despite the protest of Donie Bush that the ground rules made it a two New York, April 23 (UP)—The base hit. 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