New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 27, 1928, Page 8

NEW BRITAIN, CO} NECTICUT, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1923 BROWNSVILLE FAVORITES TO MAKE SECOND APPEARANCE HERE SATURDAY NIGHT — ALBANY HOCKEY TEAM TACKLES LOCAL QUINTET TONIGHT—FOUR-CORNERED TIE MAY RESULT IN INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE—STAR PLAYERS LEAVE BURRITTS ALBANY HOCKEY TEAM TO BATTLE LOCALS TONIGHT Former Meriden Aggregation to Furnish Features at Stanley Arena—Pierce Brothers Outstanding Stars of Visiting Quintet—New Britain Crew Anxious to Tumble Former League Champions—Fierce Fight Expected When Clubs Clash. Tonight at the Stanley Arena, the Albany hockey club, until recently| the Meriden representative of the American roller hockey league, will | Britain in the re[ular Thursday night feature. For the past two seasons the \v'\:» iting club, wearing the spangles of the Silver City, has captured the championship of the league and the club is making a strong bid for the honors again this year. Featuring its appearance here will be the pres- ence of the two Pierce brothers, Earl and Steve in the lineup. This pair, hoth sons of Dicky Pierce, rated us the best player ever, ha lieen making all opopsition travel af top speed to win. Backing up the Lundeville in in center, “Molly Morrison and Eddie Barnikow in the cage. This defensive trio is one of the bests in the league. Barni- lLow, especially, has been hitting the high spots this ycar. Only recently he had a total of 105 stops to his credit while the world's record is only ¢ higher. New Britain is anxious to resume its winning streak, interrupted tn Bridgeport Chiristmas night. Up to that time, the local team had won togames red out hy tough s e encountered, the al pl re unequal to the task of the measure of Bridgeport in snceession. The loca lineup with Wil- liams and “Cowhoy” Thompson on the ruslhes, Gazzinga in center. Bar- ney Doherty in halfback and Welch in the zoal. Peregrin will be the sixth man. An_amateur ga prior*tn the main attraction. This will start promptly at §$ o'clock while the big zame will go on at 9. WOMEN GOLFERS START TOURNEY Teminin Ul l‘uglfi meet New rush stars is twice o will he staged ¢ Stars Enter Amateur- at Long Beach 27 P — into the . Dee! s stopped in an climinary to the Beach $5,000 n open will be- the Long Beach nd continy club, for the 36 final Ateur-pro event, earr! £ $200 for the profe: a trophy for the ama- stars pair of the masculine | entry list Miss Viry runner- n the champior was British " Wie of Chics women's natic teamed with open cham- rry Pressler, 1927 on, with Leo Die- n Wrieht, with Chieago stylist, and Angeles go. two days of for the January SHARKEY VS, STRIBLING New York Times Says That Rickard Will Annonnce Mateh at Miami ‘Tomorrow. New York, York Rickard will from Miami, Fla., Dee. 27 (P—The ) vs today that tomorrow that he has signed Jack Sharkey to fight Young &trib- Iing at Miani on ¥ 26, Although Rickard 1eft for 1 yesterday without official an- noune will be made unless development com- n his plans. 10nn e pels a source that t arkey boxer’ been tehed only thing that remains is rd to make certain of his| . Christner, heavy . in a bout cre Jan. 25. In event Sharkey is feated lino Uzcndun probably will replace him ROLLER HOCKEY TONIGHT Stanley Arena 9 o'Clock ALBANY s NEW BRITAIN e Game 8 o'Clock 611 For Reserved Seats amateur-pro | ther | » differences between | financial | mands met by a compromise and | | | HUDKINS TO MEET DEVOS TOMORROW Nebraska Wlldut fo Battle Bel- | gian in New York Ring | the boxing season involves Ace Hua- kins, of the Hudkinses of Nebraska, {and Rene Devos, the Belglan mia- | dlewcight, whe is mnow connected They will fight it out toinoriow night with the prospects that most it not all, of the white shirt frents of the famous "“600 millionaires” | will be in evidence. impressed critics as the best foreign since Tommy Milligan. He will find | Hudkina the most willing and per- | sistent opponent he has vet met. | There is no doubt whatever about haired puncher from the corn New York, Dec. 7 UP—One of | the most important social events o1 | | with the Biddles of Philadelphia.| | Devos, fast and a good hitter, has | Boehnert, 1t ..... 0 160-pounder to come to these shores |it being a scrap when Ace crawis| Ithrough the ropes. The lean fair | Zaleski, rf WOJACKS SUSTAIN TERRIFC SETBACK Held to Thres Points by Zaleskis in Boys’ Club Loop Group A Sauding Wojack . 1 | Zaleski . 2 Fesiak .. Bellomo | Puzzo 5 | Rowinski ..... | The Wojacks, previo ien leaders in the Group A interme | diate basketball league at the Boys ‘cluh suffered a terrific setback last | night when the Zaleskis thrashed ‘:hem soundly by the lop-sided score | of 14-3. Olewnik, Adamowicz and | Kominos sat hard on the Wojack forwards and held them without any score at all. Hubay, a guard, made |the losers’ only basket and Capo- | dice chipped In with a frec toss. Zujko and Adams topped the Za- leskis with four points apiece. win brought the Zaleskis to within one game of first place. | mary: i Wojack | Fid. Fl. Wojack, rf . 0 0 |Quenk, If ....... 0 I |Capodice, ¢ . 1 Myska, rg Hubay, g i Zaleski ¥id. |Zujko, 1t country prefers the going when it 13 Adams, ¢ . rough. The more punishment he ab- Isorbs the more willing he seems. |Olewnick, rg |Adamowicz, g e the Wildeat for whom he I8 Kominos, Ig .. nanied, Hudkine crouches in his cor- | ner, ready for the spring at the tap of the bell for every round. Hudkins likes to fight, ords hear th has overlooke The rec- out and testify he few prospective op- | ponents of his class, as a welter er |nginte apiece. while | iddleweights Hudkiny took on Ruby Goldflcm‘ 'and knocked out the pride of the | Ghetto a few years ago when Ruby was the sensation of New York. The | Ace had three torrid scraps with Sammy Baker, the socking sergeant. coming back to win the last twe after being stopped by the soldier. at the Polo Grounds in 1927. Last June, in a spectacular fight that ended in a downpour of rafn. | The Fesiaks continucd in | with the Zaleskis for sccond place {by running up the league's higlhe score in drubbing the Bellomos by 45-12. Redor and Vesink made 12 Musso. Camp nd Slepski came through with at |least six each. Pellegrini starrcd for the Bellomos. The summary: | Bellomo 3210 ST Morley, rf ....... 0 |Cullum; e o 0 Pellegrini, ¢ ..... 7 0 Jaworski. rg ..... 0 Scheyd, Ig .. n Marino, Ig .. Hudkins lost a terrific battle with | Mickey Walker for the middleweight title at scemed to not a few of the drenched experts that Ace had the edge, but the award went to Walker. Whether he stakes his crown next against either Hudkins or De. | vos, Walker may as well start pre- paring for a busy evening. With the actual doparture of Tex Rickard for Miami Deach., an- nouncement impends of definite ar- rangements for Young Stribling and | Jack Sharkey to fight the most im- | portunt heavyweight elimination bout of the winter in Florida. Tex scems to think that a change of scenery from the more or less moke-filled indoor arcnas to the invigorating outdoors will _stimu- | late the heavyweight activity. At/ |any rate there is no doubt of the at- | tractive poseibilities of ballyhooing a bout between the south's foremost contender for Gene Tunney's crown and the Boston Sailor who is good when he has it hut not so good otherwise. Stribling and Sharkey are two of the fastest heavyweights in the game. Both have shown they can nit but it will take a decisive victory for either one to give tha 1929 ~iest for Tunney's successor a good start. . FIGHTS LAST NIGHT Ry tha Aswciat Buffale, N. Y.—Tuffy Griffiths, Rioux City, outpointed Garfield Johnson, Pittsburgh, (10). West Palm Beach, ¥la.—Johnny Simpson, San Antonio, stopped Spike Kelly, Chicago, (5). South Church Quintet Meets Celtics Tonight The South Church basketball feam will meet the Celtics at & oclock this evening at the Boys club, the final arrangements for the game having heen completed yestes. day noon hy the managers of the two quint:ts, The church team has won thiee out of ita four starts thi scason, while the Celtics also have |only one defeat Prem. |games. Morey is still recuperating again and the church will be at near-top strength, while the Celtics are expected to have their regular team on the floor. At 5 o'clock there will be a pre- liminary encounter hetween the | South Church Juniors and the Bull- | dogs. ‘Risko and Schaaf to Complete Work Today Boston, Dec. 27.—(UP)—Johnny recorded against | them in about the same number of | from the grippe, but Rockwell is fit | world"s | Chicago. 1t Sedor, rf Weihn, 1f Musso, 1f . |camp, ¢ ... Vesiak, rg .... ‘Slepnka g - The Puzzos took the third gar of the night by 2 downing th | Rowinskis in a struggle to get ou {of the cellar. Armenta aund I were the big guns of the wins while Kobela, a guard. got mwior |than half of what the losers miud | The summary: Rowinhi 11d 2z Row ln\l.\, rf | Armenta Speziale. Annunzia Puzzo, g 1A, Kobel Group B League The standing of the Group I3 Yi.- |termediate league is 45 follows W. L. PCT. Goose Gostins ......4 1 800 |Arrows .. A s0n | Shooting stars e E | Speedboys 3 Five Aces | Tigers St 3 | Nutmegs . 3 | Boys' Club e oo The junior haschall Icague | been terminated, and the junior {hoys are now playing tournamenis in various games during each gym | period. | East and West Teams Finish Hard Tr. San Francisco, Cal., | —The east and west all-star foor- \ball teams have finished their heavy orkouts and will taper off the rest of the weck with signal practice in final preparation for their annual |charity game here Saturday. Both squads put in two hours of hard scrimmage yesterday. Todiy |light workouts and “skull" practie with the chalk in the hands of | Coaches Hollingberry and Kerr will Ibe the program for the feams. | Dan Atlen, back, and Chuck {Duehl, linesman, both members of |the Olympie club. have been named co-captains of the west outfit. No |captain for the east team will he selected until shortly hefore the game, Coaches Xerr and Hanley an- nounced. Dec. | Risko of Cleveland, O., and Ernie | Chla.f ex-sailor heavyweight, 0 complete training today for their 10-round bout at the Boston garden | tomorrow night. A victory over Risko, who once |won a declsion over Jack Sharkey,: would give a much-needed boost to Schaaf's rating as a titular aspirant. Another feature of the bill will be the professional debut of “Blg Boy" Rawson, Dorchester heavyweight, who will meet Terry Mitdhell of Cambridge in a six-round bout. High hopes have been held locally for Rawson, who has the looks and build of Jack Dempse |READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS [after he had scored one fall. 4 were i s Son_nenberg Sets Heart on Mat Title Boston. Dec, 27 (I'P)—Gus Son- |nenberg. one of whese New Year's | resolutions 1s come worll heavyweight champio» has started training here for h titular match with 14 “Strangl {Lewis, to be held at the Bos Garden on January 4 Sonnenberg. former Dartmo football star. almost defeated th champion last June hut was rohi of victory and the title when on af his famous tackles resulted in 2 severe injury which ended the hout WW VETERANS COP HONORS IN NATIONAL LEAGUE |BROWNSVILLE FAVORITES APPEAR HERE SATURDAY | The | The sum- | TH. Funs list. on his foet ang runners with arly Got Fir Do < thre amnle it out of of smacks in the w the ontst He st putouts ndi I with the Pitt ond base: Ford strom. third hose HOCKEY Posten, T g | Harvard, tion on fonz © Chicaza o ting suifer him 1 for the season dow him up a4 w after h a con orld sorjes P rof the year records r chances ac- | | for | total | chaneces, hen | Tou- on play- me of the TONILIT ) CUVLER. CHEDULE H [EAGUE Ra by o NL-:‘C!] 9 ... from played thail to the de free games urday nigh rat one lay once wd can he this eve- Eniscons! clase, th Congre- Eniceopsl theran, First ARD A m/\ul\g YeaH ¢ o STORY Ty DAY~ SO SHE SAYS WHAT Do You Bz-2-2-2-2 BZ- gz-0BLuM4 BLAH-* | DOUTHIT | Memorial, Lutheran vs. Stanley | vs. South iveryman's Bible class | Lonmnxuuondl Junuary 19—=South Congregational \s. Fint Lutheran, St Matthew's | In(hr“n vs. Stanley Memorial, § 4 piscopal s, Everyman's | 6— it Memo zational ve, 8t Ma Virst Lutheran vs, class 1ehruary Yirst Lutheran vs. St Mafthew's Lutheran, §t. Mark's | 1ipiscopal ve. South Congregational, Fyveryman's Bible class vs. Stanley Mem al. February 9—Stanle South Congregatio St Mark's Lpiscopal vs. Wirst Lutheran, St | Matthew's Lutheran vs. Everyman's Dible class. ry 16—TFirst Mark's Episcopal . South Congre- | thew’s Lutheran, Everyman's Bible | Memorial vs. | Lutheran vs. femorial, Everyman's Bible South Congregational, St. Mark’s Episcopal vs, St. Matthew's Lutheran, ebruary va. First iscopal vs. Lutheran, Everyman's | March 2—8t. Ma Stanley Memorial, tional vs. St First L class March 9—8t. Stanley Memor Stanley Lutheran vs. st COMPETE TOR NEW CUP 1 New Haven, Dee, 27 (17 l‘)*YalQ baskeiball players will hegin com- petition Jan. & for a new trophy— the Woodcock eup—to he awarded to the_player with the largest per- entag® of free throws in intercol- legiate leagne competifion. ‘The eup was donated by Harold I'. Wood- cock, general manager of Yale ath- Tetles, i's Topiscopal vs. | Sonth Congrega- | Matthew's Lutheran, hieran vs, BEveryman's lnhlo‘ Mark's Tpiscopal vs. | Sveryman's Bible | Memorial. First | Matthew's Lutheran. |one and are {lost four games. Brooklyn Basketball Team to Invade New Britain for Second Time This Year — Locals Won First En- counter by Three Point Margin — Williams, Con- necticut Aggies Star, to Replace McElwain In Line- up—Visitors Anxious to Even Up Score. THREE GAMES IN I Basketball fans in this city will turn out en masse Saturday night lle ¥Favorites of {when the Brown "avorites Four-Cornered Tie May Result| From Tomorrow Night's Games 5 = Corbin Screw (girls). Corbin Screw vs. Fafnir. Landers va. P. & F. Corbin. va. Four teams will be tied for first| place with four victorles and one do- feat it Fafnir Bearing team of the Y M C league defeats Corbin Screw, lc leaders, at the Tabs' hall tomorrow night. However, if the Screw Shop team wins the game it will have a better lead. This is undoubtedly the most im- portant night of the season principal reason is the fact that it | involves a great number of team At present the Corbin Screw five has {won four games and hasn't be n de- feated. Corbin Cabinet and Stanl. Rule have won four games and lost tied for second place. I"afnirs have played one less pame and are in thind place victories and one defeat. 17 Fafnirs win it will give them their fourth victory and will give Corhin Screw its first defeat. Need- | less to say rooters of the Corbin Cab- inet. Stanley Rule and Pafmir Bear- |ing teams will be united against the Serew Shop and its rooters, but that has happened before and the Screw Shop fans have been able to lold pioy |||()| own in noise. { plenty of rivalry way the battie gocs. Another game which is of importance to the factories invo n the contest between Lan . & I, Corbin teams. Neither team luls won a game so far this s Landers took five defeats and Corbin The winner of fo- morrow night's game will cmerge from last place Corbin Serew and North & Judd girls will furnish the attraction in the curtain raiser which is scheduled to start promptly at 7:30 o clock. FOOTBALL STARS ILL There should he son Ralph Drennon and Jim Broolke of i I Georgia Tech Both Scized With Influenza. Pasadena. Calif., Dec Influenza will keep Ral right guard, and Jim Brooke stitute guard, in bed today Georgia Tech works out in the Re Bowl for its New Y ball game with California. They became ill late last but both probably will \\Olk out again Saturday, cials said. &hould Drennon be kept fiom the game the Yellow Jacket line would be hit hard as he was onc of the outstanding stars in | {southern foothall this year. Kecner, an cnd, probably will fit in at guard 1t was announced yesterday that Arthur Badenoch, coach at a near- by school, would act as referce at the game instead of Frank Birch, of Sterling, T, sub- night, A. Industrial Basketball | The | with threg dless of whichi |will play {he zn i Drennon, | when ; ; N who wired officials that | tractions to appear here this season, makes its second invasion of New Britain secking the scalps of Clar- ence Lanpher's quintet. The Brooks lyn aggregation played hero on De- + one of the toughe ged at the Stan- lost out by a,three point jest ball p,.nuoe E ley Arena, North & Jugd |MrEIn. 19 to 16, Manager Lanpher announced {day that he had signed liams, last year's captain of the Connecticut Aggies, to replace Me- Blwain in the local lineup. Williams was considered one of the he: courtmen in college circles last year (land his versatility will enable him [to play in any position on the team, | During the football season fist past, he was figst string fullback with the Providen ;am - Roller pions of the wional Moot ind since then, he has steady Dbasketball in Danivlson. first appear {Saturday night The Brownsville {their worth as a bination in to- “Pop” Wil- 1l league been play- and around Williams will make his mee with New Britain Iavorites proved basketball com- this city in ir fiest 1ere 1o which t victory for of the most visitors at 1tened ind they full confident that the victors, rith the same the return to this ¢ they will retu The team will stars who he ipyearcd here n the first ne. Shuman and Posnack will the forwa Conroy will he canter and N 1 Gerson “ein will the sixth man Just how th vill line up is a 3 rday. Williams may he with Sloman and 1 while tha ippear at tain team lecided placed har neha will their Dartmenth to Meet Navy In FPonthall Next Year | foothall ) 1 hils on Nov ~dule has t lanover, at New Yorlk, 1t Cambridge. Providence. Hanover. New York or Day foot- | be able to| Tech offi- | Live Bait he had torn a ligament in his leg. | - S0 HE 3AYS B8z-2z-2-2- Bz-2-2-2 — Is T z-z- Bz- THER AND HE SAYS oMLY THINK OofF THE FIRST PART OF 1T " HM- M- Yoo JupGe - Yov 82-2-2 WHAT WAS THAT STORY t HEARD HE Gz-2-2 z- AND Jjreziz-2 I'VE GoT FOR You-