New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 31, 1928, Page 9

Speaking of Sports “Pop” Williams, latest addition to the New Britain basketball team, certainly bears his name well. Bald- headed and hefty, he started numer- ous arguments Saturday night over his age. To make the arguments look silly, Willlams is 24 years old. He had & birthday just recently. He weighs in the neighborhood of 223 pounds, We know that one argument in which a 10-spot figured prominently will be squashed by, this informa- tion. A bet that Williams was 32 but B wagered that he was just 29. Both A and B are all wet. Despite his many years and his sparse hair, “Pop” demonstrated that he can play basketball. Barney Doherty, peer of half- backs In roller polo is more vain than any woman, according to the variety of hats he has been wearing. Barney started off with the same one he wore with Waterbury last season. He wore a new vari-colored one shortly after, but yesterday he appeared with still another. Barney will be expected to he setting the styles in hats if he keeps on changing them. he Tabs pool tournament ended Baturday night when Tom Kelly de- feated Danny Merline 100 to 0. Kelly is now champ of the soci pool players. He takes first prize and Merline gets second. So popu- lar was the tournament that Chair- man Henry McEnroe of the tourna ment committee reports that entrics are already heing received for the next series of matches. All the pool fans are gelting ready for the coming battle between Tom- my Grace and Jim Daly, Mart Welch is hoping for an early start in the card tournament be- cause he wants to show Matt Geary how to shuffle the cards. The New Britain roller polo team has won six of its last eight games. This is certainly a record to shoot at this year. The team started itz campaign while in last place and didn't stop until Saturday night in ‘Waterbury it went into first place. It was ousted from the driver's seat yesterday afternoon but it will be back on top zgain soon. Bridgeport is here tomorrow. Art Tomkins, former New Britain youth now at Stratford High, has not been content with winning h letter at football but has now gone out for basketball. He is substitute center on the team and has played in six quarters in the first threc games. His acoring to date consists of ene fleld goal and a foul. ford High is building, from the ground and has dropped all thres | games played 8o far but is showing steady improvement. YEAR OF (928 SE MARK FOR SPORTS (Continued from Preceding Page) basketball season, both the first and reserve teams winning more than half of their games against teams drawn from all over this state and Massachusctts. The high spot of the weason was the trip to Boston for a game with the Boys ciub of that eity. The South Congregational church team went through the Inter- Church basketball league without a defeat and captured the champion- ship for the second year in succes- sion. It was eliminated in the sem1- final round for the state title. The Souyth Church also won its second successive title in the Hartfora county Y. M. C. A. senior basketban league and won its way to the finar game for the state championship. being defeated there by the Wood- stock Collegians. The outstanding feature of ama- teur basketball in New Britain dur- ing the year was the first city tour- nament, which was sponsored by the Bogs’ club with the cooperation of the civie clibs and newspapers. ‘This tourney drew 27 entries and created much enthusiasm among the competing teams. The Phan- toms, figure as the weakest team in thelr class, surprised the city by their whirlwind play and won their way to the senior champinoship over six other contenders. The Boys’ Club Reserves earned the interme- diate title, the Whippets won in the Junjor cla and the Hula Hulas ‘were victorious in the midget divi- sion. The journey was marked by fast play and brought many young and developing players into prom- inence. City Baschall Teague ‘The City Baseball League enjoyed ts most successful season. The Bur- | ritts, two.time champions, were figured to repeat, but they were unable to hit their stride and had to be content with third place. The ‘West Ends, an aggregation of old- timers, won the pennant by a scant one.game margin over the Pirates, a team of youngsters. Not only were the games closer and far better played than in past years, but the league was free from the disputes which had marred it in previous seasons. The Junior City league had a less successful year brought about several games. The title was won by the Col- liers. The 8t. Matthew's Yutherans won the baseball league title, played a split season, German Inter-Church The league and the St Matts took both halves, obviating » | play-off. Bcores were close and there were numerous upsets. The first Hartford County Y. M. €. A. tennis tourney Walnut Hill park during last Aug- ust and early September. Frank lanza of Kensington won the singles championship and the dou- bles were won by Frank Kramer and Bruno Miglioli of East Berlin. Fverybody e using Herald Classi- fled Ads. Strat- | but | good ball | was held 1n | GROUP B CNTEST. STILL VERY GL0SE Four Teams Bunched, Two Tied for the Lead Group B League W, PC. 833 833 667 .500 333 Goose Goslins Arrows ... Shooting Stars . Nutmegs ... Speedboys Five Aces Tigers .. 333 Boys® Club Jrs. 167 There was no break in the race in the Group B Intermediate basket. ball league at the Boys' club Satur- day afternoon, the Goose Goslins and Arrows winning their games and re- waining tied for first place, while the Shooting Stars kept within reach by means of & victory and the Nut. megs continued their drive from the cellar and landed in fourth place, only two games behind the leaders. The Arrows had a snap, slaughter- ing the Boys' Club Juniors by 32-¢ {in & game which bore no resem- | blance to a contest. Gobela ran up 12 points and Reo 10 for the Ar- rows, while Paluch was not far be- hind with his eight. Nappi made the only basket for the losers, with Conner and Reo chipping in with free tries. Mirzewski held Conner scoreless from the floor. The summary: HewEHann EYOuaerer Reo, . | Paluch, 1f. Gebela, c. Mirzewski, rg. . alocaan Boys’ Club Ji 3 Nappi, rf. Conner, I, Westman, e. . Malloy, rg. . Reo, 1g. .. wlosssn The Tigers put up a game fight against the Goose Goslins but could {not stop Ferony, whe made 10 points |and, by himself, almost equalled |their entire score. The work of |Jarvis was of a stellar nature. Play- ing right guard for the losers, he not only kept Jervis scoreless, but |he also helped his team materially with five successful tosses from the |foul line. The summary: e | womee? |Gilbert, rf Plsarski, 1f . |Mangan, e rois, rg | Pusso, 1g . alonrnssd losns Tutko, Ig . 1 A 15.6 win over the Speedboys kept the Shooting Stars in the fight. |Gotowala, Schwartz and Lopes fea- {tured for the winners and Pina for the Speedboys. The summary: Shooting Stars Fld. |Gotowala, rf ..... 3 {Schwartz, It ..... 2 |Zippo. ¢ | Zdanczukas, rg Lopes, 1g Ttl. 7 . 4 s .l 1 15 i _gfl wluoonaZ Tt |Sarges, 1t . {Kereluja, 1t |A. Tutko, e . |Andrews, rg Pina, 1g ... Andrews and Larson led the Nut- | megs to an 18-6 victory over the Five Aces, all the winners chipping in with at least one basket apiece. Lucitti made two-thirds of the los- ers’ points, The summary: Five Aces Fla. Tt SPPRS [J Putterman, Molusis, 1If Heinzman, ¢ Lucitti, rg Heinzman, Andrews, rt . Rametta, Larson, ¢ Donotti, Ukitls, Dobeck, & 0 J J 0 0 0 LJ |Board Head Believes Farmers Prosperous Chicago, Dec. 31 (M — Farmer ‘y\rnnperlly is greatly enhanced and the world in general {s prosperous enough for anticipation of profit- |able outlet for practically all food | products, Samuel P. Arnot, presi- !dent of the Chicago board of trade, found in an annual review made public today. Mr. Arnot alse finds the livestock farmer better off than he has been at any time since 1920, the cotton |grower prospering, grain prices |g0od in the light of bumper crops {and the prospect of farm purchas- ing power being greater than at any time since the war. Gross income of the American farmer for the year will be greater than that of the preceding year and net returns, after deducting costs of production, will exceed those of last year, he sald. He added that the increased purchasing power will be more uniformly distributed than in the past. PDODGES WIN GAME Bustaining an attack of speed and accurats shooting, the Dodge team in the New Britain Amateur Roller Hockey league yesterday afternoon swarmed all over the Pontiacs and won by the score of 10 to 5. The Pontiacs started the scoring through a goal by La Pointe, but before the first period was finished, Gasparint had scored two for the Dedge team. Bayer score one for the Pentiacs but 2| al hours of lahor. 2| shape from o social welfare stana- | point than at any time s (onto and Harvard sextets. has ruled Canadian collegiate hock- 'NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1928, the Dodges came back to cage four more in the second frame. Pontiac | got three in the final frame, but the | Dodges smeared the Pontiacs for an additional four goals, making their total 10 for the game. FOOTBALL TEAMS READY FOR CONTEST TOMORROW Georgia Tech and California Squads Fit For Action Mentally and Physically Pasadens, Cal, Dec. 31 P—In the words of their coaches, “fit for action, both mentally and physical- ly.” the.football representatives of Georgia Tech and California, east- weat rivals who will meet in the New Year's day gridiron classic, here, were ready today for the time of reckoning. Each eleven was on edge for the Rose Bowl clash after stiff training | grinds. Both teams were free from any- thing but slight injuries. Raleigh | Drennon, regular Tech guard, and his substitute, Jim Brooke, were back in shape after a week's battle with colds. The Bear camp report- ed several players bruised, but not seriously enough to keep them out| of the game. Fitz, tackle and Cap- tain Phillips, star end, were among | them. 5-DAY WEEK FOR FORD EMPLOYES Ruto Manufacturer Starts in oo, New Social Experiment Detroit, Dec. 31 (A—Announce- \Events in 1929 Aimed at Break- SPORT TRADITION WILL BE BROKEN ing Sectional Barriers New York, Dec. 31 —No prospec- tive feature of the sports campaign for 1929 is any more significant than | events almed at breaking down the | old sectional barriers or removing | a number of time-honored traditions. | Where 1928 has been a son of remarkable international vity, | 1929 will find most of the American | athletic _activity concentrated at | home with fresh opportunities to de- | velop intersectional intcrest on a wider scale than ever bhefore. | One of the most ancient of all the | ancient traditions will be removed when the National Amateur Golf championship is staged for the first | time on the I c coast at Del| Monte, California, and to make it the biggest campaign ever held on far western links the Professional Golfer asgociation tournament also has been hooked for Santa Barbara, Cal,, as the fore-runner of a round of open competition for the country’s | leading pros. | Foliowing the path blazed by Stan- | ford, California’s football team will Journey east to mect Pennsylvania, | while the Army will send its cleven to the far west for the first time to play the Cardinuls in a return en- gagement at Palo Alto. To add to the gridiron gayety, | Yale will break away from anothe old tradition and go south to pla the University of Georgia. are booked to play at Chicago in 1931 and may eventually wind up some season on the Pacific coast, Tex Rickard, after having tested the drawing powers of boxing cen- ters in the far west, middle west and ment by the Ford Motor Company of a plan to employ 30,000 addition- al men so its factories can be placed on a basis of “six days for ma-| chines and five days for men"” is be- | lieved here to presage not only the | 20 per cent increase in production | which s promised immediately but | another social welfare experiment by Henry Ford. While the plan is designed pri- marily to remedy the economic de- fects of his most notable innovation along that line, the five day week, it 18 belleved he hopes with an in- creased production to abolish per- manently all night work. Employment of the great addi- tional force planned will be com- | pleted by March 1, the announce- | ment said, and production of the medel A Ford will be increased from 33,500 a week to 40,200. | All On Same Plan Only the factory here will be af-| cast during his colorful career, will promote his first big fight in the south Feb. with Sharkey and Stribling clashing at Miami Beach. About the only main events that the east still has a strangle-hold on are the national tennis champion- ships and the Poughkeepsie regatta. But the big fight of the year with Dempsey in a come-back role, is slated for the Yankee stadium, wher half of the world's series also may occur again, providing the Yankees have a good share of their healtk and strength. A few of the main questions at is- sue as the new year gets under way are: 1. Whether or not Jack Dempsey will attempt a come. i 2. Whether Big Bill Tilden will be restored to good standing in ama- teur tennis ranks, and, if o, try another co k. fected immediately, but it is under- stoed assembly plants in other citiea| will operate on the same plan when | .| production has sufficiently increas- !ed. The announcement warned that | | the unemployed . of Detroit would | receive first consideration and that men unable to show a record of previous employment here would find little opportunity for employ- ment at the Ford plant. Mr. Ford had only one sentencc of comment on the plan. “A six day week is all right for machines,” he said, “but a five day week is enough for men."” Belief that abolition of night| work will follow development of the plan is based on the oft-expressed antipathy of Mr. Ford to “unnatur- Virtually all au- tomobile factories now have a “mid- night” shift operating at full capa- city. Authorities on the employment 000 men from the ranks of unem- | ployed would leave Detroit in better | in recent years. COLLEGE TEAMS HEET AT | MADISON SQUARE GARDEN | | University of Toronto and Harvard Hockey Scxtets to Clash on New Year's Day New York, Dec. §1 (P—College hockey comes to Madison Square Garden tonight with the boys and girls of New York city as the chief beneficiaries. Metropolitan social leaders are sponsors of the ice bat- tle between the University of Tor- Toronto ey for some time and Harvard, last year, boasted one of the best teams | in the United States. Some 3,000 newsboys, messenger boys and Boys' club groups will | watch the battle, the proceeds from | which are to be devoted by the; United Parents’ association to after school athletic centers in public | schools and other similar prnj(‘c's.l READ NERALD CLASSIFIED ADS ‘ FOR BEST RESULTS i situation said that removal of 30.- un 3. Whether Paavo Nurmi will re main the greatest of all amateur The Elis ¢ in rowing will be difficult to dis- lodge. Most of them have acquired the championship habit and all have enough stuff left to shake off any rivals in the coming year, if not for several years. There will be comparatively little international rivalry for 1929. Ten- nis and golf will offer the main op- portunities for conflict where polo, tennis, golf, boxing and all the Olympic sports furnished a continual round of {international activity in 1928. Walter Hagen big pro-golf invasion where he will seek to win the Brit- ish open for the fourth time. France again will defend the Davis cup and is not likely to have much trouble doing so, unless Italy or the United States make some astonishing for- ward strides. INTERESTING GAMES ARE PLAYED IN TABS' LEAGUE Intra-Soclety Basketball Circuit Gets Away to a Flying Start Yesterday. Several good games were played yesterday afternoon in the Tabs' Intra-society Dasketball league. The Emeralds downed the Celtics 26 to 18, the Bats measured the Eagles 40 to 27, and the Dublins were nos- |ed out by the Flashes 28 to 7. The scores: Emeralds F ¥l. Pts. Hendlein, rf . Moonh, rf . Moons, If ... onnelly, ¢ . |Howard, rg Meclnerney, 1g ! Souney, 1f . Meehan, It Shea, ¢ | O'Brien, rg ... ! MeGuire, 1g ... o mms . Pts. 8 13 3 [] 10 Grace, !Howard, rg . Merline, 1§ .. = . Pts. 13 10 Herdlein, Murphy, 1 Roilard, ¢ . Mechan, Re 2 lumoaan 27 © foot racers or yield to the of the professional promoter. i 4. Whether the Army and Navy ! will eftect a reconciliation and the way for a resumption of their gridiron classjc by 1930, since there is emall prospect of any gut-together vote for " on all counts, it for no other r that it would stimulate g pelitive inter ater com- | Tex Rickard predicts that new champions will Le crowned in most, if not all, of the professional ring asses in 1920, but 1o such sweep- ing forecast can be made in other ranks. Such bearers of the laurel wreaths as Bobby Jone Glenna Collett, Helen Wills tennis, the Rigers Horns- het ankees in baseball, by in batting, Babe Ruth in home- run hitting, Davis ¢ competition and the California crew ! EFFECTIVE | Murphy, 1rf . Dublins . Pte. 10 6 McGuire, rf of O'Brien, Rg McNamara, 1g ... Flashes Wolfe, If .. 3. Ross, ¢ Mangan, ¢ . Weir, 18 . H. McNama cee = s Talking films in color were re- cently shown in London in broad laylight. 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Those of the previous year 1ount- ed to $2,219,700, The greatest amount of the contri- butions this year went to religious denominations, as in the past, but large gifts were made {o organized charity relief for “the other half.” for education purposes and for the advancement of health. The year was further noteworthy for the amounts which were contributed to the beautification of national tracts and the preservation of listoricul places, 1928 will Parne Whitney The late Payne Whitney's heguest of more than $45,000,000 to hos- pitals, librarics and universities of | the country heads the list. Although {Ar. Whit : > filing, of the estate’s appraisal did not take his hequests therefore are listed with {le philanthropies of the year just end- ing. Mr. Whitney's largest bequest to an institution was an endowment for $18,623,176 for the New York hos- | pital which, with Cornell University Medical school, is planning 2 new medical center here. Nearly twelve and a half millions of the endow- ment are for a permancnt fund, !while the remainder is for “the de- i\olopmrm and maintenance of neu- rological and psychiatric work in -|New York city.” The Cornell Medical school was bequeathed $2,823,1 Yale univer- sity, Mr. Whitney's alma mater where he was prominent in athletics, received a similar amount; while the |New York public library which, like !Yale, had been remembered with |many gifts during the financier's {lifetime, was bcqueathed $6,210.725. The bequests also embraced a trust of nmearly £26,000.000, the |trustees of which were authorized to |use principal or income as they saw ! {fit for charitable and educational |uses and scientific investigation | A. E. Titkin of New York, a for- !mer school teacher and clergyman, !who built up a 30 million dollar fortune through public utility opera- tions, donated a miillion dollars to ‘\'nle to be used in the study ot child disease, while the late Chaun- |cey Depew bequeathed a like amor to the same universit his alma mater, without restric N8, | tion education went to Cornell ty for a new building to house the law school. Others who helped to fill Ameri- ca's charity coffers du gave their contributions for the benefit of those L need. John Markle, reti nated a half million to A for the er King 1s' hotel w fortable, iich would light living low re Milton McQuade, & own living to bachelor, w relations, b the home ofr tor children than Lamport, went to the on for the vish religious Half e of tie late Jewish philanthr nsl Charity IFo cnefit of va cducation The nan Abraham Nehe of the N nthroy “Ansl cicties, inport made h to the vime calth and me by dea ) s pital in New York. T arships, $4.000 1 young who 1 pedics, Mr Kay Nieine hos- iol of iven to bility ortho- nt s virlue ¢ to specic in Rockefeller Rockerollor pended in {h tional land Maney fur 150 were ex man It in National nd North Caroling, Rockefelicr, Jr ount to the 101 istorical {ow Ya., to is pre-r Amongz iy tion of Williay ler's philanthrop o the gifts c millions to the ¢ Universily. (18 arter to hou lents) in 1 versity for o 1ris the razo [ ni- endowment univer- | | States for the development of Jew- |ish farm settlements in Russia. ring the year a itecano, rg of its the fund being raised in the United Rich Dowers Educational institutions received rich dowers from the 1928 charity chest. The $10,000,000 .residue of the estate of the Charies M. Hall, “Father of Aluminum.,” who died In 1914, is to be distributed te higher educational institutions of the Near East and the Orient, his trustees recently announced. Edward 8. Harkness of New York gave three millions to Harvard Uni- versity to be used for experiment in reorganization of the university, Mr. Harkness gave the money to build endow a group of dormitories, dining halls and common rooms which will be operated as a separ- ate educational and wsocial unit. Mr. Harkness, a Yale graduate, has given millions to his Alma Mater. CELTICS WIN GAME The Celtics came back inte the winning column yesterday by de- vating the Sons of Italy of Middle- town 21 to 12. From the beginning, the Celtics were never headed. Re- cano tosscd in one of the longest on the floor. Baylock and Bell- w were the stars for the locals. Middletown feam was held scorcless during the second half. The score: Celtics Fld. 43 2l uvane® (4 rt Baylock, Marhiolin, P R | Sons of Italy 3 caomon Amenta, Mileano, Di Vito, Tomasi, Parrelle, Lavelli, Ig Fld J 1 [ [J 2 i 0 [J 3 [J L L 5 2 12 Referee, Maselly; scorer, J. Mar- holin. 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