New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 8, 1929, Page 14

200 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1929. JOHNNY CLINCH IS AWARDED DECISION OVER RAY DOLAN IN FEATURE 'AMATEUR FIGHT AT STANLEY. ARENA—ALBANY AND NEW BRITAIN ROLLER HOCKEY CLUBS ARE NOW TIED FOR FIRST PLACE IN AMERICAN LEAGUE—BURRITTS TO PLAY 'JOHNNY CLINCH AWARDED VERDICT OVER RAY DOLAN Local Amateur Ace Given Hairline Decision Over Brass City Battler—Casey Antelik Swarms All Over Dom- inick Friskki — Johnny Andrews Gets Gift From Referee In Battle With Jackie Paoli of Waterbury —Glickstein Pulls Fighters. In one of the closest fights ever amateur fournament staged in th Johnny Clinch, ce of local amateur fighters, w given a hair-line decision over 1 Dolan of Waterbury last ni final bout of the show st Stanley A. C. anley Arena. Both boys were ahout evently matehed as two such fighters con be and both scaled in exactly at 14 pounds, The fi secn in an d by the and second rounds were judged 1o be completely even Clineh came through in the third | canto to strike an edge over his op- ponent that carried the victory home for him. Dolan and his handlers were anything but satisfied that | Clinch has won the fikht and it may be possible that these two will be re-matched in the near future, The fight was a culmination of a card that wis fair but none 100 good. As a result of an altercation hetween Matchmaker Paul ¢ n of New Haven and thepromoters, Perlstein and Torctsky, Glic services with the elub have been terminated. During the third last bout on th card, G ner of Meriden was in kstein's colored, of round Mike Wallace, and while the fir ogress, le not to go out for the second round of the bout because, he claimed, Perlstein was not paying him the money ed upon befors the fight startud. The bell for the sccond round soundcd and Wallace refused to answer. The fight was then awarded to Mike Sinko of this city who received the worst of it in the first stanza. After the down, the re staged but the bad taste in t excitement had died maining two bouls wers occasion left a ver: mouths cf the fairly | large sized gathering of fans at the fights. An_investigalion to the matter diselosed that Glickstein had made an exorbitant demand upon | Perlstein and the promoter refused | to pay the sum. It had been agreed that the matchmaker would furnish | a list of fighters for and Glickstein de led § threatening to pull his fighte wasn't paid. Perlstein refused to pay the added and Glickstein stopped Wal- iting. He capitulated so that the last two bouts on the card fought. Perlsicin stood roady fo refund all the money paid in at the box office, he stated, but he fused to he shanghaivd into |u\uu: wore than he had ed. As a re- sult. Perlstein notitied Glickste that his services as matelimaker the locil chub, were at an end next tournament will e staged as announced a week from nest Iriday night with a new matchmaker plan- ning the bouts. Casey Antelik of New Huven in the pound cl handed Dominick Kki of this city a classy lacing in the three rounds of the semi-final ¥riskki was out when the final bell rung but he was weary long hefore that. Antelik was like a banty roost-r elimbing all over IFriskki and hitting him with all sorts of hoo! jabs and drives. He completely out- classed the local hoy in every partment and gave one of the exhibitions of the night Johnny Andrews of New Haven received a gift from Refcree John Willis of a decision over Jackie Paoli of Waterbury, a Franco- American club enfry at 133 pounds, but he also jved 2 neat trim- ming from the Brass City lad. drews put up a listless hattle against his opponent who was a hall of fire. Proll left jabbed his way o a clear victory but the decision ren- dered against hini. In the 130-pound class, DelFranko of New Haven Joe Rocco of Waterbury in three rounds. The fight was a slugging match with both hoys trying their best for a knockout. Tim O'Connor of New Haven in the 116-pound class, was slapped on the jaw by Joe Riccio’s right hand right after the opening hell and he went do a count of nine went dov count of before {he round was over making two {rips to the canvas in the round. He spirited comeback in fhe \d swarmed all io having him in a had the third however, Tim er nto his shell and he th best hout of more, | amount lace from fi were The hest was other made ond stanza way his iost was 1 't his his 1 second rded the & of Ansonia er 21 and n oot oned WIDE Hanover. Edvin Wid tance runner to start t track e the fnvi Steinwall, make Han PIANS TO TRAIN N. H. Jan ("p) Swedish middl over n\q RS norNn TOR YaLEk Francis X. Shields. one of but | kstein appeared in the cor- | ordered Walluce | certain sum | vs if he | | ning the Southington team will play | itts & return game at the | de- | An- | Frankie defeated | BURRITTS BATTLE - SOUTHINGTON TEAM {New Britain Basketball Team | Alter Ninth Win Tomorrow | it in the | With cight victories under its belt, the Burritt basketball team will ;Jomnfl\' to Southington tomorrow evening with high hopes of annexing its ninth win of the season at the ex- pense of the Southington Y™ five. The locals have captured four straight victories in the last ecight days and, despite the lost of three {regulars, are showing great form. Saturday evening the Burritt five L mped the St. Anthony team of Hartford, leaders of the Times caguc. The Hartford aggregation | was undefeated before meeting the locals. The Southington crew is a {member of the Hartford county * lcague and is well up among the lraders. Included in its lineup are Connors, former Kacey and Pexto ar; Judd, Nelson, hol, Daly, ley, Broemel and Fletcher. Yakubowicz and Havlick will start in the forward positions for the Burritts, Luty will while Darrow and Carlson will roam in the back court. will also see plenty of action before | the game is over. | So far the local tcam has scored wins over St. Mary's of Portland, Simsbury, St. Anthony's of Hartford, | Nutmegs ‘of Hartford, Savitt Gems |of Hartford and the Pristol Dixies. 1ts only defeat was received at the | hands of the Meriden Communities, {last year's junior state champs. The score of the game was 23 to 19. Manager Ken Saunders requests all playe to meet in front of the M. C building at 7 Wednesday evening. aturd: eve- he Buri anley iKlleHINA SLATED Arena at § o'cloc T0 MEET ADONNIS ‘Mlddlewelghts o Clash at Foot | Guard Hall Friday Night Hartford, Jan. 8 —A great dleweight baftle is in pros Friday night at Koot Guard when Fddie Adonnis of Athol, Mass., meets Frankie Konchina of New York. These boys are not the world's best Loxers by any means, hut they are a pair who like to fight and who pack a real “sock.” Both have fought ¥rankie O'Brien in Hartford within the past few ! months; Addonis succumbed in the fitth round while Konchina went 10 rounds to lose the decision, hut Adonnis made a great battle of the | 0'Brien affair while he was in ther.. Indeed, in the third round, he had ('Brien weak-kneed and wobbly. The O'Brien-Adonnis acrap is one that will not he forgotten in Hart- ford for a long time. This bout tops a card on which there are many *“naturals.’” Chief interest 18 in the bout be- tween Nick Christy of Bristol ani Brownie Tucker, Hartford's colored |sensation. Christy turned pro a few | months ago and in six bouts has five knockouts and a decision. Tuck- v has made a great record the past ar, though the last half of the vear found {wo or three reverses chalked up against him. Another Tout that stirs interest is the one beiween “Vuster™ tean of Holyoke and Eddie Reed of Hart- pair of fast-traveling fly- weights. who boast heavy punches sich small boys, here are several other houts on including some four- 1o firet hout is set for tord, a 8:15. SONNFNRERG SIGNS FOR SIX WRESTLING BOUTS Newly Crowned Wrestling — Champion o Actively Defend Title, Roston, (P —CGus Sonnen rg. who took the world’s hea t wrestling fitle from Ed raneler) Lewis in a spectacular hott here 1 has signed a contract Bowser, pro- onship battle, tion to of the matches 1o six more ring has heen f nherg was posed only Sonne understood fo one stipulation, at least one ¢ boufs be in 1. 1. his adopted Liome. cus for the other bouts r he determined but it was that they would include St. Louis, Chicago, l.os s and San Francisco, Bowser was said to have TO TRY 10-M3N IDE Officials of the Brooklyn club an- nounced recently that they will try in idea advocated recently ident Heydler in a number of exhibition games this spring. jump center | Gill and Rose | ' but this and other details awaited 30 o'clock | Heavyweight | first | posted $30,000 for | /RICKARD LIES IN STATE IN GARDEN Body Rests Where He Promoted His Greatest Triumphs New York, Jan. 8§ UP—Madison | Square Garden, tangible evidence of | his promotial genius, will shelter | Tex Rickard's body until it is taken Ito Woodlawn cemetery for burial tomorrow. The scene of some of his great- est triumphs, the huge sports arena his brain built, will experience & |contrast. Instead of cheering thous- |ands the Garden has known 30 often, [there will be a funeral silence, row lon row of empty seats, hushed (thousands come to pass in solemn file before the bier of a dead king of |sportdom in the center of the arena. One hundred policemen were as. signed for duty this morning along the route from the Pennsylvania {Station to the Garden during the re- !\mo\al of the bronze coffin from the |train that brought it from Miami, | Plans were for only the promoter's |widow and his closest friends to visit the Garden today. At 10: tomorrow morning the public will |be permitted to pay its last respects to the greatest promoter the hoxing game has ever known. Services are |to be held at 1:30 p. m. Burlal at {2 p. m. s to be in the cemetery where ‘the promoter's first wife and daughter lie. Originally it had been planned to take the promoter's body to privata |tuneral parlors but Garden officials |pointed out that they would be ut- \terly inadequate in view of the fact |that thousands desired to pay a last [tribute to the genius who revolu- tionized the boxing sport. Officials of the Garden desired that services be conducted by clergymen of vari- ous denominations because of what they described as the cosmopolitan |attitude Rickard held toward life, | Mrs. Rickard's decision. ‘With tire appointment of Colonel John 8, Hammond as acting general manager of the Garden Corporation, there was a lull in speculation as to |who Rickard's permanent successor iv\ill he. There still was some guess- ing on this question, with the names of Hammond, John M. Chap- | man, czar of the six-day hicycle race |game, Jess McMahon, matchmaker | g at the Garden, Jack Dempsey, and | |Gene Tunney figuring most prom- | inently. Colonel Hammond's first an- | nouncement as general manager wa |p who were good ut basketball great basketbal made him quit. professional baskethall team, was signed by the Phila- | continue playing ba | former world’s heavyweight DYE PREFERS HOCKEY TO BASEBALL «HE DDUBLES 1N BRASS. e leading for B profussional was a fine several years 12 months 50 he madc npion, was up the young Americans r of star haseball players | welterweight hoxi Bucky Harris was a | big leagues when he gave the Washington owners| Babe Dye, one of the star of the Cleveland stars with the New York fielder in the International Jeague He found that he couldn't spend year as Lwo such strenuous sports, There have been a numb player, but Carl Husta, but Connie Mack said he couldn’t | ketball and Husta said he wouldn't 1 to make a choice. Joe Stecher, 'ball secondary to hockey wrestling champion, wa Lionel Conacher, a veteran and Pete Latzo,, former |the best all-around athletes in the clphia Athletics. lay baseball if he h: hockey star, professional ball player world the Tiockey out- ago. of the hasc- i is one of ALBANY AND NEW BRITAIN . IN HOCKEY LEAGUE LEAD Empire State Team Downs Bridgeport, 5 to 3—“Red” Donnelly to Lead Second Place Waterbury Sham- rocks Against Hardware City Crew Tomorrow Night — “Kid” Williams Leads Point Scorers In Circuit — Bitter' Battle With Shamrocks Is Ex- Pierce, Albany, 3; Brown, Fall River, 4; Duggan, Providence ¢; Jette, Providence, 3. Rushes Taken By Dyson, Bridgeport, 167; Duggan, 9 | Providence, 122; E. Plerce, Albany, 9|100; Williams, New Britain, 89; Da- 9 ‘\\)cs, Waterbury, 70; Hart, Fall Rive {er, 34; B. Peregrin, Fall River, 153 S. Pierce, Albany, 13; Mulligan, Wa. terbury, 12, Alhany Fall River 8, Providence 3. standing New Britai Albany . Waterbury tridgeport 17all River .. Providence Goal Tends' Averages Stop Miss Av. 1146 76 938 1095 47 .920 Providence at Fall River. Albany went into a tie with New Britain for first place in the Amerj- can Roller Hockey league last night when it defeated the Bridgeport club 5 to 3 in a regularly scheduled |game. Williams of the Bridgeport team and McHugh of Bridgeport both hecame i1l while the gaine was in progress and lad to leave the Dlount, Waterbury |Barnikow, Albany . Jette, Provjdence . 900 98 .908 Welch, New Britain.. 931 106 ,900 |Lovegreen, Bridgeport 969 110 .§97 | Purcell, Fall River... 782 95 .885 Games This Week ‘Tonight—Providence at Fall Rivep Wednesday—Providence at Wae 62 to the effect that plans would go | forward for the Stribling-Sharkey fight at Miami Beach, Feb. 27. As a maftter of fact, R ard had left | the situation in regard to his mach in such shape that little remains to be done. imates as to the extent of the dead promoter's personal fortune varied from $1,000,000 o $5.000,001. Less than a year ago Rickard him- self estimated it at around $2,500, 600, nearly half of it in cash. As a mark of respect, the Garden | was ordered closed tonight and fo- morrow night. This forced post- | ponement of a hockey game befween | the New York Rangers and Les ) | Canadiens of Montreal, set for this c evening, and of an amateur hoxing | | show, scheduled for tomorrow night. TABS’ COURT LEAGUE ', It t st | Three Games Are Played in Intra- Society Basketball Toop—Close Battles. [v Three games were played Sunday | afternoon in the Tabs' Basketball lcague. The Bats lost to the shes 29 to 27 while the Dublins took a |double header from the Emeralds |and Celtics. The scores follow: Flashes 29—Bats 27 [ a .t Sheghnessy, 5 TS Masselli, It ..... o 4 % o @ ® J 4 forlin, Howard, i { Wieln, 1g McNamara, Mangan, ¢ Murphy, 1f Wolfer, rf 1 \ = - 1 | 8 29 ¢ | R at short Tommy \v' rhm Conley, MelInernc Howard, Yy, T8 S Ig i p | 3 i o Dublins tn stren O Bris Wiehn Marcelle, Motollo Baldesari Kehoe, If ' Dublins 10—Celties 10 Dublins I arselli, Keougl, O'Brien, ¢ Wiehn. rg Baldesari, 1g McMeGuire, ¢ rf It Celtics McGuire, « | Murphy, | Meehan, 1g WANY CHANGES IN | New Manager and Revamnd ¥, Billy Southworth, a field and possibly one change in the | outfield. | last year's regulars forms. Grorge W. i e Braie will be strong in every {title race all the way. for training this spring. The b hiouse. minors, but “Wild Bill" man Bell from Rochester {and the Cards volunteerad can socond off Roscoe Hol rrangen | tast seuson’s team who wilt return i i :CLEVFLAND REMAHS AT Manager Southworth has u.‘ uvormcofl he will be a eandidate for | regular place in right field, re- \px..mg Iarper. However, young rnest Orsatti, Who performed CARDINALY' TEAM : Fert Wayne end Rochester Minnecapolis sfar brilliantly in right Ilcld t season, is expected to give oss a contest for the joh. Tay- Lee Douthit and Charles Hafey, of last season's| will be back in ™ rro zue beaders, ho. | slugging regulars | outficld, probably st | their old positiens. gue| Art Reinhart and | john, relief hurler, and Howard Williamson and John Martin, sub-| | 1o Wiy stitute outfielders, have heen Sent| opifil 1oen to the Houston club of the Texas | g,y League, under options. | = "hiia. Rossnbluins When the Cardinals go (o camp|lead of a game and a half {hey will be greeted by a new head | Hoosiers and two and one former | lead over Rochestor i [ the only other team with above The standing: field to Be Seen in 1920 Louls, Jun. § (® — The ouis Cardinals, National le: hampions, will start the 1929 b Jan. 8 (UP) land vemained on fop of {he in the ‘dlllm: the although W st American haskethal lisle Lift] first we of the year seriously i 1nd Ttochestor standing all season with a new manager revamped Although cight players have been e isposed of since the club captured | coach, Karl “Gredsy” Neale, he 1928 pennant, the prospects are | Slar outfielder of the Cincin hat the start of the new race will | krds, obtained o replace Jack On all but fwo of those classed as 10W. head coach under Mana in ed Bird uni. | McKechnie last year. These are Walter Maran- e ille, shortstop, sold to Boston, and| CARL MAYS IS CO) Harper, outfielder, traded | After xpending the past few weeks |in Florida getting his arni in shape for the 1929 basehall campaign, Carl M they will send out to defend | Mays, New York Giants’ hurler, sivs | (picage he championship laurels this year [he will be in prime condition next| paterson department | summer. | Cleveland . Wa Club owners are confident that the | e T0P OF BASKETBALL L0OP Making Cleve- heap threatencd he showed to- maintained over th half game Tirooklyn w a percent- floor. Both teams finished the game |terbury. ith only four men playing on eachY Thursday—Providence at Bridge team. port; Waterbury at New Britain, New Britain Thursday night mects| Friday—Albany at Fall River. Waterbury at the Stanley Arena on| Saturday—Albany at Providences Church street. The Brass 'City con-|New Britain at Waterbury, second place and it will be out to beat New Britain in order to keep its piace just behind the leaders. FIGHTS LAST mGHT Captain “Red” Donnelly, fighting center of the Shamrocks, will lead his charges into battie. Because of |BY the Assoctated Press. |the bitterness that cropped out last| New York—Sid Terris, New York, | week while the Waterbury team was [Outpointed Jackie Pilkington, New | here, it is cxpected that Thursday's|York (10). Jimmy McNamara, New |game will be one of the fiercest ex- [ York, outpointed Jose Gonzales, | hibitions staged here this season. |Mexico City (6). |"The Shamrocks have lost most of | Buffalo, N. Y.—Lope Tenorio, {heir games so far to New Britain | Philibpines, outpointed Jimmy Good- and have scored only one victory [ich, Buffalo, (10). Osk Till, Bufe over the local team. A victory here!f210, knocked out Tilly Kid Herman, “Thursday night, knocking the locals | Butte, Mont., (6). 3 out of the lead, would be a feather| St Louis—Joey Rivers, Kansas in the Waterbury's team'’s cap. outpointed Eddie Andsrlun. Willizms Leads Scorers A (10). Dave Knost, Although lie started late, Arthur (* tpolnted Arthur “Sailor® (Kid) Williams, local first rush star, | Maley, Chicago (10). is leading the goal getters in the| Cincinnati—Babe Keller, Toledo, Cireuil. He was champion point scor- |outpointéd Jimmy McDermott®Terre or in the circuit for two seasons but | Haute, Ind. (10). Al Dundee, To- he now leads Steve Pierce of Albany |ledo, outpointed Joe Lynn, Terre iy four goals. Williams has 66 goals (Haute (6). 5 s crotity e nas and| Tulsa—Babe Hunt, Ponca City, R e and Big Boy Peterson, New Orleans, Dyson, flashy youngst of 'the|d (10). | Bridgepor! ~club, has supplanted Peoria, JIL—"Spug™ Myers, Chi- “Wild Bill" Dugzan of Providence, |cago, outpointed Al McCoy, §t. Louis | as leading rush taker in the league, | (10). Johnny Melton, Tndianapolis Diggin has veigned supreme for |negro, knocked out Eddie Walsh, vears in this depariment, but he is| Chicago, (2). lagging far Dehind in the present| Louisville, Ky.—Sammy Price, Dyson has taken 167 while | Benton Harbor, Mich., knocked out Duggan has |Jackie Reynolds, Terre Haute, Ind. | Bill Blount still tops the goal ten- | (6). Trank Nancy, Pittshurgh, out- ders althouzh Fddic Barnikow, Al-|pointed Howard Jones, New Albany bany cage tender, a close second. »&R) [ yette of Providence is third. umlm[‘ Janesville, Wis—Frankle Camden, of Waterbury has committed the | Virginia, Minn, outpointed Syd [ \nost fouls, having a total of 14 vio-| Thomas, Pittsburgh, (10). Mike lations chalked up against him. | Ciancicoolo, Milwaukee, and George The records, including games of | Mavis, Chicago, drew (6). Junuary G, follow: \(nllllk JAM WINS The Panther Basketball team de- ated he Laurcls in an exciting Albany, 47 zame played last night at the Nathan “Thompsons| Hale school gym. The final score Zgan, Provi-|was 27 to 20, Zeigler and Vliss stars Suin. | Bridee port, red for their teams. The score: i River, Dyson, | Panthers 2S; Lunderville, Alba fd. .t 519 : River, 18§ Deatsch, of .. 3 ‘ Providence Mulligan. igler, 1 bury, 1 oregrin, 3 squillaciote, ¢ B e , Fall River, 97 I*mmrfl_\. O'Brien, g Water McHugh, Bit@zeport, | Marictta, lg Brown, IFall River, 4: Boucher, 11 Rive ; Muirhead 1|mm.nu‘i Poherty, New Britain, Wil- liams, Bridgeport, Morrison, Al- bany V1 Williar Picrce bury Aubin, 1 New Brita a | dene Harkin Wafer- | 30; Laurcls Bavlock, rf Mills, If ... | Bissrig, e . | 1riss, v | Drayer, Leaders in Fouls Iehert, Waterbury, 14; Donnelly, IWaterbury, 9; Jean, Bridgeport, Iz ——— nd that it is certain to be in the! All mainstays of the 1 nd catching staffs are pitching to report hurlers re Grover Cleveland Alexander, 88 Haines, “Wee Willy" Sherdel larence Mitehell and IFred Frank- James Wilson probably will 1 earry the burden of catehing. Ilint Rhem, on the bench most of been shunted to the Hallahan is Houston and Her- to bolster Forgetting Golf THE GoLF SEASOM 15 OVER NOwW Sc ForR GOODNESS SAKE FOR- GET GOLF AND PUT YOoUR MIND OMN SOME - THING ELSE- Go AND TUNE N ON Twis RADIO~ LET'S v HAVE SOME MUSIC / AND CHEER UP o report from » the pitching staff. ‘Tommy Thevenow. traded 1o the ‘harley Gelbert, a ochester, shortstop, Phillies youngster from is slated fo fill the gap left by the departure of and Maranville. He has described by big league vet- another Larry La Joie, ast and a slugger. Charley Selph, a young ise Honston, has een and wen rans as second is expectea risch at sees hard hitter banking on him mficld. IFrisen over to third roont hh He did nien fror 0 replace | ond. 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