New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 15, 1929, Page 15

Speaking of Sports ‘What a race is on in the American Roller Hockey league! Teama, only separated by a few games, all bat- tling for first place with the pennant | a8 the next step. ‘What is more natural than to have & New Britain team riding high and handsome at the top of the heap? That is just how the situation now stands, though, it is true, the local crew has been forced to share first honors so far with the Albany club. ‘What dire forebodings were utter- ed about this city all day yesterday following the local team's defeat at the hands of Albany on Sunday. The pessimists said “They're on the skids"” the optimists said “They'll come back again.” In this argument, the optimists won out. New Britain came back last night with a bang and after being off the driver's seat for one day, hopped right back on again. The team is going to stay there if hard work has anything to do with it. Fall River comes here tomorrow night and the team that has been the doormat of the league, has all of Bridgeport'a strength to draw from. It should present an imposing lineup in the game, but the motto adopted by “Kid" Willlams, “Cow- boy” Thompson and the other play- ers on the home club is that “The bigger they come the harder they fall.” New Britain fans, deprived of see- ing their team in action last Sunday because of the game in Albany, will see it twice this week, tomorrow night against Fall River and Friday night against the Albany crew. Friday's game is drawing the greater interest because of the hec- tic race being staged between New Britain and Albany but we can’t for- get that Sunday's game with Provi- dence in the offing, looms as a black cloud on an otherwise bright horizon. Just at present, the Providence crew has the greatest array of them all. “Kid" Duggan, “Jigger” Hig- gins, Archie Muirhead, DuFresne and Bill Jette, not to mention, Wylie, Kehoe and some others.’ We wonder what became of the agreement to carry one amateur on each club. Gone like all the other scraps of paper in the league. New Britain still retains Peregrin and Gazzinga, two amateurs graduating from the lower grades into the high- er climes this season. Albany has Barnikow, What have the others got? Despite this, New Britain s hound to hold its position at the tbp of the league, We look for three victories in a row and the victims in order should be Fall River, Al- bany and Providence. Plenty of interest ia being shown in the appearance here Saturday night of the far-famed Washington Palace Basketball five. New Britain, after several losses, should be in trim for this American league beauty, Last Saturday night's game show- ed that the team will develop into & cohesive offensive machine with Rubenstein working back into the cog wheel and the players should all have their shooting irons oiled up and be able to find the basket. For two successive nights, now, the team has been laboring under a jinx that has kept the 11d on both baskets. The 1id will be off Saturday night and the home club should return to winning form. Jimmy Scully, center on the Con- necticut Aggles TFreshman basket- ball team, once again was high scorer for his quintet in defeat. The team last night lost to the Yale T'reshman five by a 25 to 19 score. Scully scored 11 of his team's points, ~ The Girls’ Industrial Bowling league opens play tonight at Rogers Bowling alleys. The New Britain Machine and Stanley Rule teams will battle it out in the first match of the season. Skinner Chuck meets P. & F. Corbin and Landers mects Stanley Works. Thursday night, the men’s league gets into action. Four matches will be rolled between the eight teams entered in the league, There is some uncertainty about the Corbin Cabinet Lock team entering the league but it is confidently expected that a team will be formed and will be found in the lists. CELTICS BEAT GLENWOOD QUINTET OF HARTFORD Local Basketball Team Evens Up Scries With Capital City Basketball Team. Seizing an opportunity open to them, the New Britain Celtics even- | ed their series with the Glenwood A. C. basketball tcam of Hartford last night by taking a 25 to 24 over- 1ime game played in the Capital «ity, In the first encounter, Hart- ford took the decision by a 44 to 33 score. The Celtics at that time were without the services of two of their stars. Last night's game was a rough house in more ways than one and fouls were called in plenty. The lo- cals finished with four men. New ’ritain led in the first quarter § to 4 but Hartford reversed this to lead 11 to 10 at half time. In the last two periods, the lead constant'y changed. New Britain was leading 22 to 20 with a minute to go when ‘Wennerstein popped a long basket 10 tie the score. Grim and ‘Winkle went out on fouls and the Jocals went into the overtime per- jod with four men against five. Excellent all-around guarding Lept Hartford to one field goal this Ly Marholin and a field goal by Paylock in the last few seconds, put the game in the sack. Baylock, Marholin and Recano play- ing nicely for the local team. The | score: New Britain Fld. Marholin, rf 2 Baylock, If . Grimes, ¢ .. Adkinson, rg . Winkle, rg ... Recano, Ig . lucuowm alhecccwwd 5 MReROMNHA © Tomasetti, rg . Schwensfer, rg Divite, 1g *Grimes | | alonomwsos? 10 24| *Grimes caged field goal in Hart- | ford basket. Referce, C. Marhalin; | &corer, Karbonic. PLAN TO SRECT FOOTBALL CHAwP | Proposes Dividing Country Into | Fonr Dilierent Sections Washington, Jan. 15 UP—A plan to select an actual national football champion each year has been sug- gested by John W, Heisman, former Georgla Tech and Pennsylvania coach, in a letter to H. C. (Curly) Byrd, football mentor at the Unmi-| versity of Maryland. Helsman proposed dividing the country into four sections and from each choosing the best team to mect teams of other sections in elimina- |tion contests that would end two |Baturdays after the regular playing! | season has closed. | His first division would be com- | posed of states east of Ohio north of the Mason-Dixon line. In| the second division would be all| teams below the Mason-Dixon line | and east of the Mississippi river. and | midwest states from Pennsylvania | [to the Rocky Mountains and the |southern states lying west of the | Mississippi river. In his final group would be the far western teams in states west of the Rocky Mountains. Mr. Heisman sald these seemed to be natural boundaries for the vari- ous divisions and offered about an equal number of colleges in each and about an equal number of institu- tons playing high grade football, giving all an approximate parity in strength. With the geographical lines set, he would establish in each division a committee of sports writers that would function on the same plan as southern writers who name the southern conference winner of the Pickons cup. At the end of each season these. groups would by ballot select the outstanding team of their division to enter the elimination. Mr. Heisman then would have the south- eastern and eastern champions meet on the Baturday after the end of the season with the mid-western and western champions meeting on the same day. The following Saturday the survivors would battle for na- tional supremacy. Heisman pointed out that all teams would have to agree to aban- don other postscason games to make the plan successful and de- clares that whereas critics might say that the scason would be too prolonged it would be for only four teams out of 500. NO SCANDAL IN SALE OF BRIDGEPORT CLUB President Welsman of Easterm League Says Voos Can Clear Up Entire Matter. ‘Waterbury, Jan. 15 (UP)—The |situation which has arisen with re- gard to sale of the controlling inter- est in the Bridgeport Bears to the |New York Gilants is the ‘“unfortu- nate result” of President Fred Voos well-intended attempts to bring or- der in the club's disordered finances, Herman J. Weisman, president of | the Eastern Baseball league, said to- day. Weisman referred to the threat- ened “investigation” of the sale by four former directors, Walter An- derson, Howard Rickel and Fred- erick and Joseph Musante, who have engaged counsel and threaten to take the case to the courts on an action for accounting. The accusation has been made that Voos did not actually sell his stock in the club but retained a con- trolling interest. “I think the whole matter can be | cleared up with an explanation by Voos,” Weisman said. “All he has | to do is point out that he sold all but one share of his stack, is taking a severe loss on bills still payable and is making no profit on the new financial ° direction of the club, The third division would include the [ Calahan Pelettier Carizon Schenk ;| Low Man Lundgren Griswold Pepin Frick Blake Stenley Alex Curlick Miynarski Kaweckl Montana Swanwon Low Man Burr Beloin Leonard Bernfer Rosenw Cully Keehner STANLEY WORKS MEN'S Senk Sk “abay. Wehdros Wilcox. c. A M Walters MecConn Politie Curtis Fazzini Molyneux OUR BOARDING HOUSE §SEdd e whereas, the objectors are profiting by the deal. “If Voos has any difficulty con- vincing these fellows I will go to Bridgeport and see if I can con- vince them,” Weisman asserted. “They are making fools of them- selves. I won't make the trip unless it 18 necessary, but I won't allow Voos, who has taken the worst end of the deal out of his love of the game, to be drawn into trouble.” CAPTAIN OUT OF LUCK Scven letter men and five stars from last year's freshman team are fighting for places on the Stanford varsity basketball team. Captain Harlow Rothert may not win a reg- ular guard position. GOOD MAN IN HIS PLACE Frank Orth, former Wisconsin stroke and captain, who was acting coach since the death of the veteran “Dad” Vail, insisted that Mike Mur- phy, the Yale freshman coach, he tecured to take his job. FEW HOMERS AT CINCY Less home runs were hit at Cin- cinnati last summer than in any park in the major leagues. Only 19 were battered out. / Koslawy . Emmons Emmons . Kaminsky Kaminsky Forstandi Ginter Larson H. Bertin Pattison Bertin! lings Miller Helnzman John Doe M. Christ L. Jones Dummy 199 | I M. G. Wood 460—1320 281 318 260 100— 257 | 102— 334 | K. 82— 257 (L. — —— |P. Hyian 498—1526 Dummy 105— 105 183 204 au4 A 280 - A a6 1 A 100 M . Stingl oy Murzy . McAlo 51 LEAGUE |4 A. Molch Pritchards 4 I North 100 105— 342 208 270 280 Dummy skt . McNa M. Linn e Dummy 1. Dummy — = |3 Leupo 507—1588 | Rowe | A Welen 92— 31 Klein 110— 314 1 122— 319 100— 278 | 105— 285 1 H. Denni 52t 1509 W. Johuson H. Johnson ' |John Doe STANLEY WORKS GIRLS' Chundlers A. McCrane A. Nelson A. Hornkohl Bancroft J. Patroski Donahue ‘Whalen . Liegey F. Messenger Janick . Murzyn Gorman A. Wendrowskl Humason A. Kozlowskl | McMahon Darrow M. Merline R. Johason F. C. Galatt 38— 274 105— 313 5041504 59— 28¢ 274 1 8- 603—1502 . | 105— 333 16— 310 174 23— 313 17— 333 - 523—1640 1 80— 302 11— 310 100— 295 128— 365 93— 255 s1—1527 LEAGUE 70— 141 90— 159 79— 163 opher 30— 160 76— 153 -8 n— a0z Giller a1 OPEN HANDBALL TOURNEY STARTS Doubles Championship Play Will Begin This Week Eight teams are already entered in the annual Y. M. C. A. doubles championship tournament which will open this week at the local courts. Hawkins and Strong came through to | win the mixed doubles title last week in a tournament that included on the teams a first and a second class team. The cream of handball talent pair- ed together on two-man combina- tions will play in the present tour- nament. Any of the players, no mat- ter how they are classed in ratings, are cligible to enter the tourney lists. Hawkins and E. Mag teamed up| last year and copped the title and | once again, this crew will defend its | laurels against all comers. However, —- lthe team that wins thia year will | 51 follows: d TT— 154 e 99— | e n on mara New Fords 1d 63— 145 85— 152 31— 177 36— 171 81— 158 396— 803 62— 151 89— 175 | SAY !« GIVE U TH LoW oM -THis MUG SIR AGTHONY ! «o HE'S GollG ARoUND HERE DRoPPING His ‘H'S, v A" HE DOESKT Klow ANYMORE ABouT ENGLAND -THAN -THAT Bowl. oF EMGLISH WALNUTS 14 -TH' DINIdG ROOM ! wav C'MoON, WHATS His AcT 2 A N HE SANS “THAT *BiG BEM" IS A HEAVY- WEIaHT FigHTER !. w1 ASKED Him “fitey GoT -foo OLD, AU’ WERE jor in doubles matches by the score have gone through a series of tough matches because from the quality of the opposition, many of the teams are evenly matched. The teams already entered are af Greenstein-Rosenberg, E. Loomis-Hibbard, 8. ‘Wasko- Mag-Hawkins, Mag-Vogel, Dunn-Mangan, ; witz-Strong, Roche-Appell and Dres- sel-Crowe. TLe pairs have already adopted battle names. The Herg- £irom-Anderson combination will be known as the Terrible S8wedes; Mag Maghawks will be Hawkins-Mag: the Greenstein-Rosenberg combination o, Will be the Atlas while Dunn and Mangan will probably be the Fight- ing Irish. Four gold star members of the 21-0 club were installed in office last Saturday: President, Howard Stearns; vice president, Francis Sheehan; treasurer, D. Waskowitz; secretary, 8. Marshall. Each of the above officers have been put into the club three times either in singles of 21-0. The rules of play as outlined by Bert Loomis, chairman of the hand- ball committee, follow: 1. This tournament is open to anyone in the Y. M. C. A, 2. Any two men can team up and enter the tournament. 3 Each team will play the other once. 4. Scoring to be recorded on per- centage basis of most games won, not matches. 5. Matches between teams to con- sist of three games. 6. Heretofore whenever teams have been tied at 20 all it was cus- tomary to continue to play until one team or the other scored the 27th By AHERN M ME, ~vEGAD, HE HAS MADE A BocH oF Wis RoLE,vAT LEAST -0 You ! w0 YOUR WORD OF HoMOR LADS, SAY NotHiNg oF -THIS -To “THE MADAM , e HE IS AN OLD FREAD oF MINE WHa'IS DoWN AdD oUT!. ] A TRYIdG nestinnansnaniikivee s’ point first. This year it is thought &dvissble to follow the standard rules, so that whenever two teams are tied at 20 all, the team scoring the extra point 21 is the winner. 7. Each team will arrange own games, and the winning team to re- port result at main desk before leav- ing the bullding. Failing to do so the records posted weekly will not give the correct standing in the tournament as it progresses 8. The entry.fee is 50 cents per team, payable in advance. 9. As a suggestion to make the league interesting it may prove novel to have team names such as Bear- Cats, Pirates, Red-Sox, etc. Some may desire to wear a distinctive jer- sey or uniform, so it is permissible for a team to wear any colored uni- form they may care to in this league. 10. Suitable awards will be pre- sented to the winners and runners- up, and special prise to the cellar champlons. FORFEITS HIS TITLE San Francisco, Jan. 15 (UP)—J. N. Boseman, of Vallejo, Cal., nation. al amateur billlard champion, auto- matically forfeited his tite when h- failed to appear for the Pacific coast | eliminations of the 1929 tournament Bozeman sent a telegram explain- ing he was unable to be here to defend his title. UP FROM THE BOTTOM Tom Mills, captain-elect of the Texas Aggie football team, was dis- covered playing intra-mural football in his freshman year after he had failed to make the frosh squad. no definite move has been made by either side against a decision res- dered by Judge Ballard ef Carssn |City awarding Mrs. Clifford V. Bro- haw of New York a diverce eover her protest, local attorneys said to- day it was probable that a mew trial would be asked or an appeal would be taken to the supreme court. The case gained prominence when it was found Mra. Brokaw had refused a settlement of three million dollars. She did not want a divorce and pleaded for $100,0 for separate maintenance, Studebaker’s COMMANDER finer, more beautiful than ever . ..atastill lower price! Niw Coumanven Brovonauror Five—siswirewheels and trunk siandardequipment,§1535. Bampers andspare tivesexty... Comuanven Suoan, $1375. Prices at the factory. TUDEBAKER'S world famous Commander—the most widely —~ discussed, the most eagerly sought fine car in all motordom—now takes on new smartness, comfort and brilliance of and st a still lower price! performance . A score of betterments enhance the speed and spirit and stamina that made this great car champion six of the world. The new Commander is steadier at high speed, due toits new double-drop frameand lower ceater of gravity. Ball-bearing spring shackles and hydrsulic shock absorb- ers provide matchless riding ease. The new Commander brings to the boulevards a refreshing new style note. Its colorful coachwork, instead of being mere design, is an interpretation of the capabil- The Dictator The Erskine Six PRICES AT THE PaCTORY ities of the car itself. There isspeed and tireless energy, eagerness, and -pride, in every line of the long, low bodies. Windshield is non-shatterable safety glass. Steering wheel is steel-cored, un- breakable. Brakes arc velvet-smooth, yet insistent, quick and powerful. Narrow steel pillars give full vision. Now, more than ever before one must turn to Studebaker, if he would not pay more than he should for less than Stude- baker provides. STUDEBAKER MODELS AND PRICES The President Eight The Commander » v v o $1785 to g2575 v 1350t0 1§25 12650 1395 860to0 1045, v v e v v v LN A A ALPRO MOTOR SALES CO. 25 Avch Street Leave It To Pete