New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 2, 1929, Page 9

Speaking of Sports TEFERLIIEISEIOTLLIEIODE Plenty of excitement in the sporting world will be provided the fans in this city over the coming week-end, Starting tomight, the Bristol Endees battle the New Haven team at basketball. Tomorrow aft- noou, the New Britain Roller Hockey club meets Providence. Added to this is a series of speed skating events to be staged at Stan- Quarter park while ice hockey sames will be played this afternoon and this evening. Most of the fans in this city feel that the New Britain basketball feam will come through with a vic- tory over the Bristol crew tonight but there are very few of them who will dare to bet their well-earned gelt on the outcome. The uncertainty which has existed ameng the players themselves has umunicated itself to the fans. s is absolutely unnecessary. There isn't any earthly reason why New Britain should be on the wrong side of the dope against Bristol. With Struchbury added to the Incup, the team has just as much strength as Bristol and probably more. The Bell Towners are being advertised at the Arena as the Swiss Bell Ringers from Bell Town. This comes probally from the fact that there were 5o many cow bells in use at the game in Bristol last Wednes- day night. We have a suspicion tpat there will be plenty of noise from the New Britain end of the cheering section tonight. Whether a supply of cow- bells will be on hand tonight or not is a question not yet settled. The Bristol fans will probably bring their devices along with them tonight and if they do, there should be some fun. We would like to remind those fans who plan on sceing the game, to get there carly. There isn't @ possibility in the world that seats in the bleachers can be saved for any- one. The rescrved seats are selling faster than ever before, all of which gives the impression that there are going to be a fow at that game to- night. Well the more the merrier. Although the Y. M. C. A. Tndus- trial basketball season is more than half over there have been only three real big upsets when the un- derdog reached a high point of per- fection and defcated the favorite. Last night the biggest upset of the season was provided when Lan- ders, which had not won a game, defeated Corbin Cabinet Lock, one of the topnotchers. The second big upset occurred a short time ago when Russell & Erwin defeated Stanley Rule and the third one Tappened last week when Stantey Works defeated alnirs, To ma t a night of upsets last night the North'& Judd Girls' team which hail lost every one of its previous five starts, crashed through for an unexpected victory over Lan- ders' girls. All the credit in the world should &o fo the Landers men and North & Judd girls for thelr gameness in being on hand e after game even though they were being de- feated. The fans at the Industrial league were with the two underdog teams last night INVADING THE WEST Scven Lastern Polo Players Have cft For & Tour of the Pacific Now Yorki Kb, 2 (P—Seven eastern polo players have left for an invasion of the ['acilic coast. In the party which private cars for California yesterday were the Internationalists, 1. W. C. Guest and W. A, Harriman; Stephen (Laddy) Sanford. J. Cheever Cow- A. ¢, Schwartz John Hay Whit- d Major Alexander Metcalf, 'r cquerry to the Prince of Wales. Thomas Hitehcock, Jr.. cap- tain of the 1928 international team, is to join the party in California. \The casterners plan to participate o the Del Monte and Midwick tournaments later this month and during early March. Ponies for the group were shipped west some time ago. FUGAZY WANTS DEMPSEY Brooklyn Promoter is Anxious to Have Former Champ Fight For Himn New York, Feb, 2 ference between Humbert Fugazy 2 Arthur Driscoll, Jack Demp- xey's legal adviser, has strengthened the suspicion that the promoter is proceeding in his drive to induce Lempsey to fight fer him. expect to see Driscoll " said Fuga; (UP)—A con- again “It also nd the conference between Dempsey and myselt which is sched- 1t Miami Beach February 28." RING TOURNEY IN CHICAGO Chicago, ¥eb. 2 (A—The junior boxing championships of the Na- tional Amateur Athletic Union in Chicago, April 15-18, will be one of the first big events in the new Chi- cago stadium. 1t has been more than a quarter of a century since the amateur boxers came here. Ciricass; 2 (- Moonlight football announced as an innovation in the middle west last fall, was first | played in 1893 when the powerful Chicago Athletic association eleven played at the stadium of the Colum- bian exposition. Calcium lights furnished whatever illumination there was. left in two | CONPLETE CHANGE IN BASTON TEAW Braves Overbauled From Mascot, fo Manager This Yoar New York, Feb. 2 (UP)—From manager to mascot, the Boston Braves have been completely over- hauled. With a former New York city magistrate who never played profes- sional baseball as new manager and two heroes of the 1914 miracle teamn as assistants, the Boston club is the most uncertain looking outfit in the National League. Judge Emil Fuchs and his lieytenants, Johnny Evers and Hank Gowdy, have a squad of 37 players, sixteen of whom are newcomers. Of the Braves' sixteen new play- ers, six of them are major league veterans and two of the seven oul- standing recruits are 33 years old. The ranks of the Braves will be made up of a strange mixture of youngsters and veterans. Only three of last year's regulars, excluding the pitchers, are certain of place on the 1929 team. George Bisler at first base, Lance Richbourg in the out- field, and Zach Taylor behind the bat may be reasonable certain of their places but the other positions are doubtful. Three newcomers are expected to fill out the infield. Freddy Maguire obtained from the Cubs in the Hornsby deal is slated for second base, but may get quite a battle trom R. B. James, a 22.year-old in- fielder who batted .323 for Omaha. James hit 16 home runs and stole 30 bases last scason. Rabbit Maran- ville, who was a member of the world championship Braves with Evers and Gowdy 15 years ago, has been obtained from the Cardinals for shortstop. Joe Dugan, veteran third basemen of the New York Yankees, is slated for third base if Lester Bell is traded to the Cubs as expected. George Harper, who came to the TBraves from the Cards with Maran- ville, will be tried in one outfield berth, Earl Clark, who bhatted .373 for Providence, and Al Moore, who hatted .326 for Buffalo, have been touted as real finds. Clark 1s omiy 21 and appeared in a few games tor the Draves last season. They may break into the outfield. Among the Braves' six net pitch- ers are three promising recruits. They are Harry Seibold, who lead the International league pitchers last year with 22 victories and 6 defeats; Bruce Cunringham, who won 17 games and lost 12 for I Angeles; and G. V. Leaverett, who wor 19 games and lost 12 for Indi- each 33, but Cuaningham is only 23. Seibold. who played with Reading last season and who had a tryout with the Athletics at shortstop in 1916, came to the Braves along with Perey Jones, Maguire and Lonis Leggett, a promising young catcher, in the Hornsby trade. Jones, veter- an southpaw who won 10 games and lost 6 for the Cubs last season, is expected to win a regular berth on the pitching staff. Another young pitching prospect is George Peery, southpaw, who won 21 games and lost 11 for Wich- ita last season. He is only 23. Pat Collins, veteran catcher from the Yankees, will probably divide the catching assignment unlcss Leg- gett or Richard Smith from Mon- treal make good in sensational fash- ion. Leggett batted .346 for Reading last season and Smith batted .292 The Braves' tentative lineup fol- lows: Catchers—Taylor, gott, Pitchers —— Brandt, Cantwell, Clarkson, Cunningham, Delaney, Greenfield, Jones, Leaverett, Seibold 8. Smith, Infield—Sisler at first, Maguire at second, Maranville at short, Du- gan at third. Farrell, Gautreau and Jumes, reserves. Outfield—Clark. bourg, Al Moore, Collins, Leg- Harper, Rich- Muelle | WINTER GOLFERS MORE HOPEFUL OYER SCORES Promise of Fair and Better Play Warmer Weather Anticipates in Tourney. Hot Springs. Ark., Feb. 2 (P—A promise of fair and warmer weather found the winter golfers more hope- ful of low scores today as the sec- ond 18-hole round of the 72 hole South Central open started here. Led by Horton Smith, Young Jop- lin. Mo.. professional who tacked up | a 38-33—71 yesterday, a mark one | below par, an ambitious feld in- cluding Wild' Bill Mehlhorn, Johnny Golden Al Espinosa. Joe Kirkwood, Al Watrous, Billy Burke, Bobby ! Cruickshank, Harry Cooper, Tommy Armour, Cyril Walker, Henri Cuicl, Frank Walsh and others hoped to jump ahead. Only a stroke separated Smith from Mehlhorn, Golden, and Watrous, while Burke Ed Dud- ley. long driving Californian. Kirk- wood and Dick Grout of Oklahoma were two behind the Missourian. WILL SETTLE TITLE National Racquets Donbles Cham- plonship Now Rests Between Two Teams, Chicago, Feb. 2 (P—The national rucquets doubles championship to- day rested between the Kobert Gard- ner-Howard Linn combination of Chicago and C. C. Pell and 8. . Mortimer of New York, one of the strongest teams in the country. * Playing deadly volleying gam the two teams worked their way into the finuls at the Chicago Racquets club yesterday and were to clash for the title today. Gardner and Linn, the defending titleholders, van- quished Phelps and Dixon of Chi- cago 15-3, 15-7, 15-9, while Pell and Mortimer defeated another New York team_A. J. Corey and 8. Pear- son, 15-3, 3-15, 15-6, 15-9. anapolis. Seibold and Leaverett are! WITH THE BOWLERS ROGERS ALLEYS AMERICAN LEGION LEAGLS Mrw Rettais 80 131— 303 325 304 334 32 §50—1587 m— 106— 11— LANDERS LEAGUE Plrates. 87 Lindberg Konopka Boilard Elovetski Davis . Low 8t oitl Campbel Pellegrini K. Lindverg 316 218 290 344 404—1228 Ward Law Hunter 86— 51— 136— 164 169 266 305— 599 J. Meehan Curtin Johnson 90— 176 95— 172 104— 205 289— 533 100— 22 T1— 156 89— 190 Rogers Perry McAuliffe 260— 576 [ stationey 91— 173 Meehan Dray Morse Meripture Smith Howard Skinner Bassford C. Zotter Bridle Sucher Pete Miller Maitz Nemeth Mautner Zotter Schurman Brownstein Bredle | Maitz Fitzko Sorel Jackson | Keily Strom i Abrahamson Drummond Cor Suneson Berg Ward . [ Preile Ryberg Kinselback Baldwin Holt Rarrows Bradbury | Rebillard Mitler 4659 ‘Coen Starts on Five Month Playing Tour New York, Feb. 2 UP—Wilbur I Coen, Jr., 18 year old Amecrican Davis cup tennis player, has sailed from New York for a five-months' playing t ur of Kurope. The Kan- sas City youth was a passenger with his mother and elder brother, Gil- bert, on the Ide de Krance which sailed last night, | The Coens are to go direct to the Irench Diviera where Junior will play in the Nice tournament for the | championship of the south of Krance | starting Ieb. 11. SHIVELY SHOWS 'EM HOW Lexington, Ky., Feb. 2 (—Bernic | Shively, nationally known football |player in 1926 at the University of |Tilinois, western conference heavy- |weight wrestling champlon and {hammer thrower, is coaching box- | |ing and wrestling at the University | For two years these ! {sports have been required of Coach | of Kentucky. Harry Gamage's football candidates during the winter. HIGH PRESSURE PETE- | TRINK WERE MORE Lt s | figure, 7| Maloney, virtually 375 | from the heavyweight & ToB, IE WE GO BN OURSELVES, SAVN? | NEW CONTENDER FOR HEAVY TME Max Schmeling Knocks Out Jobnny Risko in Ninth Round New York, Feb. 2 P—A new pre- tender to the vacant heavyweight throne has arisen, ready to back his kingly aspirations with the power of his two fists. Max Schmeling is his name and his calling card lists Ger- many as his address. The Teuton, saturnine of face and 2 deadly of punch, hammered tough Johnny Risko into technical knock- out defeat while 20,000 fans roared in Madison Square Gardon last night. The end came after one minute and five seconds of fighting n the ninth round of a ten round bout. Thys in one short but furious eve- ning, Herr “Mocks” accomplished more than did a half dczen or more of the leading heavyweights in the last year or so. Johnny fought them |all last year and with almost um- versal success. Since late in 1927 Risko has beaten Jack Delaney, Paulino Uzcudun, Jack Sharkey and George Godfrey. He lost during the same period to Tom Heeney, Jimmy Maloney and Ernie Schaaf on deci- sion and to Roberto Koberto on a foul, and during all that {ime none of his rivals could put him on the floor. Schmeling accomplished that fonr times. The bout had hardly started when Teuton swung his deadly right and the Cleveland rubber man went cown. He bounced up, however, without a count. After taking a drubbing for the first two rounds, Johnny found him- slf in the third and bevan a steady body attack that had the German badly puszled. The fourth was even but Johnny punished the weaving, | bobbing foreign target in the fifth and sixth and took them hoth. Then came the turning point rly in the seventh round a sizzling ght cracked Risko on the chin and the Clevelander went down like & log for a count of nine. He got up, a groggy. staggering, blood-stained but barely lasted out the round. The yeighth was the same story and before long the German's heavy right again thudded home and Johnny was down for nine onee more. Only his gallant, fighting heart carried the rugged rubber man out for the ninth round. Schmeling, | who resembles Jack Dempsey not only in appearance but in the weav- ing, bobbing. ferocious style of his attack promptly smacked the Cleve- lander down for another count of nine and was whaling away at the helpless Risko when the referce stepped into the picture and half- carried Johnny to his corner. Only | once before in his long brilliant | career has Risko been stopped. Chuck Wiggins hold such a verdict over | him, Risko refusing to continue the match after he had been struck what he said was a low blow. The defeat, coming as it does on the heels of reverses by Schaaf and removes Risko picture, at [1cast temporarily. ~Schmeling, on the other hand, has vaulted into the !ON"I‘OI\L rank of the contender- [ship list. His first tour American arts all have resulted in victorioe. He stopped Joe Monte in eight rounds and Pietro Corri in one and out-pointed Sekyra in ten in his ther appearances hel The weights were: Schmeling 185. In the semi-final, Otto Von Porat, hard hitting Chicago Norwegian, won on a technical knockout in the fourth round of his ten round bout with Jack Gagnon, of oston. Gag- non was down three times before th referee stopped the uneven struggie. Von Porat scaled 195; Gagnon 190 MILLER SCORES ANOTHER TRIUMPH OVER GROGAN Chicago Lightweight Wins On Points Risko 190 After Extremely Cautious Highting Detroit, Feb. 2 (P—Ray Miller, the left hook boy from Chicago, who is secking a title match with | Sammy Mandell, world's lightweight champion, today held another vie- tory over Tommy Grogan of Omaha, | but not a knockout triumph-such that which terminated their sensa- tional battle three weeks ago. Before a record throng in the Olympia Arena, Miller was awarded the verdict over the Omaha walloper last night after 10 rounds of cx tremely cautious fighting. The de- ciston went to the Chjcagoan, hut | the cheers of the crowd went to Gro- T T el AMATEUR BOXING 10 BOU Stanley Arcna MONDAY, FEB. 4—8:30 Plenty of Action Admission—30¢, 75, and $1.00 gan. The spectators booed the ver- | dict, evidently belioving that (.vro- RACE IN BOSTON : Nurmi and Wiliams fo Share " Sporting Spotiight rounds three weeks ago, was entitled ' to the verdict, or at least & draw. The fight was tame compared toi the other engagement with its ha.f dozen knockdowns. Last night there was not the semblance of a knock- down. Each boy had respect for | the other's punching ability. and ' neither took any chances, except in | a couple of spots, of opening up and risking the dangers of hitting the floor. Grogan made a sensational finish | in the tenth, driving Miller around | the ring under a heavy attack to the | head but it was too late to overcome | the lead piled up by Miller in the | early rounds. Nehf Believes He Has Discovered a Pitcher | Chicago. Keb. 2 UP—Art Nehf, | veteran Cub southpaw,. believes he |zt © * W has discovered a real pitcher in the | desert sands of his home state, Ari- | o, ‘The “find” is Ivan Green, who Nehf first saw in action on an in- dependent team at Phoenix, Arizona. | Green. a right hander, is six feet one inch tall and weighs 155 pounds. | “He is ready for big time right | now,” Nehf advised President Bill |40-yard dash. with Veeck of the Cubs. Veeck signed |Of them stars. Green immediately for a try-out. |Dic winner has never e = |tance in competition WINS 16TH. VICTORY fans hereabouts care Worcester, Mass., Feb. 2 (UP)— |that. Vernon Cormier won his 16th tion. straight win here last night on a| Ball, clean cut decision over Hugh Dev- |Barbuti in the lin of New Bedford. Boston, Feb. {the “Phantom Finn,” petes in the | A. track games. Since his arrival in full glare but Loth of the Olympic Jimmy Ball, Nurmi's repor his own world | 88 1-5 seconds for the and Ball for Williams is ent the first ed | race, | ) READ HERALD CLASS 2 (®—Paavo Nurmi, | . - !share the spotlight when he com- 40th annual Boston A. | flying I'inn has always at he will Williams, the Canadian | Boston track followers are las concerned about se The two-time Olym- They want to see him in ac- il who finished second to Iy Olympic 400-n« | has nev r compcted in a 600- the event he has entered, FIED ADS |the public, if an extr: |vance sale indicates anything, cager to look hum over. lcompeting agamst such \ur;. A. C. 3 uml cther eves includes the famous | race, hetween Hunter to ton A. 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GETS PROMOTED A BIT Kenneth Penner, star hurler of the past three years, got a slight promotion when Indiznapolis bought him for use this season. His new club is in a higher league. “Tiny" Scofield, who has charge of the horses of John J. Coughlin, Chi- |cago alderman, whose Rougish Eye |and Karl Eitel are being prepped for the Kentucky Derby, was the first victim of the flu among the horsemen in this winter colony. Scofield suffered only a mild attack of the disease, however, and has re- turned to his work. ROLLER HOCKEY Stanley Arena SUNDAY AFTERNOON 3:00 O'CLOCK PROVIDENCE vs, NEW BRITAIN 2 —! who the stound- of $4.250 a scason with Stockings, is Amateur Game at 3:30 Conruie soat) DUE tsden Do Luse W samt ood astran) o..d nd prices '. °. b iome vablzer 6 whasge writheut aetles. 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