New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 15, 1929, Page 22

NEW NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1929. BRITAIN HOCKEY TEAM EASILY DEFEATS PROVIDENCE—MERIDEN ENDEES TO MEET LOCALS AT ARENA TOMORROW ~ —HIGH SCHOOL TO MEET GILBERT QUINTET OF WINSTED—FAFNIRS AND CORBIN SCREW MEET IN DUSTY LEAGUE—ITEMS BABE RUTH GETTING IN SHAPE LOCAL HOCKEY TEAM IS WINNER OVER PROVIDENCE New Britain Quintet Takes Free-Scoring Contest by 10 to 7 Score—Thompson and Williams Divide Honors | —Locals Are Again W ithin a Half a Game of Al- bany for League Lead — Waterbury Shamrocks Invade This City Next Last Nigh Results New Britain 10, Providence 7. standing Pet. Albany New Britain Waterbury ... Providence . .19 Fall River . 18 Games ’I‘onlxln Albany at Fall River. ‘With “Kid" Williams and Harry (Cowboy) Thompson playing as a perfect scoring team last night, the New Britain roller hockey club jumped back to within half a game | ©of Albany in the league standing by defeating the Providence club 10 to 7 at the Stanley Arena. At the start of the game, the Providence defense started to guard ‘Willlams as tightly as possible Harry Thompson came through as the scoring ace and completely up- set the plans of the Rhode Islanders By caging two goals in the first three minutes of play. This necessitated the visitors changing over to stop | Thompson, and when they did, Wil- | liams opened up and kept the op- position on the defense all the time. Providence was unagle to get go- HARRY (COWBOY) THOMPSON ing in the first period at all due to the dazzling ‘speed and play of the locals. New Britain went into the second period leading three to one, #and they increased this to eight to thrce before the second period was over. This frame was featured by Gazzinga's first goal on his home floor. Providence then started an attack en the New Britain goal that had New Britain on the run for a time Shot after shot with Wiley, Mulli- gan and Duggan on the offense, was hurled at Pete Welch but the local goal tender was equal to th task and he did a neat job. The vis. ftors caged four goals in this frame and threatened the New Britain Jead. Williams, however, came through to cage two more goals and the period and game cnded with New Britain in the lead. Lovegreen, making his first ap- pearance as goal tender for Provi- dence, put in a sweet night against the vicious attack of the New Brit- ain team. He had a total of 71 stops for the night. ‘The summary: New Britain. Williams . Providence. .. Wiley, Mulligan First rush . . Wiley, Mulligan 8econd Rush Gazzinga ... Thompson . Doherty .... Welch « Scored by Thompson ‘Thompson Goal. Won by New Britain New Britain New Britain Williams Providence Mulligan Sccond Period New Britain Williams New Britain Thompson Providence Duggan New Britain Thompson New Britain Gazzinga Providence Wiley New Britain Thompson Third Period New Dritain Williams Providenc Mulligan Providence Wiley Providence Mulligan 16 Providence Wiley lliams : Williams 12, Mulligan stops: Lovegreen 71, Welch Referee, Rorty. 5: W 106 “Kid" Wiliams still tops the scor- ers in the leugue. During the last week, he increased his lead over ve Pierce of Albany to 13 goals. He scored 12 goals in one game on the local fioor, this being in a bat- tle with Albany. His brother, “Red” playing with Waterbury, has prov ed to be a sensation. In his first three games, he has scored 17 times, dividing honors with his brother for | BASKETBALL OONN. AGGIES JIt. VARSITY Mon.. Feb. 18—38 Boys’ Club Gym . M. but | o | Schuaf, “.it Williams, | Sunday. the week. Bill Blount kecps in the lead in | goal tending while Donnelly has passed Hebert in making fouls. The | statistics for the league including | games of Febri 11, follow: Williams, New | Pierce, Albany, 131: Davies, Water- bury, 108; Duggan, Providence, 100 River, $8; Thompson, New Britain River, 88; Thompron ,New Britain, 68; Harkins, Fall River, 60; Dyson Waterbury, 37; Lauderville, Albany, 2; Boucher, Fall River, 31; Wiley Providence, 27; Higgin: 7; Donnelly, Waterbury liams, Waterbury, Providence, 8: Brown, FFall River, 6; Morrison, Albany, 5; Doherty, Britain, 4. Rushes Duggan, 296: ain, 2. E. Plerce, Waterbury, 21 188; St. Aubin, Fall River, 84. Leading Foul Makers Donnelly, erbury, 28: Hebert, Waterbury, Brown, Fall River, Pierce, Albany, 11; Cusick, ence, 10. Goal Tends Averages Stopped Missed Aver. Blount, Waterbury . 183 Barnikow, Albany 218 Welch, New Britain . 205 | Purcell. Fall River . 181 Jette, Providence 2 ‘Waterbury S The spectacle of brother against brother will be scen Bunday after- |noon when the 7 Waterbury team comes here. “Red” W | Waterbury while “Kid" Williams is with New Britain. New Britain goes to Providence for a return game tomorrow night and the local players expect to retain their place in the American league pennant. SATURDAY LEAGUE TEAMS TO MEET |Final Games in Second Round to Be Played Tomorrow The final games round of the ¥, M. C, A. basketball league will be played off Saturday {afternoon when the Tigers meet the | Corsairs in the first game and the Bear-cats meet the Panthers in ‘he final. Two rounds will have been completed this week and so intor- ested have the members become over thesq Saturday afternoon matche that the physical department decid- ed to promote another round of play. 226: Dyson. 910 901 8§90 843 in the second Third Round Saturday, Feb, 23rd, Bear-cats va. Tigers, Panthers vs. Corsairs. Sat- urday, March 9th, Tigers vs. Pan- hers, Bear-cats vs. Corsairs. Satur- day, March 16th, Corsairs vs, Tigers, Bear-cats va. Panthers, - Games Tomorrow Tigers Corsalrs Mcligonis, Kaplan...Kochan-Franks left forw K. Saunders ..... right lnr“nrd Aronson, Sanstrom Ferony | Davis nsbherg 2 left guard . Parretta . Lienhard right guard Second Game Bear-cats Panthers A. Scavallo ... Fresen, Salwockl left forward Alvord, Firnhaber right forward Chester Balcunius Golwick Hergstrom, Scheidel right guard N. Parretta right guard SCHAAF VS, O’KELLY (3oston .. Recano Heavyweight and Trish Champion Scheduled Bout Tonight. 10 Mect In Boston, Feb. 15 (UI)-—With the ing Max Schmelin > German champion, if he tacks another victory to his record, Ernie Boston heavyweight, will meet Con O'Kelly, Trish champion, the Beston Garden tonight. | Schaaf is one of the most promis- ing of the young heavywcights whom Boston fans have en in action for | some tim~. He appe condition for the fray tonight and is confidently expecting to | Irishman in short order. O’Kelly made in Boston a couple of weeks ago, tosing a close decision to Jimmy Maloney of South Boston. Other bouts on the card include Jack Gross, Philadelphia, and Tack Townsend, New York; George “Wop" Manolizn, Dorchester, and Tiger Thomas, Williamsport, Penn. Y Junior Swimmers Compete in Winsted | Several weeks ago the Winsted | “Y" Junior swimmers met the New Britain boys in a dual 1v\as won hy the local natators 36 to 23 points. The following boys will leave Saturday to give the Winsted “Y" team a return meet: W. Crow- f W. Fowler, L. Stanley. F. Rit- ter, Anderson. Dickenson. MeQuire, | Remillette, Keeling, Spencer and K. 1 Torosian | READ M1 FOR BEST RESCLTS tritain, 144; Steve | Providence, ' ¥ Wiliams. New Brit- | Davies, Waterbury. | 928 | Iliams is with | dash for the | Ferrence | rs in perfect | finish the | his first appearance | meet which | CLASSIFIED ADS CONNIE MACK OUT T0 WIN PENNANT {Beligves Atbletics Will Come Through Next Season New York, Feb, 15 (UP)—Connic Mack believes the ball club which | finished two games Lehind the New York Yankees last season will e zood enough to win the American league pennant this season. Consequently, the Philadelphia Athletics' lincup will be practically the same as during the latter days of the 1928 race, | oOnly 27 players will be taken to !the A’s training camp at Fort Myers, “la., Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker, who | went south with the club last season, lare the most important departures. | Southpaw pitching will figure { prominently in Connte Mack's stra- tegy for the coming campalgn. De- spite the tact that the A's have two lof the best left-handed pitchers in " |baseball in Lefty Grove and Rube Walberg, three of the sevelny new | players are southpaw pitchers Carroll Yerkes, who was farmed out to Portland last season and re- called late in the year, has a place reserved for him oa the Philad phia pitching corps. He pitched the final game of the season for the A’s, and athough allowing five hits, was beaten, 1 to 0. He won 11 and lost 11 for Portland. He is 25 years old and has bheen pitcning profes- sionally only three season Two former 8t. Louis Browns, {Stewart Bolen and Ernie Wingard, are the other new southpaws. Bolen won 20 games and lost 15 for Balti- more last scason, pitching 22 com plete games and striking out 15 | batters. Wingard, a former Univer- sity of Alabama star, won 24 games and lost 10 for Milwaukee last & son. DBolen and Wingard are the same age, 26, Shores, & young right hander who was headed for a regular berth a | year ago when he injured his piten- ing arm in a wrestling match with another rookic, In mid-season he was sent to the Wichita I'alls Texas league club where he won § games and lost 3. He is 24, The veteran pitchers include Grove, Walberg, Earnshaw, Ehmke, Quinn and Rommel, Michey Cochrane, voted the most valuable player in the league nst season, and Ralph Perkins, will take lcare of the catchin After Connie Mack has his infield around, the lincup prob- ably will be: Foxx at first, Bishop at second, Boley at short, Hale or Dykes at third. 1t Mack decides to use Orwoll at first, I'oxx probaoly will be uscd at third. Joe Hasalor will also be available for infleid duty, Orwoll, who is listed as a pitch- cr on the Philadelphia roster, s quite likely to be used in.the out- tield or at first base because of his batting skill, Al S8immons, Mule Haas and Bing Miller have first call in the outfield. Three new outfielders have been a; quired. They are Homer Summa, | who batted over .300 during his six |vears with the Indians, Nick Bor- «lli, signed as a free agent, and ReJ- man Hume, the Southern Methodist football star, | The Athletics' follows: Catchers—Cochrane, Perkins. Pitchers—Grove, Walberg, Itom- mel, Ehmke, Quinn, Earnshaw. Wingard, Yerkes, Shores, Bolen, Infleld—1oxx at first, Bishop at |second, Boley at shortstop, Hale at third. Dykes and Hassler, rescrv.s, Outfield—Simmons, Haas, Orwoll, Summa, DRESSEL-CROWE STILL IN LEAD probable squad Wins Is Shatiered The 100 per cent record that the | Dressel - Crowe handball combina- tion maintained for several weeks in the this week when the E. Mag-Haw- | kins team defeated it the best two out of three games. Two teams found the going rather tough. The | Greenstein-Rosenberg and 8. Mag- I Vogel combination lost matches, and the latter team is now in the cellar. During the ) were given the fellowship in the 21-0 club. Sammy Mag received his initiation, and Lou | Vogel. gold star member, became Ipresst t of the elub. Tourn week two more mem . Dressel 2. Anderson - Hergstrom . E. Mag - Hawkins .. . Waskowitz - Strong . Dunn - Mangan : |6 @ stein - Rosenberg. . | 7. Roche - Appell | 5. Stearns - Parke . Cianci - 1 . Loomis - I 4 1 2. 8. Mag - Vogel .. 1 Thirty Giants Are | Ready for Antonio : 9 [ Thirty membe ants headed ager and coach, | here today ready { training. | The players accompanied by ewspapermen, arrived last \ e remainder of the ! port by Mareh 1 I The players <aid | Manazor Joln McGra any duy San . of Vhl New Yor! vy ay Schalk, to begin sprin tel It they expects w “to drop i the prdal of about 300 times in Tn ordmnary use biescle turns wile. The other pitching addition Is Bl shuffled | Miller, | One Hundred Per Cent Record of tournament wat shattered | several | Klad hand of | S1OUX ¢ 12 Training 15 P Assistant Man wer: night team will re No map in sports hn made more successful comebacks after being !downed by Dame Fortune than George Herman Ruth. The Babe is in Jorida now, try- ing to forget the recent tragedy in on as baseball's home run king. The big Bambino is exploring the sand traps of the Jungle club at 8. Pe- tersburg, playing as high as 36 holes of golf daily. When the New York Yankees assemble at their training base, they will find him many steps ahcad in the conditioning grind for the baseball campaign. Babe doesn’t know the word quit. During his career he has been sel man with less stout’ heart never would have rallied. Ruth 1s intensely human. Buwcn- sions and slumps, due to his own boyish carelesancss, have cost hjm he rallied to the high position he holds in our national game. Just the other day’he celebrated talk of the Babe being on the verge of basebalt’ retrogreasjon. But fan- dom will be with him untll the duy they cut the uniform off his back. (Copyright, 1928. NEA Service, Inc. REGAIN LEADERSHIP Tigers in Spectacular Hockey Battle, Providence, R. I.. Feb. 15.—(UP —The Rhode Island Reds regained the leadership of the Canadian- American Hockey leagye by defeat- ing the 1oston Tigers here last night 5 to 1 in'a fast spectacular game. Displayed the fastest offensive game of the season, the Reds ham- mered the visitors from beginning to victory over the HBoston team, * Two goals by Gizzy Hart within Art Chapman added 'a third later in the same period, while Gaudreaulet and Capt. Langlols scored in the sec- ond and third periods. Taylor made the only score for the Tigers early in the third period. MEETS REAL TEST Gerald slated to Detroit Toalght. Detroit, ¥Feb. 15 UP—Gerald Am- brose Griffith, the tough one from ity, Ta., meets the tent of his career tonight when he cngages Leo Lomski, recognized as the leading | challenger for the world's light | | heavywelght championship, in a 10 round contest 7 bout will be a referec's de- at the 5 pounds. The winner wili! 3|be admittedly the leading challen- | 8! ger for the light heavywelght cham- 0! pionship held by Tommy Loughran Lomski is figured to have an advan- G/ tage over the lowa youngster ,]un 7,10 his greater experience and su- 1 gerior boxing skill. 7| Grifith, however. has rugged 5 ners, speed and dangerous punching Ambrose Grifith limit, 1 5 3 ability. !Y Handballers to Meet Meriden Teams Tonight, Friday, the New Britain ” handball team will journey to den to compete against the Sil cer City's best players. The last time Meriden visited New Britain the lo- cal teams alinost made a clean aweep of the series losing only one| match out of five played. Meriden will be out to even the scries to- night. “Bert” lLoomis, chairman ef | the handball committee, will prob- ably.send down four teams. Some of the following memhers have signi- | fied their intentions of going: Hen- 3 rv Dressel. G, 1. Anderson, Eben a|Sirong. E. Mag. S. Mag. D. Dunn, J. | Hergstrom and 'I. Crowe. 1 ¢ 1" his life and getting ready to carry, back by misfortunes from which | much remorse.. But after each slip| his 35th ‘birthday. There has been end to win their fourth consecytive . two minytes in the first period’ gave ! the Reds an early start to victory. ' light heavyweight | 1 BASIE TO MEET in Final Monday Night Jackie Basile, hard hitting light- welght from Bristol, !golng very. tough Monday night againpt Leo Polawana of the Bronx " of New York city, when the | pair mcets in the feature bout of the amateur tourname; be conduet- led at the Rtanley Arena. Basile has .been fighting some though tomers during the recent weeks but his opponent of Monday night reputed té be the hardest man he will have met to that time, Vincent LaBella of Middlctown. who shares the spotlight of interest with Basile in the features of the | cning, will also. have his hands ' full when he meets Tony Rocco of New York. Rocco is reported to hv a clever boxer, a hard hitter and a vicious puncher. He ise regarded s the best bet in the Bronx club. Plenty of action is in store for i fans as the card is prescnted. Be- & native war will be fought between Dominick Irisca of this city and | “Sunny Boy" Hayden of Wristol These two - bhoys have become tend the bouts at the Stanley Arena and the spectators will he |between them when they clash iThey will weigh in in the 120 | poynd. class and both will be at their best. The New Haven team rbrought fn to meet the rest of the fnyaders. from the metropolis and Matchmaker Wagner expects that this show will ) : the b staged in this city this season. The New York teami is regarded as the ! +Dest combination of amateur boxers "l“lble dpd its members have the putation ‘of heing fighters in the strict’ -eme of the word. YALE QUINTET DEFENDS THIRD PLACE TONIGHT, Eli Basketball Team Slated to Meet Columbin Combination at Haves. New York, Feh. 15 (F- The Elis of Yale defend their hold on third place in the intercollegiate basket- ball ‘league against the thrust of jColumbia’s Lions at New Haven to- night. Columbia’s Lions, |last scason, have been valiant efforts to rise out of the depts thix year hut o far with different success. After beating Princeton in their first start, the cllar occupants [Lions dropped a game at Hanover '©'F to Dartmouth and another to the league leading Pennsylvania five here Tuesday, In view of these 1{wo defeats | Columbia’s chances of turning back {the ‘Bulldogs on their own floor do not look particularly promising. Yale has been beaten by Penn, Cor- nell ahd Dartmouth on foreign courts but their only home starts have resulted in victories over Dartmouth and Princeton. A vic. tory for Yale will establish the Bull- logs more firmly in third place with three victories and three defeats. If Columbia wins, howe: the Lions | will move into third placc with two wins in four starts. FIGHTS LAST NIGHT By the: Asmuciated Prose ‘Waterbury —Louis Meriden, outpointed Detroit. Y10), Dayvenport, ville, Kid Phil Kaplan MeGraw Ta.— Tacl Dillon. oui outpointed Kay White, New |Urleans, (10), TOUGH CUSTONER Bristol Boy Faces Bron Battler will find (hcl cus- | es thetwo features of the evening. | favorites with all the fans who at-| divided | will be ! t he has | New | wking | FORMER DISTANCE RUNNER 1S DEAD pics Passes Away Boston, 1eb. 15.—(®)—One of the greatest middle time, Thomas I Burke, who won the | 100 and the 400 meter races at the | first of the modern Olympic games at | Athens in 1596, is dead here from a' | shock suffered last Saturday. Burke startsd his remarkable carcer as a school boy when as & representative of English high in the carly 90's he hung up a vecord for the indoor schoolboy | that stood for many years. | When he went to Toston university he won the intercollegiate quarter mile two yeafs in succession and the next year 1899 while at Harvard he ran away with the intercollegiate half mile. He was the National A. A. U7 quartermile title holder from '95 |10 97, capturing the event in the | middte year in the remarkable time of 49 4-5 seconds. Burke lield the world's record for 600 yards at 1 minute onds, a feat that stood unsurpassed | for 14 years until Mel Shepard low- | ered it by a mere fifth of a sccond. At the Olympic games Burke ran under the colors of the Tloston A. A. and when he came home in triumph | he was received with public acelaim land a parade through the streets of | Boston. Burke was 53 years old. or a time | he practiced law but his health fail- od him. In 1906 he was track coach at Mercershurg academy in Pennsyl | vania and later was a sports writer on several Roston newspapers. |1t was while a member of the staf of the old Boston Journal that he met Tuth C. Bodwell, whom he mar. vied and who, with a daughter sur- vive. During the war Burke was a first licutenant in the ice. 'DEMPSEY WILL USE BIG STICK T0 KEEP PEACE, isliuml Promoter Seeks to Maintal Quict Detween Managers of Lighters Miami Beach, Fla., Feb, 15 (- Promoter Jack Dempsey today was prepared 1o use the big stick, if ne cssary, 1o maintain peace and quict [between “Pa™ Stribling and Johnny | Buckley, managers of the principals in his lf-‘hruary 27 battle at Flamin g0 Park, when they met 1o spar over the selection of a referee. | He expected to take no part the actual selection, he said, as the managers seemed to ugree, but he warned Stribling and Buckley that any unhecemsary lond talking would end negotiations. In that event, Dempsey will name the third man in t“e ring tomorrow. While Sharkey hammered the neavy bags and went through three ounds with sparring partne Young Stribling left with his broth er “Baby” Yor Melbourne, Fla where he will second the youngstc in a fight tonight. Chicago Cubs Order Some Natty Uniforms | Chicago, Feb. 15 #)—The Chicago ;Cubs have ordered some natty new uniform:s for the 1929 season. ‘ A scarlet leather-lined coat with navy blue and leather sleeves will i replace the old jackets and on th. chest will be an eight-inch chenille bear. Home suits will be solid wh with a “C" and cub bear on the lef breast. Road uniforms will be dar! with a two toned “Chicago” acr the breast. red on blue. On the left sleeve will be a silk chenill Lear, Winoer of Events in First Olyni | distance men of all | 00 yard dash | and 11 sec- | aviation serv- ‘ in | as | FAFNIR QUINTET MEETS CORBIN SCREW TONIGHT Bza ERIDEN LAURELS BATILE BURRITTS Local Basketball Team Out fo. Win Anotber Tomorrow 8till in the thick of the struggle for the semi-pro basketball title of the state following its victory Wed- nesday evening over the Meriden Communities, last year's champions, the Burritt basketball team will at- tempt to make it two straight wins over a Silver City aggregation when it takes the floor against the strong Laurels of Meriden tomorrow eve- ning at the Stanley Arera. The Meriden crew is coming here with a lincup dotted with well known stars and plenty of action should be in store for the basketball fans. The Laurels are made up of tormer Meriden High and Laurel Business college players, all of whom have appeared in this city in games against the Burritts and the high school, The Laurels, playing under the name of the Atlantics last year, broke a winning streak of the Bur- ritts that had extended to 18 games. Later in the season the locals re- venged the defeat by scoring a close victory so that tomorrow's game will be in the nature of a deciding game of the series, Included in the visitors' lineup fis Mastriano, one of the best scorers in semi-pro circles; Scully, last year's captain of the Meriden High school; Treloar, a member of the Laurel college team which defeated the New Britain High five; Smith, taurel college player, and Griffin, Meriden Endee substitute. The team is in the same class as the Communities and this alone prom- ises a stiff battle, The Burritts had scored 15 wins {in 16 games and have won their last 11 games straight. Manager Ken Saunders has no intention of allow- ing. his squad to be over confident land will start his strongest lineup. '\ilklll)o\\l\z nd Gill will play the forward positions, Luty will jump center, while Darrow and Carlson will roam in the backcourt. Ros: will also sce plenty of action. Al Mavlick will be lost to the Burrs.ts | Saturday evening. The game will start promptly at 8 o'clock and will be followed by the w Britain-Meriden Endee game. Dancing will conclude the program. 'SOUTH CHURCH QUINTET | MAY WIN COUNTY GUP Only One Game Stands Between Tocal Team and Permanent Possession of Trophy | Only one game now stands be- [tween the South church basketball m of this city and permanent posscssion of the three year cup of- Ifered annually for the senior cham- | pionship of ‘the Hartford county Y Athletic association, and that game, with the Broad Brook A. A., | now seems definitely scheduled for 4:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in |the large gymnasium at the Hart- iford Y. M. C. A This da |tentatively agreed mpon flernoon ir a telephone {tion between the rival nd confirmation of it w during the day. Jifforts made to secure “Dick” referce. The South church 1 game for the county title to the | Wapping Community clul in 1926, bit the following year it won a leg lon the cup by defeating that aggre- | gation twice in ‘what was to have been a three game serics. Last year [l locals captured the cup a second time by winning a league in which ix teams were entered. There were inine teams this year, divided in two sections. New Britain and Plain- ville tied in the southern section, { the locals winning the play-off Wed- | nesday night, ~hile Broad Brook ' | went through the northern half un- | defeated. A fast battle is expected tomor- | {row afternoen, for the cup is not the only thing at stake. The winning |team will represent Hartford county {in the state tournament, meeting the New Haven county cntrant in the tirst round. MEHLHORN COMES HOME Stormy Petrel of Golf World May Try to Find Out Why He Was Left Off Team. conversa- managers, s expected are being Dillon to team lost the ! New York, Feb. 15 (UP)—"Wild ! 151" Mehlhorn, stormy petrel of the golf world, was scheduled to arrive here this morning aboard the Ha- vana special from Pensacola, Fla.. to | receive official welcomes from New | York city and the Fenimore Country club of White Plains, N. Y. - The Fenimore club, of which Mehlhorn is the playing professional, was to tender him a luncheon at noon, after which he was to be for- mally received at the city hall by Mayor James J. Walker. While here Mehlhorn expects to sarn why he was not named for the | ityder cup team by the P. G. A. #e- | lection committee. After he was left off the team. Mehlhorn won major tournaments, the Kl Paso {open. Texas open and South Central I8crew iBcrew guard, may be assigned thsl |at three | ring Makers Are Only Team That Has Beaten the League Leaders This Season—P. & F. Corbin Team Scheduled to Battle Russell & Erwin Combinaticn —Stanley Rule & Level Slated to Clash With Cor- _bin Cabinet Lock—Three Games on Card. |Corbin Screw | Stanley Rule . IFafnirs ... Stanley Works Corbin P. & ¥. Corbin N. B, Machine Russwin Landers Only one team has been successful in defeating the Corbin Screw bas- Letball team this year and that team, Fafnirs, will play the Screw Shop in the last of three schcduled games in the Industrial league at the Tabs' hall tonight. P, & F. Corbins will play Russell & Erwin in tho opening contest and Stanley Rule and Cabinet Lock will battle it out in the sccond tiit. In their last meeting on December 28 the Fafnir team won when How- ard Belser, captain of the I)afnir team, in the last few seconds, drop- ped a foul shot through the netting and gave his team a ore point ad- vantage in a 24 to 23 score. As a result of that defeat Corbin Screw had a tough time trying to keep on top for a few weel Now it stands two full games ahead of Fafnirs and the Rule 8hop which are in a second place tle, If Stanley Rule defeats Corbin Cablnet Lock two teams in second places will be within one game of Corbin Screw in first place, P, & ¥, Corbins can move into fifth place if they win while Corbin Cabinet Lock is losing, but if it loses| Russell & Erwin wiil move from sec- ond last place to sixth in the league standing. Anxfous to Win If the S8crew Shop should win while its two rivals in second place are losing it will be three full games in the lead. 8ince there will be only five more games to play it could af- ford defeats in most of these games| and =till be in the lead. Two captains wlill' probably face| each other in this game. Howard| Belser, captain of Iafnirs, may he| suarded by “Hank" Arburr, Corbin| captain. Darrow, Corbin| task of guarding Al Havlick Burritt teammate. Mieczkow: Matulis, Fafnir guards, will be ca!'- ed upon to handle the fast scoriry) combination of Andy Yakubow'c, und.Joe Luke who stand first second among the leading sco: the league. Joe Luty and Gierochowski, center, will out for the jump, In Losing Streak Corbin Caubinet has lost five oul of it last six games, its only \ i tory being a one-point margin ov.r Fafnirs, It it wishes to stay in (hof race for the title it must start win-| an have ining again, In the last mecting between Cao- inet and Stanley Rule, the Rulers] won by one point, 20 to 19, Corbin Team Climbing P. & F, Corbin team dropped sev] cral games in a row at the beginning| of the season, but it is climbing uns| der the direction of it new coach, Urmond Bates, and it now has chance to cnter into the .eal fig! Which is going on in first division 1 it wins tonight, NAME STARTING DATES World Champion Yankee Baschal Team Wil Open Scason at Honwl April 16, New York, Feb. 15 (LP)—Tho] world champion New York' Yan! = will open the 1929 American lcagiel baseball scason on thetr home field| here, meeting Boston in the open-| ing game, April 16, according to the| |official schedule released for publi-| cation today. Other opening games will see ‘the) Philadclphia Athletics at Washing-| ton, Detroit at Cleveland and Chica.) go at §t, Louis. An interesting bit of informaticn contained in the season's program, is thef act that the Athletics are |scheduled to wind up their seasor, at the Yankee Stadium with a twc game series, Oct. 5 and 6. The Yan. kees and Athletics are the pre-sea: son favorites to fight it out for thc pennant and there is the possibility, that those two games may be highly| gnificant, The holiday dates follow: Memorial Day—Cleveland at Chi- cago, 8t. Louis at Detroit, New York Washington, Philadelphla at Boston. July Fourth—Detroit ay St. Louis, Chicago at Cleveland Washington at JNew York, Bostor at Philadelphia. Labor Day—Chi. cago at Detroit, 8t. Louts aut Cleve land, Washington at Boston, York at Philudelphia. ' IN BETTER CONDITION | Racing Thoroughbreds Over Ea linesses and Will Be Ready” ¢ Start Season. Chicago, Feb. 15.—(P—Racin thoroughbreds wil be in better phy: sical condition this spring than ever| Dr. J. M. Kaiser, veterinary at mo Chicago tracks, reports after a toul of inspection in the south. k “The annual visitations of influ-} enza and fever have hit the ho early this year and now they are covered and fit for their trainin periods,” Dr. Kaiser said. means that tracks having early sea sons will have the services of many} turf stars instead of having then laid up with illness.” at Hot Springs, Ark., in succession. The Great war has been estimat. ed to have cost $55,000,000,00