New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 26, 1929, Page 16

’ MURRELLI GETS UNPOPULAR DECISION OVER BROWN IN FEATURE AMATEUR SCRAP—CORBIN SCREW AND P. & F. TEAMS 4 TO CLASH TONIGHT IN INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE—NEW BRITAIN ROLLER HOCKEY QUINYET BATTLES ALBANY TONIGHT—ITEMS LOUIE MURRELLI GIVEN WIN OVER MICKEY BROWN Verdict in Terrific Battle Goes to Torrington Battler— Decision Causes Uproar Among the Fans—Reeves’ Opponent Claims Sickness Keeps Him From Match—Kid Carter Beats Ray Vienes of Palmer in Pretty Scrap—Other Bouts. In a battle that brought the en- tire house to its feet at the Stanley Arena last night, Louie Murrelli of Torrington, state amateur feather- weight champion, recelved a decl- sion in three rounds over Mickey Brown of Palmer, Mass. The ver- dict, rendered by Referee John Wil- lis, was very unpopular with the majority of the fans present and there was an uproar when Murrel- li's right hand was raised. The battle was a slashing, hair- raising go. Irom the first round until the last, the two boys pelted each other with hard lefts and rights, both seemingly fighting on even terms throughout the entire milling. Pounding each other from pillar to post, on the ropes and off, with little time taken out for clinch- ing, the two boys slugged away un- mindful of the punches received but only looking for the opening that would allowed another crashing fist to drive through. In the long list of fights furnished by the Stanley A. C., the go between these two boys last night, is con- sidered by many to be absolutely the best since the season opened. Immediately after the bout, Brown asked for a return eugagement and Murrelli's manager readily agreed to match his boy against the Bay Stater again. Jack Cartier of Palmer, Mass., who was highly touted as a tough opponent for Vincent LaBella, pop- ular featherweight of Middletown, quit cold after one round of fighting and for no other reason than just plain cold feet, he refused to answer the bell for the second round. La-; Bella opened up late in the first ses- sion and he sent in some hard punches. Cartier didn’t appear to be hurt. Jimmy Riley who was scheduled to meet Billie Reeves of Bristol in the final bout, pleaded sickness when he arrived in this city. Rumor has it that he got a look at the Bristol Bearcat and decided his health was| too poor to allow him to fight. Mike Sinko was “sunko” in just 56 seconds by Joe Dube, a hay sling- er from Wolcott. A terrific right to the jaw sent Sinko down for the count of nine almost as soon as the bout started and when he arose, an- other to the temple put him away for keeps. When he got up, he started to prance and he showed the best speed of his career but the fight was over. Appropriately the orchestra played: “I Fall Down and Go Boom.” The boys weighed 148 pounds. In another hair-raising battle, Kid Carter of Middletown was given the decision over Ray Veines of Palmer, Mass. in their bout at 128. This was one of the prettiest fight on the card and both boys were in action all the time. Carter's right did some deadly work when it con- nected with Veines’ jaw and these punches took the steam out of the Bay State battler. Dominick Frisco of this ecity, fighting in the 1. pound class, got a three round decision over Jimmie Mathers of Palmer. Mathers failed to lead at the right moments and Frisco's powerful punches had him backing. ; After starting fast in the first round and going fairly good in the second, Ted Bogash wilted under a terrific bombardment sent over by “Sunny Boy” Hayden of Bristol in the 115 pound class and Reféree Willis stopped the fight in the third canto glving Hayden a victory by a technical knockout, Bogash failed to protect himself from Hayden's blows and at the end of the second round he wanted to quit. Showing the best form he has displayed in this city, Joe Troy of Plainville in the 138 pound class, battered Pancho Villa of this city into submission and won by a knockout in the third round of their battle. Villa showed promise in the first two rounds but Troy was alto- gether too strong and too good for him. Villa was aggressive but Troy | got on the inside and hit him with | a rapid-fire series of rights and lefis that put the local boy on the can- vas. Frank Cugno of this city in the| 142 pound class, battered his way to a victory over Phil Sica of Torring- | ton. Cugno is the hest prospect out of New Britain in som ime and he showed a powerful right and left drive that had Sica completely baf- filed. | Baby Face Gnazzo of Plainville scored a three-round victory over| Jerry Valenti of this city in the 12§ pound class. Valenti failed to lead often enough though he was cven on the exchanges when the two started throwing punchies. Gnazzo's of victory was slight Al Taylor of Bristol, hard rounds, finally ght B¢ ¥100d of this city on the weak spot and the local battler wilted before | Taylor's punches in the curtain raiser at 112 pounds. 1'lood fought on even terms in the first and ond round but though his spirit was | willing his flesh was weak in the | third and Taylor carned a dectded| edge. | Meyer Cohen, welterweight cham pion of New England, was the prime handler of the Palmer bosers. He had an excellent team and the fans here would like to see the Bay State boys in return matches here. No one | remained for the dancing after the bouts. The Franco-American team of Waterbury and the Knickerbocker club of Brookiyn, N. Y., will furnizh the features nest Monday night rgin after two e | The gove ent of Venezuela has built a highway connecting Caracas, the capital of the country, with the I ird | another I~ ‘western states. CLAINS NURMI S IN POOR HEALTH Finn's Only Delender Scolls at Charges of Officials New York, Feb. 26 (A—A defen- der has risen to espouse Paavo Nur- mi’s cause against the massed attack the “Phantom Tinn" brought down upon his head when he failed to ap- pear for the national A. A. U. championship last Saturd, The defender is Hugo Quist. Quist, the Ilinnish runner's one and only counselor, declares that Nurmi has been ill since the early part of this month and that it was only because he was in poor condi- tion that Paave withdrew from the two-mile steeplchase at the national championships. A. A. U. did not lcarn of the withdrawal until an hour before the race and promptly met and indefinitely suspended the fumous runne Quist scoffed at reports that Nur- mi had withdrawn because he feared to try conclusions with his younger Finnish rival, Eino Purje, who won the steeplechase and in so doing, broke the world's record. Purje knew Kriday afternoon that irmi W steeplechase, Quist says, and it was because of this knowledge, he main- tains, that Purje decided to run in the obstacle rgce rather than in the two-mile flut ~ event against Edvin Wide of Sweden. Purje, according to Quigt, was in Nurmi's room when the older runner penned a note to A. A. U. ofticials saying he would not run, This letter, written last Friday afternoon, Quist says, was not re- ceived at A. A. U. headquarters until yesterday., Quist believes the delay was due to the fact that Nurmi post- cd it on a legal holiduy, Washing- ton’s Birthday. Incidentally Quist said stories of “bad blood” between Nurmi and Purje were not based on fact. 1t the registration committee of the Metropolitan U., accepts Quist's se, there does not appear to be anything for it to do but to reinstate Nurmi. The A. A. L for Nurmi’s suspension seems to have been based on the contention that Nurmi did not inform meet of- ficials of his withdrawal in good time. he wrote his letter on Iriday after- noon, the day before the meet, he can not very well be held responsible for the letter's failure to reach its destination until terday. s the case stands now, Nurmi will remain under suspension at least until tomorrow, when the registra- tion committee is to meet to dis the case. Nurmi will attend meeting in person, Quist s Even though he should be rein- stated, Nurmi will not run again un- til he regovers his health, Quist says. ‘The Finn fulfilled several of his con- tracted appearances only he felt obligated to go through with them, his friend declared. CAN CLINCH TITLE Pennsylvania Hoopsters Need Only the to Win Tonight Over Columbia Team In New York. New York, Feb. 26 (B seven straight victorie: string, Pennsylvania's clinch the Eastern Intercollegiate basketball league championship (o- night with a victory over Columbia. With each league team playing a ten-game schedule, the Red and Blue's closest rivals, the Dartmouth Indians, have been beaten times in cight starts, so that a vic- tory for Penn tonight would autoe- matically take the championship to Philadelphia for the sccond siwces- sive year. A Penn triumph appears extreme- Iy likely. In their only previous cly with Columibia 1 Qualkers New York, Dartmouth remained in (he rur for the title by winning victory ove List clon Tigers night. Princeton 1 the outs thres -~ With on their opsters can It Paul for- lividual i five Carey, 501 tanding field goals 10 tar with LAURELS WIN ANOTHER The Laurels has ictory last than Hale scl Mohaw ks ethall ten vwon score o Kalkoy whil . Katko Cllomo, Diraye Lissy Finano rwilliger iph, ¢ wan, K 1% Anderson, Ig READ HERALD CLASSIE WIASHH 1SHY HOd night. | not going to run in the | '3 chief reason | But if Nurmi establishes that | hecause | three | ' | apinion. not only because of so many Miami Beach, Fla., Feb. 26 (P — |The melodrama of Miami Beach, |that strange and mystifying fistic };ul‘f\il' left upon the sand dunes here {by Tex Rickard, is moving toward |its climax in a series of episodes th need only a little soft music, the strumming of a few guitars, to malke the fantasy complete. 1t is strange, yet also true, in its tropically colorful background and in its astonishing assurance of finan- cial success; but still mystitying, in- sofar as who shot at Jadk Dempsey vesterday just before the dawn and what will happen in the ring when W. L. (Young) Stribling, the heavy- weight pride of the south, and Jack Sharkey, the Boston sailor, fight in la ten ind match to a referee's de- cision at Flamingo park tomorrow night. No heavyweight “elimination” ever has had so fantastic a setting or a succession of such preliminary events as this, not even Tex Rick- ard, were he alive to see his boom venture near completion, would recognize the almost finished product of promotion and ballyhoo. Tex Inever would have cd anything Hike it It was the day before the actual | hostilities begin beneath the palm trees, the caleium lights and, possi- | bly, the moon, but the boys still are | walking around, arguing, and try- ing to find out what it is all about, and why. There is a whole nest of mysteries to keep up the old college spirit— |whether one wants to know who |50t at Dempsey, and why — or { what significance, if any, may be at- tached to the acknowledged rib; linjury, and reported hand injury, to | Young Stribling in a training mis- hap just a week before the fight. | How, to ask a few more ques- |tions, has it been possible to rescue lan apparent financial flop and make |it now a cerfain money maker, with | a profit of $50,000 to $100,000 as- sured; why has so much steam becn aroused over a hout between rivals who have had several chances before to establish themselves as potential champions—and failed; how has it been possible to make a fight en- thusiastic community out of a so- phisticated winter resort such as this and, at the same time, draw the undoubted focus of nation wide at- tention on a bout that, after all, de- lcides only whether Stribling or Sharkey is to continue as a first, flight contender. ] ‘There are plenty of answers, just 4s there has been plenty to talk and | write about outside the actual fight itself. But the most conspicuous | reasons for it all are unquestiona- by Dempsey and the ballyhoo— Dempsey, the old mauler, plaving successfully at his new role of pro- moter; and the ballyhoo, with new |words and music inspired by the Ihalmy zephyrs of Klorida's shores. This is the south's first heavy- weight fight of national interest in This is also a major bid for by William Lawrence Strib- cear old Macon youth, the son of an ic father and the father of tic child, who [hus enlivened the training proceed- lines | Stribling, because he is to fight a southern gallery of friends, | relatives and admirers, is the senti ental favorite, the hope of Dixie. Bt Sharkey, the hard-punching sailor, 15 the choice of most of the | asembled experts to win. Yet there | a wide divergence of critical hefor been of it, ranges from odds of 6 to 5 on Sharkey to even money. If there is any change in wagering sentiment it probably will be in Sharkey's favor. Flamingo park, the new octangu- lar shaped wooden arena built espe- cially for the fight, will seat nearly 35,000 spectators, It may or may not be filled to capacity, but the higher priced tickets, $25 each for the “ring side,” have been sold. The “gate” probably will be near $350,000. The bout will be broadcast over an ex- tensive network of the National Broadcasting company, starting at 9:30 p. m. eastern standard time. The main bout, to a decision by Referee Lou Magnolia, of New York is scheduled for 10 p. m. BOYY' CLUB WINS BASKETBALL FARCE Revised Team Trounces Fair Haven Aces—New.Plagers Star Coach Ray Anderson did things to the Boys' club basketball teams last night and the teams in turn passed the things along to their un- fortunate opponents, Captain Stan- ley Zembrowski and Albert Rakutis were moved up from the Reserves to the first team, while Carl Ram- etta and Jos Boukus were dropped back onto the Reserves, and the shaking up seemed to do all four good, for they were the outstanding players in a double victory. The Reserves overcame the Panthers by 31-19 in a fast and iInteresting game, while the first team slaughtered the Fair Haven Aczes of New Haven by 47-10 in what was a mere travesty of the game of basketball. The down staters were mno match for the locals, and a scheduled return game was cancelled by the club management. Zembrowski and Fakutis, the new first string players, scored the first baskets, and Paiuch, the third sub. made it 6-0. The club was leading by 8-0 before Frazer made the Aces' first points and by 10.° be- fore any of the regulars i*=ied. It was at the quarter and 28-4 at the half. Parparian Goffa, and usha took to the floor in the ond half and the last named promptly put in a sensational one- handed shot. The score was run up 10 41-6 by the end of the third per- iod. Just before this session closed Dork, who had been playing a rough game for New Haven, collided with Goffa and knocked him to the floor, opening a big cut over the local cen- ter's eye and forcing him to retire from the game. In the last period the play of the local team degenerat and the end of the game was wel- come. G . who had been yap- ! ping constantly, thrown out by Rteferce Tobin near the end, leaving New Haven with four men, so I Paluck also retired and the teaws finished with four apicce. mbrowski and Rakutis starred | for the elub in their first appearance D with the first team, the former mak- (ing 16 points and the latter 11, | Zembrowski was particlarly hril- {liant. The other players were steady conflicting developments in training, bt also b of the uncertain idence in the records of the two hters. srkey, especially during the past ippeared to bette q- vantage than Stribling in the daily the Boston tar's punches ned offective. 1o is probably ten pounds heavier irs in better all-aronnd condi- But Seibling, if he feels no ill om his rib injury and has the matter with his right has a variety of weapons at Always a skillful de- Stribling’s punching ater. They are both st a resourceful, though the is more apt to do the un- Sharkey has poundage and zainst good men in his has fought, himself into avse w days, lias workouts, Lave more and appears in tion ol [ nothing { hand, 0 ive hoxer, f G esperience favor, It Steibling rather 1 trained, an condition The betting, such and effeetive, None of the visitors mything except a desire to The summary Roys' Club showed | My Zembrowski Kevelejza, If | Parparian, 1t | Rakutis, ¢ ... Goffa, « Compagno; | Paluch, Iz lIIKH~N'). Iz f Pair Haven I'razer, rf Rosenberg, If . | Dork, If. Ig Kilmartin, ¢, Jrookman, Grasso, rf, Faren, 1g Kinshi Ig, Itusso, 1g as there has] | Boukus, Score at half-time, 28-4, Boys' Club. Referee, Tobin; timer, Paluch; scorer, er. Reserves Down Panthers The preliminary was by far the better game of the two. The Pan- thers put up a sturdy fight against the Boys' club Reserves and were beaten down only in the last qua ter. They led in the first few min- utes of play and were dangerously close at 16-11 when the first half ended. Two spectacular long shots and a foul, all by Maietta, tied the score in the third period, but Puzzo gave his team the lead again with a free try. Rametta and Normont, who had been benched during the | third quarter, returned as the last| one began and led the Reserves out of danger. Carl Rametta starred for the win- ners, with Boukus playing a fine shooting game. The deadly shooting of Maietta, who dropped in four from unbelievable spots, featured th Panthers’ play. The summary: Boys' Club Reserve Fl Pts. 11 1 5 6 0 Gl 1 0 1 14 Panthers id. rf .. Rametto, If . Puzzo, If .. Kowaleski, ¢ .. Normont, rg ... Kobela, rg ...... Winters, Ig ...... Deutsch, rf-g . Ignaceak, 1f . Zeigler, If . -Sulllaciote, ¢ . Maietta, rg O'Brien, 1g B at half-time, 16-11 Gill. mer, I Boehnert. Paluch. orer, | LANDERS' GIRLS DANCE The Paragon Inn on Hartford road was the scene of an cnjoyable event last night when approximately 60} members of Landers, Frary and Clark's office girls’ club and guests took part in the club's mid-winter| dance. The event was one of the most successful ever held by the club the members reported. Oh, Man! MAN WHO LOVES To READ IN BED ENTERS HOTEL ROOM .. THAT ONLY LIGHT IN ROOM 15 HIGH uP IN CEILING [~ |.344 pected next week, and advance NOTES WALKS OVER “o DoorR To PUT OUT LIGHT CONDITIONING PLAYERS Walter Johnson Has Idea of His Own As To How Pitchers Should Get In Shape. Tampa, Fla., Feb, 26 (A—Walter Johnson, manager of the Washing- ton Senators, has idcas of his own about conditioning pitchers, and he is putting them into effect at the training camp here. Johnson has informed his squad of batterymen that the first thing they should do is to get their bodies in shape und that then their arms will quickly round into condition. Consequently there has been little ball tossing but an unusual amount of setting up ex- ercises, with some running by way of diversion, The pitchers in camp include Brown, Bruke, Campbell, Cantrell, Hopkins, Liska, Waver and Hadley. Albert Bool is the only catcher who has reported thus far, though Mud- dy Ruel was expected today. Bool who came up from the Southern league is big and strong and hit last year, first. of the inficlders are ex- no- v Gooch who hit .357 club of the tices of Charley for the Little Rock Southern Association in 1928 indi- cates that he may give Stuify Stew- art and Jack Hayes a battle for the second basc position, Woman Robbed Wearing Gems for First Time o, Feh. 26 (P— Laura Price had not worn her jewels this winter, fearing theft. Yesterday she decided to take a chance and she was robbe She had stopped to consult her modiste and was aboul to re-enter her car when a man ith a pistol snatched the two strands of pearls from her neeck, a diambnd bracelet from her wrist and three diamond rings from her f r, yanked the mink coat fomn her back and drove away, r hushand said the gems and coat could not be duplicated for less n $18,350. Chi P. & F. CORBIN oo MEETS CORBIN SCREW FIVE Past and Present Industrial Basketball League Cham- pions to Battle at Stanley Arena—Russell & Er- win to Clash With Fafnir Bearing Crew—Cabinet Lock and New Britain Macliine Teams Meet in Nightcap—Three Good TEAMS START IN TWO-MAN TBURNEY Good Pocket Billiard Matches Arg Staged at Rogers ‘Teams in the two-man pocket bil- liard tournament at Rogers Parlors got going last night. There are 12 combinations entered in the play. The Greys, Grace and Rekus, de- feated the Giants, Scapellati and Connors, 75 to 49. Grace had a run of 19 balls and Rekus a run of 10. The Braves, Anderson and Peterson, slammed the Red Sox to the tune of 75 to 69. Tracy had a run of 15. ‘The Panthers, Mack and Gozita, set down the Yanks, Olson and Sar- ra, 75 to 22. The ¥Yanks lost 30 halls on cpnsecutive scratches, Ol- son hit a Tun of 21. The Senators, Pilarski and Savoie, defeated the Pirates, Kasprow and Ziegler, 75 to 59, Pilarski clicked off a run of 22. The Robins, Stokes and Slockett, beat the White Sox, N. Wallace and Morton, 75 to 74 in the best played game of the night. The Robins were leading 72 to 50 when the White Sox staged a rally and nearly ran out, Morton lad a run of 14. The Cubs, Viggiano and Dahl- strom, defeated the Cardinals, Yaco- bellis and Dyson, 75 to 58, The lineup for next Monday night is as follows: Red Sox vs. Robins, Braves vs. Yanks White Sox vs. Panthers, Pirates vs. Greys and Cubs vs. Sen- ators. Industrial Tourney Wednesday night's games in the Industrial Billiard tournament are: New Britain Machine vs. Corbin Corbin Cabinet Lock vs. P. ley Works, Hart & Cooley v ni: Two games will be played 0 o'clock and two others will b aged at 8:30 o'clock, SHOWING MORE SPEED Connie Mack Has More Players On Hand T sta at This Time In Any Other Season. Fort Myers, Fla, I'eb. 26 (P—It may be a good omen, Manager Con- nie Mack believes, that the Athletics are showing more speed in reaching the spring training camp this year than ever before. At no previous time he said today. have so many players been on hand so early. As a rule the first week in camp has found only batterymen working out, but this scason most of the in- ficlders and outfielders came in with the first detachments. Only a few have not reported. All the pitching staff, with the ex- ception of Lefty Grove, performed on the mound yesterday during a long batting drill. Grove has been ordered to tu it eusy because of his recent attack of the flu. NEW CLUB ch. 26 (A—The ath- association of Columbia Uni- ity has authorized organization new club, the Blue Key club, which will act as host to visiting athletic teams, Dartmouth,- Cor- nell and Pennsylvania already have similar clubs. ‘The membership is to be chosen by the student boird. New York, letic PUTS PiLLOW AT FOOT OF BED INORDER To GET LIGHT... BREAK- NECK PosiTioN WAY BACK To BED__ ;\§ BENEFIT OF STUBS ToE IN DARK ON vs. | Games are Expected. [ Pet, ST 27 636 636 463 400 338 .300 083 Corbin ‘Screw . Stanley Rule Fafnirs .... Stanley Work . Cabinet Lock Russwin ... . P. & I. Corbin ., N. B. Machine .. Landers Ramaaeew~ One of the last obstacles of the Corbin Screw shop team as it moves along the path to the championship of the “¥" Industrial basketball league ds the P. & F. Corbin team which it will meet tonight at 7:30 o'clock at the Stanley Arena. This will be the first of a three game program. The second game will be a contest between Russell & Erwin and Fafnir Bearing and the third will be between the Cabinet Lock and New Britain Machine quintets. Fans tonight will see a team which was the greatest in it time pitted against another team which is now holding all the honors. For four vears the P. & ¥, Corbin team was onc of the greatest quintets to play in the Industrial league. It finished in a tie for the top position as the season ended in its first appearance in the league but it lost the cham- pioaship in a post season game, It won the championship the follows ing year and finished second for the past two years. This year, hows ever, it has been defeated often. Corbin Screw made its first ap. {pearance’ two years ago and finishe jed second in the league standing. Last year it won the championship and this year it will win the cham- pionship if it captures three more mes. That is if the Stanley Rule team wins all the remaining games on the schedule. Scme fans believe the Screw Shop team is greater than any of its predecessors. Coach Bates of P. & F. Corbin |will start the five men who have tartéd the last two games, but there is some question as to how they will line up. For the past three games the forward combination hi consisted of “Mike” Luke and Gor- man. The coach may shift Gorman to guard and move Jasper to fore ward where he will work with his running mate on the Middletown Red Wing outfit. Holst will play center and Paris will be in at right guard. The usual Corbin Screw lineup consisting of Luty, center: Yaku- bowicz and Joe Luke at forwards and Arburr and Darrow at the guard positions, May Be Eliminated If Fafnir loses to Russell & Ere win tonight it will be out of the running for the championship. ] At the present time only Corbin Screw, Stanley Rule, Fafnirs and the Stanley Works have a chance to win the title. If Corbin Screw wins, the best Stanley Works can do is to tie last year's champs. This could be done if the Stanley Works wins all its games and Corbin Screw loses all the games remaining on the sched. ule. Out For Second Victory After winning a victory over the P. & ¥. Corbin team last Friday, the Corbin Cabinet Lock outfit is confident it will win its second suc- cessive victory with the New Brit. ain Machine team as the victim. The first internal combustion ene gines were designed about the year 1680 and were made to operate om gun powder. BY BRIGGS GETS SLEEPY--CAN | HARDLY KEEP EYES OPEN, REPLACES PILLOW: