New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 17, 1929, Page 8

EW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1929 FOUR GAMES, TWO IN EACH LEAGUE, PLAYED ON OPENING BASEBALL DAY—IJIMMY ZAKZEWSKI AND AL SLOMAN LED % NEW BRITAIN BASKETBALL SCORERS—BRISTOL QUINTET HAS EXCELLENT RECORD—INDUSTRIAL BANQUET IS A SUCCESS BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS OF CONNECTICUT TWO GAMES ARE PLAYED IN EACH MAJOR LEAGUE Rain and Cold Weather Gives Opening Day a Chilly Atmosphere—70,000 Fans Pack Wrigley Stadium to | Watch Cubs in Action—Pirates Win by a Shade— Cardinals, Indians and Browns Also on Large End of Scores—Other Teams Try to Start Today. ; [college men form the ‘*‘.1.4; L Nallig and Geisel. CHICAGO AR ) Iservation that if A ARGUMENT IS NOT FINALLY SETTLED {College Association and A. A. U. | Almost Bury Hatchet l New York, April 17 (®—There are {still a few discords in the n {found harmony between the N |tional Collegiate Athletic associ |tion and the Amateur Athletic union. These organizations, long enthu- |siastic encmies, have gone a long way toward ! the hatchet but | commissioner of | ¢ and a lead- | , still is not | the Western Confers er in N. C. A. A. satisf cirel n outspoken critics of riffith believes that impossibility u associa terating his ancient hat the Olympic association | “controlled by the A. A. U.." Grif- h disavowed any intention of | a belligerent attitude to- T es ¥y when e steps toward just ; taken fith's contention is that since bulk of Amer- offi factor have ympic teams, college be the predom |in the Olympic association Daniel J. Fer; urer of the A. A. U., {troversy at this point w seeretary-treas- enters the con- officials (hold most of the tions on the Olympic committee it not because the A. A holds the edge in voting pow because the majority of the ati -1 are | WOMEN ATHLETES . OFF FOR EUR[]PE Second Detachment of United States Tnvaders Leaves Today April s sends Stan Richtmyer. There are some bhasketball teams tha «ve won championships, al-| thou iey have not appeared to measure up to championship caliber but thi case with the tever Iuhr~ <re Hartlord Middleweight in Pink | : for Battle With Haystack FRANKIE Hartfor 1 today winds up his tra ‘m" with f opposition during “the season over some of trongest tions in the in the championship ition play above clways uffered only the On 1t poud, going w the ob- | Sitting (1 to r) Sid Richman, Jimmy Picken, Captain Jim Manning, Wardy Waterman, and \tandmg——-Lul\v Owens, Jimmy Malcolm, Jimmy Cullum, Ray Marchinek, ROt “”“‘ Vincent Carney and Manager Joe Carroll, DUSTY LEAGUE Most Valuable Players More than 150 officials, managers and players of the Y. M. C. A. Indus. trial basketball league gathered ut A. last night, heard an interesting program of speeches, were enter- tained for more than an hour by talented entertainers and then com- pleted an evening of joy by dancmg until midnight. During the night statuettes were presented to Stephanie Olszowy, P. & F. Corbin guard who was pro- | claimed the most valuable player in {the girls' league and to Frank (Hank) Arburr, Corbin Screw guard and coach, who was named the most valuable player in the men's league. These prizes were donated by Kolodney Brothers store, Because of the fact that the rings ! which will be presented to individ- uals on tha championship teams have not been made, this presenta- tion will be made at another ban- quet which will be held later, During the courses “Ray” Holst and his band of outlaws including | representatives of practically every factory, entertained. ‘When the the dessert had been disposed of, DBRIEN T0 WIND | - UPHIS TRAININ[i‘ some Frankie to tip the crnoon at the wei He has lost 1st 12 months and the winning time Pack in | | Marathon. ichmond anding of 5 Cross-c Gay O'BR 1 Gardne 1, April 17 . John Salo, Johnny Hays 1 Windmill, at night. pink ales at 157 ghin bout m Richn : M. B. has met in $8:57. but he of Herbert expectant that a kayo 141:43:28 MeN BUNION DERBY Pete Gawvuzzi of England still leads Pyle’s Ind., A the f ountry ngland, ittle Passaic, N. iusto Umek, Ttaly, New 1an, Philip Granville, pson, amara, Hedeman, Country | pril 27 (P—The . C.|joyed by Bunion derby 113:39:12. ., 114 J., 119:02:- ‘hukplbmll Hamilton, Ont., . C. . 140« York, Toastmaster Harry Ginsberg who was acting instead of Judge William F. Mangan who had to attend a lawyers’ meeting, opened the spcak- ing portion of the program. He called upon Secretary Barnes and Bryce Long, assistant secretary. Both reccived a great ovation from the seem to enjoy great popularity. Mr. Long spoke of the great success en- the league. The aim, honesty, fair play, and sportsman- ship was reached, he sald. A surprise was offered in the per- | son of Ralph Recano who was called upon for a speech relative to girls' He expressed satisfac- {tion with the type offered declaring | that the reason scores are 50 low in |the New Britain league compared |with the out-of-town girls' games was due to the fact that the New | Britain defense was better. Monahan Recelves Ovation When Coach Thomas Monahan of Bristol was called upon for a talk he received a great ovation. He choke as his topic the experiences of the Bristol high school basketball the annual banquet at the Y. M. CJ‘ gathering among which they | BANQUET IS TOTALLY A SUCCESS More Than 150 Officials, Managers and Players in At~ tendance — Program of Speeches, Entertainment and Dancing is Enjoyed—Statuettes Presented to — Coach Tommy Monahan Describes Trip to Chicago—Ralph Recano Speaks. a great advantage over the Bristol |boys who averaged five feet six |inches. He said this was not an alibi fer {the defeat because the western ‘l(*dmu outclassed them from the bes ginning. He said the Naugatuck |team made a very creditable shows ing and that Connecticut can be proud that it had one representae u\o team in the tournament. He |referred to Naugatuck. He told of the reason for the great success of the teams which comes from a town of approximately 600 residents. Under the syster in vogue in that section of the country |2 player from any part of the state may be induced to play on the team. The result is that an alle star aggregation represents the school. YICTORIAN IS SOLD |Last Year's Preakness Winner 8 Transferred from Whitney Stables to Lexington, Ky. turkey dinner had been served and | | New York, April 17 (®—Victorian, last year's Preakness winner, has |been sold by Harry Payne Whitney {to the warm stable of which Silag y.. contractors, are the owners. Victorian, a four-year-old of Whisk Broom 2nd-Prudery, was & heavy winner on the turf last year, winning not only the Preakness but the Withers, Travers, Shevlin, Poto- ac and five other less important |races for total earnings of $126,750, Mr. Whitney sold to the same stable Cady Hill and the Nut, both ¢ them Kentucky derby candidates. 'he consideration was not announe- FIELD CUT DOWN Two Hundred Twenty-Four Withdrawals in Past Few Days Recorded in English Derby, London, April 17 (M—Two hun- dred and twenty-four withdrawals in the past two days have cut the field and i s toug tachment of athl 1 rops record before the thur Newton, South Africa, scheduled 10 147:27:14 NEEDS NEW SHOES Slipping on Turf is the Reason Given will adorn his bout has gone the rounds. team in the west where it recently |in" the English derby at Epsom took part in the national tourna-|Downs, June 5, to 98. Two-thirds or ment for the championship of the | iore of that number will be elim- country. inated a week before the famous In the first game the coach of the | a0 (o0 three-year-olds. visiting team asked it it would be| "ying George has withdrawn Citron » agreeable to Monahan fo use al,.q4 Croesus but still has Glastone > ncgro in the lineup and he said #t [ hor § ang | M hury in the ficld, Among the Amerts yas perfectly satisfactory to M |can entries enterea are Marshan i-final promise fireworks ater a coach from a southern [if 3 i Baline zv:"v»rs Joe Zotter in England school told him he was dmr\lst"d“],'em zd'::hr?‘,':;, A', ‘f, !\}.afoml.m;{' NG i Wt Ui with the Bristol mentor for allow-|l* B e Chicago, April 17 (®—Reigh || " lored boy to be used. He |Gordon Selfridge’s P. D. P.; and J. week they earried | o0t 1428 Kentucky derby winner, «Kd ‘;(_”';’:“n ‘a"nm!’t‘ ";““ hegro | E- Wiedener's Monte Carlo 1f. Honarsiceite ivenioe who is having a difficult time get- |’ r Lord Astor, who usually has & ahoard t A o iost three ly 24 hours afte arrival of ! O1 played Ryder cu ost only| Haystack arrived here last t| inned to work out at the § \sium late this after- ess worker in the uncher who m and le record for m playing in the Bristol and mipionship c cord of game Bristol won 25 of six. This is # any bhasket rounds watched one of vond . Louis for Reigh Couat's Pobr Showing in AB R 25 1S as Record Ray Sanborn ve. Roy Powers, nada, four rounds; Zeke Mazier, Hartforl, v, Jerry Emard, Holyok four rounrs: Buster Wright, H ford, vs. Johnny Barron, Sprincfield; Rene Chahot, Holyoke, vs Jimmy Liane, ingfield GAME IS DOUVBTFUL | ¥ i v . e are the other bouts on the ne anywhere with the field on xne(:‘;o‘;’g;{e“}‘: e :"P;r‘:’ Siitiie The | contendor, still has three horses in 1gilsh turf, needs new shoes. |arms around him was distasteful, |the ficld—Cragadour, Plot and Ca- ot D. Heriz, dusband of the | ine southern coach declared. el r of the great colt, has lca;:lcd On anollior oooakion e eam of o friends that the metal 8hOC8 |4y tooters from the west had the | Boston Marathon Field wore in his two recent peneft of police protection whil: Is I ed to 1 A 4 him to slip, throwing |y ere 'In Chicago. They had s Increased to 190 lim off his stride and making it pearq of the gun play there and the | Boston, April 17 (UP)—Thirty- easy for his English rivals to scam- \pt\op]e back home, through their ‘lwo new entries today had increased per ahend of him. |congressmen in Washington, D. C., |to 190 the field that will compete in e s e b 5 T L : pov “In his first start, e rvnln._'wl arranged for the protection. |the annual Boston A. A. marathon oA S &5 s 1 A v e A ! LR Postorn \:nl 17 11! r) '— Threat- | <or fillh)i.,, \\"]H; \\ro‘:\p, He r'ufsanj. The west takes its basketball s-rl»(:“'_\;‘“l‘nAl‘ILJ‘]>kv;l!o;lu and lhls!cfly | 4 he v 5 1 ening weather and wet groun we cou not account for ously, Mr. Monul n said. I'rac riday. eas more entries UNUSUAL INTEREST ls e S raroh 1 A2 aseti Plainfield, 15 ade it doubtful today whether the when he fell back after racing prom- hce\l’ly l\fo thirds of the teams use a |Were expected. 5 N e i y 3 ancis, 33 Boston Braves and Brooklyn Robine inently in the early stages. In the zone d(yn,,p It differs from Bris-| Among yesterday's entries were 14 SHOWN IN TRACK MEET rite would be able to ‘play their opening | race Saturday, we noticed every time |tol's style of zone defense in that it |runners representing the Dorches- {ahand ‘ i g 8 ritali zame of th he slipped |places two men in front and three xeason, postponed from | he landed in the turf back a few inches. Re club and including Leonard igh Count is Seven Teams Already Entered Ac- cording to Thomas K. Cureton, General Chairman Thomas K. Cureton, chairman of :g shown in th t of the Hartford County be held at Wilow Xew Britain, on Suffield schoo Britain High school, Sin 00l, Lewis High scho. ton, Glastonbury High scho and other County icated they would enter Instead of being operated as one ct, there will be three meets in In the morning the junior and intermediate meets will be held. T senfor meet will be held in the a rnoon and all of the events It in the Inter-collegiate Amateur A iation handbook are mos’ sorge losurs, home being 500 g ed. Hartford “Times” and the Britain *“Herald” are putting trophy for the winners of 1ior meets. Former Svracuse Grid cup Star Killed in Wreck ' April 17 (P— varsity Los Angeles, Calif., P. Cobb, former 4 racuse, was killed last night in the wreck of his car against a palm tree. Police said he took a turn too fast. He leaped to the curh «nd his neck was broken, immediate death. Cobb was an auto saiesman R tly he was railed by police and pre: as a hero for saving Helen Clauser from a man trying to kid nap her. Coob heard her screams coming from a building under con- here. o 000 160—1 0 600 9123 - C9 temipting to drag her. Cobb knocked , | out Herman Rutherford with one Bases on halla—off Root ¢ blow. Rutherford is awaiting trial. uck out—by Root 1: b res—Klem, Jorda and M Outstanding Scholastic Star Track experts say Howard Jones. who ran the 220 in the unprecedent- Dout " o time of 24 meconds, was the out- Baney, 3b ...oues o standing scholastic track tar of th Friech, 20 niwimer meets around New York. causing | struction into which & man was at- | ch, Miss Harriet V s Coll , will other, Wi Bl | ; , and George Yon Elm, for. -l mer amateur king. Mehihorn | the British open and ews tournament. Von #im and Armour will concentrate on the open. Although the former also may be a starter in the British ama- | ex- "» Yorkshire Andy Callahan to Fight Double Header Tuesday Lawrence,Mass., April 17 (UP)— ¥ Callahan, s onal Lawrence i who has 25 consecutive victories to his credit, will fight two | opponents on the ght at Portland, Me., sday, it was announced here today. Each bout will be of six rounds with Al Delgaldo of New York and Ted “Kid" Drew of Biddeford. Me., as Callahan’s opponents. Callahan already has met both these boxers, | having knocked out Drew in the third round and won the decision over Delgaldo. next HARMON SIGNS FINNEGAN Chicago April 17 (P—Promoter Paddy Harmon, president of the Chicago Stadium corporation today signed “Honeyboy” Finnegan, Bos- ton. for a 10-round bout with Eddie Anderson at 133 pounds on April 26 STARTS SUNDAY THE FIRST OUTDOOR ALL TALKING PICTURE “IN OLD ARIZONA" N — opponents, | HAMPIONSHIP GAME First Lutherans to Meet Meriden at Middietown “Y" in for State Title. thall the team of eran / basl i1~ mee h league A turday night at 8 o'clock in the ’Hml game to decide the ate title among the Church le teams. Tt . ave their sectional it | and came throu feats of other last week. The local contmgent will gather at the local Y. M. €. A. Thursday night for a final workout before contest, Can't lll."u for Two Months Tuly Grifiiths, prominent light heavyweight, injured his hand in a bout late in March and won't be able to fight again for two months won agh de- contending quintets READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS DR. KEITH DENTIST PAINLESS EXTRACTION 300 MAIN ST. TEL. 3116 New Leonard Ridg. Final Game' own Y. M. C. | i-finals | the | it increasinglyi probable that a fur- ther delay i prediction of rain made would be necessary. | eyes on the Oh, Man! THiIS PROMISES "o BE ( THE GREATEST BASEBALL SEASON IN HISTORY- THE TEAMS ARE IN GREAT SHAPE oF COURSE, UNLESS EvVERY ONE ON THE TeAM DROPS DEAD, THE YANKEES CUGHT <TTp STEP RGHT IT IN FRONT a’\\AND e WOULDN'T BE 'TALL S'PRISED To SEE TuE CUBS WIN TH' NATIONAL LEAGUE RAG THIS YEAR VISTEN FRED =~ | wisH TiMe WITH ME RIGHT NowS AND GO oveER THE BILLS - i Most of the players |were over six fcet tall and were at HELP TAKE A LITTLE WAt | SH' !in back instead of three in front and | in great condition and we have our two in back. Ascot ¢ Yeuell, who finished as runner-up in |the recent 44-mile Providence-to- | Boston marathon. BY BRIGGS NOW THERE'S HORNSBY F'RINSTANCE - HE'S GOING TQ BE A GREAT 0 THAT INFIELD - MY STARS. THEY CAN UNTIL TBMDRROW D THINK- | CAN'T BOTHERED Now