New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 13, 1930, Page 9

’Speaking of Sports Begrudgingly the New York sport writers are hack pedaling today on Bat Battaling but. in all such cases, | _ very little praise is being given the |SHTer Connecticut boy for his sensational | venberg victory over Kid Chocolate and his| Uarison retention of the world’s feather- | Seifel Matson Nestor | Johnson Nelson Butler Battalino’s poor showing in non- title fights led the New Yorkers to | believe that he would be just anoth- er setup for the Cuban. We believe that Bat's fear of his hands, both broken when he won the- title from Routis, led Him to fight carefully before last night and this careful- ness cost him the fights. Deminski | Hoicobm | Johnson Peterson | Vollhart 498 Food Choppe; 10i Last night, however, h with everything. His abili it climinated any damage th colate might have done in the round and Battalino earned a clear- cut decision, one that was unani- | lv given by the two judges and | tore in to take Cha first | Kecano . | Prendergast osky iman = . 85 82 12 101 126 506 94 101 96 124 96 511 95 115 125 124 107 566 rs Washing Machine ‘We had faith all along that Bat-| g talino would win. We figured that, unless’ Chocolate was successful in knocking him out in the first few rounds, Bat would pound out a| decision over the Cuban negro in the long stretch up to the 15th session We got a terrific thrill in the first round when Chocolate sent him to the canvas, but when he got wp again, felt that he weuld (omv:i through. | Kelton Lamb Katzung Fagan we | Vacuum & 7 Poplaski S Botticelli Guenther Mottola Frank There isn't a team in the Indus. trial league so weak that an oppo- | nent can afford to let at any stage in the game. This was twice proved last night. The P. & bin team was beaten by the matics. The play of the crew showed tr members of the quintet were cockily sure of vic. tory. up SPECIAL B. C.C haud the No. Robi Deutach The sccond that th played th even for the > was the et Lo Rule & Sepko Gauderte rawell Humason Thesc | sensatior the Ir games proving to he every succceding night in rial league. Old time fans who have attended game after game wherever the Industrial league ha played, are already stamping thi year's league as the best in the his- tory of Industrial sports. held at Williston Henry Gwiazda, | AMERICAN Bristol .10 i ! At a banquet Academy last nigh son of Mr. and Mrs. Ignaci Gwiazda of 14 Corbin avenue, this city, was awarded his varsity letter in foot- ball. | 105 Jackson .13 Notre Dame is lcading by a very wide margin in the preliminary bal- | loting of football experts and writ- for the national championship and the winner of Lrskine Southern California is sec- | Alabama third |E PALACE . N. E. TEL. Plugs 50 .85 .81 ers team trophy ond with It appears that Notre Dame is| scheduled to repeat its victory of! last year and again take the Erskine |2 trophy and all the honors that go |} with the national championship. ’ The Whippets basketball team of | this city will go to Holyoke to mect | the Mater Dolorosa quintet there 10- morrow. In a previous encounter between the two, the Whippets were | victors by a score of 20 to 44 DETROIT FALGONS MAY GAIN GROUND IN RAGE Meet Philadelphia Quakers Tonight and Tackle New York Ran- gers Tomorrow New York 13 (A — The De- Falcons have a chance to gain some ground on their National Hockey League rivals tonight and to- morrow as they play the major part | in week-end schedule of five | gan The Falcons engage the| Philadelphia Quakers tonight then move up to New York to tackle the Rangers, now tied with them for third place in the American division. | A double victory would put De- troit among the divisional leaders with a total of 14.points. Chicago already has 15 points and is given than an even chance of vietory | Blackhawks play at home morrow night and are thirsti re gainst the Montreal roons for their first defeat of season. Boston, holder of second | Place, is a probable winner over the crippled Toronto Maple Leafs to- night Toronto, with threc star forwards injured is given little chance of go-| ing ahead in the Canadian division race. The Leafs, now second, have 6nly a two point margin over the Maroons and the New York Ameri- cans. They may not lose much, how- ever, for the Americans tackle the snadiens tonight and the | Dec. trc CORBIN SCREW FORE: Headers 99 o1 58 94 more s the Baldwin o 5 ward 9 Rradbury 8 b\'ml amson I Threaders 50 5t 59 41 Montre champlons have not lost a game at | home ail sezson ; Ottawa, which dropped to last| place by Thursday's defeat takes no| part in the busy week-end. FORMER STARS T0 PLAY | SPECIAL Live Oaks, Fagan Dalstrom Perkins New 1 558 .97 .89 Plosky Young Adams Years to Face Eli With University {0270 | stone Two Yale Hockey Players of Other 04 Club of Boston. | 508 ew Haven, Conn., Dec. 13 (UP) | —Two Yale stars of other years| will be in the lineup of the Univer-| Chicago, Dec sity club of Boston, which clashes |lapse of seven years on the arena ice tonight with the | versity of Chic Yale sextet in the opening college swimming teams hockey game of the season here. Winthrop Hale (“Ding") Palmer, leading college year, and Paul Eli mn 1928, will 7 for the club 1 Learned, Dart- | mouth graduate, will cover goal for | the visitors and Fd Mullowney and | Joe Fitzgerald former Boston college | players will play defense | Tonight's game will afford the firet test of Coach Holcomb York's system. York snucceeded I.alryl as coach. Thompson Curtis. outstanding ay wing r\osmons‘ Noble at the cnd of past scason. 109 123 92 17 MATCH 1 ALLEYS N LEAGUE Speedometer MATCH WITH THE BOWLERS ROGERS ALLEYS UNIVERSAL CLUB LEAGUE Hollow Ware 116— 50— 91— 16— 108— 1 30— 519—1583 §1— 91— 1 85— o— 436—1509 3 T4— 100— 14— 10, 4921464 5091552 | 107— 101— 524—1521 | time. LEGION LEAGUE LEAGUE FRATERNITY ALLEYS PARK RECRFATION ALLEYS Britain 1z 13 115 101 [ | Park Recreation 104 51 135 85 106 go again 19— 565—1601 RENEW COMPETITION 13 (P — Loyola After a uni- will enter in inter-collegiate competition with Richard Thompson the coached TABS GOLF LINKS Opposite St. Mary's Church Prizes Daily and Weckly hockey player last | Spanish Olymple team in 1928 and the French team in 1924, NEW BRITAI [ cHIP sHors BY JIGGER ‘When miniature golf reached the full height of its mushroom growth, it was a question how soon it would wilt in its hothouse environment. When signs appeared, 4 few weeks ago, that indicated a lessening in- terest on the public the manager of the little | courses took steps to revive interest in the miniature lay-outs. 290 241 309 324 At first they did the obvious thing—they changed the nature of the various holes by constructing new hazards. That helped some but not enough. It was discovered that 325 319 510 games was not going to be satisfled by pee-wee golf alone. The indoor golf magnates awoke to tne fact that they were expected to provide a recreation hall of a different type than had ever oper- ated before on a commercial basis— a sort of indoor country club. 250 253 350 208 | 40 fll} ;"g Now the managers are trying to | appease the game appetite by in- stalling ping-pong tables, horse- shoe pitching pits and any other garne which they think will keep the public comin gtheir way. The winter season may not be far enough advanced yet to judge how | much effect these new recreation cnters have on the attendance at uch games as basketball, hockey or {roiler polo. The industrial basket- | ball league, after two weeks of op- cration, does not appear affected. 282 | 33| On the other hand, two of the 304 | most popular indoor winter games, 3311 pocket billiards and bowling, have 318 been hard hit up to the present Their promoters hope that | public favor will again swing their way, but the coming of that day is as hard to predict as the end of rd times. i e e o present business conditions, it does not secm as | though there is money enough in | people’s pockets to make all amuse- rent places profitable to operate. | But the spending of money for | pleasurc does not run on logical lines. Tt it did rthere would be fewer cars in service right now. | A curious side-light on human nature in this respect occurs daily ir the police station, we are told, when autoists who have had their cars tagged come in to beg off on the plea that they have no money to pay the two dollar assessment. they persist in attending amusement places and park their cars in restricted districts while they spend their quarters and halves. SHOOTING STARS BLANK WILDCATS ‘Take Lead in Boys’ Club Junior : Gourt League Standing b, 231 ' 290 Pet Shooting 1.000 Washington Stars Bears 1 585 North Stars 566 Boys' Club Terrors 565 Bagles .. 33 0 Wildcats 3 2 O S 110 Not ouly did the Shooting assume the leadership of the Boys Club Junior basketball league last night, but in doing so they also achieved that rarest of all basket- ball feats—a shutout. They white- washed the Wildeats by 21-0 in a very one-sided game, kept their own slate clean, and joined the ranks of the very few local teams which | have held opponents without score. Nistro and Glowacki the guards who stopped the Wildeats. The former also collected points himself. while 1. Dobek his team with five baskets. summary: W were The Wildeats Fld. Fl. TtL Kuzinevits, rf .... 0 0 0 SEmek e 0 0 Cox, ¢ SHsas G0 0 0 Bl den, Singget easi 0 O'Connor, Ig ........ 0 Totals Shooting Stars Fld. Fl Dobek, 5 Dobek, tolarski, rf 1t I g Totals North The North Washington Bears by 15-7 and climbed into a sccond-place tie with their victims. Little Skrzypek top- ped high team with five points, al- though Feardon, Kwasnik, and Po- | dolak got four cach. Capodice's | three made him high man for the | losers The summary 10 Stars Move Up part of the playing | the newly developed desire to play | seven | led | Stars knocked off the | DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1930 North Stars Fid. Fl. THl Skrzypek, rf . Molunis, 1t Reardon, ¢ Kwasnik, 1g . Podolak, lg . lovwwoe vlocomn | ooeme Totals 8 ‘Washington Bears 3 Capodice, rf Jarvis, It .. Cay, ¢ .. Tutko, rg Catalina, g 0 Totals 1 B. C. Terrors Win . The Boys' Club Terrors also went into the second-place deadlock luckless Eagles. Nappi, a guard, led his team with six poeints an: held his man scoreless. Kerelejia topped the losers. The summary: Boys' Club Terrors Fid. Fl | Selugoski. rf eaves 1 RGO e 0 Pavano, ¢ Ulan, rg fean W. Selugoski, rg Nappi, Iz Totals Fagles =l a ol rsueod Gergosian, rf . Stefanewicz, 1f . Kerelejza, ¢ .... D'Amata, rg .. Ealtch, lg o Totals SOUTH CHURGH JRS. - CONQUER BAPTISTS to 50-25 Triumph Intermediate Standing | | Bristol ... | Wapping .. IN. B. South Church Kensington |N. B. First Baptists 0 | Wheeler & Co. proved teo much I for the First Baptist Boys' club last evening and the South arch Juniors swept over the Baptists to a 50-25 triumph in an Intermediate County Y. M. C. A. hasketball league game played at the local “Y.” The winners raced out to a 9-3 lead in the first quarter, put on a rally late in the second session and cut the Congregational- ists’ lead to 18-13 on shots by Recano and Recor. After the half, however, | despite the removal of the regular | guards. the South Church youngsters ‘again began to pule up the court, leading by 33-16 at the end of the third period. And in the last quarter, with three regulars on the sidelines and the other two in unaccustomed | positions, the winners added another 117 points in a scoring spree. | Whecler and Cormier shared hon- ors for the South Church, getting }1:‘ points each. Stanley went score- | less until the final quarter and then | | zot a foul and four baskets in rapid | succession. Steed popped a trio of { field goals in the second half, while the Steed-Elphick guard combina- tion held the Baptists scoreless from the floor in the third period and vielded only two baskets in the fourth. Fleming and Recano led the Baptists from the floor, while Miller made good on every one of the four foul tries awarded bhim. The sum- mary South Church Juniors Fld Fl Wheeler, Richards, Stanley, If Cormier, ¢ Merza, rg- Steed, rg Elphick Anderson rf 1g-1t s Baptist Boys' Club Flid Totals Burke, rf Fleming, 1f Drummond, c- Miller, ¢ Recano, rg . Holmes, 1g-rg Recor, Ig | i | 5 114 Totals Referee, Aronson | Scorer, Parker. FIGHTS LAST NIGH? Timer, Miller. By the Associated Press. New York — Christopher “Bat” | Battalino, world featherweight | champion, outpointed Kid Choco- |1ate, Cuba (15), championship: Ficuello, New York (3). | Chicago—W. L. “Young” Strib- ling. Macon, Ga. outpointed Tuffy Griffiths, Sioux City, la, (10): | ry Johnson, Chicago. knocked Jack Gagnon, Boston. (6): Cawley, Wilkesbarre, Pa., and Natie l!‘vrm\n Los Angeles, drew (8) out through their 11.6 victory over the | Wheeler and Cormier Léad Team | but the Baptists | Ma- | teo Osa, Spain, knocked out Ralph | Lar- | Frank | LATE RALLY WINS | STRIBLING WINS - FOR SOUTH CHURCH| DECISIVE VICTORY Jacobi Scores 29 Points as Leaves No Doubt as to Superior- Lacals Topple Hazardville ity Over Grifiths County “Y" League Chicago, Dec. 13 (A—W. L. L Pet. |“Young” Stribling of Macon, Ga., Bristol ..... oo © 1.000 |has completed his conquest of the | Hazardville tevee. 21 667 [Chicago heavyweight field by a deci- Southington 00 |sive ten round victory over “Tuffy” | Wapping . ,500 | Griffiths, the tough youth from Sioux | New Britain ... 500 [City, Ja. As a consequence Strib- | Highland Park ...... .000 [ ling may be recognized. by the Na- West Avon .....7.... 0 .000 [tional Boxing association at least, Finding itself in a furious second- (as the world champion heavyweight | half rally after trailing during the| The fistic pride of the south. a | early periods, the South church 2 to 1 faverite before his battle with | senfor basketball team of this city | Griffiths in the Chicago Stadium last came from the rear and conquered | night, left no doubt as to his su- | { the previo undefeated Hazard- | periority, but not without calli ville R. C. A. quintet by 48-38 in an [upon all the ringcraft gained | exciting Senior County Y. M. C. A.|more than 300 fights. He won the league game in Hazardville last | unanimous decision of Referce Ld night. The local team, which had net | Purdy and the judges over the best | been clicking in accustomed fashion | Griffiths Chicago ever saw. this season, again found iteelf| giribling was favored to win by handicapped by a small court, but |, knockout, probably because of his | the game was far different from |sengational one round elimination of that in Wapping last week, being | otto Von Porat in the same ring cleanly played throughout. Referge | yovera] months ago, and he mads Merrill calied 24 personals, but all [a¢ jeast one desperate bid fo ston | were for minor violations and at No | the Sioux City youngster. Griffiths stage did the game become rough— | nowever, fought a clever defensive | an unusual circumstance considering | fight and his left hand, while it in- the size of the floor. | flicted little damage. ruined man Danny Wosilus popped a foul to | of Stribling’s maneuvers. start things, but then the Firtion| Just before the bout Major Gen- | brothers began to show their knowl. |gral John V. Clinnin, president of edge of the home court by dropping | the National Boxing association. and in shots from everywhere. Wessels |chairman of the Tllinois state athle- started New Britain's scoring from |tic commission. announced that he | the floor and Jacobi took over the had recommended that the N. B. 4. | | main burden of it, but Hazardville | recognize the winner as champion | | had a 16-10 lead at the end of the |of the world, as Max Schmeling had | first quarter and one of 24-19 at in- | failed to defend the title within s termission. The third period, how-. |months of winning it. However, t. ever, saw the visiting team finally |recommendation must be approved functioning as in its championship | by each member state in the N. B. A | | days, and with Jacobi running abso- | The Georgian. outweighed a pound | | Jutely wild and getting good support |and a quarter by Griffiths, fought a | from his mates the New Britain [calculated battle after the first | team forged out in front by 32.30.|round when the Towan cut loos | The big push, however, came in With a surprisingly effective left the last quarter. Hazardville had lost | hand assault. meanwhile keeping his Carson and Stoker on feuls by now |jaw carefully protected from blasis Barta, through a scoring error, had such as lowered Von Porat. From | been taken out of the New Britain there on, Stribling concentrated linc-up in the same way and Jacobi | most of his attack on Tuffy's middlc and Wosilus had been playing and inflicted a lot of damage. througout the half with three per. He did not quite reach the “W sonals apiece. Despite this the visit- |the clutch™ stage, but he kept Grif- ors. after watching Hazardville once | fiths well tied up most of the w more draw abreast at 36-all. staged |and indulged in what many of the one last grand spurt which caged |customers considered unnece six baskets in succession and roughness. He cracked G brought the church team its first |the back of the neck a f win of the year. | causing the tough one to pro Crnie Jacobi was the big gun of |the referee on one occasion. and the local attack, having what was the ropes pulled and hauled possibly the best night in his career [about. and sinking 12 baskets and five fouls | The Georgian's big cfi for a total of 29 points. "“Jake” was |the ninth round when h everywhere and put in long shots, |Griffiths with a whistling right up- short ones, and follow.ups without |Percut. Griffiths dived in and gra tavor. Wessels accounted for nine |bed Stribling’s right a points. Hewett, getting in at guard |half dozen short lert for the first time, proved himself a (he could take charge of capable man at this position and is|0f armamen expected to see more service in Ringside back court. The Firtion brothers, !ing with s Harold and Russell, starred for three, wilh 1 1 1 1 befor br: oks that edited and Griffith Stribling ervers rounds one weighed 184 3-4 and Griffiths | pounds. | The semi-final bout resulted in a| six round knockout victory for Larry Johnson, negro stablemate of Grif- | fiths, over Tough Jack Gagnon, Bo ton heavywelght. Gagnon had to be knocked down three times before he remained on the floor. 156 wall, Kelly made ieven attempts—and Alabam: SOLD LIKE HOT C. 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C YAAS SRR/ S T Merrill Bristol Takes Lead (Special to the Herald) | Southington, Dec. 13—The Bristol Boys' club trounced the Southington “Y" five by 35-19 here last night and took the lead in the Senior | County Y. M. C. A. league. Held| to a bare 11-7 margin in the first | half, the visitors quickened their| pace after intermission and pulled | safely away from the locals. Cava- lieri was high scorer with 13 points while Connor, with seven, topped the home team. The summary: | Bristol Boys' Club ! FId RS | Zetarski. rf ... 1 9 Nhite, rf ¢ Py [ 2 | Martino, 1f | Riordan, ¢ | Cavalieri. rg . Avalene. Ig | Referee, 1 Southington Y. M. 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