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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-12-10
MERIDEN GUARDS
| HERE ON SATURDAY
Silver City Combine Has Already
Beaten DiXieS Of Hartford

The National Guards basketball
team Of this city faces one of the
toughest combinations that It will
meet this year Saturday night In
the state armory on Arch street
when the National Guards quintet Of
Meriden comes here.
The Merlden combination will be
the same one that defeated the
Dixies earlier in the season and ad-
vices from the Silver City state that
the members OF the team are de-
termined to stretch their wins to
Eve by taking the locals into camp.
In the lineup Of the visiting team
will be Hadley and Blssell, two OF
the fastest forwards ever seen in
Meriden. Both these men have ap-
peared In state basketball circles IN
! former years but they are both re-
ported TO be having their best sea-
son at the game right now. They
have worked together for some time
and they have the floor work down
to perfection while either Is dan
gerous man when he gets within
scoring distance Of the goal.
Norris at center Is a willowy and
sinewy player who will make any
opposing center travel to keep up his
pace. He Is rated as one OF the
best pivot men in the game and Is
a wonderful floor worker. guard or
forward which ever he Is called upon
to do" He is especially adapt at
caging the ball on long shots and Is
rated a tower of strength to the
team.
The guards, two huskies, Atwood
and Benson. are well known to bas-
ketball in this city. Both men
know the back court game to per.
lection and they will have instruc-
tons to watch very closely RED"
Reynolds and Mert Taylor the local
forwards. All In all. the team ap-
pears to be strong one and the
fact that they won out from the
Dixies rates them as a leading con-
tender for the state title. The re-
serve strength Is also good, the Sec
ond string men being rated as good
as the first string FIVE.
! Coach Billy Dudack Of the Hard
ware City quintet is working his
squad into shape for the coming bat
tie and he predicts that his cllargvs
will nose out with a win. Restelli,
who was slightly III last Saturday
night and by this forced to retire
early In the game, will be back IN
shape and Reynolds and Taylor ex-
pect to do a lot OF shooting. Johnny
Sheehan who flashed such good pass
work last week. will pair UP with
Dudack and the fans expect these
two to keep the opposing forwards
well under control Kilduf and La
Har In reserve tops off the local
combination and by their work IN
: the preceding games, will make
things hum for the Mertden Guards
A banner crowd is expected tc
turn out for this game which Is real
ly the spice OF the season.
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PRINCIPALS IN FIGHT
FINISH THEIR TRAINING
Paul Bcrlenbach, Light Heavyweight
Champion and Jack Delaney
Ready For Go

New York. Dec. 10. tP) -- Paul
Berlenbach, worlds light heavy
weight champion. and Jack Delaney.
Bridgeport, Conn, challenger. have
finished training and are enjoying
comparative rest today, while watt
Ing for their fifteen round title
match tomorrow night In Madison
Square Garden.
Both men appear to be In excel
lent condition. Although Delaney
knocked out Berlenbach In their
meeting last winter the champion
Is a slight favorite to avenge himself
because OF the remarkable improve
ment he has shown In his recent en-
gagements Delaney, however, be-
lives that what he has done once he
can do again, and he has many sup
porters in this belief.
There naturally is great interest In
this second meeting OF the terrific
punching Berlenbach and the cool,
| master ringman, Delaney. Berlen-
bach undoubtedly has improved. He
Is not the wild, defenseless swinger
| Of yesteryear. He is rather shreWd.
artful fighting man, with his most
formidable weapon--a driving, hook
ing left--well developed behind q
shifty defense.
Berlenbach was down TO ITS
pounds when he ended training. He
expects to be under the required ITS
pounds by tomorrow afternoon by
drying out" over night Delaney
will probably scale 1875 pounds. In
dications point to q accommodating
indoor crowd watching the contest
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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
SEASON OPENS SATURDAY
Red and Gold Quintet 10 Face
Weaver Quintet of Hartford
In First Tilt.

The New Britain High school
basketball team will officially open
its season Saturday night with a
game against Weaver High school
Of Hartford at the Hartford gym
nasium. The Hartford school Is
boiling over with confidence fol-
lowing the teams victory OF last
years champions, Torrington High
school.
The New Britain school Is not
so enthusiastic over the teams
prospects for victory. The Red and
Golders will consist of only two
regulars from last year, both OF
whom were guards. In order that
the oifense might be strengthened
Coach Cassidy has decided to shift
Politis, the right guard. to center.
and McGrath, left guard. TO for
ward The rest of the team will
consist OF Captain Roger Scully at
guard with Red" Matulis as his
running mate. and Zalcski to work
with McGrath at forward.
Hopes were made brighter dur
Ing this week when on Tuesday
night the Red and Gold team de-.
feated the r'afnir FIVE by one point
after a bitter struggle. Those who
saw the practice tilt say that this
years team has some mighty fine
pass work.
Among the squad members who
will probably get in the game are
'Hammy" barrow. Eddie" LaHar
and Eddie" Gourson.
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INTERSECTIONAL GAME
Salem High Schools Cndefeated
Football Team to Play Tallahas-
see, Fla, Eleven.

Salem, Mass, Dec. 10. (R) 49,
Salem high schools indicated foot
ball team leaves here late today for
an intersection tilt with Leon high
school in Tallahassee, Fla. on De-
cember IS. The squad will number
16 players, coach and assistant
cooach, and faculty manager, who
will supervise daily classes through
out the trip. The team will work
south in easy stages. Arriving Mon
day at St. Augustine, where practice
will be held for three days to allow
the boys to become accustomed to
the climate. The squad probably will
leave for Tallahassee on Thursday
and will start north Immediately
after the game Friday. Funds to
meet expenses OF the trip have been
raised by popular subscription.
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WESLEYAN'S SCHEDULE
Baseball Team VIII Play Twenty
Games During Season.


Games During Season.
Nidiletown, Dec. 10 lP)-The
Wesleyan university baseball team
will play twenty games during the
1926 season. according TO the schcd-
ule announced today by l.. G..
Thompson, OF Greenwich. manager
OF the nine.
The schedule follows:
April 10. Yale at New Haven:
10 Lowell tnchr'tll at Mlddetown;
I?o Tufts at MidJlrtown: %, Middle
/ bury at Middlctown: "a, New York
.uniy'rei'v at New York; rs. Swartb-
fan @. - ATiddletown.
! ID, +. Massachu It's Azgies al
Amherst; 6, William II MidJlntoWn:
ia, Amherst at Amh,1s'' -. Dart
mouth 1T Hanover; ~. 'l.--. AREies
at Middietown; %, Tults az Med
ford; Is. Rhode Island state at
Middletown; %, Colgate at Middle
town; 81. Trinity at Middlctown.
June :. Springfield at Springfield;
>, Clark at Middletown; Is, Will
liams at Wilnamstown: is. Amherst
at Middietown; 10, Trinity at Hart
ford.
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ANDERSON VICTOR
IN ALLEY MATCH
Connecticut Champion Has Mar
gin Of ia Over Barney Spinella

Eddie" Anderson, Connecticut
champion duck pin bowler, won the
fourth block of a 60-game series
from Barney" Spinella, champion
roller of New York state, last night
on the Casino alleys and thereby
stands first In the entire match. His
margin of plnfall last night was As
pins which gives him n total lead
over Spinella of ia for the entire
match.
Neither bowler was able to do
much in last nights games as the
timbers were splitting badly al
though record breaking crowd
TANNED its way into the Casino to
watch them work out. Anderson hit
the high single string for 1877 while
he had another game at 153. Spin
elias highest mark was $50.
Anderson went into the last block
last night with lead OF 60 pins. He
gained his first advantage on the
second block Of the first half OF the
match in New York, emerging from
that battle with a lead of eight pins
over the Brooklyn man. Tuesday
night at the Casino alleys, he In
creased this lead by CT pins, giving
him a total lead of 60 pins in all.
His total pinfall last night was L.
613 while Spinella's total was 1868.
Anderson's average for the night
was 1913 and spinella's 104.S.
The scores for last nights match
were as follows:
splnella; 115, 90, 9S. %, fo9, 50,
100. 11$, 10, 102, 1l5, 50, 102, 113.
l07--1,5GS.
Anderson; 100, 81, 81. los, 1oI,
.9l foS. 1o2, 100, 1873, lis, 101, 49,,
III, 137-1,G13.
Big Pin Match
Following the duck pin match be-
tween Anderson and Spinella, the
New York champion who also holds
the big pin crown in the Empire
state. rolled Charles May of this
city, one Of the Hardware City's best
opponents of the big pin game in
three games, winning all three. This
match created q great deal of inter-
cst for the large gallery and the ex-
element ran high when Spinella
started off in the first game with
seven consecutive strikes. Three
more would have given him a per-
feet score OF 800.
The result Of this match were as
follows:
spinella: c57. 1877, 1SS--65o.
May: 1S7, 172, 1G9-598.
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ASSISTANT MANAGER
Bill KlIIefcr, Former Head of CHI
cago Cubs, Signed TO Act Under
Rogers Hornsby Next Season.

New York, Dec. 10 R - BIZ
Ki'rf"r, former manager Of IN"
Chicago Cubs. last night signed as
assistant 10 manager Rogers
IIornsby OF the s., Louis Cardinals
TOT the 1925 season.
Knlefer i clever catcher In his
day, managed the Cubs for sew
eral years until Walter ("Rahbit }
Maranvillc. shoristop, succeeded
him late last season. Maranville
soon resinged the post and Gcorg"
Gibson. former Pittsburgh chief
Won the rrins.
Joe Mccarthy. who piloted
Louisville TO ponuant IN the
American association, has been
named Cubs pilot for the coming
season.
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BASKETBALL CHALLENGE

The East Side basketball team OF
Branford wishes to challenge any
semi-pro team IN this locality that
will offer reasonable guarantee.
The East Sides have talented ar
ray OF hoop tossers who are we'll
known throughout the state. The
team won nine out of II games
played last year and has snappy
com bination this season. Communi-
cations should be addressed to D.
Guarnero, 282 Main street, Branford.
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grange FAILS TO
FLASH IN BOSTON
His Bears Are Defeated by
Steam Rollers

Boston, Dec. 10 tP}-Football fans
are still trying to recover today from
their surprise at Harold Red"
Oranges first showing on a Boston
field.
While the former man from
Wheaton. H., and his mates of the
Chicago Bears are speeding to Pitts
burgh for another game, local fol-
lowers of the sport who watched the
Providence Steam Rollers down
Reds team to are attempting to
cNalon TO themselves how 1t hap
poifed.
In the game yesterday the young
can. whose name on the dotted line
has been an open sesame to golden
thousands in the past few days, car
ried the bail but five times, all on
end runs, for a total of 10 yards.
His longest gain from sCrimmage
was five yards.
Boocd BY Crowd
He attempted three forward passes,
one OF which was intercepted, and
made two tired tackles. Although
he was in the game 40 minutes his
actual activities took no more than
four. Spectators who has stuck TO
the seats despite a temperature that
lowered near the 80 mark booed the
wearcr of the famed ar" as he
dashed from the field on his longest
run OF the day.-a race for the
Pittsburgh train. There was no send
eff committee at the station.
Tired Of Football
Although the former Illinois star
whose dizzy climb to financial
heights has made the sport world
gasp. profrssed himself tired OF foot
bail and said the stories about his
income were wild, he could mo-
be reached for an opinion on actor
taken In Columbus, O., 10 bar ath'
| les from motion picture roles.
Grange has been reported as hav'
ing been given $500, 600 for hts first
picture with the Arrow Picture Cor
/ poratiOn Of New York. ONO mem
bers Of the Motion Picture Owners
Of America voted against signing o.
sport stars on the ground that there
was only one chance in Thousand
Of their making good"
Grange Gets $4,000
Financially. the game was not III
to expectations of the promoters
When the receipts OF $4,000 were
split Grange took $4,000, the res
Of the Bcars collected $4,000 anf
$1,000 went TO tho Steam Rollers
Tho remainder went TO the manager
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Jack Roser Is Sold
To BIRMINGHAM Club

New York, Dec. 10 tR - Jack
Roser, hard-hitting outfielder of the
Baltimore Internationals, has been
sold to Birmingham of the Southern
association, Manager Jack Dunn
announced last night.
Roser. q left handler. gained a
reputation as slugger while with
Worcester of the Eastern league. He
had been with Baltimore one sea-
SON
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Muhlenberg Football
PLAYERS Are Ineligible

Allentown. Pa, Dec. 10 Pt-Eight
members of the Muhlenberg football
squad last night were declared In
eligible for further participation in
all intercollegiate athletics after adj
hitting they had played on Read
ing professional eleven during the
past season. They were Captain
Clark, Rice, Mol, Hunsicker, Black,
Donaldson, Snyder and Hord.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-12-10
PRAISES FOOTBALL

Cornellsville, Pa. Dec. 10 Rl-De-
Tending football as a sport. Knute
Rockne, coach at Notre Dame, de-
clared at a luncheon here that "if
there's anything wrong with football
we should correct it, but there's
nothing wrong with the game"
"Outside the church, the finest
thing we've got is good. clean foot
hall"
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SEEKS KANSAS ROTT

Phil McGraw, Western Tornado"
has come under the management of
Paddy Mullins, and the $4,000 for
felt for n championship bout with
Rocky Kansas. lightweight king. will
he posted Immediately. Mullins says.
NcGraw will meet Charley Rosen,
ronqueror Of Lucien Vienz Of
France. in New York Monday night.
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WON THREE TILTS
West Point Football Team Did We'll
in Trio of IntcrsectioDal Contests
With Mid-wcstern Teams.
BY NEA Service,

BY NEA Service,
New York. Dec, lowest Point
did well in its three intersectional
games with middle western teams
during the 1925 gridiron season.
1t not only handed Notre Dame
one of the worst trouncings a
Rockne- coached team ever received,
but it also whipped University of
Detroit and st. Louis without much
trouble.
In the three tits the cadets
scored II points to six for the OPP
position, Detroit counting the lone
tally in the opening clash Of the
campaign.
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M,sCART GETS DECISION

New York, Dec. 10 P,-Edouard
Marcart. French featherweiGht
champion, gained a ten round de-
rision over Joe Malone Of New York
last night. In a scmi-fnal Of ten
rounds Cuddy ncmarco, Pittsburgh
lightweight, outpolntcd Henry Gold
berg of New York.
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AFTER RECORDS

Adrian Paulen of Germany, be-
specialized dash man, may accom-
pany Hoff. the pole vaulter, to this
country. The foreign invaders will
make their first American appear
ance at the Millrose games in New
York, February 4 Hoff is said TO
have eyes on the Olympic decathlon
championship in 1925.
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PURCHASE INTIELDER

Kansas City. Mo, Dec, 10 Up
Purchase OF ". L. Chick" Fcwst,F,
infclder, from the Cleveland Am"Ti-
raHs was announced in a telegram
last night from George Mnchlbach,
owner a. The Kansas City club OF the
American association. who is in New
York The purchase price was not
dlxulged
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-12-10

San CHARACTERIZATION Griffin, San
Jose. defeated frankie Barren. Salt
Lake City ten rounds. Battling"
Manning, Negro welterweight, New
Orleans. won from Johnny Gerarden.
Los Angeles, four rounds.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-12-10
FOOTBALL CHALLENGE

The Mohican football team 81
Meriden has issued a challenge 10
the Pawnees Of this city for a game
for this coming Sunday. The local
manager, to arrange for this game
If he so desires, should telephone
Meriden 602-l2.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-12-10
FIGHTS LAST NIGHT

New York Edouard Mascart,
French featherweight champion.
beat Joe Malone, New York. ten
rounds. Cuddy DeMarco, Pitts
burgh. lightweight. outpointed Henry
Goldberg. New York ten rounds.
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POLE VAULTER COMING

Charley Hoff. Norway's great pole
vaulter, is expected to leave for the
United States December 80. He plans
to train at Hanover. N. H. which
produced some great athletes this
fall.
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EDGE ON STAGG
Fob Zuppkc of Illinois and Chicago
Mentor Have Had Duel on Grid
iron Ever Since 1918.
Ey NEA Service.

Chicago, Dec. 10.-Onc Of the
outstanding duels between football
coaches is that of Bob Zuppllo OF
Illinois and Alon2O SraeE, Chicago.
These two mentors have been
blazing away at each other for SUI
premacy since 1913, when Zuppke
took over tho tutoring duties at the
| rbana institution. Since that time
they have ciDshad on - occasions
with Illinois winning seven times,
chicago four and two games ending
in tics.
In tive last eight meetings The
Him have come through with five
Victories and one tie. Incidentally
Iupphe's teams have scored 1873
points 70 10 for SiaE"'s during the
Is ducls b,trron the two coaches.
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LONG DISTANCE CLASS
Grange of Illinois and Friedman
of Michigan Carried Ball SIS Yards
For a Touchdown.
BY NEA Service.

by MEN EtTNICbs
Chicago, Dec. 10.--Two Big Ten
gridders are included in the list of
10 big college players who have re-
turned kickoffs for touch downs this
season.
They are Red" Grange Of ILL
nois and Benny Friedman. Michigan,
Grange ran So yards against Iowa
and Friedman the same distance In
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he game with Wisconsin.

Dave Reese of Vanderbilt and
Ray Barbuti, Syracuse. are credited
with the longest canters Of this ma
ture. Both scored after runs Of IS
yards each. Reese got his against
Tennessee and Barbuti in the brush
with Providence.
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RESIN ON BALL
IS NOT FAVORED
Heydler'S Plan FrOWned on at
Meeting

New York. Dec. 10 Up --- John
A. Hoydler's proposal to curb the
waste in bascballs by permitting
pitchers TO use resin not only has
drawn n decided mo" from the
+ American league magnates, but
! also has caused many manager
10 shake his head negatively.
The National league president Of
fered his proposition at the annual
meeting OF his circuit on Tuesday
together with a statement that the
National had used more than 5000
dozen balls In the past season. He
argued that resin would give the
pitcher a tirmer grip on the ball
and that a boxman would not have
to call for new sphere so often.
One we'll known manager, who
requested that his name be with
held, declared that adoption OF the
Heydler suggestion would bring a
return to old conditions.
Il used to be a pitcher myself"
he said. You know, there are sew
erol kinds of pitchers. For instance,
] have a man on my team who
could make resined ball do sem
sational things and I would fear
for the batters. Remember. all
pitchers cannot use resin effective
ly, and many would cast It away
and stick to the plain ball.
Therefore, we should have lot
! OF winning pitchers the masters
Of the resine1 ball. and the other
lads, just as good with a plain
| sphere, would be left behind.
Pitchers are specialists. One can
use resin, another saliva, a third
! Just plain dirt and a fourth the
shine the last gained by rubbing
the ball on some part Of the uni
form until the gripping space is
like glass.
There are other ways. too. I re.
| call when some Of the boys went
out there with their hip pockets
filled with substance believed to
be resin. 1t was not resin; I don't
| hnoW as l COul gay "naC IL vas,
but when you stood up against ono
OF those boys the ball took some
| strange twists.
~ don't want TO see resin come
back into the pitching box. even
under the umpire's direction, The
game Is pretty good as 1t is,
But if resin is coming back
want to see every other method Of
tampcrng with a baseball come
back. too, so that It would be fair
for the fellows who can't use resin.
When Mr.. Heydler plans on maxi
Ing this change Just to save base.
| balls I think he is playing with
dynamite. And. anyway. il a pitch
cr roughens the cover of a ball with
resin, the umpire can send it out
of the game. ] don't see where it
is going TO save any bascballs.
After all, the price OF haseballs
for the National league could be
| heavier
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IOWA STATE CAPTAIN

Ames. Iowa, Dec. 10 Pl-Roland
Bud" Coo. end. has been elected
captain of next years Iowa State
football team. Coe is a junior veter-
mary medical student
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FOOTBALL CAPTAIN

Morgantown. w. Va, Dec. 10 up
Charles Ross McHenry. veteran
guard. has been selected captain of
New York's football squad at West
Virginia university,
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SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

The women'S national champion
SHIPS at st. Augustine. Fla, has
been set for February to 10,
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-12-10

The matter of resin, a Disagree
ment as to awarding Of holiday
dates and the question az to the
number of players to be sent out
on option may yet bring the major
leagues TO hostilities.
Commissioner Landis presiding
at the joint session today. is very
likely to be called upon to do a lot
Of arbitrating. The ball matter, If
it gains votes from the National
and high minor circuits, could be
passed, but the schedule Is some
thing for the majors themselves to
thresh out. The American league
has voted to end its play Septem-
Der &c, next season, the details Of
the schedule to be arranged at a
meeting in Washington in Feb
ruary,
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-12-10

For the past year johnson has
had little to say for publication,
his latest public utterance being A
criticism of Stanley Harris, man
a2rr Of the Washington Senator's
for permitting sentiment to inter.
ferc with the teams showing in
the world series.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-12-10

Genuine surprise featured the
Americans session yesterday when
the salary Of President Ban John
son was raised from $4,000 TO
$4,000 annually. A year ago
seven clubs in the league were pre-
pared 10 Gust Johnson for his OPP
position TO Commissioner Lands
but "a peace committee was sue
cessful in avoiding final show
down"
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-12-10

A move TO extend the optional
player limit from eight to fifteen
il expected to come before the
Joint meeting, This. of course, will
bring an attack from the minors
of high classification and, if passed,
would be likely TO result in many
major league performers going 10
Class A circuits for further season.
ing.