New Britain herald., 1926-07-06
'NICKY CONFIDENT
 HE'LL BE KING YET
Hopes to Annex Marble Cham
 piOnShip Next Year


 inic Cartcli, oi 97 Putnam street. 10 year old son of MT. and Mrs. Samuel Cartelli and the youngest and small est city champion in the United States 10 compete in the national marble tournament at Atlantic City last week plans to go after the championship again.
 Dominic, who went to Atlantic City as the guest oi the Herald, was the city champion from New Britain He was known on the boardwalk as "Nicky. the Pcwee Champ. While he did not win prize, he dcmonstrat- ed his ability as an expert shooter 10 such an extent that were the tourna- meut to be repeated again next week, no one could predict the result until , the final game Especially was thls sit uation manifested between Dominic and "Joe' Carmelo Augtri of Law 1 renee. Mass. who finished second in 1 the northeastern league. Not until the last game in the preliminaries vas , finished, was all doubt removed from the question as to whether the runner up would be Augcri or Cartell, Three other players in the league, ] Joe Navario of White Plains, \. Y. another midget shooter slightly the senior oi the New Britain boy; Ralph 1 Wilson, of Troy, x. '. and Willie ! Dunn. the Chinese favorite from Bos- ton. did not prove formidable oppon- ents to either Augcri, or Danny Gore, of Springfield, who finished hrst in i his league and lost the national cham pionship to Willis Harper of Beyicr, { Ky. Cartelli kept the leaders worried and thereby directed much attention 1 to himself until tine final game when i he lost one game to the Boston boy. "A the saue time the Lawrence boy took two from Troy, deciding the 1 issue.
 , Dominic, undaunted immediately is sued d challenge to Danny Gore, the l Springfield boy. while the national issue still was in doubt, for series of games in August. The challenge was accepted by K. K. Winans of the 1 Springfield Union, manager for Gore, with the understanding that ii Gore won the championship, another boy ] would take his place. Arrangements l are on foot to have Gore head q team oi three boys from the Massachusetts town and Carteili to do likewise from New Britain. Details will be arranged later.
 q am going 10 win next year, | Dominic told his father, when he ar rived home Saturday night. T can ] shoot as good as those other guys and ! I'm going to practice all winter and l next year I'll lick 'em," he added ! There was no ques ton as 10 the fair ness of any of the decisions and every shooter as well as every newspaper man escort before leaving Atlantic 1 City Friday evening took occasion to congratulate Harold G. Place, nation
 al director, upon the fairness and smoothucss under which the entire
 affair was conducted.
 IL was Dominic's first trip away from home, except that ncyert-O-bc- forgotten journey six years ago when his parents came here from Italy. The entire trip was full of thrills, from
 inc first night in d sleeper going tc Philadelphia to the last meal in the dining car coming home. He had
 never before eaten in d restaurant but so readily did lie adapt himself that before the week was over he vas writing his own order card al meal time, i. a hotel whose minimum rate 1 iS SIPS d week. He had never learned to swim. but took his daily dip while at the shore. He visited all the piers, and with the other champions. was welcomed a> a guest wherever he showed his badge Ihcater doors were thrown open and no admission charge was made Bathing suits were loaned without charge. Gifts were showcrcd upon the boys. The last day oi the tournament packages Of salt water tativ and bags oi more than 100 glass and agate shooters were gwen eaci, | champion. Thursday evening as the . guest of the Atlantic City Press he i broadcastcd from W.P.G.
 | In the hotels all rules were sus- ! pended Boys who wished to dine in their shirt sleeves in some oi Atlantic Cily's most exclusive h0stelrics, did sc uumolcstcd. despite previous asser- tons by hotel clerks that such hithcr- to undreamcd privileges were beyond the realms Of possibility.
 In hotel dining rooms the cham pious were the center of attraction wherever they were quartcrcd, anc each newspapcrman or woman has returned to his or her paper full ot amusing incidents which occurred during the course of the meal
 In the knickcrbockcr hotel where the New Britain boy stayed. Inc chummcd with three others, one iron
 Buffalo. \. r., one from Akron. Ohio and one from West Brighton Slater
 Island. Desserts and more desserts were the order here, and the foui boys brought delight to the heart ot inc hotel chef when with the aid ot Mir. Henderson, head waiter, they personally thanked him for the iooc and service they were getting,
 i Last Tuesday evening in the knick. rrhgc,er. when the boys were permit.