New Britain herald., 1926-06-30
CARTELLI OUT OF
 MARBLES CONTEST
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 the tournament. Dominic is being iionized by visiting newspaper men and is being heralded by the metro polltan press as "Nicly the Peeweo Champ" from New Britain.
 Interviewed this morning by a woman reporter for an Atlantic City paper, Dominic said that next to marbles his chief vices are straw berries and indoor baseball. He plays at the Smalley school.
 Dominic started in good shape this morning taking two from Ralph Will son Of Troy by scores of s to 5 and : to 6. He followed a few games later by taking one from Joe Augeri of Lawrence, who was tied Uitt Danny Gore of Springfield for .ae leadership of the Northeastern league. Joe came back t,l the next game by defeating his midget op- ponent. Scores: New Britain X, Lawrence 5; New Britain 3. Law renee s. By dropping one out of two games to Hoston the New Brit ain boy ], his last chance 10 win the cup as runner up in the North eastern league and is definitely out of the contest, He made a good record but he played the losing game with Boston under handicap. X small piece of wood defected his shooter and spoiled what probably would have been the winning shot. His escort halted the game until the wood was removed by the referee but the shot E@d been played and the game was lost.
 Dominic's record during the tour nament has been l2 games won and eight lost, The Lawrence champion with whom he has battled bitterly tor second place has a record of 13 won and five lost with two more games 10 play.
 Four Kinds Of Dessert
 Yesterday was big day for Dominic Cartelli, New Brilain's marble champion.
 From the time he got out Of bed. had q bath of hot sea water. and ordered four kinds of dessert for breakfast, 10 his official debut as q radio broadgastcr, his first oX- perienCc at a hotel dinner with three other boys as his sole compan- ions, 10 a free trip 10 the Globe theater as guest Of the Stanley Theater corporation, he was a busy boy.
 Ii was a busy day for everybody and especially the marble shooters as Atlantic City calls them. and ''Pewoe' from New Britain as he's called here, had not a duh moment
 It was the day of the banquet to the visiting newspaper men by the Atlantic City Press club. Boys and women were not invited. and by special arrangements and a sort of a suh-supcrvision. the boys. all 4 of them and one girl champion, have been on their own most all day.
 Up and dressel at G:30 q. m., Dominic followed his usual custom of ordering four desserts and cocca for his breakfast The hotel man agement imposes no restrictions and anything the boys want they get,
 Pushes League Leaders
 Two band concerts, one by Boy Scout band and the other q girls band, consisting Of young women in colonial uniforms, held his attention until the tournament started. In the eight games he played, h. won five. bringing his percentage up rom 800 to .57f and leaving him in third place, with Lawrence and Springfield, Mass, tied for first. in the Northeastern league. The semi finals on Thursday will eliminate all but two and the finals play will de- eide the championship.
 Dominic returned to the hotel at 1:30 for lunch and demanded straw berries and cream, stewcd rhubarb. sliced pineapple. cocoa, cream pie, and hardboiled eggs for his meal. He was given the desserts when he in sisted that he did not care for the baked mackcrel and roast which he was persuaded 10 eat, but refused potatoes au gratin entirely and was with difficulty prevailed upon to re- frain from hard boiled eggs.
 Immediately after lunch he and the other boys were treated to an automobile sight seeing tour of the city. ending at the IIygea baths where the champions had a dip in the sea water from the ocean.
 Following the swim. Dominic, es- corted by four other boy friends from Staten Island, Akron. Ohio; Buffalo and Troy, N. Yo went 10 the headquarters of the Atlantic City Press Club.
 Returning to the Knickerbocler Hotel. the boys bravely marched in- to the dining room, the Troy boy having gone to the Traymore, and proceeded to order their dinner like seasoned veterans, all the cs- corts by this time having assembled at the Palace Royal for the Press Club dinner.
 Mattresses having been tipped off previously 10 see that the boys did not go wild, held their orders in check to a certain extent. Dominic managed to get an order of corn flakes and cream and cocoa for din ner. while each of the four got away with q generous supply of strawber- " pie, and then finished with ice cream.
 Standing of Cities Last Night
 The standing of the cities in the northeastern league on the second day of the tournament was as fol- lows.
 springaeld-Won 10, lost 2, per centage, .S33.
 Lawrence-Won 10, lost ?, per centage, .SSS.
 New Britain-Won 8. lost (, per centage, .571.
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