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New Britain herald., 1927-10-11
MATCHED FOR BOUT

Chicago, Oct. II P-Frankie Garcia, of Los Angeles, and Babe Ruth. of Louisville. were matched today to box ten rounds here Oct IT, at 126 pounds.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-11
Spe a king of Sports

Announcement has been m9do hv the All-New Britain football man agement that "Cnk" Connolly. local football player who has appeared at end for a number of seasons has been let out of the ;eam 'Indiffor ence' is the explanation given by the promoters of the team.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-11

There is absolutely no criticism of Connolly's playing on the field" " Manager Ed Daley stated today, 'Cnk always gave bis best on the lot but he has been dissatisfied sine" the season opened. He first stated he would play with New Britain and then he said he was going to Hart ford. Then, for some uuaccount- able reason, he didn't go to Frank ford"
New Britain herald., 1927-10-11

Tom Humphreys is the authority for the statement that the Bridge rort team is whirlwind this year. He states that the outfit is very good on forward passing and he has warned the local combination that afternoon.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-11

Hartford than Wc are paying him, then We certainly don't want 70 stand in his way. We cant have Il team with indifferent or dssatis- tied players on it and although the like "Unk" immensely. We felt that he wouldn't be at his best playing with us"
New Britain herald., 1927-10-11

New Britain meets the Submarine Base team of New London ill this city week from Sunday, Two weeks from Sunday, the team goes 10 Stapleton again. This will be on October 80 and a large number of local fans is planning to take in the game.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-11

He is so confident of victory that he insisted on naming q price for victory and another one for ti" or loss. If his team lo}cs. he will receive just about his eXp'nscs while If 1t wins, he will make some money.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-11

Tom Leary who will make his debut on d New Britain football field next sunday against All Bridgeport, may also be seen play ing in this city next winter. Tom is considering signing with 1.anphcr for the coming season. He was a star court man with Fordham and he will be a big addition 10 the local quintet.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-11

"Kisky" Fcldman and Jimmy Malcolm will be paired up again on the Bristol Endee basketball team this season. "Kisky' at the con clusion of every season. makes the announcement that he is through but like Red" Campbell or Rip ger" Mckeon of kcnsingtOn the start of another year sees him out as strongly as before.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-11
WITH THE BOWLERS
PALACE ALLEYS

INTER CHURCH JUttIE
New Britain herald., 1927-10-11

Whether Connolly will go with Hartford or not remains 10 be socn. "Cnk" hasn't made any statement hatever about his future football plans.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-11

This leaves New Britain with still four ends in the gam". They are 'Shcp' Bingham, Tom L"ary, Staton and "ilik"r' Holzheim"r.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-11

We have been asked Manning $ first name, whether t is Jim or Joe. His full name n pTiNat" life is James Joseph Manning, Jim or Joe suits him.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-11

A meeting of the managers Of ii" basketball teams entered iu tn" state basketball league will be held soon 10 perfect plans for the opening of the l927-oS season. Predictions are that the coming year will he one Of the best on record in Connecticut.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-11

We received letter today from the manager of the All-RridgcpOrt football team stating that his outfit was prepared 10 hand New Britain . lacing next Sunday. He states that his team hasn't been beaten in the last two years. the only defeat being suffered in 1925.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-11

Jim Manning will also be with the Bristol Endees again this year. Manning was thorn in the side of all opposition on the court last year
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BAN THREATENS TO REVEAL ALL FACTS
OF BALL SCANDAL AT SPECIAL MEETING
American Head Declares That With
ployes and That Neither Will Play Again in Circuit, Despite Any
Ruling 10 Contrary by High

our public. Certainly We had the right
to let two employees go II we felt that
they had violated trust. But Lands
had no right to release the Leonard
charges.
He had taken no part In the GUST
ing of the two men. II was merely a
league. not an interleague matter. and
there was nothing to be gained by
telling the world that we felt Cobb
and Speal er had made mistakes
which made them unwelcome EN-
ployes."
Asked why he first broke with
Lands. Johnson said
when | take the stand Monday l
may tell the whole story of my rela-
tionship with the Judge If he wants
to know when l lost faith in him I'll
tell him this:
"When the Black Sox scandal broke,
the American League voted to prose
cute the crooked players. Lands was
given the job After several months
had passed / asked him what he was
doing and he replied nothing
Ready to Tell All.
81 took the case away from him.
prosecuted it with the funds of the
American League, and never asked
him for help. l had decided he didn't
want to cooperate.
envy second break with Lands came
over a financial matter. I don't care
to discuss it now. but l will tell about
it Monday If he wants me to-"
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LEADERS AT HOCKEY
HAVE EASY SAILING

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 17.-Little
opposition appeared directly ahead of
the ottawa Senators, leaders in the
international section of the National
Hockey League. and the New York
Rangers, pacemakers In the American
group. in the league schedule for the
coming week. While the hashy Otta-
wa skaters ran the lead they hold over
the New York Americans. runners up
in the international section, from Z
to II points, the Rangers spurted two
more games ahead of Chicago during
the past week of play.
Ottawa reaches into the American
League section to engage the Pitts
burgh Pirates, tail.enders in that
branch. on Tuesday night while the
Rangers, fresh from tight 5-4 win
over Chicago last night. tackle the
Boston Bruins on both Tuesday and
Thursday. Ottawa takes on the cham.
pion Montreal Maroons, now resting in
fourth place in the Senators section.
on Saturday. while the Rangers meet
their fellow townsmen, the New York
Americans, in Madison Square Garden
next Sunday.
Only one change took place in the
Standing of the teams during the
week. The Detroit Cougars by means
of two victories managed to edge out
Of the cellar in the American group
| pushing Pittsburgh. which dropped
| two meetings, to the bottom of the
| standing.
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MAJOR MINOR DRAFT
C0NFAR Is ON TODAY

By the Associated Press
CHICAGO. January 1T-Base Ball
Commissioner Lands took his four
proposals aimed at base ball irregu.
larities to the meeting of the ma jor.
minor league committees at French
Lick Springs. Ind, today
The rules which the commissioner
wants written into the code of organ
lied base ball were formulated as A
result of the investigation of the Ris
berg -Gandil charges that the Chicago
White Sox bought a fOur.Rame series
from Detroit i'm 1917 When Lands
absolved the former Sox and Tigers
he said he favored rule To prevent
any more 10-year-old scandals bobblng
up and he also suggested some severe
penalties for betting
At French Lick committees of three
representing each major league and
the minors had before them the re-
newal of the draft agreement which is
based upon the continuance Of Lam
dis as commissioner of base hall.
Three class AA leagues were ex-
pected to renew their objections to
the draft. with all the other minors
accepting it's continuance for the new
seven-year term of the commissioner
The International and Pacific Coast
Leagues and the American Associa-
ton are the circuits which do not sub
nit to the major league draft. Some
increase Of the number of players the
ma jors are permitted to have out on
option may be urged by the big league
committeeman. At present each club
is permitted only FIVE PLAYERS out in
the minors subject TO recall.
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Pitching Decline Since Ban
On Freak Shoots Explained
By Better Batters-Collins
TwENTY.oNE YEARS OF BASE BALL.
BY EDDIE COLLINS.
XIII. FREAK PITCHING

Twenty-three or four years ago III
mer Stricklett accidently learned that
If he moistened a spot on the ball as
large as would be covered by the two
fingers of his pitching hand he could
get a peculiar and effective break
on the bail.
That was the discovery of the So
called spit ball. the first of bagful
OF trick deliveries, including some
that were dangerous. Stricklett was
a clever fellow and having perfected
his new delivery to a point that gave
him a new lease Of life as a pitcher
he impaired his secret to several pitch
ing friends and the splitter became
a fad.
However, only a few of the hun
dreds who tried this moist ball be-
came really proficient, and though it
was easy on the hurler it was a mean
ball for inf1elders to handle for rea-
sons it is not necessary to detail This
objection led some of the young hufl-
ers coming up to wraek their brains
for method that would give them
the advantages of the splitter without
its Objectionable features. and some
genius thought of roughing as much
of the surface of the ball as had
heretofore been moistened.
Emery Ball" is Evolved.
It was found that any abrasive ma
terial. but preferably emery powder,
would do the trick, and then we had
the emery" bail. That was an effec-
tive, but decidedly dangerous change
and several players were hit and
ruined, notably Roy Corhan. Coast
League shortstop. who a few weeks
after coming to the White Sox was
all but killed by Russell Ford.
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BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK. January 1.-THE
pugilistic pot dubbed about Madison
Square Garden today as Tex Richard
set his stage for one championship
battle and worked out details leading
to second
While F'idel Labarba. fyweight
champion from California. and EIky
Clarke, kingpin of Europe's little men
in that division, entered the final
stages Of training for the first inter
national fyweight championship strug.
gle since the days of Jimmy Wilde.
which is to be held in the Garden
Friday night. Richard worked on plans
for the first important battle in a
coming heavyweight series.
He was in conference today with
Pete Reilly, manager of Jack Delaney.
in an effort to close a match between
the light heavyweight champion and
Jimmy Maloney, Boston slugger.
Reilly announced that Delaney was
ready to meet any heavyweight in the
elimination series that is to decide
Champion Gene Tunney's challenger
next September. Reilly asked for a
match with Paolino Uzcudun, Span.
tsh heavyweight who knocked out the
Cuban champion Ferro in one round
at Havana Saturday night, but was
told that Uzcudun did not wish such
match at this time. The terms
offered Reilly for a Maloney match
are understood to be satisfactory to
the light heavyweight king. Ma
loney's attitude is not known.
Meanwhile, betting commissioners
offered odds of TO l that La Barba
would defeat the British challenger
for the worlds honors Friday night.
The speed and punching power of
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will be played in the Eastern High
gym.
Warwick Props win engage the
Swavely Prep team tomorrow at Ma.
nassas, Va.
Washington Props are looking for
several f1rsT-class players to round out
the entry in the Community Center
League.
Games with midget f1ves are wanted
by the Kennedy ouint. They may be
booked at Columbia 1862.
Stanton A. c. fioormen want games
with teams having gyms.
A game between Webster Night
School and Eagles billed for tomorrow
evening at Business High School has
been postponed.
Park View basketers will meet to-
night at 1114 Park road.
A meeting of the Anacostia Eagle
Juniors will be held tonight at 133S
Ridge place southeast
Seneca Juniors are seeking action.
CAN Manager Clark. Lincoln 1881.
Roamer hoornen seek games in the
unlimited and senior class. Call Man.
ager Pitts at Lincoln 1914.
Comet Junior hoormen of Hyatts.
Vile want a game with a Washing
ton team tomorrow night Cab Hyatts
vile SOC.
Odd Fellows. quint of Fort Hum.
phreys trimmed the Q Commercials
56 to 10. -''''''
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PALACE BASKETERS
WIN IN OVERTIME

Two more strenuous games will
teams in the professional loop are bin
ed for the Palace Club basketers early
this week. George Marshall's aggre-
cation will face Fort Wayne again
tonight at the Arcadia, and tomorrow
will travel to Brooklyn to meet the
Celtics. who have already trounced it
twice this year
Victories tonight and tomorrow will
put Palace just that much better i'm
relation to the leaEue.lea ding C1eve.
land Rosenblums. although Palace
seems to have second place clinched
as the end of the first half of the pro
circuit nears.
Washington went into an extra
period to trounce Fort Wayne last
night; 3S to IS, after A Palace debacIe
seemed on the cards. Efficient guard.
ing kept the teams from scoring from
the moor in the early part of the
game, with the result that one goal
represented the field efforts Of the two
teams, while both had annexed Z
points from the foul toss line.
Tied 9 to 9 at the end of the half.
George Glasco Topped one In from the
floor. but then Fort Wayne went to
work and led 90 to 16, with but 10
minutes to go. At this point Ripley
and Saunders stepped out to put Pal
ace in front, 90 TO "a, only to have
Fort Wayne come back to knot the
count at 50.alI as the regulation pc
Rod ended
Bonnie Borsenan, forward for Fort
Wayne, slipped in a two-pointer one
minute after the extra period started.
But Kennedy and Smythe scored
8 from the floor to get the game for
Palace.
Waivers have been asked by the
Washington club on Tillie Voss, with
Ted Kearns, formerly of the Balti.
more Orioles, scheduled to come to
Washington.
Announcement was made that Lou
Sugarman, pilot of the Baltimore
Orioles. is to be relea sed. Efforts are
being made to secure Johnny Beck
man of the Celtics to lead the last.
place Baltimore outfit
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SENIOR COURT LEADERS
STAGE CONTEST TONIGHT

There is to be a change in the stand
ing Of two of the three leading teams
in the senior basket ball circuit late
tonight. Either Epiphany Roses or
Arrows will be tied with Calvary toss
ers for the lead in the senior loop at
the close of the scheduled game be-
tween Epiphany and Arrows at the
Arcadia.
Both teams have won all their league
games. Roses have piled up an i'm
pressive record of rs straight victories.
Play will start at $40 O'Clock and
will precede a contest between the
Washington Wonder five and the Fort
Washington tossers.
After this match the Palace club
professional tossers will engage the
Fort Wayne team.
Elliotts and Calvary are scheduled
to take the floor in one game of a
double header at Washington Bar
racks Wednesday night, with Kama
whas and Auths opposing in the other
fracas.
Anacostia Eagles secured sweet re-
venge for an early season trouncing
at the hands of the Hyattsvil1e Guards
men, outclassing the Company F Reg
ulars in game in the Congress
Heights Auditorium to the tune of Al
to IS.
Washington Yankees put a stop to
the winning streak of the Reina Mer-
cedes quint of Annapolis in Gonzaga
gym. trouncing the COB tossers, 43
to 81.
Columbia A. C. tossers rolled up
29.to-5 score on the Elliotts in a pre-.
lininary game TO the professional con.
test at the Arcadia. The game put
Columbia eighth in the senior. loop
and settled Elliotts in last place.
STATIONS downed St. Stephens toss
ers 81 to Is in a game played in Con
zaga gym.
Richmond Y. NJ. HI. A. fioorrnen won
fast game from the Washington
7. M. H. A. tossers in the Jewish
Community gym. % to %.
Arrows ran their senior league rec
ords to six straight wins by trimming
the Park Views at Gonzaga gym, %
to 20.
st. Martins Midgets won a close
game from the Live Wires, II to Is.
Live Wires had won previous con-
test.
Boys Club Celtics annexed a game
from the Wizard five in Congress
Heights gym, 81 to Z.
Palace Props 115-pOund aggregation
scored 20.to-19 victory over the EN-
erald Athletic Club five.
Five games are billed this week in
the Community Center League. The
following senior games are listed:
Tuesday, Live Wires vs.. Auroras;
Thursday, Warwicks VS.. Independ.
ents; De Molays VS.. Auroras; Satur.
day, Live Wires We Warwicks. Pom
tiacs will meet Eastern Props in the
Junior division tomorrow. All games
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The emery ball had a distinct ad
vantage over the splitter as it was
hard to discover it until damage had
been done. After a time the clever
er fellows who resorted to emery
used just enough of ii to enable
them to get a good grip, perhaps
tearing the leather just little on
one side, so they could make it sail. "
Players were being "beaned" all
the time and though in some cases
il merely was a matter OF stepping
into a fast ball that was thought to
be a curve. every time a man was
badly hit there would be an cutlery
against all manner OF trick deliver
les.
Russell Ford was a member of the
Yankees when he hit Corhan and
while he still was with the team,
New York brought in a strapping
big minor Lacquer hailed as a spit
ball hurler, Ray Heating. Whether
Ford showed Heating the effective
ness of the emery or not | do not
know, but at any rate he heard of It
and tried 1t out-successfully
Ump's Ire Is Reused.
In 1914 we were playing the last
game of a series in Boston and we
were fighting all through the game
over the condition of the ball. Tom
my Connolly and Bill Dineen were
umpiring and we rufied Toms sense
of dignity with impunity. We went
from Boston to New York and who
should appear to umpire but Con-
molly and Dineen.
Heating opened against us and
being the visiting team we were
first at bat. Briscoe Lord led off for
us and struck out. RUDE Oldring
was the second batter and he fan
ned on three balls AS he passed
me on the way to the bench he said
Look at the BALI
When ! stepped up to the plate
asked Connolly to let me see the
ball
Get in there and hit" said Tom
CURLY, You wasted a long after
noon Yesterday, but you are not
going to get away with 1t today
| Get in there and hit"
II won't hit until you look at the
| ball" | answered.
| was peeyed myself, especially al
| Toms brusque manner.
For answer he roared at Heating
| pitch the ball.
] did not even take my position
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Lands Responsible for 7ag Reputation Cobb and Speaker
When Base Ball Was Young
By JOHN B. FOSTER
Players With Whiskers-

They called that particular spot the
"Old Red House Ground" and there
is legend to the effect that the Old
Red House dispensed liquids that were
cooling and inviEorating after the CON
testants had played a game of base
ball and run their fool legs off to
make II runs.
The contending teams were the
Gothams and the KnickerboCkers
names long famous in New York. The
game lasted 16 innings and the run
on the Old Red House bar never was
surpassed and never before had been
appropriated. The GothamS won
The silent vote against any future
Volstead law was una nimous and was
carried so or 60 times to make sure
that 1t did carry. Sixteen innings Of
base ball to a victory were celebrat ted
with red fire at night, and long after
the sun had set the glad tidings were
being driven about all over the city
Fast colts trotted back to Long Is.
land, their reinsmen stopping en- route
to spread the news that there had
been base ball game at the Old Red
House which had lasted Is innings
and that the red glare in the skv
in the northwest was from the huge
bonfire that some of the kids had
lighted.
Hundreds Visit Scene.
The next day hundreds went to
the scene of the game. They walked
around the field, examined with much
care the spot where home plate was
located and stood on q mark drawn
where the pitchers had worked They
walked over the ground until it looked
like the site of the famous crabapple
tree of New Brunswick. n. J.
You've seen the fans do that these
days at the world series. Base ball
is much like it was when Uncle Bill
Hopkins hitched up his Hambletonian
and drove to the Old Red House u
years ago, taking his toddy standing
and wanting to bet eight shillin' !"
that there never would be another
such game played in the world.
Tomorrow Fifty Called Balls
Before a Strike"
fCopvrIrht 1927
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BASE BALL DEFENDED
BY WALTER JOHNSON

Base ball Is as honest as any pro-
fession, and more 80 than most
Walter Johnson, premier pitcher of
the American League, told a large
audience Of boys and men at the aft
ernoon service yesterday at All Saints
Episcopal Church. Chevy Chase. Nd.
Men occasionally go wrong in every
,ther sort of occupation. the veteran
Explained, but the white light of
publicity which beats on major and
minor league players renders their
failings sensational
Men engaged in banking and in law
go crooked" he told his eager hear
ers, but nobody gets pessimistic over
the future Of either institution. Base
ball, as a national professional game,
he averred, is perfectly safe in spite of
occasional maIodorous happenings.
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ONE TITLE BOUT CARDED:
RICHARD PLANS ANOTHER

, the western youth, not yet % years
old. are expected to count heavily in
his favor over the comparatively
short 12-round route. Clarke. skilled
veteran Of 20, is admittedly more at
home over a distance of Is to 20
rounds
The semi final of the championship
fight, also 10 rounds, will bring to-
gether frankie Genaro, who lost his
American title to La Barba and
Newsboy Brown. of Sioux City, Iowa.
Trip Limboco. Filipino fiyweight. and
Billy Kelley of Scranton, Pa, are
booked for 10 rounds on the same
card.
Tonight at the New Broadway Are
ma, Sid ferris. lightweight pride of
New York's East Side. will attempt
a comeback against Ray Mitchell of
Philadelphia. ferris has been out OF
the ring for the past months.
Harry Wallach of New York and Al
Gordon. Philadelphia lightweight,
will meet in the semi-final. Both
bouts are for, 10 rounds
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BASE BALL MEETINGS
CALLED BY TWO CLUBS

Two organizations will discuss nlarS
for the base ball season AT MEETINGS r.
night. Moose players who last season
performing as juniors, won the snort
Mart League title. and this wear will
play as seniors, will gather at the
home of Manager Nalley. 1884
Eleventh street southeast. Last sea
son players, as well as new candi.
dates, are expected to attend.
Newcomers also are invited to at.
tend the session of Anacostia. Eagle
juniors, to be held at o'clock at 1888
Ridge place southeast.