New Britain herald., 1928-07-02
NEW BRITAIN BOY
 IN MARBLE FINALS
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i Cheered by gallery of fully 5000 people who thronged the boardwalk railing and filled the special stands On the beach, q group oi nine bows and one girl started this morning ill the semi-hnals, the finals Of which will be played tomorrow morning. Young CarteIi, his face wreathcd in smiles and brimming with conf dence. since crashing through and coming from. behind for a sensational sectional victory, Saturday morning. entered the ring at 10 a. m, erinned broadly, oaressed his iavorite mooney and knuck1ed down to the line prepared to repeat his asronish- ing victory of the elimination tourna- ment. if possible,
 | Ii there is more popular marble shooter on the boardwalk than Car telli he or she surely is well hidden for Dominic has been here twice be- tore and in previous years made a lost of friends among both young and old who have remembered him for his modesty, his good nature and above all his manliness, for although only F years oi age, this boy is every inch little gentleman. No sooner had the New Britain boy climbed off the train last "Wednesday than he was greeted by the porter from the Marlborough hotel who re- membered him from last year and from then on he was continuously re- newing old acquaintances.
 48 Shooters in 10 Leagues.
 This year the marble tournament shooters were grouped into ten leagues which included the 4S shoot CTS from as far away as Omaha, Neb,, and Fort Worth, Tex, on the west and south, and from Boston and Watertown. N. I., on the north and east. In this array of marble shooters there was one lone girl, Gladys Cole man, from Harrisburg, Pa, and this one girl certainly held her own with the boys, for she won her group championship in the eliminations and entered the semi-hnals today. Her victory in the eliminations was a spectacular one. She and young "Baldy" Johnny Selzer of Pittsburgh finished the series with a tie and it was necessary to play it off. Even then "Baldy" had the advantage until the very last for he won the lag and shot out II marbles, which seemed 10 assure him a certain vic tory. However, after his last shot his agate got left ill the ring. near the border. Gladys calmly clicked it out and thus, under tht rules of marble shooting, won the game by the score of l3 to O. It was a hcartbreakins finish for Badly but glorious win l for Gladys.
 Dominics play had not been too impressive during the carly rounds of the elimination tournament for while he had been as good as the others,
 he did not seem 10 outshinc them especially and little oolored Richard Holt of Springfield and Frank Di- vino oi Buffalo loomed as dangerous contenders At the close of the first days play Dominic was trailing young Holt. At the end of the second days play he was trailing both
 Holt and Divine and began Satur- days play under anything but favor able circumstances since he had seen fit to shift his agates and was shoot lng with new mooney instead of his nott1ed alley.
 Cartelli Starts for Goal.
 Cartelli's first game Saturday was one postponed from Friday and it was against Frank Divino of Buffalo. Dvlno won the lag and started shoot ing. He missed the first shot and Dominic clicked off one and then missed. Divino then ran off four straight shots and Carteli's stock had taken big drop when he again came to the ring; but, cool and collected, the New Britain youngster eyed the scattered marbles, rolled his agate lovingly and shot. He had put a lot ot English on it and two marbles scooted to the sidelincs. Dominic then proceeded to knock out six more and took the match from Buffalo, 9 and 1. On the second game against the same opponent his rival took the lag and ran off four before he missed. Dom nlc managed to get three. but missed an easy one and Divine cleaned them up, winning 10 and }.
 Then came the surprise of the day. Constantine Jeicen, Of Watertown. who up to the last day had won but single game and was regarded as a rank outsider. suddenly came to life. His escort. Donald Fisher, physical instructor in the Watertown Public High School. promised him he would stop off and take him to a baseball