Pittston Gazette from Pittston, Pennsylvania • Page 6

Ti Ataa 4 it I Jr. I 1 1 1 vim I OsrATU ctw. Tjrt izatii vttl ism it i Trni iirMh i i rr mi aa imamaim Si lit (Gocd 7 tf 1 Si a yfuk 'S Blair im mooeW IVe totai. orxnertu MTWAOfflV'S 6 MUCH issd IN rwrottnoutnim rAVWa inl usep The answer lies not okly In (he ab taJltiea. Incidents such as the deaths of Frankle Jerome and Clever Sen io Indirectly caused by Bud Taylor, are few and tfar between.

The supervisions of the various boxing commissions is usually )too strict to per cause It Is thrlUlng and dangerous, but the records show very few fatal injuries from this (flashing game. Bull tf Ighting is no game for a weak heart or a weak stomach, either. Lacrosse and polo take their toll of but according to Pedlar Palmer's eoiv, who was. In America la the anoet dangerous Srtf Is it footlball, boxing, poio tulliflghtlng, auto ractng Vv ii any one of the other thrillers In VSch serious accidents occur? Without going into vital statics of the tease, or for that matter even attempting to answer the question, let ua look over a few cif the aforemen tloned eporta and see wherein the danger Jles. an tincoaidltloned fighter to en 'kilt recently, the cruel est thing In sports, next to cock fighting, Is the annual sence of mass plays, but in th fact that the training methods of today are so (much better, and the players are in vastly superior condition when game time comes around.

(Eighteen players were killed in 1905 and about 160 injured Ibut you heard of very few fatalities or serious hurts during the recent football season. Auto racJng has 4ts good and Its bad years. In ons season, 1924, six "Knights of the Roaring Road" were killed. The loss of Jimmy Murphy, Joe Boyer, Darto IResta, Ernie Ansterberg. Earl Wilson, and Grand National Steeplechase In Eng ter the ring.

Jess WtUard's cose was different. A 1man inounta1n" of his size and strength was liable to kill anyone he hit with full force. As far as baseball goes, "it's a wander more pitchers and Infielders weren't killed when 'rabblt ball" was in vogue. Ray Chapman's tragic death, after being hit by one of Carl land. Photos showing the Jumps at Aintree remind one of a troop of "ir I' 1 iu i irooDoaa is etui a aangerous spon and no game of violent personal contact between two teams of red cavalry under machine gun fire.

Peg Murray Says blooded youths can without occasional Injuries but the present Tale, Dartmouth, and Harvard May's underhand shoots, Is the only all went into their games with Brown with the Idea of skinning gaiAe, oven though It is played nattier than ever before and toy a great many more men aixl boys, has few Ralph Thomas have been unequaled I 1 the Bear, but each came out with fatal baseball accident that ff can recall. Ice hockey attracts crowds be i ft. only a bare skin. Boodng ias suffered very few fa Injuries than twenty years ago. ABB MS GRAHAM IS WHIPPED 1200,000 TO MEET BOYS' VAHS1TY OF EXETER HIGH IIS; GIRLS ARE DEFEATED Exeter High echool boys' varsity i AS LOCALS DEFEAT NJ Jit BYTONYCHEIIi FLOWERS TOR TITLE 'mcDADinniWTrr By (HENRY IL.

FARRBLX. Chlpago, 111., Dec. 18. Mickey Walker, the newly crowned middle 1 1 1 II Hllll IJI III! I LI (United Press Staff Correspctident) basket ball team scored a victory defeated flydo Park, the New York, Dec It Add another boxing upset to the last days of 1926. over Mooslc High school quintet last 'weight champion, will not give Tiger evening In the Exeter High school Flowers a chanc to win back the gymn, score tl to 18, tout the Exeter tltle unt nl uImmr mftnflr nf tn ttflA hn rlor.

on last Eager to acquire some' of the fame a dozen "unknowns" have Penn SUte League's latest entry In a. loosely played came on the Eagle Hose Company Court, score 36 to 29. Whenever the visitors came within few points of the locals. Fowler's amassed during this beetle year of gins vrsiiy was no jnaicn xor Furthermore. Kearns added smooth working Moosle sextette and he would insist on 200,000 as Walk sports, dne Tony Oansoneri, tt Italian youngster, boxed his way to a decision last night over Bushy oranam, utlca bantamweight earn forged ahead to a comfortable ad, which was maintained until the whistle blew.

I rrimmy" OlMetts, former star of Exeter Aigrrchool quintet, was Graham Is the same lad who. Is scheduled to meet Charley (Phil) uosenoerg lor the "world's bantam. tar for Pittston last weight title on January 7. For al most a year fight followers have been Insisting that the Utlca boxer the Mooslc girls romped away with a r's share of the purse. 18 to triumph.

The games were! t.pto,l?1 rcturn witnessed by a large throng of inter mathJ Utw Mm nd his manager to dig up the promoter SJxt Tuesday night the Exeter i0 us 200'000 Kearn8 teams Journey to Wyoming to play: cost U8 wjn return engagements with the boys becauae of the agreement we were and girls i teams of Wyoming High forced to algn guaranteeing Flowers school. Recently teams $65 000 ne Now that we nave defeated Wyoming at Exeter gym tne championship, we will do some of and thereby aroused the ire of the the dictating ourselves." boys from the historic town on the Meanwhile Walker expects to en south. Tuesday's games should be 'gage some less dangerous opponents well worth while "witnessing as the And wIM Invade the Pacific Coast teams coached by Tom McNeil and after the first of the year for two or It has iWen the uncrowned champion. He wa crowned last night In Of adi wm oquare uaraen but not with a title. i Canzoncri, who comes from WI1 light fi as high scorer with It 'olnU to 1ls credit.

"Ham" Gra Tam 'also scored well (while he held local boy playing a for irard ifeaitloh' for iHyde Park score ese ronvthe field. The work of anL Carter' was also, yerr" good. Oeorfe Levy was )e shining light. for the visitors, rln lit points. ThU victory keeps the locals in the VV the pennant fight, Pittston mow a second place contender.

arUfitM, Taylor boy, refereed a section of New York City, where the kids frequently have to (fight or perish, has been boxing cnariey SkrmaK are determined to three contests, returning to Chicago for kss than two years. The odds to box in February. placed him at a disadvantage of 4 Will Bong Good Cheer Every Wash Day Miiniuiitte Thro' the Year wnip tne Wyoming teams again. Last night's scores follow: BOYS' GAME. xeter Hlgb.

to 1. But It seerns to be a growing cus Kearns favors Chicago es the battle ground for the return match with Flowers, with Promoter Jim Mullen staging It In the Cubs' ball park. The Cubs park prill ibe enlarged to scat im and did' so In his usual G. F. Pts, tom among' prize ring addicts not to fcare any mora a.1out tfliw oMa The 'lineups: It I than about opponents' jaws.

60,000, Caneonerl started out from the .10 0 Skrlnakf. 6 1 Loioskl, f. 5 0 Sokach, 1 1 g. 0 0 Carrozza, g. 0 .1 Clemovich, Jr.

2 l' gong and won the first round. Then he found that Graham was boxing more with his feet than his hands. Go the young Italian. 'Instead of bOTg7f. V'.

0 F.rPts. 2 7 It 5 2 2 4 8 GOLF AS CHAMPIONS PLAY IT 1 82 being uncorked a dazzling Your Credit Is Good Here exhibition pt footwork and forced the fighting throughout the snatch. 16 16 10 Totals (.... 14 4 Mooslc High. o.

f. Richards, f. 1 Freeman, 1 The decision in his favor (was Park. unanimous. F.

Pts. ran am appearea timia. ne wai 1 lowed In mediocrity, apparently content to dance around the ring with O. 4 0 0 1 0 1 12 1 0 0 Lutx, g. v.

0, io. 0 out xaylng an offensive with any real ftower. The Utlca fighter probably will A 1 get his chance at Rosenberg's title Home Electric Apfice Ci 1 OO N. Main St, Pittston Phone 1 es Scranton 3S2 Adams Phone 2 7272 1 THE DIFFERENCE IN DEEP AND SHALLOW FACED CLUBS IS IN THE CONSTRUCTION! next month, however, because the ibout was not at the bantamweight f.l.i.. 6 17 29 ne score: 28 Pittston limit.

i ToUls 9 IB Half time score; 8 7, Exeter High leading. Scorer Kaufman. Dal led a. Referee Brlngman. Fouls called, on Exeter 11, onMoosltf u.

I GIRLS' GAME. Fo)it ort. Pittston 2, on t.abU Scorer Fow SRIEPLHIISHOLOIIP. JOft AVERAGE COLFER Exeter High: I. O.

F. Pts. ulnnn Ml, 0UHYEAC0I1QUERS f.ieiiiRoa:j Boyce, 0, Blederman, jr. I ii PTO Vll.n.l.a'l ping Duryea. The lineups: i DURYEA JP Carey, 2 Wywlorskl, F.

0 SadusU. F. 6 Roberts, F. 2 Bigger. 1 FOKKEEKS CID fOHGETBM Pts.

10 County Commissioner D. M. Ros has mads a statement explain 0F1III it; I. E. Moran, M.

Moran, sc. 4 Anielral, g. Abromavlch, g. lng the' situation relating to the structlbn of a new highway tk rough Charles D. aged years, sy bach'slor, whoJ; was promi ill UTTEfl'S CMIRT What is the difference between the shallow and deep faced, club By MIKE BRADY Western Open Champion, 1922 The of course, Is In the nstruction.

Both are made to serve a The golfer with the easy timed' swing who can't put the punch into his 'shot without pressing, should never use a deep faced driver, brassie or spoon. It requires a hard hitter to use these modern deep faced clubs. The average gdlf the "Narrows" extending from the CUrke. C. 0 foot, of Wyoming avenue Kingston.

nent in Wllkefbarrev affairs, was BuchowskI, Q. I to Plymouth, He said the' present Totals Mooslc High. G. Duryea High School sprang Zukowskl. G.

delay in getting tne project started ig last evening tf scor Ichalk, O. is over, plans for a bridge to cross ing a decisive victory over Old ToUls the tracks of the L. A W. R. R.

so as to avoid a grade crosslngbut Phahl, f. 7 Frost, f. .10 Campbell, e. 0" Frost, so. i 0 Pts.

It 22 0 iiagef o( the fit. a Americans has 1st it be known backstop, Valgned as his assistant, will active )part'Ja the play of own lV.f, riwashe best catcher in the nal Jjeagus Sast season," yV "and as good as any of the i Bjjpwns staff of back 1 catch 75 games for ma i he showed' last so help to the club. V(; i. when not F. 2 2 0 0 0 i ii OLR FORGE v.

nH tin loii street.1 He was ftnember' vrt. toternonal WMSliSl if 'theseeona'deaCK tM famfthl, twey.f0Ur hSS ble rr JrrSrb? oesn. kiud em Thursday bile rork. in.th, tnluss. A.

double funeral will 1' IFerge High on the lattes floor, score tt to SI. Duryea's victory cme one week after Coach Wywlpr that "would be started in the Pts. 11 er will get better results with a fairly shallow club. i' spring. i found dead In, ois.roomn the'Xee Building, 1 8ou KranHn ptreet, yesterday afteraoon, wbeii an investigation was tnade after.

woman who did his washing. said she( was unable to find blntr His deovmnosed body was lying. In $ed IbdkcaUons were that Ml1: Narrower hid Idled of natural 'causes about tre weeks ago. (Copies of earspapere bearing dates from or, lloo were found Mr, rrewer jras Tberfi near Eunlra. N.

Y. andbad bW resi Marino, F. Zara. r. .14 kl's boys bad suffered a humiliat WHUams, uA, O.

I' Seraflae, ,7. Are yon a beginner In'the "Rorar ing defeat at the fcands of Central lnc ttio game right. Send lOo in and Ancient TAo emi Hmt stamps to the Pittston Gazette Golf High. On the other hand, Old Basta, F. 1 Bahalla, O.

I vToUl 4 tl r. JIait tfmd score: 19 0, Mooslc lead eer few strokes? fljbcn Room 910, 440 So. Dear Forge bad ft very good day aftsmoeiuV A Ing i Ttefee Mlas: Lowson. "Fouls illea, on 'etui" lo: Mooslo 6. rating as a result of their triumph over Carbondale High and It was Touts r.

1 1 i Referee rBoland. Half time score. irs of the (Copt! Sit, lilt. Associated Edltor In team i iM expected that Old Forge would have I Fouls called on xi; dent ef wnkestfarreformany, grs. posted.

ths reblgh TaUey game, particularly aloable comparatively difficulty whip on uia.roete.' ii. ie was I epiployed as an enilesjer On telirement II yenrs i'..