New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 7, 1924, Page 9

Licerrr & Myrrs Tonaceo Co. BOSHLHEHHOS S EESEH00 09 Speaking% of Sports ERTVIVETPITFIITIIIEETIID The law of world series averages still gives the National league champions a slight edge in the fact | make a man wealthy and wise, but| that they captured the first game., In the 20 world series played since | 1908, 16 have been won by the team | that captured the first game, while | the team that lost the first succeeded only five times in gaining the cham- pionship. The five to accomplish this were the Red Sox In 1903, the Athletics in 1911, the Red Sox in 1915, the Glants in 1921, the Glants that year losing the first two and the ‘Yankees last year. The Meriden Bronx A. C. team al- ready claims a season record. . The outfit scored 33 points in the last quarter of Sunday's game against the Bons of Italy of Southington. ¢ that fs not a record, it ought o be, Trinity is working hard this week fn preparation for the game with Colby Saturday. ‘Wesleyan now is invading the Bross-country athletic fleld. Al- yeady a cross-country squad is prac- Heing. ‘Wesleyan's gridders play Columbia @his week and the outlook is none oo bright for the river city boys. Fmil Paluso, well known and a general favorite among local fight fans, takes on Al Felder, a New York flyweight, at the Foot Guard hall in Hartford next Tuesday night. Joe Gedeon, baseball player, dropped from the St. Louis Browns because of knowledge he had of the 1919 world series scandal, was ar- rested in Sacramento yesterday in the campaign to clean up liquor con- ditiona in Sacramento county. The White Sox finished at the hot- tom of the American league per- kentage column, three notches lower than the Cubs in the National league, but took the championship of Chicago yesterday by winning § to 3, and making it four victories to two. It made the American leaguers triumphant for the tenth time of thirteen series played. James A, Hélbrooke, 20, of T.ouisa, Ky., died in a Huntington, W. Va,, hospital yesterday from injuries re- ceived in a foothall game between Wayne High school and Louisa High school at Louisa last Saturday. Holbrooke, who was captain of the Louisa team, was knocked uncon- sclous when tackled. Death was caused by a blood clot on the brain. Of greater interest to us than mixed bouts are bouts in which the noble tin ears show a willingness to mix it Living in China is not altogether horrible. The natives, for instance never have to worry about who's going t6 win the baseball races. A gentienan in Washington had { mark will gver become famous. his whole stomach reshingled the papers scarccly mentioned He wasn’t a heavyweight fighter, and it. Don't let anybody kid you the football season has opened until you see one of those undergrad saps wearing a four-plus coon-skin over- coat. Early to bed and early to rise may apparently it will never make him a prince. It is unlikely that the league hitter who is after Texas Ruth's The records show he was never arrested for speeding. The boys say Bob Titzsimmons son 1s & joke fighter, A quip off the old block, as one might say. Biil Methorn, who used to be a hod-carrier, is now a golf champion. But we don't suppose any of the country club sheiks care to start out that way. In a magazine article Bill Tilden reveals the secrets of his tennis sué= cens, but he fails to explain why he was not born in California. ‘Wilbert Robinson is one of the greatest all-round men in baseball— judging him by his waistline. CLASSIC PLAYS ON GRIDIRON How “Potsy” Clark Ran His Famons “Perfect Interference” Touch- down, By R. A, COWELL Football Coach, University Mississippi. Perch yourself up where I was, on the score board, with a wonder- ful lengthwise view of the football field at Urbana, T1l, below. Tilinois and Chicago were engaged in a Wes- tern Conference battle before 18,- 000 frenzied fans, a capacity crowd for that field. For it was the season of 1914 and Niinols was s{ill 10 years removed from that now dwarfs the comparison The whistle blow half. Chicago kicked off. without preliminaries the play I have ever seen on ball field was being re “Potey” Clark, Illinois’ received the kick dire the goal post and i yard line. He was away like a raight down the field he headed, Ten yards, 20 yards Well, he didn't stop until he had crossed Chicago's goal line It was a great bit of runni Clark's part, but the memory stays most vividly with of the great st old field by the second And greatest ny led at for foot- off. back, Iy in front of ide the five- sprinter. g on that me is of | those ‘other 10 Tllmi mowing down their Maroon opponents like many tenpins Like tenpins beca it éeemed to me that the whole flock of potential tacklers converging on the runner were cut down simul- taneously, 0 dium | That was as pretty a piece of team-play as a lovegr of the game could wish to see. Eleven men acting as one. Perfect timing. Perfect co- ordination. Perfevt execution. Any- | one witnessing that play must have been impressed as I was with the superior power of 11 driving togeth- er over 11 individuals going thelr separate ways. And don’t forget that, as happen- ed in this instance, the team fhat scores first, often scores again. Suc- cess instills confidence and confi- dence is in iteelf the source of new strength. (Copyright, 1924, NEA Service, Inec.) On the Alleys SPECTAL MATCH Johnson's Pets. Wi L. il Giza Anderson Johnson Lindberg Peterson Za 2 440 Burnham's Stars. 1 95 287 261 5 M. 9 9 9 " B o M. 46e—1448 | T. Porkins Faginski Cook 120 519 STANLEY WORKS, GENTS Foremen, A MeConn 8 O'Brien Gavitt Emmons | Ely .v AL Wilson Budni Anderson | Markham Molyneux | Elltott a Rlanch . Luebeck Duplin Wileox Merwin $2— o1 254 NOW- . (0M®% - A9 A DETECTIVE, WHAT WOULD HOU [ S, 16T BEST WAY TO FIND 0UT WHO MY COMPETTOR & . Stingle Politis Mitchell Jones .. Klamp . ard Truslow. Haugh . LI New Office. . Bertinl .. W. Johnson Bertin Pattison Johnson Chrlst ler Keogh Factory. 124 1 2 1 patka Sinto a1 3 STANLEY WORKS, LADIES Sunhurn Burkhardt Nlum Murphy Loomis . Spark Plugs. Walegora . McCormack Kajaskas . Modloon ... 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