New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 19, 1924, Page 21

¢ 'Speaking of Sports CPTFIVCIINITIIVVTOTN Contrary to general belief, "Bul- bt Joe' TBush, Yankee pitcher sent Bt. Louls in the trade by which | ew York gets Urban Bhocker, was greater nemesis to the Browns than ocker was to the Hugmen, Rec- rds reveal that Bush conquered he Browns in 17 consecutive games e pitched agalnst them over a | leriod of three years. He beat them bven stralght in 1922, six times 1n 923 and four more In a row last Lason before the Browns finally | roke the streak. Shocker, on the ther hand, lost his jinx hold on the ankees last &eason, losing five ames to them while winning only | ‘0. | Dogs are faster than men but not | b speedy as raceharses, The grey- | opnd Oh Boy set a world's record ¢ 121 2.5 seconds for five-sixteenths | t a mile at Miami, Fla, but the est American mark for the same \stance, among running horses, is | 9 4-5 seconds, made by Nash Cash h 1912 at Charleston, 8. C. Man's | est time is 1 minute, 4 seconds, hade Ly “Peerless Mel” Sheppard, ! ormer Olymple champlon, in 1910. A) Schacht, Washington coach and o-entertainer on the dlamond with lick Altrock, recently was refused ermission by the New York State (thietic commission to stage bur- :sque boxing exhibitions in connec- lon with Madlson Square Garden ugllistlc cards, The commission uled there were enough clowns in he boxing game, Major league catchers will tell you hat no part of their work {s more liMcult than the catching of twist- ng foul flles. In this department of the game, Tank Severeld, veteran catcher of he Bt. Louis Browns, it without a peer. In the 10 years that Severeld has heen with the Browns, during which ime he has done most of the catch- | ng, only one fly ball has been drop- hed by him. George Sisler's first experlence as L trader of hall players has madeé him very cautious in his attempts to lispose of Pitcher Shocker. Last season Sisler gave four play- hre, Pltchers Root and Wright, "atcher Blllings and Outflelder Durst o Los Angeles for the battery of Lyons and Rego. lup to the |ing a strong | 175-pound class; | 158-pound class. may be harder to stop than a new rumor about the village manicurist. | W. G. Bramham of Durham, N C., holds the distinction of being president of three minor leagues. His recent election as president of the Virginla league gives him jurisdie- tion over this wheel In addition to the Pledmont and the South Atlan- tice leagues of which he is already the executive head. He is aleo a member of the board of arbitration of the National Assoclation of Pro- fessional Baseball clubs. ¥4 Thorp, recently selected referee of the Notre Dame-Stamford game at Los Angeles New Year's day, will tour western and south- western colleges before his return east. He will {nspect Stanford and Southern California and then fump Universities of Washing- ton and Oregon. On his return hé will take the southern route, visiting Rice institute, Mississippl A, & M. and Texas, among others. Students of the late Percy Haughton, former Columbia and Harvard football mentor, are galn- foothold in the grid- fron coaching world, The list in- cludes Bob Fisher at Harvard; Douglas Lawson at Willlams; Percy Wendell at Lehigh; Lddig Casey at Tufts and Dr. Paul Withington at Columbla. D. Football and boxing failed to mix at Columbla university last aight when the freshmen defeated the sophomores {n the annual Cane Spree bouts, French, substitute cen- ter on this year's eleven, lost in the Sesit, a backfleld man, was defeated in the unlimited class, and La Courciers lost in the The victory per- mits the freshmen to smoke pipes on the campus. Boston College's record-breaking relay team is entered for the Brook- Ivn College track meet January 24 The same men who established a world outdoor mark minutes, 47 3.5 saconds for two miles at the Penn relay carnival will appear, They are: Wililam T. MeKillo Parker J. Thomas J anaugh and Louls R. Welch, On the Alleys ROGERS ALLEYS honey. Cav- FAFNIR LEAGLE Tool. Froeman 468 4 Tospection. eeea102 Pitcher Lyons failed to show big .| eague form and Rego, while a good ‘ecelver, cannot hit major lcague hitching. Root comes back to the Chicago “ubs at a fancy price. The deal was L flop from a St Louls standpoint. It has made Sisler more careful. No more Santa Claus stuff for him. Mr. T. Gibbons, heavyweight inuckler, has thrown away his vooden musket and bought a long- ange cannon. The 8t. Pau] harp used to be mild it Sunday echool punch, but from Low on lie threatens to be one part vild and three parts wilder, Gibbons let Carpenter stay at \fichigan City when the Frenchman urned an ankle. It was a very yretty gesture and it won him many 'riends, numbered among Whom nere no promoters offering him nore business. “The next time T 1 ;rowls the reborn battler, “will be ifter 1 have knocked him dow I'Il tet him stay untll his scconds irag him out.” Gibhons has quit emiling and gone for snerling on a serious scale. He & taking a corresponding course in Advanced Phases of Isrutanty” and cads such literature as “The Fine Art ot Manslaughter, t a guy stay,' The Minnesota Mick tried out his hew groceries on Kid Norfolk in \fadison Square Garden recently and ihey went over bigger than a puiple adiective in an Avery Hopwood eex rama. 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Lucky Strikes CASINO ALTEAS NEW BRITAIN MACHINF Tool Mukers Tool Breakers NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, in Ba'sketball Pennant Plays By COACH J. CRAIG RUBY Tllinols, Big Ten Champlons. In this play it is taken for granted that the opposing t N has formed a five man def with the primary line just back of the of the floor while the offensive guard is taking the ball out of bounds. center as | The two forwards go to the toen foot line at either of the side- lines as shown. The center and sec- ond guard stay at the center of the tloor. | The guard out of bounds makes the orlginal pass to his guard team- mate who In turn passes This pass 1s made in order to de- lay the attack long enough to get the guard who was out of bounds started down the right sideline and to attract attention at the genter of | the floor, The center then passes to the forward who meets the ball forward coming to the loft side the floor, clearing the right side defensive rhen. The left forward may then pa the center as f{llustrated, pass to the guard who origin passed the ball in m out bounds. The object of this tract attention floor and clear the other men in order to sc a incon ous guard-— who made original pass. 1o the cen- left 1 the r who 1 of play s to at to one side of the WOOY NOT AFRAID of nsive or spie on the Mount 4 TRAUT & HINE L¥AG Former Boxer Speaks Right Up on Witness Stand of a g ¢ sent “Kid McCoy” ward the witness stand ir |1or court dete 1 to w Angele nty el er for freedom or Mrs. Theres: | Mrs. T1 Mel Stationery The s Vi e e i own way MeCoy's « shown the aracteristics his 0t Al which marked o shouted tick Mors committed <id" : that Mrs ‘) in 1 - | pared to put lodging L to his is presence . up the fight of hi ittempts of ¢ him a serics of mms¢ agair by vesterday to establishi relations existed TRATERNITY ALLEYS 2nneh husband, ; before knew McCoy and I vorce, Mrs. lof the ors, SOUTH END nm\n\« LEAGUE before t!w\r rl‘ ) Clara slal | terrifie fight 21 Mors in t1 is 8. 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