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speaklhg' of Sports CPIPPIIEIIVIIPCIITOTONS Well, Well! Mangan made his initlal appearancy at the Dusty league last night. Larry and came rooting for the Russell Erwin five, Friend Larry used to be a regular visitor at the Dusty league games but until last night had been con« Theé boys splcuous by his absence. gave Larry a warm welcome last night and 1t s hoped that he will add hls genial presence to the as- semblage xeyularly from now on, With National Guard games on Saturday night to look over and the Dusty circuit on Tuesdays, Larry will have a busy time, A glance into the gallery last night convinced some that all the [spectators were not as interested in the games as they were in them- sclves. There was one group of two girls and many boys at one end of the hall that resembled the well known huddle system, Young Arburr of the Corhin team pasures up very well as grard and 50 can shoot. Playing with the ashy Parls, this team had two guards of which any team may well bo afrald, ‘ Holst is easily the Corbin’s star | oftense man, Last night he came nrough with six frgm the fleld. The fans certainly were well leased when the hard working immy Murphy got a basket. This vas his first ficld goal of the scason, The Lyrics defeated the Hartford {aceys in the Hartford city league t night 82-19, Restelli playing ‘ight forward got two baskets. Sheehan played right guard, The Middletown team, late has lost but one game this sea- on, comes to the armory a week rom Saturday night. Sattler won the weekly roll-off at he Casino alleys last night and valked home with $6 in his pocket. Ime following entered: Robinson, furphy, Stedman, Ward, Paul, Mc- rthy, E. Murphy, Zwick, Thorsten- fen, Sattler, Avery, Rupnd, Spring, ‘orguson, Montgomery, Hayes, mith, Brennecke, Crowley Mount. ‘Well maybe Benny Leonard really | neant it. * ** He's been retired a vhole week now. 1t, is predicted the vietory of Big funn will make wrestling popular guin, * # * There certainly ought to ¢ a law against that. The St. Louls Browns had \ildest pitchers in baseball last ear, * * * The pitchers were proba- hly wild to get away from the town. An Ohio man bowled 23 hours on stretgh the other day. *** And i A United States senator is accused hf bootlegging. * * * We feared the hrofession would get common sooner r later. Reports say Babe Ruth is lighter n he has been in three * Maybe those Havana book akers hate been at him again. h 1t has heen definitely decided the olf ball will not be changed until |* * # * Now if France will only | 927, rake a decision on the war debt the ountry can settle down and enjoy complete calm of mind. A writer sets forth that night golf as only' a passing faicy. *** Ob- Hously he is referring to African olf. If he has done nothing else, Mr. aavo Nurmi has glven our Ameri- an runers a fine opportunity to tudy the back view of a Finnish thlete in action. Billy Evans points out Muddy Ruel will have to handle all kinds of feliveries next summer. * ** This s the first inkling we had that Ruel Jans to be a shipping clerk. Walter Johnson claims the cos iagnates gave him the run around # = §tili, that’s one way to get into ondition Tiger Mowers will now engage in n interesting sclentific experiment bt changing a meow back to a roar. Nurmi's visit to the United States has causcd a tremendous revival in rack intercst but one of the leading uthoritics claims that his coming vill react against the game in this ountry in that the records will be owered to such an extent that reaking one will ‘be beyond the ower of American cndurance and honsequently cause a lapse in inter- t. He further argues that interest n track is maintained by the possi hility of sccing sorae youth s record. \When Harold Osborn, Tllinois A, C. eaper, scaled that disgy helght of 6 eot, 8 1-4 inches in an exhibition vmp at Madison Square Garden Jast hight, \nough to cause a slight vibration vhich thregtened to send the stick rom its lofty perch and ruln a vorld’s' indoor high jumping record. When it stopped quivering and sct led back to normaley again, Oshorn ave -one leap of joy and shook ands all around with everyone vithin gripping distance. J. McGraw will take 13 to the Sarasola camp of the John ookie: ounced yesterday. Tucluded in this ;umber will be Pitchers John May- \crs, purchased from the Perts nouth ciub of the Virginla league: Kent Greenfield, recalled from the ew Haven Lastern league club; Our old friend Larry which to | and | | York were in the other bracket. the | country. how we suppose he is on a stretcher. years, | | New York | McGraw said yesterday that Farrell | | ticing dent | zaged in professional football befo S {ing golf profess | one-class passenger | exclusively to the transportation of | { emigrants has been inaughrated be- | tween Kuropean and South Ameri- | can ports ? | company. ts for spring training, "he an-! McGrew! tormer right hander . % the Washington Senators, purchased from Memphls, and utficlders Frenk Weaser from terbury, Frank Walker from the Rocky Mount, N, C. club and A, Crump, Portsmouth, Va,, southpaw, (The Herald Bowling t tinues to maintain a clean slatdin the Bowling league, As yet they have not & blemish in their “garges won" columh and their losses are still 1000 per cent perfect. con- Three more last night. RBoy Scout fives are scheduled to swing into action again this evening, when 'I'roop 4 of the Center ¢hurch and Troop 20 of the Lincoln school face each-other at the Hoys' club, The return of Ray Anderson to active participation in Boys' club basketball Monday night was almost as sensational as BHI Squire's second debut on the same evening. | Ray retired from the game to be- come physical director of the Boys' club, but he has now broken his shell and will' be seen in action for the rest of the season, In spite of -his long lay-off, he has kept in fine trim and was the fastest man on the floor Monday night, being really too fast for the rest of the, speedy club team. IHis passes were too hot for even Mike Luke to handle, but when thg rest of the team has accustomed itself to him it ought to go even better than before. Tommy Gibbons of St. Paul thinks he has outgrown the light heavy- weight class and le at his best as a heavyweight. He says he has great difficulty in making 175 pounds and has discovered his best fighting weight is between 180 and 185, He is willlng, however, to train down| to meet Mike McTigue, world's light | heavyweight champion. Jimmy Crowley, Notre Dame half- back, has been offered a position as assjetant football coach at the Uni- versity of Georgia, and will make a decislon within a few days, it was announced at a dinner attended by Crowley and Coach Knute Rockne in Chicago last night. Wheaton, Til, homg Red” Grange, Uniy All-American halfback, is raising a generation of “Harolds.” Since the town's favortte son broke into prom- inence several babies have been named after him. ¢ of MHarold ty of dllinois Mr tional women's golf champion, op- posed Miss Frances Hadfleld of Mil- waukee in the semi-finals of the an- nual January golf tourngment for women at Belleair Heights, Florida, | today. Mrs. G. I, Stefson of Phila- delphla, and Mrs. Alex Smith of New Fredorick W. Rubien, sccretary of the Amateug Athletic Union, has cabled Italy Beeking a blanket per- mit to enable Frigerto, Italy's Olympic champion walker, to com- pete in more than two meets. in this Under the present permtit Urgo 18 allowed to walk only in the Milirose A. A. and the Boston A. A, meets. Frigerio also cabled asking for permission to compete in the Morningside A. C. games in the 102d Engineers armory ¥Friday night. Although the name of Bddie Far- | rell, Pennsylvania's baseball captdin, appears on the reserve list of the Giants, Manager John Lias not signed a big league contrac Farrell is a dental student at Penn where his three bpothers, all pra , matriculated in their college days. He does not have to depend upon baseball for a liveli- hood, but Farrell, according to a n jor league scout, is one of the clev- erest infielders seen in college base- Lall circles since the days of Hddic | Collins. Farrell has promised Me- | Graw that he will cavort with the Giants if he elects to follow basehall | as a profession. Higo Bezdek, Penn State's jovial football tutor, s in favor of receiving “Bo” MeMillin, former Center col- lege football star, into the football | coachies’ association with open arms | despite the fact that McMillin en- buckling on the harness of a coach contract to the rules of the associa- tion. | “I like McMillin,"” said Nzdek. I don’t know him very well bif I think on the level and sincere in his to keep intercollegiate | football clean.” Chester oty Falk, Austin, | Texas high schoal baseball star and brother of Bibb Falk of the Chicago Americans, has contract with the St. Louis Amcricans calling for $3,000 t first vear and $4,000 bonus. Falk is a left handcr, 19 years old, six feet one inch tall and weighs 172 pounds. The New York Y inkees and Boston Red Sox also bid for his | servieces. signe Bobby Cruickshaw, rated by some sport experts as one of the ten lead- onals of the United States,has been granted six weeks leave of absence by the Twin Hills Country Club at Oklahoma to parti- | cipate in the British open champion- | {ship 1n he just tickled the cross bar |"°M® kshank's Okla effective | June, contract Cry becomes FIRST (i Line Inaugurated pean and 8. Ameri Bucnos Aires, Jan. Between ican Ports. 30.—A line of ships dr\\mul‘ rman steamship The first ship of the line to arrive here brought 1,000 Ger- man and ofher Europeans to Brazl | and 1,600 to Argentina. The shilp provides first class com- forls and conveniences for the third class price. has 250 cahins, ac- | commodating four and six p»--‘ h, with salon; smoking room. hy ‘a two, . Dorothy Campbell Hurd, na- |¢ On the Alleys arriiinoon o Crane .. Ls Pupple Dickinson ! P Herald, 5":,'0“. 0 Venherg Htammus Hadlgan Meguliffe Hoftman Abrahamson Wacker o 8107 243 256 N. B, Rtecord, cien 8 tobinson Olson 3 vees T8 266 200 Parker & Buckeys, 101 MeCormick W, Waojack I, Wojack ..., No. 2. 9% 83 83 264 289 Post Office. Streigle . Smith Burng BOWLING LEAGUW cull.lllllflAL LEAGUR n Bake 217 810 88— 240 89— 242 17— 309 248— 803 07— 288 18— 321 LADIES CITY LEAGUE West Fnds, l¢. Gatato . Burke B, Wagnot P. Scheyd .. Dummy \ A. Carlson E. larson . ¢, Lynch M. Myers G, Scharff . L. Birelman . Mae Sullfvan 8. Petrucel M. A. Perking Giddix . 1. Johnstone . Kencino 5 Perfecto’s. Forfeited. Traut & Inne. it 54 61 83 86 Delance . Scanlon Young Anderson ., Larson ... 390 CORBIN SCREW Speedometers, Keevers As Gozzo Basile Hartney Fallotte Depitro Philpher Peter 83 8 DI Colyin Nelson Warner | Owen Beloin Applegren Burns Rly Scheyd . Champlin Hall Linn | carrington | Berni Guard Olden Kanin Burns s1 397 CASINO BOWLING Marvard, ank S8 MeCarthy |5, Mecarthy ... Kaspront Swohoda Roy Mount Iayes Recor Adamaitis |HONGAD LOOKING FOR 6 65— 205 494—1412 — 246 86 96 104—= 446—13 84 COMMERCIAL BOWLING ALLEYS + COLLEGIAN LEAGUE Holy Cross, Tut ko Mood Silp Leo ’Zl Ly l—lll! Mike IC— EIS Nowp Fred Happy Luster 10 T8 m 104 308 1 313 4621440 Patsy Smith TRobertson Hruno Hafnes .. 116 299 4801366 Boeney Kupee Ceorgo Joo G, . Cully 2605 100 By Keough Bteve Savio Dave 4541367 Whitey Curliek Quinn Vrank Henco 28— B 80— 104— Auaps 4471208 - T8 284 250 MACKMEN PRESENT STRONGER LINEUP (Continued from Preceding Page) terial includes’ the veteran Irank Welch; William Baswell, formerly of the Boston Braves, drafted {i Galveston, Texas; and” W French, former. army star ri from Shreveporr, The advdnce grard of the Athle- ties consisting of the batterymen, will leave for Fort Myers, the new ¥lorida training camp -site, on IFeb- ruary 20. Ten days latter,the regu- lars will begin the trek southward. 7|Associate of Edison Dies in -88th Year Philadelphia, Jan. 28,—Dr. Na- thaniel Shepard Keith, one of the country’s most noted scll‘nllsH and an associate of Thomas A. last night dropped dead of he: ease. He was S$7 years old. ing 16 howw g day, Dr, Keith was engage ) the moment of his death « “lem of electro-mag- netism th was born in Bos- ton in was educated as a physic professi tablished himsclf as a metallurgical engineer in Colorado. He later en- tered the electrical fi numeroys appliances, He was the author of many scientific works. At a recent dinner in New York of the American Institute of el gineers, of which Dr. Keith was a founder, Mr. Edison referred to him as one of the world's greatest metal- lurgists. ou, i Estimated Income of City for €Coming Year The estimated city income for next year from sources other th laxa- f Connecticut, $39,000; evening and apparatus, $500; penalty tax, $1,000; tax on bank and ance stocks, $17,000; physical examination of children, $500; C solidated School Distejct, 32 town clerk's office fees, $8,000; lice court, $18,000; .city court, 000; fines and costs at county $1,000; building permits, $4.000; come from city property, charities department, $7,000; department E police depart- ment, theat 3 ; licenscs, £00; halls, subway $1,250; town deposit sehocl fund, $200: inferest balances, $10,000; onal $50,00m strect school cnu- schools, on- V005 $1 jail, in rartment, £500; bank taxes, $10,000. sprinkling BOTH HIT SAMI McNeely, Washington, Athletics, two recruit outfielders last season, busted the old agate for the same average 0. MeNcely was in ) games and Lamar in §7. RING OF PHILADELPHIA Jimmy Ring of the Pl the “wild man” of the League last secason. Ring walked 108 batte He also made five wild pitches. and Lamar, THEARE'S ONE- LETY LOO “THAT ONE OvER 1d and invented | ctrical en- | po- | health | National | CORBIN LASSIES LEADING BOWLERS Take Two Games From Girls From Falnir's — P& ¥ Corbin Girls team con- tinued their winning streak on the Y. M. C. A, alleys last night by taking {two from Fatnir Girls and 80ing Into the lead with six straight wins, No high strings were regis- tered, but the consistently géod average of all P. & 1% players, kecp them always in the front, North & Judd girls surprised their admirers bytaking {wo from > {the Russell and Frwin combination, thus taking themselves out of the last place: and stepplng up two & B, . Corbin I. Cronin B, Gorman H. Chapman . E K hor .. H. Little North & Judd P. Colle ..... M. Murphy .. H. McCue A. Olson M. Danne Fafnirs N. Matulis Twiss . M. Langaettl . Russcell & Brwin Johnson ... T Anderson . Apmnmvn J. Bootleg Rum Purchased With Counterfeit Bills Philadelphia, Jan. 28.—Govern-| Philadelphia bggtieggers were buy- ing counterfeit $100 bills from a New York gang for $30 each and using them to purchase liquor, and that many of the bills had found their way into general circulation, The statement was made after the arrest | of a man giving the nome of John J. Goodman, who was alleged to have tendered a jeweler 30 of the ceun- terfeit bills in payshent for a $2,765 diamond ring. Goodman, who the police decld record, was held by a federal com- miesioner in $5,000 bail for court. He told the authorities that he had received the bogus moncy in pay- ment for a truck load of wh he had brought here from New York. | He declined to reveal the name of the person who bought the whiskey. and in Ne agents said. BORG TO SWIM 1IN Arne Borg, Swedish merman and the second highest scorer in the 1924 Olympic swimming races, arrived in | this country yesterday to compete in the National A. A. U. champion- ships in San Francisco in April. He |will not compete in any meets prior to these competitions, he said, ow- ing to a clause in his contract with the San Francisco authorities which specifies that he must compete there first. He said ho would rest two | moiiths before starting training. He will spend a few days in Chicago then start for the Pacific coast where he will be the guest of Iir nest Brandsten, coach of the Stan- ford swimmers, a strong personal friend. R Lowsville, K Admiral G, A. | retired, dieds in vesterday. Mrs, hisNwidow, a who js a minister n. C., survive, MINORU Worth, rence Kraft, I'ort Worth team of the T cague and home run king of the | minors, announced today he had quit [ haseball and would enter the auto mobile busincss here. t year he batted .348 and made runs AR ADMIRAL DIES Jan, 28. — Rear Bicknell, s S. N,, New Albany, Ind, Anna Sloan Bick- daughter, and in Washi | nell, sen, ton, ARRQUITS Jan. hitter [ort 28 the star of 5 hom HE GOV \l)l"l\(. Grant of the Browns went fafling to get a sacrifice to hat 13 times last seaso hase on balls, thing. or any- ST. \r| RS LOOM ST Ohio e basketball ING 8 quintet is of the in the yes cing picked by critics as one dangerous Ten this scaso | have a veteran Miner and Conningham standing stars. sontenders The Bp tion most Rig s the out- places in the league golng above K. | [tool shed ment agenta declared last night that | g2 06 e0n o hupgalow in the latter | Motnes polereman, Fired by public safet city council, the superintendent then re-hired by t Jack Brophy, walked a beat the jail building while his case w debated in court. While arrested a man ted Ly poll who was about to leave the building Sach day he walked the the unnoticed. ol beat his allotted court held he had rights and he w BUDGET OF PARK BOARD Bours—but 1o civil servi denied pay. SMASHES ALL REGORDS 2, is Four Times as Much as Appropriation ®his Yecar, which A I nea budget of $102,8§ ly four times as muci board for next yeu Items include an appropriation provide for needed improvements | the small parks about the cit 1000 for a tool shed | Brook park and a like amount for in the North End par | park to be rented to the carets | Munn | ners while | Simons xas | More arrests are expected both here | match originally wa York, the government |Chicago, a dock, boats and extension of t new road to connect with Carit street, at the north end park, §5 17,000 for construction and tenance of a swimming pool in W low Brook park: $28,000 for two te Inis ¢ baseball diamonds, i playground and ed has a long criminal| Mynn to Defend Title Against Zhyszko Feb, 11 | Kansas City, Mo, Jan. 28.—Way! (Big) Munn, a match here February 11 ith Stan laus Zbyszko, former world's cham- was announced today. Tl scheduled f February 3, but was ca celled when Billy Sandow, lof B pion, (Strangier) Lewis from whi won the title here recent ought an injunction suit to strain Munn from being billed champion. Cancellation of stage appearances for Mund al was announced manager of Munn, He said had beun enjoined from appeari as champion in several s Elihu Burritt Team Wins From the All Star Five The 9-C the Elihu Burr Junior high school took the All St into camp last evening in the sche gym. he ninth lers winning the score of 15 to 14, Mucke were of Beatty Truhay the leading for t osers, The point getters line up ed Foul 0 P Mucke, r Reatty, If. MeGuire, Karlonis, r s Iz Kalmanowit Quinn, re Foul P Piled 3 0 STARS ON COURT Ralph “Moon" Buker football star, is hanging reputation on the bask this season. Baker's round play 1 'y game participated. Pury s feature oy which in READ THE H ADS FOR YOUR WANTS Off Again —On Again AT A MINDTE — £ GOT AN 0 =2l RIGRT PN -WELL BANG OUR THNGS RIGKT OVER Nou HOW 700N WILL BONS noua WNT (DANGONTT- Al WEAL ON T AGH " WE " vom RENENBER ) BEEN LOOKING 2 HOURS FOR ‘It ALRERDY Des there he as allowed [ this year, will be sougfit by the park in the Willow il- fie will defend his new key |Won wrestling crown in finish | manager re- further | by Gabe Kaufman, Munn and the aces for the win- and Mangan were ALD CLASSITIE CULLOP GOES T0 YANKS 10 TRY OUT AS HURLER 21 Year Old St. Louls Heayy Hitter Going On Tralning Trip With New Yok, By The Assoclated Pre New York, Jan, Henry Cul. lop,,the 24 year old Bt, Louls boy who has been playing first base and / {the outfield in the Western league boeause of his great ability with the |stick, will be taken to St. Peters- burg, Fla, by the Yankees as a ipiteher, When Cullop was with the Omaha Western league club, Manager Hug- ginsg, it is understood, guve instruc- tions to play Cullop at first or in the outficld for the suke of determining his fitness for these pogitlons, The mite manager of the Yanks is anx- fous to uncover a’star to jump into Wally Tipp's shoes when the vet- cran shows signs of a slump. Cullop has been o great bitter in the minors. I'or this reason he was taken off the pitching end of the game. When he started out In 1920 he hit 341, He worked as pitcher that season for Madison of the North Dakota league. Since that time lie has heen flinging for Tulsa, Des Moines and Omaha, While with Madison he pitched 30 complete games in addition to romping in the outfield for 40 games. Last season Cullop was in 121 games at first base in addition to playing the outficld and pitehing occasionally, The Yankfes claimed Cullop in 1923 but left him at Omaha for fur- ther development. Last season he batted . clouting out 40 home runs, 46 doubles and eight triples, He stands six feet, weighs 106 pounds and bats and throws right- handed. of he in a8 ce New Britain Marine On His Way to Haiti Parris Island, 8. C., Jan. 28.—The litt republic of Haiti in the West Indies will be the temporary home of Tony Stepanuk, of New Britain, Conn,, who left here recently with a detachment of U. 8. Marines. He will probably remain in Haiti sev. |sral months before returning to th | United States. Tony Is 20 years old, was born in New Britain, and is a son of Mr. . | Samuel Stepanuk, 307 Church street he [that city. He joined the Marine on | OTPS at Detroit, Mich., last Novem- ber and s stationed at Parnis Is- land some time before embarking on a naval vessel for Haiti, where he will be attached to the First Brigade of Marines. ° Detachments of Marines have been on duty in Haiti since 1915, when a force Banded there to restore order during a revolution. Peaceful condi- | tions now prevail, and most of the sca soldiers are stationed at Port an Prince, the capital. Athletic sports, moving pictures and entertainments help to vary the regular military routine. is to in a ks n- a 1d ne is- SOFT FOR PITCHERS Stanley Coveleskie proved any- thing but tough picking for opposing hurlers last sedson. In 37 games Covey whiffed the ozone on occa- | sions. he or n- ch ly, as | s0 ng itt TS yol by he Own the 15 18, 321 Main St. (Upstairs D | \0ER HELLD -0YR%. (A510Y — SORRY, ) HUT WE'VE DELDED NOT TO 1m(a)« ™ ()\’.’:\//“_/fi_.(y =\ e UHLE AND LUQUE Two of the biggest disappoint- ments of the recent buseball season were Uhle of Cloveland and Luque of Cincinnatl, Right up with the leading hurlers in 1923, the Indian and the Red enjoyed anything but suecessful campalgns last year, Crie tics expect’ them to get back into thelr real form again this season, however, ONE OF BEST Oune ot the best track and fleld feats of the 1024 scason was the record-breaking leap of Robert Legendre, former Georgetown star. Legendre clea 45 feet 6 inches st the Olympic games last summer, His jump beat the old mark by three luches. A Smooth Shave' Every Time 7, g New comfort—a revela- tion! A luxurious once- over with a super-keen blade every time. 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