New Britain herald., 1917-02-23

to victory over Eddie Georgi, the Tigers star sprinter, in the fifty-yard event in "A 3-5, two ffths of a sec ond behind the intercollegiate record. Later he won the 22O-yards sprint with plenty to spare, and also aided his team in winning the relay event.
 A foul goal by Galbraith with only twenty more seconds to play gave Union a 22 to 21 victory over Army's S tossers yesterday. The cadets led at half time. g to 7
 Johnny Connolly, the speedy for ward of the Pennsylvania basketball quintet in the Intercollegiate league, is lost to the Penn five. He was first substitute forward and a member of the quintet that won the intercollegi- ate championship from Princeton in a post-season game last year. Con- nolly was operated on recently for appendicitis and will be unable to play again this season. He is form CT LaSalle college star.
 The annual indoor track meet be- tween Syracuse and the University of Michigan resulted in a tie at forty three points each at Syracuse last night. c. R. Croft of Michigan broke the Syracuse indoor record in the shot put, tossing the weight A feet, 6 inches.
 William James, star pitcher of the Boston Nationals in 1914, but since disabled by injuries, notified the club management yesterday that he would refuse to sign a contract at $3,00O a year. He received $6,500 a year for the past two seasons. Business Man ager Walter E. Hapgood said no fur ther offer would be made to James,.
 Exhibition games at Paterson, N. J., on April 29, and at Wheeling, w. Va, on June 10 with independent teams were announced.
 The flag of Dorothy Campbell Hurd was planted on the edge of the first green on the No. 1 course at an early stage of the silver foils annual flag contest at Pinehurst yesterday, in dicating that Mrs. Hurd had finished the course and arrived on the nine- teenth green in total of eighty nine strokes. And there it stood alone for tho rest of the day, marking the most advanced position captured by an army of women players in their attack on the trenches and other pit falls which strew the course.
 The board in control of University of Michigan athletics, at special meeting yesterday afternoon, passed ~Q gents to take the necessary action to permit Michigan to recnter the west ern conference. The vote was 8 to 1.
 S. Howard Voshell of Broooklyn yesterday won the national indoor tennis singles championship and liam Rosenbaum of New York be- came the national doubles title holder in the final matches played at the Seventh Regiment armory. In each case the triumph upset all predictions and left the gallery astonished at the turn of affairs.
 In the second round for the na- tional amateur racquet singles cham pionship here yesterday Stanley G..
 
 feated Jay Gould of Philadelphia, three games to one. and Clarence C. Pell of Detroit beat G. F. Water bury of New York in three straight games. The other two matches were won by defaults
 The Lehigh university wrestling team yesterday defeated Brown by the score of 34 to 5. Lehigh won all the matches except the 175-pound event in which Armstrong easily threw Henderson.
 Frankie Burns of Jersey City. the grandad of the bantam class. who has been maltreating the aspiring youngsters of the division with per sistent violence, added a notable vic tim to his list at the Pioneer Sport ing club yesterday afternoon when he scored 8 knockout over the Young Zula Kid ir the fourth round.
 The Philadelphia National league club announced yesterday that Will liam Killifer, catcher, had agreed to terms and would sign contract for the coming season. The contract of Fred Luderus, first baseman, was re- ceiyed yesterday.
 Jess Willard, the heavyweight champion, through his manager, signed an eight month contract here yesterday to appear with @ circus. The contract stipulates, however, that Willard may quit the circus on three weeks notice any time a match is arranged for him.
 Lieut.. Jonas H. Ingram. U. s. N., has been selected by the executive committee of the Navy Athletic as sociation to be head coach of the academy football team next season. Lieut.. Ingram, who is now stationed here was inclined against acting as head coach another year, but yielded to the general demand from officers