The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-21

It Is probable that a Boy Scouts | league, for the purpose of l urging greater participation in ath- | Ietics by young men in Bridgeport will | soon be organized. The first organ 1 i2ation was started by Troop No. ' at | it's regular meeting. held last night, at Park Avenue temple. Scoutmaster | Ashein is in charge As soon as the team is organized the boys will be en- i tered in the mum erous meets that will he held throughout the state this sum mer.
 The entries Of seven wrestlers and one boxer from the Greek-American Athletic Club were received yester- day at the A. A. [. offices in New fork for the big show to be staged at the First Regiment Armory in that city on Monday night. This enter tainment will be held for the bene- fit of the 27th Regiment, New York's own fighting boys.
 The renewed interest being taken in athletics is not confined only to the East. The middle West also re- ports greater interest than ever be- fore, as is shown by the fine entry turned in for the ninth annual track and field championships at the West ern Conference Intercollegiate A. A. to be held in Chicago tomorrow.
 Valuable prizes are at stake in the metropolitan 4. A. U. boxing cham pionship tournament at the Madison Square Garden next Thursday night. In addition to the gold medal and the championship title the winners in each of the eight classes will be sent to Boston to take part in the big meet there April I.
 A unique feature of the Greek American A. c. meet in New York tomorrow will be an exhibition of strength feats by Sarandis, a Greek strong man. He will demonstrate his wonderful strength by bending iron bars with his bare hands and breaking three inch blanks on his knee while his son, who is IS years old, will juggle 220-pound bar bells. .
 Jack Seller, the New York A. c. | star who beat Homer Baker, Ted | Meredith and other stars, thus sur prising even his best friends, will ! seek new laurels in the Newark Cen tral High School meet in that city to- i morrow. SeIIes will run in the 10OO- | yard race, besides competing as a l member of the Au-New York relay i team against teams from Newark and l Philadelphia for the inter-city cham pionship. ],
 Eddie Renz, the New York A. c. walker, will compete unattached in the future. Renz is arranalg to compete in the metropolitan two-nile championship walk to be held in con- junction with the big games in New York on April '.
 P. s. Clark, another prominent member of the famous metropolitan athletic club, is back after taking part in three meets unattached. Wynn l J. Rolker also has returned, accord 1 ing to the records filed with Fred Rubien at the New York A. A. U. | offices today. Both will run in the | April races.
 Cornell will take part in the big | Pennsylvania relay carnival in Phil | adelphia next month. This informa- l ton was disclosed in New York last | night. The team will run in the four mile event. This means that Coach 1 Jack Moakley is reasonably sure that his team has a chance of winning the Intercollegiate four-nlile champion ship.
 Every athletic club in the metro pontan district Is mastering strong track teams for the peace celebration and victory carnival of athletics that will be held in New York under the auspices of the New York Postal Elm ployes on April 12. Paul Pilgrim is l among the latest athletes to submit his entry.
 Willie Kolhmainen thinks that his brother, flames, Is too busy to run in the Standardization marathon this season, but Flames has not lost the marathon fever by any means. He is still hankering to get back to the ola game and IS far from thinking he will retire at this time.
 Charley Rice, the University of Maine sprinter who has attracted considerable attention up Boston way, is said to have made up his mind to enter Yale next year. A man like Rice could help out a lot at Yale just now.
 Another New York State club that has been authorized to go ahead and book matches is the Olympia A. A. of Syra cuse, N. Y. Joe Dunfee will stage the bouts there. Kist now Is tryins to hook up Kid Norfolk. the colored l heavyweight, with Tom Cowier.