The Connecticut labor press., 1920-04-10

| The baseball situation in New Haven
| is beginning to loom brightly. Pitchers
Jack Watson and Snyder arrived Mon
| day and are working out in the Yale
cage with Johnny Maggie and a bunch
of the High school baseball squad.
] Simpson and "Nuts" Nutter are due
today, along with several of the new
| recruits.
Murray, the former Trinity captain.
who was with the ST. Louis Browns
| for spell last season, is booked for a
! try-out at short and may be a success
| full candidate for the hole made by
Ford's graduating to the majors.
Walter Kopf, of New Britain, a
brother of Billy Kopf, the fashy short
gardener of the Cincinnati Reds, is
making hit in the spring practice at
Dartmouth college, and may land the
keystone sack permanently.
Pal Moore of Memphis was given a
referees decision over Harry Braner
| of San Francisco, in an eight round
bout in his home town, Monday night
Bramer carried the fight to Moore in
every round, but the latter landed the
largest number of blows.
Joe Stecher, champion heavyweight
! wrestler of the world, defeated Tommy
Draak, of the Netherlands, in a title
match, held in Raleigh, N. c., Monday
night. Stecher won the two successive
falls, each with body scissors and arm
lock, the first in one hour and 10 min
utes, and the second in one minute
Jake Daubert, of the worlds cham
pion Reds, who did not miss a game on
! first base last season, will be unable to
start the 1920 campaign. It was learned
yesterday, the ex-Dodger was hit on
the back of the hand by Mogridge in an
exhibition game with the Yankees. Elk
animation under the X-ray has shown
that two bones are broken. 1t will be
a month before Jake can get back in
the game. Joe Meyer, from the South
Atlantic league, is the only available
substitute first sacker on the squad.
Frank Moran, the Pittsburgh blonde,
beat Tom Cow1er of Cleveland in Is
round fight at Holborn Stadium, Lon
don, Monday night. Moran won on
points. Cow1er took the place of Ar
thur Townley, the light heavyweight of
Southampton, who had met with an
accident.
Jack Johnson, former worlds heavy
weight champion pugi1ist, sent for
Sheriff Applesti1l of Imperial County,
California, Tuesday, and arranged to
have the sheriff take him personally in
to custody when Johnson crosses the
International line to meet federal
charges pending against him at Chicago.
Johnson said he hoped to be ready to
surrender soon.
Eddie Eayres, formerly of the Provi-
dence team, and who played several ex-
hibition games with the Weissmen the
latter part of last season, Is making a
hit with Manager Stallings of the Bos-
ton Braves Eddie was sent to the
mound several days ago and held the
Detroit Tigers to eight scattered hits,
and beat them 4 to L. His local adj
mirers are<pulling for him strong.
Jack Curley has received an accept
ance from Joe Stecher to wrest1e
Stranger Lewis under his auspices at
the 2fst Regiment Armory, New York
next Friday night The Stecher and
Lewis match will wind up the wrestling
season in New York
Lewis, who has remained in New
York waiting for Stecher's acceptance
was elated. He is already training at
Bothner's. Lewis said: cts good
news. | would rather wrestle Stecher
in New York than any other spot.
Chicago has been waiting for a big
match to develop, and has done nothing
to bring one about That's one reason
why | felt that we should string with
Curley. [ have thrown Stecher twice,
and l feel that | can do so again. Any
way, | will leave no stone unturned to
be as fit as the proverbial fiddle, and l
feel that I can VIM
Rabbit Maranvil1e's injured hand has
healed to such an extent that the midget
is, back in the Braves lineup The
Rabbit has injected world of pep into
his mates.
Johnny So1sberg, the Brooklyn ban
tam, who was very popular with New
Haven fight fans is stiff doing good
work in the ring. Solsberg has lasted
longer than any of the bantams He
was star performer IL years ago. Of
late he has been doing all his boxing
out around St. Louis, where he is a
great favorite. Recently he knocked out
Tommy Murray, Willie Davis and
Johnny Downs in succession.
"Tad" Dorgan, in the New York
Journal, has Harry Frazee rem1niscing
again, and whether real or imaginary
he has some good yarns on ex-Cham-
pion Frank Gotch. Listen to this one:
"On the Gotch-J effries tour of the
country quite few nuts were encoun-
tered
Zone of the champs was a big burIy
fellow in Ohio" says Frazee, speaking
of the jog around "Gotch had to meet
all corners and this night the fans at
the show even bet on this brute Gee,
he was bigger than Gotcf1 and looked
twice as strong. Gotch agreed to for
felt $3.50. if he failed to down any man
in IS minutes. The fans bet that Gotch
couldn't do the trick.
'The stage in the opera house was
rather small and the two big fellows
pretty nearly filled it. We had a small
mat put in and went on with the bout
The challenger for the crown was very
rough with Gotch for a while He
growled and barked and waved his
arms and jumped up and down. FINAL
ly, after 10 minutes OF this, Gotch
pinned him down and rolling him over
pulled up the mat and folded the big
guy right in it. Picking up the bundle
he faced the audience with a grin a
foot wide and yelled: WHERE DO
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