The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-18

 with Us next season.
 
 When the curtain was rung down on the Eastern league, last Sunday, 1t was after the most successful season New Haven team ever experienced-fnanc ally and otherwise.
 Barrister Hymns Ponies copped sec ond place Ill the league race.
 The popular subscription started last Sunday for Chief Bender, will 11ndoubt- edly go over the $1, 900 mark.
 "Tanlac Charlie" Bergin has been heard from, but the bugs are wondering what's become of Joe Currie, Chic Brown, George Porto and the annual challenge of that Adonis of Pugdom, Dodo Maher. ~ Young McAuliffe is back in the good graces of the Bridgeport fight commits sloners.
 Williams, of Philadelphia, cracked out another homer and has brought his string up to IA. Carey of Pittsburgh continues to show the way to the base steals with AS thefts Bancroft of New York IS the best run getter with 8o tallies.
 Eddie Eagan, the Yale boxer, who won the light heavyweight boxing finals at the Olympic games, has arrived home looking the picture of health and activ- ity.
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 Homesteads putting a strong team in fI7<a 1 <1, somebody
 Wonder would it be the Naples? Where's Vincent Reina, Andy Nicola and the other prominent hstiana ex- perts?
 Nicholson of Pittsburgh has de throned Hornsby of St. Louis for bat ting honors in the National league The slugging Pittsburgh outhelder is hitting 1887, while the St. Louis star slumped to .355, with Eayrs of Boston pushing him with .35l.
 Dave-Dunn and Joe Neville in New Britain Nutmeg lineup spells good foot ball this fall.
 Glees, Williams and Chains will have to hump some to keep up with that Nut meg bunch.
 Man O'War carrying 118 pounds, and ridden by Clarence Hummer, created new American record for one and one half miles when he won the Jockey Club stakes from Damask, the only other starter, in 2 :28 4-5, at Belmont Park, recently. The old record was C.CO hr, ro1a 41, l08 pounds Up at Laurel, Md.
 
 Johnny Burns, who used to burn them over for the St. Johns in the old City league, Is now the main attraction on the Postal Clerks team John used to pair Up with Larry Griffin in the old days and they were the goods.
 Ruth has cracked out his 4oth home run and broke the home run record held by Perry Werden of Minneapolis He is now the greatest home run hitter of all time. Ruth is leading the run get ters with 140 runs while Rice of Wash ington Is far i'll front in stolen bases with 4o.
 Luigi Brown is the first promoter to make his announcement. The New Ha- ven box fxer plans the best initial in years.
 Wifi the boxing commission let us in on which IS proper under the local box ing rules:
 Boxing match?
 Fistic exhibition?
 Boxing bout?
 Sparring exhibition?
 Boxing show?
 Exhibition bout?
 Boxing exhibition?
 Limited round bout?
 Decision fight?
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 Rumor has Johnny Nagle in the All Waterbury football lineup, despite the announcement that the Washington Glees had the scrappy Indian signed for the coming season.
 Ya1e's football squad now numbers about 85 men and supermen. What bunch of healthies to feed.
 
 Benny Kauff, the Babe" Ruth of the International league, and King Bader, star twirler of the Toronto Leafs, will join the Polls of Hartford at the end of the International league season September 1o. Their addition vii; add tower of strength to the Hartford team in the remaining games to be played, which will include a con- test with Heine Zinmern,an's Bronx Giants at New York, the third game of the series with the Fisk Red Tops, Bigelow-Hartford, Winsted and Lud- low and three-game series with New Departure of Bristol
 Paul Johnson, the hard-hitting Wor- cester outfe1der, joined the Phi1ade1- phia Athletics this week, and the Boos- ter City fans are expecting big things from him.
 Babe" Ruth, the great slugger and home run king, will appear in the line Up of the Polls of Hartford, Sunday October }, providing the Yankees do not win the American league flag. In case the Yankees do come through, his coming to Hartford will be deferred until after the worlds series.