Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-08
SPORT WORLD BRIEFS

"Pina" Bodie, outfieIder, will appear
with the Vernon club of the Pacific
Coast League when it plays next
week. Bodie was with the New York
Yankees and was sold to Boston. When
he refused to report, baseball commits
sioner Lands suspended him. Now
he is with Vernon and will be eligible,
to play on May IL.
Champions in the tennis world will
play on the White House tennis courts
next Wednesday. Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt
Mallory and Mrs. Marion Zisderstein
Jessup will meet in a singles match;
Mrs. Mallory and Watson Washburn
will meet doubes. The matches will
Mrs. Harding and other high govern
ment officials.
Eddie shevIin is, all through box
ing at Dartmouth and now can de-
vote his. attention preparing for sew
eraI matches that his manager has
arranged for him. The first of many
bouts scheduled for Shevlin will be
with Jack Perry of Pittsburgh at Wor-
cester next Tuesday night. Shevlin
hopes to land match with Jack Brit
ton before long.
Harry Greb and Al Roberts are down
to trade wallops May II at the Armory
A. A. at Boston.
Aock Malone, the ST. Paul middle
weight who is to show in the Garden
next month, is a peculiarly unfortu-
nate person. Early in 1920 Malone
broke his left arm in a bout with K
| o. Loughlin and was out Of actor
for four months. Shortly afterward
he broke the same arm in two places
The breaks refused to knit, so they
cut a piece of bone from his shin anC
grated it on the arm. The first day
out of the house he stepped on a piec'
of ice and broke his leg, and this pu
him on the shelf for another lont
period. In spite of his brittle bone
Jock is a real fighter from all &C
count. He has the best recor dof al
the contenders of Wilson's title.
Jimmy Fruzetti and Johnny Shue
rue, New En- LAND lightweights, hav
ing been declaring that Johnny Gin
ton is sidestcpping them. Clinton an
nounced that he is ready to accomo
! date either of them whenever they ar
ready to battle.
} Joie Ray, |. A. c., miller who wa
beaten by two yards by Ray Watson
formerly of the Kansas Aggies, in
J special match race at the Drake relay
last Saturday, may meet his conquero
in a return race in connection wit
, the University of Chicago interschol
astic meet, May 81. A. A. Stage, di
rector of athletics at the universit.
extended an invitation to these run
, ners to meet in return engagement
, 3. B. johnson, president of the Am
, erican league has asked the club own
ers to decorate appropriately the ba
parks May IL, in observance Of ma
tional Hospital day. and to invite a
soldiers and sailors from the govern
, ment hospitals to witness the game
President Johnson suggested flag
raiing ceremony before the startin
Of the games and that the spectator
, be requested to sing the national ar
5 them.
Georges Carpenter. light heavs
weight champion, who Is training (
London for his bout with Ted Lew
5 on May II has made no plans for
2 bout in America, his manager, Franco
s Descamps has informed The Associai
s ed Press. The statement was prompt
0 by report from the United State
h called to Descampss attention, tn;
J. Carpenter was planning to go to IL
United States to defend his homo
against the winner Of the coming boz
. for the American championship b
= tween Gene Tunney and Harry Gre
. The insignia committee OF the c.
! Eurnbia University Athletic Associate
y made announcement of awards in ter
. mis-, hockey, fencing. wrestling, bal
ketball swimming and water polo.
. all seventy-seven awards were mao
= to the managers and participants
/ the various winter sports.
Lew Mcfarland, New York, box
was suspended for Mxty days at II
S meeting of the State Athletic Con
V mission as a result Of his uisquanf
cation in a bout at the Freeport q.
Sporting Club on April "a. The con
mission announced the reinstatemel
NJ of Mel Coogan, Brooklyn lightweigL
lie and Willie Kohler.
f. Jack Prince, of Los Angeles, bull
L er Of the automobile speedways
ic Indianapolis, st. Louis and Los Al