New Britain herald., 1922-08-17
ON THE FIRST BOUND
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Ned Delaney and Marty Welsh, two
 Of the best known athletes of this
 city, are entered in the events to he tagged at the track and field meet in
 Berlin Saturday Frank Delaney, an-
 other entry. is laid up with a sore leg
 and will not be able to compete,
 The biggest event of the meet
 promises to be the marathon race
 from the local city hall to the grounds
 in Berlin A number of famous ath-
 letes who have made their marks in
 marathon races about the country
 will be competing against each other,
 Their names can be found on another
 page Of this issue,
 The baseball game between Ken
 -tne'on and East Berlin Is attracting
 much attention The followers of both
 of these teams have been shouting 10
 the world that their charges are going to cop the contest, and the rivalry that
 now exists is at fever heat, The game
 Pt'hlista to bt blf "ollH NHil' sSt- ing.
 The Corhin nine will practice to-
 morrow night at 6 o'clock on diamond No. l at Walnut Hall Park. An mem bers of the team are requested 10 be present as they are facing a hard schedule within the next few weeks, 
 Saturday afternoon at Walnut Hill Park, the Corbin team will cross bats with the strong New Hartford club The game will start at 3;30 o'clock,
 Sunday. the Corbin nine will jour. ney to Addison to meet the strong town team of that place. Manager John Tobin expects to pull out with two victories this weekend
 We are in receipt of query which we are requested to publish. It is as follows: T. have been reading a great dela about this Jimmy Maher lately. and I want to know who he is ard who he ever beat" Signed A. P,
 A great deal of enthusiasm is being shown here over the announcement by Hary McKeon of kensington that Bolton -kasica post, American Legion of Berlin has arranged a special marathon race between teams repre- senting Eddy-Glover post American Legion and Private Walter J. Smith post, V. F. W.
 Managers of both teams are husning their charges through the paces in preparation for the event and before Saturday, the rivalry will be at the boiling point These two posts are out strong to back their athletes, l and claim that they are going to win |
 Babe Ruth came back strong yes terday when he re-entered the Yankee { lineup and banged out a home run. Things looked good for the Tanks until the ninth when Bobby Jones of l. the Detroit team smacked one of Carl Mays offerings for a four base ply with two on and won the game.
 "shuflin'' Phil Douglas seems to have shuffled a marked deck in this ! latest scrape he has got himself into. :, His offer to desert his team if it was made worth while" spells the word f finish for him in organized baseball.
 Umpire Ennie of the Eastern league {, forfeited the game between Worcester ind Pittsfeld to Pittsfield yesterday When he called two balls on Staple ton, Pittsfelds first hitter, Pitcher, Lindstrom threw the ball in the air md the umpire ordered him from the game. The Worcester club refused te continue and the game was forfeited Worcester won the second game D
 The work of "Reb" Russell, form Ter White Sox heaver who is now play ng the outfield for the Pittsburgh Pirates, will be watched with much interest by the fans. Many pitcher whose arm went under has turned nto a first class outfelder.
 The Dempsey Brennan bout seems doomed as far as Indiana is concern d. There is an argument going on T the western state with the Cover for holding firm against the fight.
 Connie Mack, manager of the Phil .delphia Athletics, announced today hat he had internationally released ldolph Otto Rettig pitcher Rettig anne to the Athletics from a Pater- on, N. J. seni-pro team.
 '. Homer Blankenship, 1a year old ,itcher Of the Okmulgee team of the Western Association, has been soL' tn he White Sox. He is brother ul fed at present a member of he White Sox pitching staff.
 Jim Thorpe got two out of four at ] at yesterday in the game between Worcester and Pittsfield, One of the I mashes was good for two bases He lso had one put out in the field
 One of the runners to compete in he marathon race to be staged Satur- ay by the Bolton kasica Post of the l .merican Legion, is George Rudin of ne Harriers of New Haven. He is ated as the best marathon runner in $ his state and has entered in most very event of its kind during the past