New Britain herald., 1922-11-04
ON THE FIRST BOUND
.wITn oLERKIN.

There Is local interest In the result of the Lafayette Washington and Jef- ferson football game this afternoon, at the Polo Grounds due to the pres ence of Herbert Kopf, of this city In the lineup of the Presidents.
 There is a letter for the manager of the Pirates basketball team at the sporting department of the Herald.
 Local admirers of "Kid' kaDlan will be pleased to hear that he Is be- ing consirered for q star bout at Madi- son Square Garden. Tn selecting Pepper" Martin as his opponent. the promoters are not going to make his debut in the Garden an easy affair by any means.
 Boxing officials at Windsor, Ontario, are not taking kindly to the proposed bout between Jack Dempsey and liar ry Wills in that place.
 The 1922 football season is proving to be one of upsets Yesterday, Hugo Bezdeks Penn State eleven went down to defeat at the hands of the Navy team. It was the first defeat for the Nittany Lions since 1919.
 The national women's golf cham pionship tourney will be held at Rye, N. \, next year.
 Dave Rosenberg of Brooklyn and Mike O'Dowd of St. Paul, Minn., have been matched for 15-round bout at Brooklyn on Thanksgiving Day. Ros- enberg will defend the middleweight title presented to him by the New York boxing commission.
 @ Gene Tunney, former light heavy weight champion of the world, knock ed out Jack Hanlon, of Astoria. l.. l., in the first round of scheduled 12- round mill at Brooklyn last night < Chairman William Mudoon of the New York boxing commission, puts his stamp of approval on the Walker Britton bout at New York, last We'd nesday night. Muldoon says that the bout was on the level and that any one saying otherwise is either a rogue or an iMbecile.
 Muldoon says that the stand put up by Britton in defense of his title was one of the greatest he ever witnessed. | The showing of Britton, according to ] Muldoon, stamps the former New Britain boy as a 100 per cent. man.
 Terry Martin of Providence, an- nounced that he is willing to meet Joe Lynch for the bantamweight cham pionship for the meager sum of one dollar.
 The outcome of the Williams All Bridgeport football game at Bridge port tomorrow will be watched with l considerable interest in this city.
 With the New Britain team play ing at Providence, it is likely that many local people will witness the West Side A. .-All-Hartford game at Clarkin field tomorrow afternoon.
 Tim Terry, at one time manager of ammy Waltz of Hartford, has been s ned member of the Bridgeport ]
 ing commission by Mayor Fred |
 ater.
 The directors of the Waterbury club l of the Eastern league will meet next reek and appoint the manager of the | .lub for next season. Artie Butler of | Fall River, is being mentioned for the berth.
 \ The Providence Journal of yester- | day carried an item to the effect that | 1000 additional seats have been erect l ed at Kinsley park to accommodate | the crowd for tomorrow's game be- | tween New Britain and the Steam Rollers.
 Meriden is all agog over the Inter- | sectional football game between thy | Portland, Maine, High school and the Meriden High school which will be played at the Silver City on December 2. A committee of prominent citizens Is making arrangements for the affair which promises to go down in history as one of the greatest sporting events in the history of Meriden High school. The Portland team is coached by | Jimmy Fitzpatrick, a Meriden boy,