New Britain herald., 1922-06-27

Mickey" Noonsn is going like |, Mouse afre in the down river com pAny. Mickey hits 'em all over th iet, and Is the claas Of the catchin vtAAs throughout the league. No nee to say that Mike is playing real bal this season, because the few exhihi
 ttohs that he has given in this cit
 0ew him to be . finished back stop
 Marty Holleran who is playing bal
 with 4n industrial team In Newark
 NJ. writes and says that he is doini
 Arso rate this season. He has beer
 hittihg systematically all season ant
 hes been doing back stop duty in al
 Most every game.
 Bransheid. former Pioneer and
 Lahdefs' IRduAtrial player, is rated
 as one of the best hitters in tn,
 leasut. Aranny has developed into
 ' mighty clouter and has learned to
 hit them from all angles. He is one
 sf the hardest men in the league to
 pitch to. because he doesn't show any
 weak spots. He Is playing regularly
 st stprtstcp for the East Hampton
 team.
 Corkins, former Fafnir Bearing
 e$tcher. b also among those who arc
 slowing their wares in the River
 league. He Is deing backstop duty
 with the. East Hampton team and is
 delivering the goods in great shape.
 Jack Lund, who will be remember e4 as one of the real old timers is catching regularly for the Chester team. He played bali the same time that Red: Campbell did. He is still Scing good, and except that he is now slowed up a bit on chasing fouls. he is in every branch a first rate catcher Jack is 2 biz boy and he can lay the willow on tho old pill for extra bases every time.
 The stronghearts won the fourth straight game of the season when thty handed the Plainville Crescents . 10 to :. beating in Plainville satur- day. The Stronghearts aye still look- ing for games and would like to hear from the managers of the teams in their class. Call tel. 51S-14.
 Joey Fitzpatrick played in hard tuck Saturday in the Connecticut River league when he occupied the mound for 1voryton against Chester Chester won the game to ,, but the ragged support given the local twirler accounted for the loss more than the pitching of Fitzpatrick. The idea in the River league is to hire a battery and then sit down and let them win the games. ."...
 The number of twirlers playing down the river is large. Selleck, star Yale slabsman in former years, Justin of the Coebills of Hartford. Thomas of New Haven and many others are seen every Saturday on the mound l down the valley ', Many of the old timers when talk l ing to the New Britain boys all speak i of the prowess of Red" Campbell | who usad to cavort around the infield for sonit of the teams in the league Everybody has a good word ~ for "R4d" and all speak highly of his i ability.
 Mike Ribbons, for many years, was known as the Phantom" After the exhibition that Jack Britton gave last night, the title should be passed over by St. Paul Mike to Jack.
 Mile. Lenklen, the French tennis star. has decided to play in the tourney. Now that this has been decided on, the world can continue to go on.
 An Ohio judge yesterday rendered ! decision which prohibits the pro- posed bout between Jack Johnson md Tut" Jackson, at Washington Courthouse in that state on July 4. This will not affect the sport to any IYeat extent.
 Jack Dempsey was introduced from he ring at New York last night, and to Joe Humphries, the an- aouncer, the heavyweight will meet my man in the world. This was ac ,epted as definite answer to the Wills challenges hurled by Paddy Mullens.
 Judge Bill" Mangan, Chief" Dave Dunn. Doc" Dunn and Jim Curtin ,eturned early this morning from a ,ery pleasing trip to New York yes- erday. The quartet saw Yale defeat Harvard at the Polo Grounds yes- erday afternoon, then much to their 'elight, last night watched the trim ming Of Benny Leonard by a former elloW townsrnan, Jack Britton.
 Tommy Kelly is around the town oday, beaming with smiles. Tommy cme metines picks a winner, but not in many a day has he appeared to be letter pleased than at the result of he Britton- Leonard bout last night Kelly sat in last night and watched Britton give Leonard a fine esson in the manly art of self de- ense.
 Jimmy Sullivan, the Wilson street aocking bird, was another local boy ,h ose feelings were not at all injured y the manner In which Britton um mmeled Benny last night. Jim was etnewhere inside the Velodrome last tkht. rhe New York sport writers were all vet" on their predictions as to he outcome of the Britton-Leonafd out last night. |.