New Britain herald., 1922-07-28
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 The St, Mary's Girls team will pla, the Travellers Girls team of Hartford this evening at St. Marys field.
 Manager John Tobin will have his Corbin team out for practice this eve ming at Walnut Hill park at 6 o'clock
 Jimmy Chalmers. who was beaten by the St. stanislaus team of Meriden last Sunday. has asked the Corbin management for chance to redeem himself tomorrow afternoon against the Silver City club. The request has been granted. Garozza will do the catching for the Lockmakers. Cos sette. a brother of the Corbin basket ball player. will do the backstopping for the visitors tomorrow, with either smedick or Bacarich on the mound.
 The St. Louis Cardinals are making very poor showing against the Giants In the pennant race just now. In three games played in the present series at the Polo Grounds the New Yorkers have won in convincing manner.
 Benny Leonard. of New York, was tendered surprise party last night at Jersey City, If all the things that he is supposed to have said about Lew Tender are true. There Is one thing sure. another bout between this in
 The Philly southpaw was given very little chance by the Leonard wor- shippers in this section to make a showing against the idol. He came through all right. and maybe in a longer battle with decision at stake. he might do even better.
 Tender apparently has no regard for the feelings of Leonard regarding his beauty. He opened wound over the champions eye, and according to the account of the fight, he also knocked tooth from Benny's mouth
 The Fish Red Tops of Chicopee, Mass, will play the New Departure team at Bristol next Sunday.
 The athletic management of the New York University, has made statement to the effect that Joe Flynn. sensational shortstop of the baseball team of the university, has turned down an offer to play with the New York Giants.
 John H. Clark, aged 73 years, an old time lightweight boxer, died yes- terday at Philadelphia, from a nerv- ous breakdown.
 Jimmy Lavender, once great hurler on the Holyoke team in the old Connecticut league, and later a member of the Chicago Cubs, has turned in his uniform to the Atlanta club management, announcing that he is through with baseball The legis- lAtion against the use of the spitball greatly affected Lavender's usefulness as hurler.
 There was a novel ending to the Arst preliminary bout at Jersey City last night. Jimmy Cooney, who was boxing Jack Monroe, tore his trunks, and the boxing commission ordered a halt in the mill.
 A Victrola record of the selection, Many heart is broken" ought to ! have a big sale in New York for the next few days.
 Hundreds of boxing fans congre- gated last night around tickers in this city, to hear the returns of the Leon- ard Tender bout. We didn't hear them, but if they were like those sent of the Britton-Leonard mill, they must have been wonderful to listen to, by the Leonard admirers.
 President John Heydler of the Ma tional league, has disallowed the pro- tests of the Brooklyn club against umpire decisions in games with the f. Giants and the Cardinals
 Lou Bogash of Bridgeport, and George Shade of the Pacific Coast will AASoe IoAiSHt III the ring at Boston, It will be the second bout in three days for Bogash After long layof from ring activ- ities, Battling Levinsky will enter the padded arena on August II, meeting Jim Tracey, the Australian heavy- weight.
 Billy Kopf got two hits in the Braves-Cubs game yesterday at Bos- ton.