New Britain herald., 1923-04-14
s Speaking of Sports.

of Sports
 We don't think Dempsey Is iikel, to toss away a gold mine for his new coal mine.
 But if Jack does become coa baron, can you imagine timid coa user complaining to him about th, quality of his output.
 One look at his fighting mug ant the consumer probably would admit that crushed stone was fne fuel.
 President o'Neil or the Eastern league is still silent as to whether oi not Red Rorty is to be an umpire in his stable.
 Toronto again plays Springfield to. morrow.
 Harvard's annual baseball trip south began today, with Coach Jack s'attery and 21 players making the jaunt.
 The groundkeeper at Waconah park, Pittsfeld. didn't know what to do the other day when he turned up at the field to find 1t under O couple of feet of water. He donned hipboots, how n ta pta Al Ira tn An tIA lS~ mond. When he got through he had collected IS pearch, two mud turtles and six aiewives. Nature will have to be kind to the Hillies if the park is to be ready for the Boosters on the opening day of the season.
 There will be reserved seats in the entire covered stand for the Yale Georgetown baseball game on Decora- tion day and the Yale Washington baseball game Wednesday, June 13 this year. Heretofore the only re- served seat baseball games have been those with Princeton and Harvard.
 The sale of.the famous Charter Oak driving park at Hartford, Conn, to Thomas w. Murphy noted horseman, of this city. has been consnmmated. The purchase price Is said to be $200,- 000 By the terms Mir. Murphy has 30 days after ratification to accept the option and 5 days thereafter to com plete the title.
 Mac is in again. It was learned today that P. ]. McInerney is planning for another baseball team this year. Mac himself isn't so much of a player, It Is as manager that he excells. As manager, Mac admits tfet he is hard to beat.
 Eddie Goeb is slated to have a busy season this summer Reports have it that he will be chosen as captain Of the Plainville town team and besides this, he has undertaken to coach a new aggregation which will represent the Plainville group of the Hartford County Y. M. c. A. No information is forthcoming from Eddie as to his plans this year.
 Charley Miller's aggregation of young stars which is known as the Pirates, are as busy as bees at the present time laying plans for the cont ing season. The club will hold dance at Graham's Dancing Academy on April 20 to raise money enough with which to start the season.
 Billy Wolfe, who showed, some good | promise with the Corbin A. c. last season and who held the kaceys we'll ! in hand during the series, states that he expects to have good season this year. He is planning to get out pretty | soon and start limbering up.
 Time for the Nutmegs, the Red woods and the others to start. laying their bets for the playground baseball season. Talk about hot rivalry, but that shown when some of these games are staged, has about everything else beat.
 Postmaster Delaney seems to keep on building up the track team at the local High school. The latest addi- tion to the squad is Duke McCabe. Duke is a lanky youngster and should fit in we'll on the local squad. The De- laney brothers will be heard from again this season, it is expected.
 Bill Mangan is preparing to pick his team of wonders to take the an-, nual trip to St. Thomas Seminary in Hartford. They say that Dr. Zwick will be in the box again this year for the nine. The judge has special date each year to play in Hartford and it is said that he always manages to lose the game in the last few innings.
 It has often been the wonder of this city why the American Legion of the Veterans of Foreign Wars or some