New Britain herald., 1923-10-24
Speaking
of Sports

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Local night followers viii travel q
Hartford Friday night 20 watch Al
ehuDeFt perform against the rejuyen.
sted Mickey fraEeFs. The New Haven
hoy Il making great comeback cam
paish but will md worthy oppon-
ent In the veteran New Bedford bat.
Ilsr.
Mike Mefigue is TO break relations
with Joe Jacobs. his manager. Alike
wants 10 return 10 ireland and enter
business there. The contract between
them has 10 months more to run and
IN that time Jacobs hopes TO keep
AeTisue busy.
Bernie Berdou. nyweieht champion
OF France. will make his American
debut Friday night at Madison Square
Garden meeting Johnny Hamm OF
Pittsburgh.
Eddie eheylin, who Is 20 meet
George Ward In Boston Friday night,
ia training at Dartmouth. where he
Is boxing instructor.
Tho Robinson Wilson bout at Bos-
ton last week drew sis.4i2.
Sam Langford Is down In Mexico
City. knocking 'em cold. He stopped
Jim Flynn In three rounds last week
and was challenged by Jack Johnson
and Frank Moran.
Harry Greb Is grabbing off the kale
In big punches He will take on
Soldier Jones of Canada at Pittsburgh.
Nov. 8.
Young Stribling, the southern sem
sation. In coming north. He Is TO
meet Phil Krug In Newark next
month.
Next Tuesday night at the Pioneer
club In New York Abe Goldstein will
defend his newly won bantamweight
laurels against Harold Smith of Chi
cago In q 12-round contest. Both |
men have posted forfeits to weigh |
In at the bantamweight limit Of lis |
pounds.
Jimmy Jones, the aggressive west |
ern welterweight. who is suspended |
by the New Jersey commission and |
also suspended In this state, will try
conclusions with Mickey Horkins In a
12-round decision bout at Youngstown
next Monday night.
Irish Johnny Curtin, WIZ knocked
out the highly touted Pittsburgh fight
err, Pete Civic, last week, says he in
tends forcing Abe Goldstein, who is
now recognized champion of the ban
tamweight class, into bout. Johnnys
manager says that Goldstein was to
have met his protege Thursday night
at Newark, but called off the match,
stating he was Ill, the management of
the laurel club in Newark substituting
Spencer Gardner.
Junior Lightweight Champion Jack
Bernstein has been signed to meet
Johnny Leonard, the fast Pennsyl-
vania fighter, in 12-round contest,
at the Commonwealth club, New York,
Nov. II.
Brown has hopes of trimming Yale
Saturday at New Haven. The Bru-
ms hopes have been raised by the re-
turn of Sayward, an end; Bacon, an
other winman; Howarth, good
kicker, and Dixon, to the squad han
died by Ed Robinson
Colby and Maine will hook up In
the big tussle of the Pine Tree State
championship series Saturday. Maine
is favored to win.
Howard, Springfield boy is being
prepped to take AL Fricke's kicking
duties for Wesleyan, in case that
injuries will not permit
him to play in the Little Three series.
The classic among the small college
clashes In New England this week will
be between Middlebury and Tufts.
Both have fine teams and the YER
mont outfit, with tie game against
Harvard. hopes to win over the Casey
coached eleven.
,ther win-man; Howarth, good
Dartmouth forwards ripped so many
holes in the Vermont line last Satur-
lay that most OF this week at Burling-
on will be devoted to efforts by Coach
Crisp to plug these gaps.
Cleo O'Donnell, who has been Sc
'srely criticised because Holy Cross
lid not defeat Harvard, does not de-
erve the censure. He has one
nan coached team and was alone on
lis bench waiting for Harvard de-
ects while at least 10 Crimson ex- Il
,erts were on the Harvard side lines, u
izing UP plays and opportunities for =
he Crimson. O'Donnell will now try b