New Britain herald., 1923-03-24
SD e eaking of Sports

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 some of us have to work almost a
 year for that
 New Haven news dispatch says;
 'ExtAnsive plans were formulated at
 repent meeting of the New Haven
 police department for the organiza-
 ton of an athletic association. base {. ball team, etc."
 How about 1t Herb7
 The St Louis baseball club has not won a pennsnt since 1888.
 If the Herald baseball team had known that last summer they wouldn't have felt 50 lonesome.
 Walter Koppisch. Columbia foot ball captain. should win the intercol- legiate quarter mile at Franklin Field. Philadelphia, May 2s, unless his out door performances differ materially from the sensational brand of run ming he has exhibited indoors this past winter.
 Koppisch has equalled the worlds indoor record for the quarter-4s S-5 seconds--duYing the past several weeks and in addition the blue and white star quatermiler has finished ahead of the pack in the "met" 500, the Brooklyn college 40, the Subur- ban quarter the Wilco 660, the Buer- meyer 500 and the Col. Gaston 660 yard special at Boston. At Buffalo he clipped 3-5 of a second of Allan woodring's mark of 51 1-5 for the quarter at the One Hundred and Sixth Regiment armory.-Exchange.
 Harvard Princeton. the so- called big three of football. can truth fully boast they possess the big three of golf--Sweetser, Jones and Knep- per.
 Incidentally these boys were picked for the U. & Golfing association team that goes to England April IS, but studies will prevent them from going.
 Amid the ballyhooing over Babe Ruth's early training one can hear a sarcastic echo concerning his .11S batting average in the world series.
 The. Yale baseball team left today l for Macon. Tuesday it clashes with l Oglethorpe.
 Dan Rogers had lot of experience with boxers and wrestlers before he started pushing Rocky Kansas to the front rank among the light weights.
 T once had big colored boy who had just come up from the south," Rogers says. T was just getting him started and we weren't getting much | money. Every time would see him | heading toward me with his hand out | would grab up paper and read him some story where it said he was the greatest fighter in the world and that he would get a million dollars In 8 year. knew he couldn't read.
 Tt worked for long time but finally he interrupted me one day in the midst of a perfectly beautiful reading and said:
 "Scuse me, MT. Dan, but I eats poke chops not words and clippings"
 Jocko Conlon, former Harvard cap- tain, seems assured of a berth with the Boston Braves.
 On April 24, the N. B. H. S. base ball team clashes with Wilby High at Waterbury.
 It's great fun to hear the ladies bowl at the Rogers or Casino alleys Each pin squeal, each ball a gggle
 The All-Insurance Baseball club of Hartford is now booking games for its fifth consecutive season. playing the best semi-pro clubs on their grounds Saturdays, Sundays and holi- days.
 The club last year won the ma jority of its games with the fastest semi-pro clubs in Connecticut and ssachusetts and is recognized as leading semi-pro club. This seasons club promises to be the fastest in its history
 For booking, write Noel k. Atwood, manager, in care of Aetna Life In- surance company, Hartford. stating open dates and best guarantee pay able.
 Manager Iris Speaker of the Cleve- land Indians planned on sending George Ehle, who has not been scored upon this season, against the Cincin- nati Reds at Lakeland Fla, today in the final game of four game series has won two of the three contests played.
 Jimmy Wilde, will sail May 12 from England for New York to com plete his training for the bout Pro- noter Tom O'Rourke claims to have definitely arranged in which the Eng ishman would defend his worlds fyweight title against Pancho Villa former American cham pioH V RouThe dhnounCeu toudy.
 Cornell's track men, rated as sec ,nd best in the east, and the Michi- ran squad. leader in competition in he middle west meet at Waterman gymnasium at Ann Arbor tonight for heir 1 9th annual contest. Ten events ire on the program. Coach Coakley brought a strong team of 33 men to Ann Arbor and the customers were ,y no means considered easy oppon- .nts