New Britain herald., 1924-12-30

 ing rivals,
 Another surprising thing to some eastern fans is tho failure of Dooley of Dartmouth to be placed.
 Now that Camps all important All-Amcrican has been announced, grid fans may sit back and argue or gloat, as the case may be. until something else of major importance in the sports Armament takes their attention.
 Tonight 1t is safe to say that the An-American will be forgotten when the Industrial league and It's packers get busy at the Y. Two good games are booked.
 Local skce-ball players will be pleased to learn that A. c. kamm one of Connecticut's leading skee- ball exponents and promoters will
  local alleys at the Casino alleys Tues day, Dec. 30th.
 Meaning to be complimentary, NIT. Firpo tells Farisians Dempsey IS terrible fighter. Meaning to Do truthful we tell the world the same of Mr. Firpo.
 Ban Johnson has been told to quit rapping Judge Landis. We suspect Johnson doesn't give a rap about him anyway.
 And in the second place" begins turf writer, who has evidently chosen Epinard as his subject.
 These extended reviews which greet up annually on the sport pages are indispensable volumes of en- lightenment and erudition. But for them how would we ever know that Willie Hoppe is the champion bil- iardist, Babe Ruth the sultan of swat, Helen Wills the queen Of ten his and Bobby Jones the stylist Of golf?
 A critic writes that Abe Goldstein lost the title because he fs afraid of his shadow. In other words Abe neglected his shadow boxing.
 It has been said that three Scotch men reaching for the dinner check inspired the first slow motion pie ture.
 4 college weight thrower has been signed by the Boston Braves. It would be moro a novelty if they would sign ball player
 The New York boxing commission has ordered Gene Tunney to step out and do some fighting. There is something ironical about this when you consider the fighting Tunney went through in France.
 The baseball magnates have de- tlIcu tO uO HUtnllS dDoul lllC V \ Ol- nell.Dolan scandal. Doing nothing is one of the best things baseball magnate ever does.
 The papers are printing pictures of Mir. Cannonball Martin, the new champion, kissing his mother. It won't be long before you see pictures of him kissing the canvas.
 Walter Stuart Nuthall of London, prominent in English tennis circles for years and for a time honorary secretary of the Chiswick Park club, dcd recently after an operation for tennis elbow" His daughter Bet ty, is the present girl champion of Great Britain as the result of her fathers instruction.
 Robert Zuppkc, Illinois coach. told one on Gil Dobie, Corneirs gloomy football mentor, at the Football Coaches dinner in New York that is worthy of mention.
 After the Cornell Pennsylvania game in Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day. Zuppke met Dobie In a hotel lobby and with words of consolation, endcavored to soften the string of the Pennsylvania victory by soothing wrds to the Cornell coach.
 Can't understand it Gi," said Zup, your backfeld is the fastest thing have ever seen. It starts quick and gets to the line of scrimmage without any loss of time"
 "Yes." replied Dobie, but that's just the trouble. They get to the tacklers too fast"