New Britain herald., 1924-07-03
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 Wen expect 10 hear tales when the eerbin Red seE come home Sunday night from their three days trip to Norwich. Tsftsills, Mystic and way stations
 Let us hope that none of the boys fall by the wsysids, especially in the rFst mentioned resort
 Dick Hyland. who worked out Nith the St. Louis Browns and later was with the pesses. has jumped over 10 Main where he is playing with sum mer resort team.
 Jimmy Clinton is hllinx in as back stop for the BessesLelandt
 The Pioneers meet toniSh, for practice.
 The Pirates. judging from the first games of the season, are ehutled 10 their leadership in the City league,
 Not 90 much, possibly. as s result Of their superior defensive work as from their great offensive. These boys certainly can pound tho old pill,
 Wesoloski, the former Norwich hos pitai tyirier, Is now pitching profes- slonal ball for the Frederisksburgh team in Maryland.
 It takes a .hsrpshooters 10 clout Bud Taylor, the Indiana hantamweigh. on the chin. Taylor has no chin to speak of. He is the Andy Gump of the prize ring.
 ry Cobb, manager of the Detroit team, thinks the Yankees are through for the season. Either the Tygers or the Indians will win the flag he predicts.
 Having whipped two English mid dlsyeishts in one week 1t now be- hooyes Harry Greb to do something to prove that he really can fight. Strange, isn't it, now that Washing ton is leading the league, no one has accused Clarke Griffith with interfer- inf with the management of the club!
 The great Mir. Ruth writes that the Yankees have a hard row to hoe And come to think of 1t they nave been playing like 8 lot of farmers
 Good or bad, the umpires, so we are told, never get a hand But in St. Louis they often get a fist.
 It is predicted that the impending bout between Benny Leonard, light weight champion, and Mickey Walk CT, welterweight champion, will draw close to s5oO,000. This would break all gate records for fighters other than heavyweights.
 The experts predict America will re- gain the javelin championship this summer, but fortunately the experts are seldom right. ~t..
 Carpenter has branched out as a radio spueaker but in the ring he stlll telegraphs his punches.
 President Coolidge confines his ex- erciss to work with the dumbbells. ,. Both in the gym and in con- gress, one may safely presume.
 Johnny Klbane Is now a boxing in- structor in Cleveland. MT. kil- bane will be remembered as the au- thor of the games first right knee up- -pereut.
 Connie Mack insists his Athletics are still in the race? Will the gentleman kindly specify what race?
 George Smithwick, who made quite q name for himself last fall with the Providence college football team, has been signed up by Manager Jim Lynch as a catcher for his Pioneers, who, by the way. practice at 6So to- night at St. Mary's.
 Winning 17 out of IS games and capturing IS games with but two losses in II days is the record Of which Washington may well be proud.
 Jamieson and Hornsby yesterday both touched the hundred mark in base hits totals for the season.
 The Giants winning streak was broken yesterday when Dazzy Vance breezed Brooklyn in a winner. This was but the fourth game in 17 played that the Dodgers have taken from the champs.
 Zahnizer. an old timer with Wash ineton, held the Red Sox to two hits yesterday as Boston was shut out and 0.
 Dundee's manager must name a date for the Kaplan fight by next ruesday or the New York boxing commission will do 1t for him,
 St. Mary's baseball team of Meriden crosses bats with the local Rangers in the Silver City Sunday.
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