New Britain herald., 1924-12-31

game last night for tho Rule shop, is son of Bert loomis who was at one time member of the world champion New Britain team.
 Joe IlergstrOm has recently dug up an old cut showing the first baskct- ball games played in this country. These were played in Springfield a, d ordinary peach baskets were hung at either end Of the gym for baskets.
 After each goal the janitor had 10 take a step-addcr and remove the ball before play could be resumed.
 X review of the Rule Shop-Corhin gam" shows that a field goal by WaItlcr in the first half and one by Woodforl in the second half was inc only scoring from the field done by this team.
 Every member of the Corhin outfit talicd from the floor at least once.
 The Stanley Workers were closely guarded in the first half, Sokora and PclIetier being the only ones 10 score from the floor.
 Wilson, the Corhin captain, took good care of Les Woodford last night and the former prep school flash had littI" chance to display his wares.
 A fighter vino gives you q run for your money is a great guy. ''s A lighter who gives you foot race is au awful par,nip.
 Tn" now bantnmwriCht champion is onty 21 years old. - Happily, he hns plenty of time to live down his shame.
 McGraw says foreigners will never uuJerstInd baseball. @*S will the inc gentleman kindly explain how rhosc New York crowds ever got the hang Of it then.
 1924 vas d great year for come backs. -. It included the full shiried chorus lady, th' yellow slick CT and Dombadior Wells.
 TE. seasons first strawh, rri"s arc arriving in the north. The sea- sons first ra3zberrios will arrive when the rockies finish spring train ing.
 A high school basketball team in passain. \. j.. has not been beaten in five. years. ' : Wcll Mike Nc rigIo has d careful manager, too.
 Rabbit Narar,illc has signed to lead the Cubs next year, but the di- rcr,ion in which he will lead them tjs not stated.
 The Boston Braves finished last in inc National league pennant race but leI the lnaguc in fielding with mark of .9i3. One point behind thcm were the Philli"s, who were seventh III tll| I'iIhAlt baoh'
 new indoor sprint king will be crowned this season. Loren Mur- chison, Newark 4. C. flior. who burn ed up the boards with his speed last season, leaves soon with Charley Paddock on a world tour. His only appcarance indoors will be at the Finnish American games January 6. Candidates for the title he "ill va cate include Jackson Scholz, Olym-. pic .00-meter champion; AT Leco- rcy, Frank Husscy and Louis Clarke, all members of the American 400 meter relay team which broke the worlds record at Paris.
 Dave Mercy. football coach at Middleburv college in Vermont, which accumulated more than goo points this season with an eleven picked from c6 candidates, worries little about next years schedule which finds the Vermontcrs meeting Harvard and Yale on successive Sat urdays. Injuries are few In these battles with larger institutions, he declares.
 Down at the bottom Of the Ma tiona league list is a small gather ing of names the players who par ticipated in less than 10 games dur ing the season of 1924. These in- 4ra@ nlu NtRo in and those going out. Among those at the end of their major league iourneys are Eddie Ainsrnith, battery mate of Walter Johnson for several years; Ivy Olson. long a shortstop in Brooklyn; Walton Cruise, outfeldsr Of the Cardinals and Braves; Johnny Tavan, once noted physician short stop of the Cardinals, and Johnny Rawlings, whose marvellous play in inc world series of 1921 was the final hov to the Yankees
 Harold E. (Bootsl Lever, former University of Pennsylvania track star who won the intercollegiate 10o- yard championship of the annual NhCo A. A. games last year m 2 4-S seconds, has entered for this winters contest on February and expects to face Louis Clarke, Chet Bowman. Alfred Leconey and Frank Hussey. Frank Frisch Of Fordham. poten- tiai manager of the New York Giants is awaiting Information re Esrding salary increases for t9.5. His contract expires this year. M- ready he has called on Manager NcGraw and wished him a happy New Year, but It Is declared that inc