New Britain herald., 1924-08-15
s p e a k i n 6 of Sports


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 Waite Hoyt was knieked out of the
 box by the sislerites yesterday as the
 fsnks went down to defeat, other games resulted in victories for Bosr ton, the Senators and the Athletics,
 Those nesky Athletics seem to he the worst stumbling block with whom the cohbmen have to contend.
 The Tygers can whin the Yankees with imnunity, but against the tail- enders they are almost helpless,
 Dszzy Vance eopped his twentieth victory yesterday and added eight more 10 his strike ont record.
 The Giants lead was cut down yes tsrday when the eontending Pirates gave them q trimming.
 The corsairs today are back in the class of olden days when Honus Wag. nsr was with them and they always were within striking distance of the old flag,
 Luis Angel Firpo, business man and boxer, IS now student of English,
 The hurley Argentine has pur- chased q dictionary and studies 1t as- sidiously SO that he may be better equipped to carry on his yaroius ae. tl,ities here.
 Last year Firpo found himself fre- quently at disadvantage. converse tionally, when conducting negotiations in this country. Now he speaks com raratively fluent English.
 Mode Holdsworth. Big Ten golf champion. found Michigan competi- ton harder than in the Western Con ference. In the recent state amateur tournament he failed to get in with the first S2 qualhers. 4 National league umpire who gave the decision, then reversed himself, has in turn been reversed by President Heydler. As far as we know, this may be exactly how the original recipe for chop suey was conceived.
 You can appreciate the gEsens a | whole lot better after long siege in | the rough. And this goes for life as well as golf.
 In just another month or so the headlines will be singing Cornell Outlook Gloomy" Vale Fears Mill saps," 'Nebraska's Hopes Shot," etc.
 Next to the professional optimist of the prize ring who Is always confident of victory, the guy who pains us most is the professional pessimist of the gridiron who always expects to be de- feated.
 Don't let anyone tell you the Eng fish can't see a joke. More than S0,- 900 of them went to see Jack Bloom- field get knocked out.
 Golf has 1t all over grand opera. The feminine stars of the links are always worth a furtive glance or two.
 This is the time of the year when one doubts the sincerity of the pop eyed fan who throws his old straw lid out on the diamond cheering home run hitter. The Boston fans are In sorry fix. The Red Sox are last and they can't blame it on Harry Frazee.
 If Mr. McGraw's baseball tourists plan to visit Australia, perhaps he had best leave Jumping Joe Dugan be- hind. Mir. McGraw might never be eble to persuade him to leave the kangaroos.
 When you hear the shingled silly of today say My Johns got a swell line" you find yourself guessing he's a football coach or $ hammock Romeo. The Falcons practice tonight at St. 4 Mary's field in preparation for Sum :. days game. Jarvis, who was out of ' the game last week, is back in the lineup. Jaglowski also is ready to !, take his turn in the box. i Art Johnson, a Torrington cast off, ,-| n md Tom Tracy, a Bristol cast-off. :. will oppose each other in the first game at St. Mary's tomorrow between 5 he Bosses and Meriden. Both have 'ounded into excellent form.
 In the second game Young Ed" Walsh will oppose Scott Both are .iEht handers and each has a u.nrld