New Britain herald., 1924-02-19
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 Of what quaint and curious stuf worlds champions" are made.
 Consider Mir. Pancho Villa, thu distinguished brown man from tht Philippines. Villa is the worlds fly weight champion. Yet he has beer beaten three consecutive times by Frankie Genaro, a New York Italian Now he refuses to meet Genaro.
 Consider also the case of Michae Angelo McTigue, who unashamedly admits being the worlds champion light heavyweight. Mir. McTigue caught Battling Siki in an unguarded moment of sobriety and whipped him before an unprejudiced Dublin audi, ence last spring.
 Since then Mir. McTigue has done nothing whatever. except to lose a bout to Young Stribling, 19-year-old schoolboy, and to squawk vociferously about being robbed, outraged and in- timidated.
 Villa and McTigue! Whaddayamean worlds champions?
 . One of the best throwing arms the big leagues have witnessed in the his tory of baseball belonged to Joe Birmingham, old Cleveland outfielder. Birmingham could heave 'em out from almost any distance or angle. Base runners never took undue liber- ties with that whip of steel. He now scouts for Cleveland.
 Walter Hagen will play in few ex- hibition matches the coming season. He is now in the business of build- ing golf courses and intends to de- vote most of his time to the new en- terprise. Naturally he will play in the national open and he plans to go his days as tourist golfer" are ended.
 Jose Lombardo, featherweight champion of Panama, who claims Johnny Dundee ran out of match with him, is coming to this country to trade wallops with 126-pounders. Lombardo used to be a bootblack. Now he is the idol of Panama's sportive set.
 Joe Lynch, who started out on a transforming trip, working in con- junction with Jack Dempsey, has got his fill of one night stands Lynch recently wired his manager to call all bets off and took the next train for New York.
 In the Hartford city league last night the Dixics lost to the Y. NJ. II. A., g to 30.
 1t was an exciting game, but no more so than was the fight of the fans to get in. The crowd formed as carly at 5.30 D. m, and when tho doors opened the police had to take hand to stop tho rush. As it was a half dozen women caught in inc stampede fainted.
 Jock Malone, St. Paul middle weight, has been offered s12,'00 and expenses to go to England to fight Roland Todd.
 Sixty-five Hartford high school boys repored for football practice yesterday.
 A California coroner has found no criminal responsibility for the auto accident that caused the death of Third Baseman Boeckel.
 Chisholm, the Yale hockey star, is in the hospital with injuries received . week ago.
 When the advance guard of the Chicago Americans starts south Feb ruary 2s for training at winterhaven, Fla., it will go without Manager Frank Chance. Doubt is expressed hero whether Chance will be well 'enought to go, and Secretary Grabiner fas indicated that Big Ed Walsh and Johnny Eycrs will take charge of the workout down south until Chance Is in condition. President C. A. Comis- key expects today to get into com munication with Chance at his Los Angeles home and discuss the situa- ton. Grabiner will start lining up the signed contracts of the Sox today after long delay due to the Joe Jackson suit at Milwaukee. No hold | cuts have been reported. Frank Chance, whose resignation as manager of the Chicago Americans was refused by Owner Charles A. Comiskey, said today he was gradual 1 ly getting stronger and that if he con- tinued to feel as well, he might be able 10 join the club in e few weeks. Fred Moore. left defense on the | Abgweits hockey team of Charlotte RITTER RE SAFE