New Britain herald., 1924-12-29


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 X five man defense within the fif- cen foot mark made it almost im- possible 10 penetrate into scoring dis tance and most of the locals points were from fouls or long range shoot ing.
 Gennette and Max Finklestein were the two aces that saved the Reserves from a worse defeat. The former made good on most of hls free shots and also hooked in a few beauts from tho floor. Maxie also poked through several fine floor shots, two from near mid-noor being Of the hair-raising variety and the fact that two were made in success sion made 1t evident that 1t was Maxie's eye, rather than his rabbits foot that was working.
 Carroll's shooting of five baskets in five tries in the big game was a feature and 1t was not until near tho close of the game that the Collegiates missed a single free shot. As 1t was, they missed but two In 1S tries.
 Taylor had bad time from the free mark. He was fouled 15 times during the game, but succeeded in netting only third of these.
 Darlington, who played whale of a game with the Hopevlle boys, is a brother of Darlington Of the West Sides and formerly of the Washing ton collegiates. He's following in his big brothers footsteps as star athlete.
 All of the locals were a bit off in shooting fouls for in addition to Taylor's several misses, Reynolds got but two out of six. Tedders missed his two chances, Johnny Sheehan muffed his one and Restelli could collect but one in three.
 Dick Dillon chalked up the sea- sons first technical foul against the locals Saturday night when he de- tected Reynolds stepping over the lane line while Carroll was shooting.
 Eddie Collins, recently named manager of the Chicago White Sox improved with age, the statistics show. In his thirteenth year in the major leagues, 1920, he hit for .S69, the highest average he has known. Since 1919 he has led the second basemen of the American league in fielding four times attaining his highest average. .977. in 1924. Col lns' all-time batting average is 1929, although he never has led his cir cult as a hitter.
 Arne Borg, Sweden's champion swimmer, is expected to arrive in New York January 1o and to com- pete in the National A. A. L., indoor championships in San sFrancisco, where he is expected to prove John ny Weismuller's greatest rival. The American defeated Borg handily in the Olympic contests last summer,
 Sammy Wendell of Rockford, Ill, and Sid Ferris of New York's east side meet in Madison Square Garden in February in bout which may go far toward forcing Benny Leonard to either defend or vacate his light weight title. The New York box ing commission, with a successful termination of its featherweight tournament in sight, is reported favorable to attempting a similar method of decision in the lightweight ranks.
 Bob Cannefax, three-cushion bill Hard champion, and Willie Hoppc. best at 1S.2 balkline, have agreed that the loser in a special match be tween them to be played in the near future will have the right to chaI- lenge for a second contest, which will be awarded to the west, either Pittsburgh or Chicago, with Came fax favoring Chicago. CannetaX in- sists that no title can change hands as the three cushion champion must fight h:s way through the national competition.
 Opponents for the running marvel Of Finland, Paavo Nurmi. might well be found among the worlds leading tennis players, for estimates from England show that the average singles player who adheres to inc. volIeying type of game will run ap-' proximately o% miles in a closely contested fivc-set match. Incidentally the winner of such a contest ordiN narily would wield his racquet 7aa times.
 Jack Deanoy, Bridgeport Cong, light heavyweight who knocked qlt Paul Berlenbach some months ago when the Astoria, N. Y, man had left behind him long string of tloored combatants, expects to gp to ,he Pacific cotst soon. A Califqtnta promoter saw Delaney ovcrwstlm Pal Reed of Boston at Madison Square Garden Friday night and de- cIared that the Bridgeport man would be welcomed in the far west.
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