New Britain herald., 1924-04-24

Tomorrow night the Pirates will have d meeting at the Y. M. c. 4. and later adjourn to Piltz's store to award SIG gold piece.
 The E.gger they come the harder they fall. It did appear that Firpo was one fighter who meant it when he saii he was through. But now he's slipping. He is willing to fight !:umero-and only to prove that he's noS afraic of him. Of course the financial considerations have nothing to do with it. Oh, no. Honor is all the Luis thinks about.
 The recent story about Jack . kearns, Dempsey's manager, getting | drank, attacking two cops and being 1 locked up is more important than it | sounds. Just think, Kearns didn't | charge the cops thing for locking | him up. That's about tine only thing ! that Jack ever permitted to get away with the long green.
 A foreign expert, commenting on Paddock, says he has no style as a runner.
 Well. Charley has speed, which is Getail worth considering. Sam Rice, speed merchant of the Washington Nationals, known 10 fans of that city as Man oWar," aims to steal 50 bases this year. He got away to a good start
 "'Muddy' Ruel handles me as well as any catcher I ever had mechani- cally; better yet, his judgment of the battcrs couldn't be improved upon," i7 the way Walter Johnson speaks of his battery partner.
 Frank Chance says he expects Will lie kamm of the White SoX 10 hit aj , points better than last season. If he does, Kamm will vie with Joe Dugan as the most valuable third baseman in the Johnsonian organization. Manager Stanley Harris of tho Washington club says that Walter Johnson will seldom be used as re- lief pitcher. Harris figures that given three to four days rest Johnson should have one of the best years of his career.
 |. The Yankees defeated the Red soS at l'enway park yesterday. The Rambno had a big afternoon, getting a homer, double and single. l, Benny Leonard is a believer in tho omcns and good luck signs as shown yesterday when he made bid for the figure of the Goddess Of Chase atop ,. the Madison Square Garden. Benny is willing to purchase a statue if nee eSsary Co preserve his Good Luck in the ring.
 Tho Boston Braves and philadel- pna hooked up in a fifteen inning tilt ,nsierday in which the Braves came out on ton. The feature of the game i. was the pitching of Strykcr, Norees- ter recruit, who hurled tho last sevSp innings for the beantown aggregation.
 Tho Springfield "ponies" and the pltisfeld "Hilics'' both dropped their opening games yesterday Waterbury nut it on to the mountaineers by the score Of 2-i, and the hurling oi y spstcs, Albany twlrlcr, enabled the Ncw York team to win over Spring il by a score of Gel. This is the nth straight season in which spring !, field has lost the opening game.
 The premier boxing show of the stats wil be put on tonight in Water LuFy by George Mulligan when Kid 0 kaplan and Cuddy DeMarco Of Pitts-
 1irga will mingle in the star bout of inc evening. In previous bout held in ihe quaker City the two battlers fought to a draw decision. Amcrica's best, Zev, is expected to mnls her bow as four year old al Jamaica this spring.
 At at meeting Of thc executive com mite of the Intercollegiate Basket ball league to be held in Philadelphia N inc election of officers and discussion of inc rules for the 1924 season wil be discusscl.
 Jim Thorpe. famous lnditan athlet'
 rnd former member Of the Harttor'
 Eastern league team. is playing base
 baIi with the Lawrence. Mass, tesn
 ir inc Boston Twilight league. !.
 The Connecticut Aggie baseball
 team will swing into action toda,
 when they will take on the Universit
 of Maine team. Coach Dole conteni mates a change in his batting lineu'
 and expects great deal of additioha
 tatfinr strength.