New Britain herald., 1925-01-20
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4 VI SP0 Al sCssssssssss sssSssses Fafnir and LandsEs are the bis features appearing in the City Factory league at the Y. M. c. A. tonight. It will be youth and pep against experience, more mature years and brawn. with an almost equal sprinkl.ng of pep.
 As Fafnir has yet to taste defeat, they will be especially anxious to keep their slate clean. but no less anxious than will Do the youngstsrP In putting the first blot on 1t.
 The other game presents the Cabinet Lock against Russell and Erwin. The Cabinet Locks makers are entering lthe favorites. but If Hayes referees and keeps down the rough playing that featured the Lockmakers' last appearance the R, and E. boys have good chance. The Connecticut Aggies play Trini- ty tonight and Johnny Baylock. the Hardware City boy who captains the Storrs outfit, is confident of adding that scalp to his belt. ' The Waterbury Eastern league club has reelected officers and the directors have smiled with glce at the financial report which shows $500 on the right side of the ledger.
 Knute Rockne has set at rest all doubts as to his plans for going west. He will not go to the University Of Southern California, he says.
 The Hartford Kaceys deefated the Springfield spartans last night S2-1s. The Hartford City league opens tonight with the Dixies clashing with the Kaceys.
 The Kaceys will have Hope Restel- Ii and Johnny sheehan of the Nets in their lineup. An eastern scribe has made the amazing discovery the New York Giants will be an unpopular ball club this year. Can you remember when they were a popular club?
 Benny Leonard collapsed under the strain of acting the other night. The number of spectators who suf- fered similarly is not known.
 Tn order to prove he Is the worlds featherweight champion Kid kaplan will battle a Frenchman. This will merely prove to us he knows g. good thing when he sees 1t.
 Pictures from the coast show MT. Jack Dempsey is growing very fat But the growing size of his bank roll is proof enough the fat Is not above his ears.
 Ma one bowls a game of ten pins any more. Instead, according to the sport pages, he Topples the Timbes.
 Murders the Naples.
 Furnishes the Pins.
 Harasses the Hardware, and
 Lambasts the Lumber.
 And the good old days when basketball players simply shot a bas ket seem to have abdicated alto gether in favor of young gents wnc Dent the Bucket, Pierce the HooI sand Cage the Leather.
 Undoubtedly there is such thint as running a good thing In th' ground, but promoters handling MT Paavo Nurmi don't seem to think 50 Cy Young will be 56 years old thi year. In another year or so he'll o' old enough to make a spring trll with the Washington club.
 Superintendent Dwight Skinner 0 the Boys club says that he woul' like to secure Gerald Chapman t play forward on his big team' Il bases this remark on Chapman ability to elude the guards.
 Mario Giglio, regarded as the ligh heavyweight champion of Italy, ar
 
 scheduled to make his American de but against Jack Lester of Gran Ranids in d 10-round bout at Engle wood, N. J., Friday night. Gigli was pointed toward the United State by Johnny Dundee before the re tired featherweight champion too French leave.
 Classmates and friends of the lat Percy b. Haughton, football coac at Harvard and Columbia, are plan hing 6 memorial to be erected Cambridge. More than 1000 letter describing tho plans have bee ' mailed to men he coached and oth CTS who knew him we'll
 College football drew tremendou a'tendanCes in 1924, but even mor remarkable was the record of 5000 raid admissions at high schot contest. reported from Southern Cal iforna.
 The defeat of Tommy Cavanaug Boston College mileF. by Leo Larr vee of Holy Cross, ih the 1B mllt relay event at the Fordham meet New York Saturday night was ser
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