New Britain herald., 1925-03-20


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 Anonymous communication are given scant attention in newspaper office, 1t being generally believed that person having faith in what they are saying should be willing that the editor, at least, be aware of their identity,
 This morning there was such a letter on the sports desk of the Herald and 1t purported to be from some anxious enthusiast" of the wrestling game who questions Al Ventres' right to the middleweight wrestling title in this state. It also uses this letter as an excuse to boost some wrestler who is given the cognomen of "rwister Kim"
 This may be Cobb's last year as a regular. It also may be his first as the manager of winning mob. Ty thinks the Tygers have | triple-decked chance to bounce into the important dough next fall,
 Heilmann wasn't the hitter last year he was the year before. This was due to an injection of serum calculated to keep fever out of his system. The doc got hold of the wrong bottle. All his dope did was to keep base hits out of Harry's system.
 Lu Blue has opposition at first base for the first time in years. Johnny NcIn, from St. Paul, has his eyes on the bag. MT. Blue. however, is more practical; he has his feet on the bag and will probably stay there.
 Cobb says he won't play more than loo games this year. This practically amounts 10 three full snason' play by an average outfielder. Cobb doesn't know who'll replace l i'm. The Egyptian sight-seers Iaven't decided what will eventually take the place of the pyramids either.
 Cobb doesn't let the boys play golf, IIn labors under the delusion that ! all players ought to play ball. He q qn reserves the right to tell 'em where to get off when they don't play it right. This system is prob ably all moist. It happens to be the same system Charlie Schwab uses in running the steel trust.
 Sport writers declared that Willie Eitola. dark-skinned rival of the great Paavo Nurmi missed one of the best opportunities for glory ever given 10 q track athlete in the 5000 metre race Tuesday when illness took Nurmi from the floor Had Ritola left inc track. declining to accept victory with Nurmi out. q wonderful tribute for sportsmanship would have been his.
 Ritola would have had to think fast to accomplish such situation, as his opponent trotted lap after he was stricken. With only three laps 10 go. Willie undoubtedly thought 1t necessary opprotect him self against the possibility that the Olympic champion would recover in time to finish the race. Moreover. it is very likely that Ritola paid lit tic or no attention to the departure of Nurmi.
 Lew Paluso of Salt Lake City, just a little too heavy for tlle featherweight ranks, will meet Sld Ferris of New York, considered one of the casts leading lightweights. Tn tt lMtlNt-lOAhu bObL III 4NtN next Wednesday. Paluso was cilm- mated from the recent featherwelght tournament by Jose Lombardo or Panama.
 Boxing followers felt that Paulso was too big a man to attempt to gain a championship among the feathers for he could not expect 10 squeeze himself very ofters and re- tain his speed and ambition. In the lightweight division there IS every indication that he will Improve and his bout with Ferris will go far to- ward determining his future Tn the ring.
 Willie Plant, traiRing for his 1O,- 00O-metre walking race with lgo Frigerio Of Italy, Olympic champion at that distance,/ a week from to- morrow, plods to his home from work every jther night. The dis tance is about five miles.
 Paavo Nurmi reported yesterday that he feht able to resume the schedule ok races which will take him across( the continent. Physi- cians said that with good care a re- currence of the attack which forced him out of race with Willie Ritola in New Ydrk Tuesday night can be avoided.
 Williami Rand, Jr.. of the Har- yard club, winner of the New Jer- sey and national amateur champion ships, has been awarded first place in the squash rankings of the 1924 1925 season, displacing Fillmore Van s. Hyde. also of the Harvard club, who has been rated third.