New Britain herald., 1925-03-23
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 The Middletown team plays at tie Armory Wednesday night in the third of the inter-clty series, each team having won one game. The Middlctown team is easily one Of the best in the state. The men all arc big husky fellows and combine with their size real ability as players. The Mats will have to step pretty lively to keep up with this com bination.
 A glance at the size of Saturday nights crowd at the Armory indi- oates that spring is here. This crowd, elsewhere, would have been considered n big one but in New Britain 1t was one of the slimmest of the season.
 ,, The MiddlStown team was badly beaten by tho Atlas Saturday night and the Meriden Endees handed tt-, Dixies q bad trimming.
 Up in Hartford the city leag.e series Is in another jam. The DiXie.Lyric game set for tonight, is indefinitely postponed as Murphy of the DiSies is out of the game and the outfit will not play without him.
 Tomorrow night there will be a battle for blood at the Y. M. C. A.. when the Stanley Workers clash with r. & r. Corbin five.
 The Corbin boys have everything 10 gain by winning, for a victory will put them back into first place all alone. The Stanley Workers will use their strongest lineup and will have Johnston and LsHar as tho forwards. Schade and Peletier will again pair off, each donating his fastest brand for short periods, while Schroeder will continue his ; bnck-court interference.
 a The other factory league game brings together the Rule Shop and . Landers.. If Murphy Woodford and Company do their stuff as they did it last Tuesday night the Lan- ; Rlrs youngsters will find this as- signment one of their toughest ones.
 The PeXtos went down to the h. dustrial league tournament in New Haven Saturday night and won their first game. They withdrew from the second when Chief" Larson v and Arthur England were protest cd because they do not work at the Southington plant.
 Boxing rules, as written by New d York state authorities, have invaded ! the realm of billiards and hereafter Jake Schacfer, recently crowned 1S.3 . balkline King, will be called upon 10 defend his championship only , twice in q year. Under this ar rangement Willie Hoppe, who lost 7 his title in the Chicago tournament a. few weeks ago, must wait until 5 December, 1926. for an opportunity l 10 regain it.
 7 Edousrd Horemans. Belgian, will be Schaefers. first challenger, the { match 10 be played next December z in q city to be named by the cham pion. Kamckichi Suzuki. who fin- ishod last in the Chicago tournament is not eligible 10 challenge. Welkcr Cochran has yet to sign the agree- nent but his acquiescenCe is fore. cast. as the players have stated that the constant call for challenge matches injurcs their exhibition tours.
 Cricket pays in Australia, an Eng fish team. which has just completed tour. attracted 100000 spectators in five games. Evcn'Amcrcan foot ball cannot approach these figures.
 Only three British players arc rat ed at scratch in the recently pubish- cd golf handicap list Of the Royal and Ancient club of St. Andrews. They are IToldnrnoss. Wethered and