New Britain herald., 1925-04-18
Spe akin g of Sports

sttSttSftsttfSS1stifsss Al Lindley, the famous Yale crew stroke, has been dropped from the squad because of low scholarship. His loss is a terribly blow to the Blues water chances as Lindley is easily one of the foremost oarsmen of the present day.
 The Endees and West Ends of Meriden clash tonight in the silver city series. A win by the Endees and it's all over. .... .. Talk of a Middetown-DiXje con- test for state honors,, to be played in New Britain, continues but that's as much as 1t has amounted to thus far.
 The Pextos and Elmwood teams at last seem certain for a game on Monday. They will play in Bristol at the high school.
 Nurmi Is going to the coast to race and we are surprised to hear he Is not to compete against any of the fast girls in Hollywood.
 Both Tunney and Gibbons are listed as gentleman fighters. If this is true it probably will be a terrible scrap.
 Neither of the St. Louis teams aas ever won a championship and this probably explains why Abe Attell, Chick Gandil and those boys never liked the town.
 The life of John l.. Sullivan Is to be had in book form, not in bottle form, as some of the old Romans traducers would seem to prefer it.
 Mir. Charles Ebbets, the bank roll of the Brooklyn team, is very i'll. Mir. Ebbets' illness dates back to the day Dazzy Vance demanded a 50,000 contract. Ban Johnson's suggestion that amateur teams play preliminary games to the official major league contests might be embarrassing in Boston. It would be hard for the fans to tell when the amateurs were playing and when the Braves were playing.
 New York city issued licenses to 72,000 fighters last year. This, however. does not include subway guards and taxicab drivers who GGht without licenses.
 The automobile racers have begun tuning up for the annual speed classics. We suppose the tune hey like best is Until Death Doth Is Part"
 Gene Tunney has refused to go to London to fight. This is easy to believe when you know Mir. Tunney does not drink.
 Baseball has changed whole lot since Aunt Sara used to wear long lace gloves, but we note that Old Sol Is still big favorite with the bright young men'who write for the papers.
 A statisticIan shows that it cost Michigan students less than 35 cent, [ game to sec their athletic teams ir action. We guess they at least got their moneys worth when Red Grange broke loose in the Illinoi: game.
 There isn't one nativc.born Phila, delphian on Connie Mack's souat this year. This is fine boost fo, the caliber of Phladelphia's citi zenry.
 Prof. Savage of Oberlin saws tor much emphasis is placed on victor, Tn football. It would be hard tr convince the boys at Harvard of this Jack Dempsey is quoted as savjn, ne does not need a manager. Wbar he means to say is that he does no heed two managers, the new wifi, being quite sufficient.
 entertainment will share a nIac, with official business in the program Of the American Olympic association meeting in New York today. Fol lowing an executive committee ses sion, motion pictures of the las olymplc games will be shown, Late, the delegates will elect representa- lives to the next Olympic congress
 Paavo Nurmi's announced inten lion of competing in one eastern ont aoor track meet, to be staged at th, 1ankee Stadium, was greeted witl surprise and approval today. Tn, flnnish running marvel had pre- viously stated that he had no inten "oh ol competing here except durip, the indoor season.
 Earle Sande's utilization with Jos eph F. Widencr in turfdom is con sidered by racing followers as offer ing the clever jockey an excellent op portunity to show his skill on a least two good horses. He will hay, the mount on Altawood, winner O the Bowie and Pimlico handicap last fall, and on Hamadan, A fas lhree year old, in the Belmont Preakness, Kentucky derby and oth er classics.
 Though the New York state atb letic commission yesterday opened one gap in the congestion of out door boxing dates during May an, June by advancing the Gibhons-Tun ney fight from June 12 to June E they closed another at the displeas ure Of Tex RfCkard The chapp,