New Britain herald., 1925-04-22
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A " ! of s ports s l sss:f;ts:;,:u;Ha;,ssai,,;rsisr;,ais,sssssa Chuck WoIak. late of the Chisox Is doing a bit of workout with the Hartford Eastern leaguers. The ! Quebec club Of tho Canadian league has dlshanded for a year and this leaves the local inhelder free agent.
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 Yesterday Wojak went to Hart ford for workout with the Sena- tors and this morning he worked out hgaln, going with tho team for t-cir first game in Bridgeport this . afternoon,
 John Tobin. manager of the Cor bm Red SoS. is determined to have real han club this summer. he announces, and 10 this end hes al- ready has signed u pitcher of more than ordinary merit, He Is Nelson Buckland of Hartford,
 Auckland ran up a string of i3 victories last summer and he pitch cd Bill Battye's Twilight leaguers into the championship. Buckland is souihpaw, stands about feet ten inches and tips inc beam at 195 pounds. He's a husky young man, no doubt, and in addition 10 physical strength. has the calm nerve that goes 10 make np a good twirler
 Tobin now has strings out for n good catcher 10 work with Buekland and expects to make an announce ment soon,
 The game with Moodus on Sunday has been postponed until the tenth of May.
 Two pairs of brothers played on the same floor in last nights Dusty league game, Phil Walther was with the Lockmakcrs and Ed. Wal lner Wlllla lne ItuIS HHop' "iiii' Micliy Luke played with Landers against brother Joe with Russell and Erwin.
 A mixup resulted in the first named combination. Referee Hays called a foul on "Walthcr. It was, credited to Phil. Later when Phil Apparently had four personals. the referee explained that he did not know there were two Walther boys playing. so had simply called the last name. when as a matter of fact the foul was on his brother.
 Mcssrs. Nichols and Murphy of the Rule Shop five were quite put ont over it, but Captain Murphys displeasure was evidently occasioned by the "egging'' from the side lines hv Substitute Nichols who continual- ly advised the captain not to let ,liem pit it over on you,
 Later Nichols got into the game himself He made a foul and as here was TO other Nichols on the floor there was no question that it vas he who was guilty.
 The P. and F. Corbin team sent r, it's subs in the final minutes or the Fafnir game and the second string boys all measured up in good shape. Shepherd came through with a field goal, ....
 The High school plays Crosby h'gh f St. Mary's this afternoon at l.
 Gene Tunncy, American light heavyweight champion, will return to New York today from the-wcst to start training for his match with rom Gibbons. He will have more han six weeks to prepare for tue hattlc, which is scheduled for June , at the Polo Grounds,
 Leaving for Washington last night q continue their series with the Sen- tors, the Yankees were cheered by in announcement that Babe Ruth a steadily improving. A statement before the end of inc week as to when the home run king can leave he hospital was promised by Ruths physician.
 The laborious task of the baseball battery frequently fails to- find ade- 1iate expression in the figures of the box score summary, as was apparent yesterday in the American league game between Detroit and Cleveland