New Britain herald., 1925-02-17

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 Tonight is bargain night at the Y, with Dusty league games start ing at 7.80 and continuing until all three have been played. Those pair ing up are the Rule Shop and Cabinet Lock; Landers and P. & F, corbin and Russell & Erwin ys. Fafnir.
 The Fafnir boys will find their work cut out for them tonight when they tackle the rejuyenatsd R. &. E, outfit,
 Larry Mangan may not be able to !, be presents ss he has a lodge Dneet- Ing sskomething to attend, but hen be there tH spirit # not in body and the boys will Asar from him .tomeviI fswAny way
 Why not adjourn tha meeting <cnE2 Larry. sta get around.
 'Teafury" ,Milstead, the xal. feot- bali ttar Tho marriage reesntly was anoIhced and who was dropped from collses pronto. now has An cf- ferto go inte the movies.
 / The Mats go to Meriden tonight to play the Endees. A good following will go down with them. 1t Is expect ed.
 Johnny Flyers has been appointed coach for the Giants, succeeding polan who, Land!s hits, might pos sibly be reinstated if application ,werc made. ..4--.~---
 LhC DiAiCo dHu WcSL DIueo CHRISTI in the Hartford City league tonight.
 Jim Lynch, manager of the Cas- cos, knows how Alexander the Great felt when he sighed for more world to conquer The Gascos have played about every available team here- abouts and now want more. A series 1 with Landers would be to Jim's lik- ing. and he still hankers for a crack at Tobin's Lockmakers but the lat ter shows no inclination to mix it up with the meter readers.
 An unscheduled match will be on | at the Y tonight when Landers and !! P. &. F. clash for Harry Ginsberg, the Corbin mentor and Charley Cook, Landers' director, are old friends and old rivals on the court as well. Those chancing to sit near these two during-also after-the game will hear some choice bits.
 Washington showed the premier defensive team in the American league last season. In 156 games opponents ran up total of but SIS runs, or less than four per con- test.
 Back in 1902 Pittsburgh won the National league pennant by the largest margin ever recorded in major league history. Finishing with a percentage of .741. the Pirates had a lead of 27 1-2 games on Brook lyn, in second place.
 The nearest approach to this mark was made in 1906 when the Cubs beat the Giants by 20 full encounters, The following season saw another romp for the same team, Pittsburgh landing IT games behind.
 The biggest walkaway any club in the American has yet had was ex- perienced by the Yankees in 1923. That year the Higgins entourage was IS frays out in front, Detroit be- ing the runnerup. The Red Sox. in 1903, and the Athletics in 1910, each came through with an advantage of 14 1-2 tilts. These six stand as the "softest" campaigns for the winning clubs in major league play.
 The American league schedule meeting was perfectly harmonious, much to the disgust of the city's thress surviving 1rishmen' We'll, as a hockey player would say, a puck is something important enough to shake 8 stick at.
 A lot of hard-boiled theater-goers are saying Benny Leonard's mother would do the world great favor if she'd get the young man to resign as an actor. A Cleveland golfer. shot 20 times In the war, thinks his experience helped his game. s"' This is suffi- cient reason to start the next war right away.
 
 Zach Wheat of Brooklyn Is one Of the oldest players in the majors in point of service. Wheat joined the Dodgers in 1909. He has been with tho same club ever since. RF. American league umpires will go l iisso training for the opening of the | season April fl, working as hard to | condition themselves as the players. Clarence Rowland of Ban Johnson's staff has gone to Excelsior Springs, Mo, preliminary to joining to Giants