New Britain herald., 1925-01-31
Speaking of Sports
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 Eddie Collins. veteran second baseman and recently appointed manager of the White Sox for 1925. | has yet to top the pack in the bat ting columns. Eddie has been right up near the first rung several times but thus far has failed to make the grade. Collins has been in the big show since 1906.
 Walter Johnson has turned actor. American league batters wish him long and successful career on the stage.
 Nick Altrock has been ruled off the diamond as a regular player. Nick insists that robs him of tho funniest part of his act.
 Ty Cobb says that one star player In the big leagues is worth two in the bush.
 Baseball is perhaps the only busi, ness where is no credit for man to strike out for himself.
 Fred Merkle will instruct the Yankee rockies in everything ex-' cept base running. He once forgot to touch second.
 Clarke Griffith is having trouble singning his world champs. He says he only wants an even break. Amer ican league umpircs disagree op that point.
 Knute Rockne says there are too many 'cake-eaters and too few athletes. Teams that played Notre Dame last season insist there were none on his eleven.
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 Johnny Dundee has reclaimed the featherwcight title, advancing the argument that championships can only be won and lost in the ring ltumor has 1t that lot of them are rehearsed in the dressing room.
 Nurmi says too many autos are spelling our distance runners. It is our opinion that the Finn could spot most of them "f1ivver" and not be taking any chances.
 Experiments have proved that the lighter golf ball will cut drives about 10 yards. That's going 10 be tough on lot of players who just about average that distance.
 Reorganization of the western group of the United States amateur Hockey league may result in Cleve- land and Pittsburgh entering the eastern wheel it was said at head. quarters of the Cleveland team which is in Minneapolis for con- test tonight. Cleveland and Pitts- burgh then would avoid the long trips west for game in Minnesota Detroit Milwaukee and Winnipeg are anxious to obtain berths in the western half of the league.
 Protests over the ranking oi George Lott, Jr.,' Of Chicago. twelfth among the nations tennis stars three notches below B. I. c. Morton of St. Louis, former South African star, were before the annual meet ing of the western lawn tennis as sociation at Chicago, today. Lot defeated Norton twice last season.
 Two Minnesota swimmers set na tional collegiate records in Min nesota- Chicago meet at Chicago las night. John Faricyn, Olympic star set new 200 yard backstroke rec ord of 2:37 3-5, 1-5 seconds bet ter than his old record. Jim Hil swan 15O yards back stroke il 1:4S 'o-5 seconds better than tn former record.
 Mid-year examinations will kec' most western conference basketball teams idle this weekend. Immediat leadership in the championshi struggle will not be affected by th two meetings tonight. Chicago wi play Ohio State and Indiana wi meet Iowa.
 Kid kaplan, worlds featherweigl champion, is in active training 8 Los Angeles for his 12 round no dc cison bout February 10 with Bu Ridley of Seattle. Kaplan is the fir: of a trio of champions who will figl at Los Angeles next month. The National and American base ball leagues boast several stars every position except third base. Or might pick Groh and Trayror ol of the National and Dugan out { the American. Here is the lis National: Padgott, Groh, Friber Wrightstone, Stock, Pinelli, Trayn' and Friegau; American: Lutzk Jones, Hale Robertson, kamr Dugan. EzzeIl and Bluege. Eddie (CannonbaiD Martin Brooklyn, world bantamweight bo' ing champion, has assigned himse a difficult task in meeting Charl' (Phin Rosenberg and Frank Genaro, the American flyweig champion, in the early months
 the year. The Genaro affair, ho1 ever, may be the first importa event of the outdoor season, Mart having been guaranteed S30,000 a