Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-16
KAY JAY
SPORT
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Nuf1ul engagements OcLWScu
now and the 18th Of March list like
a railroad time table. and the re-
semblance does not stop there, as
, the time he makes Is comparably rs
good. Not content with taking most
Of the existing records he has crash
ed three Of those already held by
himself on Thursday night at the
106th Regiment games at Buffalo.
clipping from seven to II seconds
from his previous records in the
1000 yard. 1000 meter and IL mile
events.
In his hyphenated countryman
Willie Ritola. the Finnish-American
flash, he evidently has a worthy OPP
ponent and Ritola on Thursday
night at the same games clipped
| is seconds from Nurmi's time in
the two mile run. Ritola's time for
the event was 900 AS seconds
| which is declared to be the fastest
two miles ever run in or out Of
doors.
Don Brennan the Cony hurting ace
| who is now in his second year at
| Georgetown University was among
the moundsmen who reported at
| first call this year. Don who was
! one OF the Georgetown regulars last
. year will probably have as his bat
| terry mate on several occasions at
| least, Clyde Sukeforth who played
at either end Of the battery with the
Millionaires two years ago.
The British professional pugs with
championship aspirations may go
into a decline before they are fully
matured but the Limeys have no
reason to be ashamed of their anna
teur init pushers. In taking the 1876
ana 100 pound classes in the three
cornered international tournament
Thursday evening at Boston the
British boxers split even with the
Americans who took the lat and IT'S
! pound class. The Canadian boxers
who were entered were all eliminat-
ed before reaching the finals with
the exception OF George Chabet the
Canadian entry in the 1876 pound
class who was defeated in the final
bout.
I Louis Angel Firpo apparently has
| a desire to annex little more Amer
lean money. Although lingering in
the minds OF the American public as
an almost was" he will step between
the ropes again next May or June
with Tommy Gibbons as his oppon-
ent. The report which comes from
| Gibbons is to the effect that he will
| night BARLEY Madden first and then
| F1rpo and that the matches are GER
tain unless Dempsey agrees to de-
iend his title against the st. Iaul
| boxer. 1t surely looks as If Firpo
would get. a chance to show before
an american audience as the chanc-
es OF Dempsey defending his title
are about as remote as can possibly
be imagined.
| Manager Avery Wilson. writing
! from Bridgton, states that he will
7 orlng Battling Lombard, q light
weight to this city to train for a
couple of days. soon. Wilson declares
that his boy is good and that he has
| Just won his ninth victory in Maine.
having put Charlie Smith of Rhode
Island away by the X. o. route last
Friday. Lombard is scheduled to meet
Kid Lee in that town for the Maine
ana New Hampshire lightweight
| title.
The way the boys in the local
bowling league are knocking the thin
pins around is nothing to be sneezed
at Judging from the list OF bowlers
averaging 80 or over, which appears
IN another column. With fifteen
players In six team league hitting
| them for a. 80 average at least. the
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