New Britain herald., 1925-06-10
Spe a kin g of S D orts


 John s<gan of Union street. ihis city, whe aow holds the national nnatrir flyweight championship. is keeping himself ht ihese days by light fiins ,on the road swimming. setting lip exercises and workouts at nis parents nome on Union street. lohn will enter his first professional light at Coney Island on the Fourth 'f July.
 His opponent has not yet been elected but he was in New York he other day ,nllSing with his man. aser who states that he will have tough egs 10 break on Independence Day Johnny himself, says that the tougher they come the better 1t will be for him as he realizes 1t Is long road tS the top Of the professionals md that his amateur championship ,yon't give him great deal Of stand ng In the money making ranks.
 John expects to be matched with ' tighter from -Bayonne Y. J.. and le will know definitely within the next few weeks who his opponent Aill be. New Britain will watch his career with interest and the Her aid" has made arrangements to get first hand dope on all his fights Maybe the old town will turn out a ocond Jack Britton soon.
 
 battle on their hands next Sunday al it Marys field when the strong Mo- hawks of Merideh stack up against the locals. The fans of the city who missed last Sundays game. missed corker.
 Chucky Woiak will probably be Jack in the Hartford lineup today Chucky was laid up with bronchitis Tor a week and last week spent his lime at Lake Pccotapaug resting up and regaining his strength. The Hartford fans, those of them who forget that "ChuckH' comes from New Britain or who don't care as long as he can play baseball, are waiting for him to come back into the Hartford lineup to give the team that extra punch that is needed
 Ii may or may not be up to Wo- ink. but the fact is that Hartford has taken a slide since he was taken i'll and instead of perching on the top of eastern circuit. the team IS now in third place.
 The Corbn Red Sox will practice tomorrow night on Diamond NO. at Walnut Hill park. The session will commence at 6:30 o'clock and Manager Tobin wants all members or the squad to be on deck because or the importance of the game on Sun day. The team will play Eddie Harts National Guard team in Meri- den on Sunday and as this is one Of the strongest semipro combinations in this section, the Red Sox will have to brush up all weak spots to pull out with win. The team will practice again on Saturday We have a letter here concerning the Matty Hayes-Ranger dispute that is causing so much commotion. but the communication is not signed by any person. The letter is signed "A Loyal Fan," but it bears no other name. We will gladly print this communication provided the man who wrote the letter calls in the of ice and lets us know who he is. Otherwise, no communication will be printed without the signature of the writer.
 The dispute between Matty Hayes and the Rangers is one that surely has both sides to it and as the Rang CTS management has told us that hey consider his actions last Sun Jay shabby trick, that is the way their announcement was printed. If Matty's friends. and he has many, wish to present their side, the office |, open to them at all times. Many are disappointed over the announcement that the Italian Hos pital fund show has been postponed because of slight operation per- formed on Mickey Walkers foot. The fight between the welter champ and Harry Greb was to have taken place q week from next Friday. The late for it has been tentatively set 'or July 1, or 3. Mike Lynch. probably the best impire in this city. has been secured ny the Manchester ball club for all of its games and 10 say that the um- bring in the contests which Man chester plays this season, will be good is putting it mildly. There are cry few umpires in this city who can handle a game as efficiently IS Mike does and when he is behind the hat he allows no petty grabbing in the game. Usually he calls them so | right that there isn't a chance for kick From watching some of the ar lters in the Eastern league, we think Mike is good enough to stand |. with any of them. The Gascos spent an idle night | last night because of the fact that l the l.. F & . team cancelled the | game scheduled. Jim Lynch's | hargcs are of the opinion that the | reputation which the team has ac- iuirod by not getting beat this sea son has the l.anders men scared. They state this is the second time | the game aas been cancelled The i manager 6! the Landers team says | nat the game will probably be play 1 "d next Tuesday