New Britain herald., 1925-01-02

usual. Washington wins first game, Johnson letting enemy down with two scattered hits.
 May: Dempsey says he will fight Wills If public demands the match" Ruth complains pitchers walk him too often and urges new rule against intentional pass.
 June: Hagen wins British open tourney after trailing by 16 strokes. Benny Leonard starring in the Ham fats Revenge, insists he can still make lightweight limit.
 July: Sir Thomas Liptop's Sham rock finished second in international yacht race. Sir Thomas poses with cinema queens and says he'll try again next year.
 August Connie Mack planes breaks of game for failure of his team to be higher than sixth place. Audience in Kokomo, Ind. applauds trained seal aCt.
 September: Tilden beats Johnston in straight sets and wins national tennis title. Dempsey tells Wills to go get reputation.
 October: Ban Johnson wants to know what Landis has done about O'Connel- -Dolan scandal. Everett Scott completes 2345th consecutive game of ball. Tygers cop world series.
 November: Hoppe opens billiard season with triumph. Notre Dame wins national title. Walter Camps All-America is called a joke.
 December: Battling Ski jailed after wild Xmas celebration. U. s. G. A. discusses stymie problem. Rickard gives up trying. to sign Dempsey and Wills.
 The Mats showed last night that they can win on the road as we'll as at home.
 Their 27-2S victory over the West Sides of Hartford in Hartford was a notable one, And if Red Reynolds plays basketball until he's an old man he'll never make shot that will count more for his team than did that free try he tossed in last night. New Britain was behind 26 and 27 when a double foul was called. The stalwart Commercial street grain juggler took his time and sunk the first one, tying the score. Just as calmly he sunk the second, winning the game.
 New Britain's shooting of fouls was feature of the game, no less than an even dozen points being added to the score via this route.
 The West Sides have fast playing outfit and when they come to the armory big game is assured.
 Tomorrow night the Lyrics oi Hartford are here. They are the former Y. M. H. A. outfit. The Washington Collegiates los 25 to 27 to the Manchester Ores cents last night.
 The Hartford Kaceys won 27 tC 30 from the All-Stars in Hartford last night, after losing to the Endee' of Meriden 23 to IS the previous night.
 Notre Dame can claim the Ameri can football championship withou fear of contradiction this season. l defeated teams from the Pacific anC Atlantic coasts, the south and thu middle west. The men of Rockn started their all-conquering tour a Southbend, Ind, with Lombard, o1 Saturday, October 4. They playe, Wabasn the following week at hom and on October IS, met the Arm eleven at New York. They returnet to South Bend only to come eas again a week later to conque Princeton. Back at their home field Georgia Tech was the victim, am the "hNrsemen" progressed to Madi son, Wis, to defeat the State Uni versity. A week later the home fol lowing saw the eleven conquer Ne braska. NorthWestern was humble at Evanston, H.. and Carnegie fel at Pittsburgh. The journey to Cali fornia is recent history.
 Neither tie nor defeat mars tn record of Notre Dame, which score 2s5 points against 54 for Its op ponents.
 Johnny Dundee, who surrendere the featherweight boxing crown an started a tournament which wi produce new champion tonight, reported to have cabled from 1tal his intention of giving battle to hi successor. Dundee, at the time h gave up the title, insisted that h was unable to make the weigh again.
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