New Britain herald., 1925-09-16

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 By winning the Davis cup matches for the sixth consecutive year Amer lea we read has established her | complete monopoly Of tennis. | This is something that will be hard | to live down
 Bob Fitzslmmons was 5o years of | hge when he fought his last fight. l |. It. begins to appear as if Dempsey will be exactly that old when h. fights his next one, Cal Coolidge has gone back to the White House after remarka- i ble vacation, It was remark able because at no time did he have | 8 golf club in his hand.
 Bobby Jones thought too much | Of his amateur standing to accept | s19ono for a series Of magazine | articles. If the editor Is still | interested, we are glad to announce | herewith we have no amateur standing. Perhaps you'd like 10 know that :, Watts Gum. the golfer, is in no l Nay related to Watts Yourhurry, or Watts Ittoyou, the well-knovn in- | terrogative twins. There is not much difference be- tween a baseball expert and foot hall expert. One has his Fplurges of optimism in April and the other in September Connie Mack Denies the Athletics cracked. |. Connie is right; they blew wide open. Old man winter must be lurking around the corner. The papers say Willie Hoppe Is challenging Jake Schaefer again. |1 Colgate university is banking 10 great extent on Tryon. it's star back, this season. Tryon was one of the big stars of the eastern Armament in 1924, being Colgates best ball. toter He's said 10 be in great shape this season and will be out to excel his performances of a year ago. The Mackian defense had busy afternoon In game played with the Yankees recently. It turned in exactly 20 assists, Groves being high with seven. Galloway was close behind with five.
 Mark Koenig, the Yankees tot shortstop, has got off to a good start. His fielding has been frst-class and he's been hitting the ball nicely. The arrival of the St. Paul lad, plus his kSs good playing. has put Pee Wee" Wanninger on the bench.
 The Reading club of the Interna- tional league hung up a new league record for double plays completed in a single season by getting one in 2 game with Jersey City the other day.
 That double killing boosted the Reading mark to 162 with two V oks vet to play. The former rec or1 was set by Buffalo In 1924, the Bsons turning loose with 161 two- play affairs.
 Reading hopes to make It lSO Gre the season terminates.
 When the veteran Zack Wheat scored his one hundredth run Of the season the other day, he set new record for himself in this de- partment of play.
 For, despite his many years of Eervice in the maiors-hc came up in 1909 -- he had never before reached the century mark in toting counters across tho plate
 On several occasions Wheat got above the 90-1gure but always fell shy of getting 100 scores. One Of
 
 vas in 1917. when he made only 2S runs in 109 games.
 It Is quite doubtful if any other regular in the biz show can dis play such unique record at that boasted by Wheat - 16 seasons in the majors without once scoring 1h0 runs
 gallery Of some o5 spectators watched the practice of the New Britain High school squad yesterday afternoon.
 Eddie Ia liar is back at school after being away for over two years.
 The selection of Mort Covert as manager of the 1925 football team was a popular choice
 \ The Drurv High school coach told \ Coach Cassidy during the weekend just past that if possible he would try 10 rearrange his schedule so that HIS tCdIl may tt aug tu pay 4N'N Britain on its only open date. Oc- tober 31, but at the present time he has a game scheduled for that date,
 Rlggie Eetrano. head checr-lead CT of tho W. R H. & football team, Is now laying plans to form a squa 1 that will again defeat Hartford Sammy Vetranc. who has tried for two years 10 make the squad and failed, will make third attempt this year.
 There IS talk of the high school