New Britain herald., 1925-02-07
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\ of Sports N ssssssusss,tsuntsstsutiu utiuntttstsn.s.nak Middletown tonight A tough game to win. but \ tougher one to lose so let's hope the locals come through. Spurred by a vigorous onslaught of the visitors, followers of tho orange and black look for them to hit their stride tonight The Reserves take on another Mcridcn team and If the Silver City boys play as good as their com patriots Of last week a good prellm is assured.
 The defeat of Passaic last night Is the big noise in sport circles today. High school fans are predicting their second defeat when they meet the locals. /.
 It must have been some team that beat Passaic. since every man on the squad was over six feet tall.
 Fred Fulton has promised never to fight again. "sS Will some one please step forward and explain what MT. Fulton means by again?
 We read that Strangler Lewis is working out with wooden dummy. "'' We don't know which one of the Zbyszko boys this can be.
 Dempsey confdes he proposed to the lady while waltzing. "'" When we try to waltz with lady--it 1t happens to be onc---she usually pro- poses that we stop.
 The years financial report shows it cost s1s,0o0 to paint the Yale bowl. 's' You are privileged to guess how much it cost to paint the town after the Princeton game.
 Tommy Gibbons is quoted as say ing, "Dempsey's retirement would be a keen appointment to me- "F' What, we may ask, is that young mans notion of pleasure?
 The California football team play ed to a s6Oo,ooO gate last fall. "" Obviously the golden gate one hears so much about out west.
 Firpo objects to standing seventh in Tex Richards heavyweight rank ing. @as This bird seems to object ,o standing anywhere you put him.
 The Hartford Dixies defeated the Essex five 41-3s last night.
 The Yale polo team lost 1o to 1 to Penn. Military school last night.
 Wesleyan had an easy time de7 ' feating Hamilton S7-15 last night.
 Charles Chick" Evans, Chicago wizard on the links, accomplished tho rather unique in golf when he won the western amateur champion ship four seasons in succession. Evans crashed through the field to top honors in l920-2l-a2-2S, finally being hafted last summer. Before his four4year reign, Evans had copped the title four other times and had finished runnerup once, l, Hes only amateur to win both pro and amateur title in same year, l9l6. He also holds lowest score in na- toral open, 2Ss Summed up' Evans. over a stretch of Is seasons, landed ahead of the field on eight occasions and reached the final round nine times. When it is taken into consideration that golf is ono k Of the toughest games in which to retain the laurels, Evans remark able play is all the more outstanding.
 Harmony in the ranks is the goal or today's annual meeting Of tho United States Lawn Tennis associa- ton at the Hotel Astor in New York, when, it is predicted, the new anna ' tcur code wlH-he adopted. Already many of the various organizations included in the national body have voted favorably upon the issue.
 The new amateur code relates to the writing of signed newspaper ar ticles hy the leading players of the game. and the matter has been Il a' thorny one for the officials. A spe- cial committee appointed last Near decided that players should be bar red from using their titles in sign ing articles for publication on ten his and that fhey should be for bidden from s9h hding in current ac- counts of tourn hments in which they are entered. This report will be voted upon today.
 A campaign for "bettcr and cheap CT" golf has been launched by the Royal Canadian Golf association Systematized efficiency in construc' tion and upkeep of courses is ex' pected to reduce expenses and bring the game within the financial reach of more people. The ranks Of Dom inion niblick wicldcrs now number 100000 according 10 the associa' tion's reports.
 Sunermsn. sire of some wonderful turf performers. is dead at the Ken ncth Gilpin farm in Virginia. Sev' entecn years ago this son of Com , mando, was three year old, Nol e....A..r Irnnl. lu,, q n diran SiI