New Britain herald., 1925-06-04
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 Hail to the champion! John Ser gan of Union street, this city. Is now national amateur nyweight cham pion. He won his title after a months campaign in New York, last Tuesday night. Ben Levine, matchmaker for the Metropolitan association saw him work few times and liked him go well that he matched him against the champion to give him experience.
 Tommy Marmamdo was the champs name and he agreed to de- fend his title against the unknown. Johnny knocked him cold In the second round. Quite a bit of ex- perience to receive in two short rounds.
 The Pirates will practice tonight at Walnut Hill in preparation for their game Sunday against the town team of Wauregan Manager saun- ders is hard put to 1t to get twrler for the game. Both his mainstays, Helms and Lefty" Palmer are on the sick list.
 The managers of the teams en- tered in tho City league will settle all details connected with the games and rules at a meeting tonight. Two more teams are wanted 10 enter the 'ague and make 1t a slx-team cir ,uit.
 It's q strange thing that New Britain cannot get six baseball leams together in the league, Hart ford has a City league with 13 lcams entered and 1t never has been said that Hartford could turn out more or better ball players than New Britain.
 The Giants are leading the Ma Nonal league by four and half game margin. They start in the west today on a crucial test. Their big lead has been cut down consd- araby.
 Meusel of the Yankees is taking Babe Ruth's place as home run hitter while the Babe is trying to regain his strength, He settled the same gain yesterday with a circuit clout his 18th this season
 They say that Dempsey's new rose is apt to be tender when he enters the ring. There weren't very many who could hit his nose lately or when he was in the ring.
 Tex Rickard claims that he has Kid Kaplan and Johnny Dundee matched for bout. If true. it will he the continuation of Kaplan's hopes 10 meet the man who resigned his crown. If Kaplan beats the Scotch Wop, there won't be any doubt that he is champion,
 Washington failed 10 take adNan- tage of the Athletics defeat by the Red Sox yesterday because the Sem ators lost to the Yankees. Meusefs home run again
 Luis Angel Firpo states that he Is too busy to enter negotiations for a match with the winner of the God frey -Renault bout in San Fran cisco, Too busy 10 fight. There's lots of them who think that he never could fight.
 Joe y cscr, Connie Mack's first haseman, wh,, 's nursing fractured knee cap, hor Q 10 be back in the lineup of the team again late in the season.
 The High school track team had an easy time of it with the Lewis High team yesterday afternoon at Willow Brook park. The local lads took all of the firsls, all but one of the seconds and all but three of the thirds for a grand total Of Sl points to Southington's five.
 The only man who showed any thing on &he Southington team was Hamlin and if the coach of the quad could only learn to save him or the dashes, he would be pretty ,thlete. He engaged in everything yesterday and by the time the Iashes were run off, he was pretty well spent,
 In the 100 yard finals, two New Britain mon boxed him on the track but despite that, he cleared himself and placed third. There were no lanes marked out on the course.