New Britain herald., 1925-01-07

" T roop at Clevelandi Feb. s, Chicago Polo club at chicagoi Feb. {. eith Cavalry Headquarters troop at Gin. .lnnati; Feb. s, officers of Tenth h. tantry at Cincinnati; Feb. ', Vir- xlnia Military Institute at Washing lon. D. G. Feb. s. Army at West Point.
 Murray Hubert. new president of Inc Amateur Athletic Union, believes In Keeping in touch with his organi- zatlon. Last month he visited the Mountain association, of which are at Pitts burgh. and this month he will pay an official call to the New England In February he will visit the Indiana. Kentucky association and expects to attend the national indoor A. A. U. title events at Louisr Vile, February 2S.
 Yale. Army, Holy Cross. Prince ton and Columbia are among 2S teams which New York university will face in the coming baseball season, which opens with Manhat- tan college April {. This Is tho heaviest schedule ever undertaken by the institution and Coach Williain Mccarthy will call practice with the first good weather and clear fields. Mclaughlin. catcher. and Carlson, pitcher, were the only two players lost by graduation in 1924.
 Eyander c. (Pete) Macrae, ap- pointed freshman basketball coach at Syracuse university, was captain of the 1923 football and basketball team at the Orange institution. He is a native of Pittsburgh, Pa, while regarded as one of the best ends Of the intercollegiate gridiron last sea- son he was nosed out of Walter Camps All-American team by Hom- CT Hazel, Rutgers halfback, who was placed at end last year by Camp. This same Hazel busted an- other Orange star out of the ranks this year when he supplanted John Mcbride, Orange fullback on Camps first team.
 Fans who saw Nurmi in action at Madison Square Garden last night were impressed by his poker face" while running. The Phantom Finn" shows no physical anguish, his face remaining the same from
 start to finish. His powers of en- durance are wonderful and his stride never changes, although he produces a tremendous kick in his sprint at the end of the race, no matter what
 the distance.
 Six football coaches will be con-
 sidered for the post at New York
 university, vacated by Tom Thorp
 when the board of athletic managers
 meets this afternoon.
 The list includes John F. (Chick)
 Meehan, who recently resigned as
 mentor at Syracuse university; Harry
 Stuhldreher. All-American Notre
 Dame quarterback: Bob Folwell,
 formerly of Pennsylvania and the
 Navy: Eddie Butler, Thorp's as-
 sistant at N. Y. U. for two years; } Fred Dawson, who recently became
 athletic director at Nebraska, and a
 former coach in the east, and Sol Metzger, of Penn and Washington & Jefferson fame.
 In the event that no decision is , reached today the appointment will be delayed for a week or so, ac. , cording to Henry c. Hathaway 2 chairman of the board of managers
 Mike McTigue. who won the light
 heavyweight championship of the
 world from the Senegalese, Battling
 Siki, after the African had surpris . ed the boxing world by Knocking the crown from the head of Georges 5 Carpenter, will risk his honors to- = night in the Newark armory, oppos . ing Mickey Walker, champion of thu n welterweights. . Despite the fact that Walker i . two classes below McTigue in boxin,
 weight, the men are expected to en
 ter the ring with only differenc
 of seven pounds. The New Jerse, n welter will be up to 153, it is pre- II dicted.
 Walker has nothing to lose,
 knocked out, he will retain his wei r terweight crown because his orpo l. nent cannot make the weight limit o In boxing man can fight up bu c not down, so the bout really be n comes a light heavyweight contest n Followers of the sport general l. predict a victory on points for tn e lighter man on account of his speed s McTigue is a clever defensive boXe L. and undoubtedly will take goo l. care that no fouls occur, as this als l. would take away his title. l. McTigue is S2 years old, Wake a 2S.
 s, Gold footballs. emblematic of tf 10 1924 Western Conference footba D. championship, will be presented tt m night to members of the Universi 'h of Chicago team.
 Belief that the present standaI
 
 a through the seasons of 1925 al 'h 1928 was expressed today as Chical n- members of the governing body le 10 for the meeting in New York Satu s' day of the United States Golf ass - ciation.
 The present ball weighs 1.' ounces and is 1,62 inches in diamet