New Britain herald., 1925-01-08

10 hold an egoustlcal goifer who has just hpled out in one.
 Whether London fight fans will | fall for Firpo is q question, but If Firpo gets half chance he'll | surely fall for them, as usual. If you leave 1t to the boys in tho | box ofIice, tho great weakness about modern football is the scarcity of holiday dates in California.
 Mir. Tex Rickard thinks he would be in favor of the huddle system. ..s q cant get enough birds to- gether at . fight these days to start a huddle," he laments. Even an editor must have his little joke. sss We note the life story of Cyril Walker is being published.
 Mir. .Mussolini of Italy seems to be caught between third and home in a run down, as the baseball writer would put 1t.
 The secret ot Joe Bush's dismiss sal by the Yankees has been dis closed. s+s Bush is a violinist.
 'sTho good dies young" "S' This seems particularly applicable to good automobile races.
 It was Ban Johnson who suggest ed building a home for aged ball players but 1t remained for Clarke Griffith to start one.
 John Myrra of Finland, worlds champion javelin thrower and win- ner of that event in the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, has arrived in San Francisco from Japan. He says he will make San Francisco his home and has joined the Olympic club, under whose colors he probably will compete hereafter.
 When Abe Mitchell and George Duncan, British professional golfers finish their southern California tour at San Diego, February 8, they will leave for the north with about $10,- 600 more than when they arrived. Their southern California program calls for more than 20 exhibition matches at about $500 an exhibit.
 Ray Fee, a nyweight boxer who represented the United States Tn the Olympic games at Paris, has decided to turn professional and Is seeking matches in California, his home.
 knute Rockne's galloping horse men trotted close to half the cir conference of the earth in quest Of football honors during the past sea- son. The soil of seven different states was churned by the fleet hoofs of the charges In climate hanging from 10 degrees above zero at Princeton, N. J.. to 70, degrees above at Pasadena. Cal, -.
 
 resentatives in every section of the country, the Notre Dame team travelled 10,5o0 miles. One-sixtf1 or the short football season was spent in Pullman cars. Three of the rames-Army, Princeton and Stall ford take in railroad mileage or more than 5000 miles. The Lom- bard, Wabash, Georgia Tech and Ne braska games were played at South Bend, Ind. and called for no trfel- ing.
 Interesting in connection with Paavo Nurmi's first performance m the United States was the fact that his mile race marked the third lime he has run this distance III competition. The last time he raf the mile in open competition wal in August, 1928, when he set the worlds outdoor record at 4:1o Z"S Thus in two successive mile races nc shattered the outdoor and indoor standards
 The Panama Canal Zones athletes by capturing first place in clever track and field events, won the cen tral American Olympic games hek at San Jose, Costa Rica, recently Good time was made, especially Il inc l0O-meter dash, where the mari was 10 4~5 seconds. The zose' basketball team conquered C1t' Rica in two of tlWee games, but 1t baseball squad lost two contests t Nicaragua. Costa Rica took secqn' place in the meet, placing first il six events.
 Several championship boxing bout are being planned for the opening o the new Henderson Crater, a Sadl um which will seat more than 1OO' 900, in Long Island City. Matche already mentioned are: Gibbups Y! Tunney. Genaro vs. Villa and Mar tin vs. Goldstcin. three crowns bein hurled into the ring, the hgh heavyweight championship of th United States, the world fyweigh title, and Bantamweisht honors.
 John r. (Chuck) Meehau, forme coach at Syracuse, who Yesterda was named to handle the aevens New York university for the ne' three years, will arrive in the east ern metropolis with an impressi' record. In five years his teams hay scored aSe points to 197 for oppt uents, have won Ss contests, tied flN and lost seven,
 Emil (Irish) Meusel, Giants od delder, said to be sought by tl Browns of the AmeriRn league, far from being wuivel out of tl