New Britain herald., 1925-01-06
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 The Industrial league will swing Into action at the tonight with games between the undefeated Faf- | nlrs and Lock makers and the yet to win R. and E. and Rule shop teams. Haggerty's Community Five of Meriden Is very desirous of getting a game ip this city on Saturday night and is especially anxious to hook up with the National Guard Reserves at the armory.
 The Community five Is composed Of younger players who are putting up a fast brand of ball. Last Saturday they were nosed out by the Pextos of southington 22 and q.
 Manager Haggerty may be reach ed at Meriden, phone 6+5-4 and Is willing to arrange q game for here Saturday night with provisions for n return game to be played in Meri- den.
 The Silver City outfit would be a good attraction and If the reserves management have not auready book cd a game they could look before getting a better opponent.
 Harry Stuhidreher, Notre Dame's All-American quarter, is mentioned as assistant grid coach for Holy Gross next fall.
 The Lyrics, trounced by the Mats Saturday night, defeated the Atlas of New Haven last night 21 to 16.
 Bobby Garcia fights Terry Parker at the Atlas A. c. in Hartford on the Fist.
 An offer of $500 day to ride in the February six-day bicycle race at Chicago has been cabled to Maurice Brocco, Italian crack. Brocco re- fused to perform in the last year New York and Chicago races.
 Rumors that George Burns, veter- an outfielder of the Cincinnati Reds, will be made manager of the San Francisco Pacific Coast league base hall team in the event Bert Ellison. present skipper, goes to the Nationai league, have been prevalent for some time, Officials of the San Francisco club have declined to comment.
 With ten round bouts legally pos sible now in California, boxing pro- motors are making a scramble to obtain the services of high class fighters to top their opening cards What appears to be the most attrac' tive headliner to date is the an nouncement that "Berrnondsey" Billy Wells. weiterweight champion ol Great Britain, will show ill sar Francisco Friday in an eight roune event. His opponent will be Chict Roach of Vallejo. Wells is in -Lo' Angeles.
 Five world records will be sough bv Illinois Athletic Club swimmer in the Tri-Color pool at Chicago Thursday night. Johnny Weissmulle will go after tic 50 yard ana lo' meter free style records. Sybil Baue will try for a new 20 yard back stroke. Ethel Lackie will attemp a new mark in the 100 yard fre' style. and Conrad S. Mila will seel the sSO yard backstroke.
 Manager George Sisler of the s' Louis Browns says he will try to ao another pitcher and right han hitting outfelder to his team pefor inc 1925 season. He wants Moal of the Chicago White Sox, or Mouse os' the New York Giants. He woui not name the pitcher wanted. sinc taking over the management or th Browns. Sisler has figured Tn fou trsdos involving twenty-one player 1l Of them St. Louis Americans
 Tiger Flowers, Atlantas negr middleweight, has come lhto LII boxing spotlight after several year in the ruck. When he scored thrce round technical knockout owe the former middleweight champion Johnny Wilson, it was his flrst al nfarance "downtown" in New 1orl The Harlem shows had used m many times. Recently he won sin liar victory over Joe Lohman CT l' ,rdo in Brooklyn and last night wo in the same manner. except that re,uired four rounds, over Bill Eritten of Kansas City in a bout Boston.
 Boston college, Georgetown an co,,Imbia already have entered u medley race at the Fordham indot track and field games January and Holy Cross, New York 'uniVe .itv and Fordham are expected ioin the Mst. Larrivee of Holy Cros Cavanaugh of Boston college, The bold of Columbia and Sullivan
 Georgetown can be depended upt for n brilliant contest in the mile l' of this event.
 Columbia university opens it's eas ern intercollegiate basketball leag' schedule at Philadelphia again Pennsylvania tonight with Capta Wilson and Mannheim as its on