New Britain herald., 1925-01-27
Speaking of Sports
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! of Sports ! ssssssssesssssssss. Captain Bill Squire of Company I was the ace of his team in their bas- ketbsll game against the South church last night Billy got l3 points. It has bsen some years since Squire was actively engaged in ath- letics, but in his school days he must have earned hls stuff well, for last night he showed 1t,
 There was a time. decade or so ago, when Billy was quite an ath- lete. Not only did he captain q championship high school football team, playing in the line and at end, but also he played on Q champion. ship high school basketball team.
 Squire played at the time when Dave Dunn was on tho basketball team, and with such players as Earl Gibney, Luther Parker, Harry Scheuy. Larson, Billy Walsh, Billy Jackson, etc.
 On Thursday night the National Guard five plays the Legion in Ter ryville. .
 Reetelli and sheehan are slated to play with the Hartford Kaceys to- night when they tackle the Lyrics in the Hartford city series.
 The Dusty league swings into &C., ton again tonight with the Rule Shop and Stanley Works and Corbin and R. and E. playing.
 George Bayer is arranging to take basketball fans who follow the Mats to the various games out of town. He has the use of big bus for this pur- pose, and if enough fans are inter- csted arrangements will be complet- cd.
 The Tafnir team was entertained at the Gasco club rooms last night after the game. Refreshments were served.
 You can always spot an average ball player; he's always out there playing for his average.
 The Nebraska state legislature gave Big Mum rising vote. *++ This prove it is not hard to get i.se out of Nebraska legislatures.
 In practically every respect the lipse was grand success but it q not succeed in eclipsing the pnderful Nurmi.
 The horrible part of Mons. Car pcntier's announced intention to come to America again is that a lot of saps will probably walk right up to the box office and pay good money 10 see him.
 England's women tenis players have decided not to compete here for the Wghtman cup this year. t" < That means the whole summer is shot for us.
 In New York state bribery of ball players is a felony. "$$ In the Giants clubhouse, according to pub Iished testimony, it is merely a lot of good natured tom foolery.
 Players came out of the Chicago polo tourney with broken jaws, heads and arms, !" 7" In fact every thing was broken except the attend ance record.
 Lew Tender claims lie did not see the punch with which Jack Zivic knocked him out, "%s It may be safely presumed, however, that he felt t.
 Nick Altrock is on the road tour ing with Q cage team. %*" We can remember the time when Altrock was wild enough to be caged.
 MT. Rudolph Valentino of the films is taking boxing lessons from Dempsey, and we suppose MT. Dempsey, in turn, is taking loving lessons from him.
 Willie Hoppe fell and cut his bil- Hard hand. *"% The boys who have to play him hope the accident is nothing trivial.
 The Saltwater Professional bas- ketball team, undefeated leaders of the Northern New York league, is anxious to book games in this sec ton of the state especially with the New Britain Nationals or with Hart ford teams. Any team wishing to book this outfit for an unusually low guarantee may reach the manage ment by addressing Jim Warnock, S63 River street, Troy, N. r., or by phoning Troy, 4265N.
 Survey of the record-smashing streak that has marked the few weeks of indoor track activity SC far removes any doubt that the cur rent season will set high-water mark for some time to come. So far, 26 worlds marks have been cclipsed, as against a total of IS for the entire season of 1924, with the prospect that this figure will be more than doubled in the next two months.