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New Britain herald., 1925-12-17
NATIONALS FACING
 TOUGH SCHEDULE
Meet DiXieS in Hartford Friday
 and Elm City Five Saturday

The National Guards basketball team facing q strenuous weekend, Is reported to be in wonderful shape for two nights hard campaigning, The five stacks up against the Dixie quintet of Hartford at Governors Foot Guard armory in Hartford Fri day night and returns home Satur- day night to lay the ghost in the form of the Elm City Five at the Arch street armory.
 The DiXies need no introduction 10 the fans of this city as their power and speed is well known through out the state. The team has the same speedy hoop tossers on it's roster as last year and with the Ma tional Guards going great guns, the game is sure to be a real scrap for the honors of the court. Both fiVeS are being picked in state circles for the state pennant this year and the game Friday will mean d great deal to either combination.
 Saturday nights game will be a hard one for the locals to tackle after the Dixie game has been play ed the night before. Were it not for the excellent shape of the locals, many arc inclined to think that the management has made a mistake in selecting two tartars for coNsccu- tive nights. The players, however, having gone into voluntary training, expect to cop both contests and two such games in q row doesn't feaze i them in the least
 1 Though the Elm City five is not l so well known in this city the record ! of the team brands them as q COm- ! bination that can well stand up again the best that New Britain can giyo them. They have already cleaned up five opponents and New i Haven reports state that they will take victory Saturday night.
 The lineup of the New Haven team is an imposing one At the forward bcrths are ThatyH. regular Atlas forward and Eucd, former Lo- hanOn college star; Kr2d"ct. the best in the Industrial league, will be at center. and McCurthy, formerly of Northwestern university and Jack McPar,land, captain of last years Commercial high school five, will be the guards
 | The r,mr will start at 2 o'clock and wiII be preceded hy pre- lminMy game. Dick Dillon will referee and dancing will follow.
New Britain herald., 1925-12-17
AMERICAN LEGION TEAM
 OPENS SEASON TONIGHT
Newly Formed Basketball Quintet to Oppose Southing- ton PeXtO Five-CombinatiOns Are Evenly Matched Rangers and Legion Juniors to Play Preliminary Industrial Stars to Appear With Locals.

The American Legion basketball team quintet will open the season tonight at the Y. w. c. A. against the pcNto A. C. quintet of Southing- ton. This will be the first game which the newly formed organiza- ton sponsored by the former sol dicrs will play, but the plans of the management call for game every Thursday night in the lIungcrford Court building.
 Tonight's game should be a stiff battle as both teams are pretty cven- ly matched. The local five is CompOs- cd of stars ot the Industrial League teams which have been formed to- gcthcr in basketball quintet to play teams of the same caliber throughout the state.
 In the Southinglon team. the American Legion five will meet a tough Cusi omcr for the opening game of the season. The Southing- ion players are well known here having appeared here once this sea- son and for several years gone by. 'fhe rcXto team was the opening at traction for the National Guards at the state armory and although they were bdly beaten, their play, so early in the season. demonstrated that the American Legion five will haze q hard tUssfc 10 pull out with a win in tonight3 contest.
 The Valley towns quintet is con- i posed of COnn0rS and Cushing. two snappy forwards who are fast. shifty and dangerous basket tossrrs: Eng land, lanky boy at center, and ! Hartford and BapIH at guards. Hart ford, it will be remembered, was 1 leading scorer in the kaCcy league | ol several years ago and he has been Pennington Valley league for scVcr- one of the leading players in the l al seasons. He is q fast floor work | CT and will give the local players 1 plenty of trouble.
 Another thing in the S0uthington | teams favor is the fact that the I. l ". C. A. floor is nearly the size of l the Southington town hall where 1 their home games are played. The Soulhington five is right at home on limited court anl q different team will work than the one which ap~ | pcarcd on the larger state armOry floor.
 The New Britain team presents l formidable array or Industrial Lea que basketball stars. Luke, Jasper. and Bclser, three of the fastest and i most accurate players in inc league, will appear at forwards; Hoist, P. & r. Corbin center, will jump the ball: while ArDurr, CarrOzZa and NybOrg will play the backcourt game.
 Clarence CoOns, manager of the P. X; F. Corbin team. will have the actual management of the five while Harry Ginsborg, will be the Knute Rocllne of the quintet. Frank Me Conn heads the Legion athletic com mtttce and he will take care of all details in connection with the team itself.
 The game will probably be started at 9 o'clock with q preliminary game
 between the Rangers and the Le- zion Juniors preceding it. The pre-
 Iiminary will get started ot s o'clock and dancing will top inc evening. It is expected that large number
 of the Industrial League followers
 will be out in force to watch their
 champions perform. "Chick' Hayes
 will referee the games.
New Britain herald., 1925-12-17
Mickey Walker Returns
 From W00dcuttcY3' Camp

Halifax. x. S, Dec. r Ne-- Mirkoy Walker Wrltorwpight champion of the world, emerged last ni1h, from tn" woods of North Cape Hrcton where he has been swinging the aNc for two weeks with tar puIpWood cutters or the Oxford Paper com pany, getting into shape for his forthcoming bout with Tommy MilIi- gan.
 Walker spent !aet night at Mur- ry r,y, He win so to Syiu% to- day tc referee a charity boxing bout Friday night h" will act in d similar carr"t'y at q Christmas fund show at IlalifnT. It. will leave for his ho.a" in Now Jersey on S%)ur- iJl.
New Britain herald., 1925-12-17
Bill Roper Will Head
 Summer Coaching School

Springfield, Mass, Dec. 17 Rt--
 W. w. Q}iiU Roper, successful foot bal coach at Princeton will be head .of the summer school of coaching at Springfield college next year, it was
 announced by college authorities
 yesterday. Al Witmer, line coach lat Princeton, will be his assistant. The term of school has been eX- ItCnlCd to two weeks, from July F to 31 because of the popularity of ! the course. The four day school l 'tbi5 year was cnductcd by Knute Rocknc, coach at Notro Dame.
New Britain herald., 1925-12-17

Battling with an irresistible fight Ing fury that could do nothing else but bring success 10 them, the New Britain high school basketball team overcame q l6 10 lead, and de- fcatcd an all-stnr collection of tal- ont known as the Alumni team by n f2 10 20 score. For almost all of the last quarters of the game the graduate team could not score a field goal and were able 10 score only two foul goals
 Tho Alumni teams scores came at the beginning Of the second quarter when Gicrochowskl sank foul goal and toward the end of the game when Bcser made q similar score, The only field goal was one scored by Dick German with but q few sec onds 10 play.
 The game looked like a walk -away for the Alumni quintet in the carly stages when they crowded point after point into the scoring ledger During this time German made two Il'Iu EOdlS1 lsiIldl o' UT 'h w. p' i'' - ser made two field goals, and two foul goals, and "ATidgc" Darrow who was playing guard for the first time in his career made a foul goal. poli- lis scored all the Red and Gold points. two field goals and foul goal. Score. Alumni lG, N. B, II. &. ,.
 Politis and Zalcsli went wild and scored two field goals each in the second quarter which together with two foul goals by Captain Scully brought the school team 10 within two points of tie score. Half time score was r to l ,.
 "Monjoc' Zaloski. the find of the season continued 10 display form in inc third quarter. getting two field goals, the first of which tied the score. McGrath got field, and a. leski a foul goal. The score at the end of this period was 22 10 IS.
 The Red and Gold piled up great lead in the last half First Substi- tute Haclick was sent into the game in place of Scully, and scored a field goal in the flow minutes he was there. Then Coach Cassidy sent his junior varsity into the game.
 Playing the same steady game that helped his team 10 an early lead Dick German was the only member of the Alumni team who seemed tc play the game in the last sessions being in on all tho pass work, and holding mp thrce-quartcrs of inc de- fense of his team. Even in inc lat tor part Of thc game when his toan was out of inc running he worked hard. and holds the honor of being fhe only one of them 10 score field goal in that session.
 The Red and Gold team looked righty good when it did gst under vuv One of the hest prospects or thc squad is XalcsN who was iiS leading scorer in tho two game: rIaycd so far poi1is, the ranpS crnrcr played Wclh being sucCessfu in holding his man scoreIcss, and iI rnaking points when his topmmai,' could not seem to find inc basket. Tho CIO1l.,.l.3'--z-
New Britain herald., 1925-12-17
DtT WINS ROtT

Now London Da", r lPl-Gcor@ic Day Of New Iias,n. was given the rnrcrccs decision over Bobby Robi- dcan of Now York, in 12-round bon. h"rc last night.
 Martin l'lahor;y, Jr. of Lowell, Mass. knocked oDt Sailor Cro's of New London, in thn second round.
 Snrrtr TarroIl of >Irw London, and Young rro@i of Ncw London, boxed 2 siN-round draw.
New Britain herald., 1925-12-17
Borg BrcaEIs SWimnling
 Pec0Y1 fer 40 Y2rc'c

C'cvo,"nl, Ohio, Der. 11 G?j- Arnr NoYg, of the Illinois A. C.. broke the worlds 41o yard fr"r style swimming record here last night, covering the distance in four minutes 5G %-4 spcon"S. This clips I-4 s,vou1 of ll" previous m":@. also held by Borg. Johnny Wyia- muller set a new city record rcn tue cnr hunIr, yard frar style, cover ing it in 5& @-5 seconds,
New Britain herald., 1925-12-17
1,,cTcT3 Signs Contract
 To Play Pro Football

Santa RogN CaliG, Dee. r CF}-- Ernie Meyers, captain and fullback Q, tLr 1925 stamford university foot Mll team, has signuI a contract to play professional football with Jacksonville, Fla. eleven, his attor- rpy here has announced. The attor- ury said the &25,ooo to be paid Nevcrs for five gr:diron aproaranccs has not yet hocn placed to his credit
New Britain herald., 1925-12-17
Haskell Indians Meet
 Los Angeles Eleven

Albuquerque, x, M, Dee, r. 'EA -.- Tn" Haskell Indian football squad left lrrr yesterday for Les Aue' a . whore it will m.t t1. Lbs Ar%. Is A;antir club eleven &uurdJN, W'ro fn. fn1au r'tv"n returns to Lbs t.uo. Kansas, jwm Los Anr"Ius. it will ha>r tI"4ol,I 2%."o1 mi.., dur- .lr Tho 1@-a s.g4ou- l's gum. ? ,erl 1o juto tur.ud.~ '%ht }jrtaroS 'ao .,....> anI cu. fu.
New Britain herald., 1925-12-17
PLAN COLFTNG TOUR

A fortnight golfing tour of the south having been a success, Chica- go golfers plan another jaunt to eX. tent thirty days. Tho party will leave January @3, playing inn French Lick, Ind, Gave City, Kyr Georgia, Florida, the Curolinas, Virginia and Washington, D. C.
New Britain herald., 1925-12-17
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New Britain herald., 1925-12-17
ETplnY ON MD%IN

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