Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-07
Alleged Oaths
Women Hockey Stars
Shock Newspaper

London, Jan. 6.-(AP)-Alleged
damns from the lips Of damsels have
shocked the conductors of the sport
ing paper The Hockey Field. into a
grave protest against the use of pro-
family by women hockey players.
The practice of using bad language
is insinuating itself into many clubs
in many parts of the country, and
it must be checked at once, says the
paper, which is the organ of the All
England Women's Hockey Associa-
ton.
Some Of the leading hockey wom-
en- and secretaries of their clubs re-
pudiate the charges of the paper.
They declare that bother" and
blow" are the strongest terms they
have heard from player who has
received whack on the shins.
SPORT NOTES
(AP)-The Springfield club of the
Eastern League is going to give
home talent good tryout next
spring. Herbert A. Fish, first base
man and outfielder with the Spring.
field street railway nine last year. ha s
been signed for a trial by Manager
Gene Mccain. Bill Phelan, another
Springfield boy. will be a candidate
for first base and AL Moge of SPRING
field will try for an outfield position.
(AP)-The organized hockey
leagues aren't getting all the ice
sport in New England. AS usual the
small boy is seeking out any frozen
surface available, whether large lake,
small pond, river or swamp and get
ting the training which he hopes will
make him star with the puck some
day. In Springfield the youngsters
have so often disregarded the
dangers of venturing on the Con-
necticut River ice for a game that
the police have had to drive them Off
The place was a matter of choice
rather than necessity with the boys
because Springfield, in common with
most New England cities nowadays,
provides many perfectly safe skating
places.
(AP)-Holy Cross will get a prom
Using all round athlete when Francis
Lally. now at the East Providence
high school enters the Worcester COL
lege next fall. He was captain of
the high school football team which
won the pennant in the Rhode Island
interscholastic league last fall and
captain of the school nine last spring.
playing first base. He is hard
fighter on the gridiron and a speedy
fielder and good hitter on the dia-
mond. He has also captained the
high school basketball team.
(AP)-One of the New England
football coaches likely to be hit by
the decision Of the American Football
Coaches Association to bar from its
ranks coaches who play professional
football after September next is Bert
Shurtleff. mentor of the Fall River
high school team. He has played for
some time with the Providence Steam
Roller professional eleven as center
and guard, joining the team soon
after his graduation from Brown
where he had been given All-Ameri-.
can rating as center.
(AP)-Tentative plans are in the
making for winter carnival in
Lowell some time in February. John
w. Herman. superintendent of the
park department, Is pushing the idea.
Fort Hill Park provides an excellent
site for winter sports.
(AP)-New Englanders are inter-
ested in the recent resignation or
Martin Delaney as athletic director
OF the Chicago A. A. after 20 years
service to become manager Of the
new Midway Athletic Club in the
Windy City. Delaney is Worcester
boy and brother of Jerry Delaney
once well known as middle distance
runner.