New Britain herald., 1926-04-14
s p e a kin g of Sports
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Hugh Red" Rorty is keeping up q rumpus In state boxing circles which 10 our minds. does not co . corn him at the present time. It Is all over the ruling of Commissioner Thomas Donohue of New London. that the state of Connecticut will not interfere with the appearance of De- laney in Holyoke Monday night and his appearance in Hartford the fol- lowing Monday night.
 Commissioner Donohuc, referring 10 the clause in the boxing rules of the state which says that no fighter will be allowed to appear In fight until eight days have elapsed since n previous bout. terms the Holyokc appearance Of the Bridgeport bat tier as an exhibition and not as q fight.
 For this reason, he says, there will be no violation of the state laws if Delaney fights in Holyoke Monday and iL Hartford the following Mon- day night. seven days intervening.
 Just why Rorty is getting into this argument as the present time Is hard to explain. There is only one logical reason. He is either sore or IS jealous of George Mulligan, Wa terbury promoter whose last few fights have broken records for suc- cessful ventures in this state.
 Forty claims that If Delaney ia allowed to so through with both en- gagements, Commissioner Donohue is showing out and out that he is favorng Mulligan. Rorty thinks Donohue has something against him and he doesn't hesitate to say so, He says that he has numerable incidents to prove his statement and will give them out at the proper time.
 It seems to Us, on the outside, that Rorty is not only trying to buck George Mulligan but he is also going against the wishes of the boxing pub lie. He, as representative of the Atlas A. C., hasn't shown himself or his boxing shows to be anything so very popular with the. fans in and about Hartford and the present in- stance won't help him any.
 Connecticut wants to see Jack De, laney in action and this is promised them when he meets King Solomon ill Hartford on April 26. Should Rorty succeed in keeping the show from being held. then he is spelling what Connecticut fans arc set on seeing.
 Matters pertaining to the Holyoke and Hartford shows were ironed out yesterday afternoon in Hartford at a meeting between Commissioner Douohue, Treasurer Arthur Grcancy of the Holyoko A. C. and Ed Curley, rerrescntatins George Mulligan of the Connecticut A. C. The commits siouer said he would not interfere with the Connecticut showing of De- l9noy and ,Mulligan's representative said the Waterbury promoter did not want to stop the Holyokc perform anCe.
 pitc, ntilIN- Jhloorv'e D,aup~ar stated that he wanted assurance that the Connecticut fight would be held or else he would call off the Holyoka bout.
 The Corhin Red SoX players voted at q meeting last night in the Y. NJ. C. A. to organize for the coming year. This will be good news 10 many as the team has had a large following in the years in which 1t has played ball.
 Johnny Tohin through whose work the team has ascendcd 10 the city championship on several occasions. will quit active work with the team this year. John feels that he has earned the right to & rest and doesn't want to give up his Satnr- days and Sundays like he has faith fully done for several seasons. He offered. though, 10 keep up the busi- ness end of the team, books games and care for the finances and this offer was gladly accepted by the team members.
 Fill Clancy will take his place as bench manager. No more loyal or interested rootcr ever lived than Clancy when it came 10 the Corbin Red Sox and he will make worthy successor to 'Tohin in directing the dcstinies of the team.
 The Industrial league will prob ably come into existence tonight with the meeting of those interested in the project at the Y. M. C. A, to- night. The first meeting brought out representatives of six factories who stand ready 10 enter teams in the league and two more are expected 10 appear tonight
 With an eight team league or -4ni2"d. there will be plenty of base ball for the factory fans 10 watch and there isn't any doubt at all but that tho intense rivalry that existed hn'w"en the factory teams on tho diamond in 19"0 will he revived, There is enough material in all tho factories 70 form a league that will he fairly cvcn and the race to be