New Britain herald., 1926-08-17

| eNo DuAn HelQ the record for the running broad jump at Landers playground with a leap of IS 1t, l in?
 Frank Seitz the local letter rar- rier could trim anyone in the city at the standing broad jump. He held the record at Landers play ground with mark of 10 it. 21k in, Bill Coholan ran the quarter mile in 4S 1-5 seconds and broke the re- cord while appearing on the athletic field for Yale?
 | The New Britain Y. NJ. T. A. &B. society had seven world track and field champions perform at the Der lin Trotting park, Martin Sheridan, Warren Fielding. Tim Ahearn, J. J. Filler, James Archer, Melvin Shep- pard and Con Walsh?
 Harry Vessels in a National Y. M. c. A. meet at New Haven broke the "Y' record of 12 feet by going over the bar IF inches higher?
 The great event of the day at the city championship track meet held at Walnut Hill park on July 4, 1911, was the 100 yard dash and the win ners were as follows: First, J. Ma her; second, Fred Bruemmer, and third, J. J. Walsh, time 10 2-5 sec onds?
 Frank Cox who was captain of the Detroit baseball team, was pre- sented with a solid gold watch at the Boston National league grounds by his friends and Frank wears the gift every day?
 Bill Souney won five f1rsts, three seconds and three thirds in shot putting contests in one season?
 Art Pilz, at the big Scotch games held at the Springfield Training school grounds, introduced the big Indian, Jim Thorpe and Thorpe went out and won the high jump and shot put? The Tuxedo A. C. members did ting park in Plainville every Sun day morning and among those who worked out weekly were Jack Rourke, Sheridan, Vessels. Pilz, Souney, Riley, Gustafson and Heis- ! Ter?
 Charley Merwin at the Stanley Works while a student at Yale, was 1 one of the first men in the country to do feet in the high jump?
 Swen Swanson, driving his home raised horse, beat the sorrel mare ! of Red Floods with Red at the | reins in a special race up Farming ton avenue?
 The Millionaire Football team us- | ed to play football every Sunday | and was never scored on during an entire season? Jake" Jennings was center, Patsy Bridget was fullback and few other well-known stem mers" on Church street, were mem- bers of the team?
 The Millionaire would play one 1 Sunday in Pittsburgh, the next in | Portland. the next in some other | distant city, in fact made a tour of | the country, but never left until | Sunday morning and always got | back the same night without being | scored on?
 You could buy 20 Cycles for a nickel?
 Adam Seipel and John Rowe were the best members Of the New Brit ain police force and kept peace along Main street.
 Dennis Nealon used to ride his iron horse as the first cycle police man in New Britain?
 Jack" Coffey was a hard hitting shortstop with the Oak streets?
 The Factory league summaries used to show as many as twenty stolen bases in single game, and sometimes each team would get twenty hits?
 Nigger Hill baseball players were known throughout the state as heavy hitters? There was seldom a weak hitter in the lineup, and the pitchers could sirg with the best of them?
 "Battling" HiggIns gave promise of being a gooJ heavyweight but a few bouts cured him?
 Howard S. Hart was state cham pion high bicycle rider?
 Fred lost, P. F. McDonough, Jack sheehan, Ben filling, Mort" Camp and others werss High school foot ball stars?
 "Pat" Howley used to show the Pioneers and other youngsters the way to lean on the fast ones?
 Bert" Loomis broke his own state Y. NJ c. A. record in the pole vault event, with a clearance of it. 6 Nnches, before 300 enthusiasts at the local '. M. C. A.? !;