New Britain herald., 1926-02-12
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 Many New Britain fans who saw
 the battle between Jimmy Cinch Of
 this city and Battling" Battalino
 or Hartford at Foot Guard hall last
 night, arc of tho opinion that the
 question of superiority Of the Capi-
 tai City fighter over the acc of New
 l'ri'ain's amateur pugilists, has not
 been satisfactorily settled.
 They seem to agree that Battalino
 won tho decision last night, but
 his margin Of victory was not such
 "s to make him q champion in that
 class. Cl!nch could not solve thc style Of the Hartford boy. Bat tallno kept at long raneo and
 Jimmy, try as he might, could not got on the inside of the long tabs.
 Tn the few times that Cinch did Ect near enough 10 slam away at I'attalino's body, his punches hurt and drove the Hartford boy to cover. Clinch's stature, small and chunky, was his greatest handicap last night. but critics predict that if no Is trained 10 getting inside ot the long shots of his opponents, hn will be able to beat them with his solid smashes.
 'Hraipfr TnNl- I,I \
 vote his time within the next month CT two In teaching Jimmy to get in side lanky arm. This is the de- rartment in which he appears 10 be weak. Clinch can punch with inc best of them and he has developcd a speed that is amazing in one who tnly few short months ago was Considered mediocre.
 His strlh now bespeaks great eH- ptlience in the tricks Of the game / and even in defeat last night, he -, showed the results of faithful train- I ing and strict adherence to good , living.
 The American Legion basketball | team hies itself to South Manches- 1 ter tonight on it's second road game . and the interest Of hundreds Of | fans in this city will follow the re- suits of the game.
 The Legion team has beaten the south Manchester aggregation once this season already and the players and their followers expect them 10 repeat tonight. The first game of course. vas played on the Y. W. C. A. floor in this city while tonight's contest will be in Manchester. The St. Marv's team Is strong on its home floor but despite this, the fans in this city feel that the local team is the better combination by far.
 The National Guaris basketball Quintet stops out against world famous combination tomorrow night z, the state armory, the Passaict' WoEl4ts, We predict that the Guards are going to topple the New ( Jersey clan and we arc not alone in our predictions. Jimmy Mur- ( rny who takes the part of trainer fir the guards, says that his bunch : VIII t"pp'" thn Skccter $taters and hy q zig margtn. I.2t the GN2rd2 play real basket, v b.I and tn",r isn't team in this ' section Of q. country that has any ( thing tn tn"m
 Vi,h v.ry r+w exceptions this year. C|r) N,2>"}li has been play 0 in~ wc~|ar,rl brand Of basket z N.h V'a ,ay few exceptions be- q cars, rr...'i' has an of day o- '' if=,t rt,W and then. Carl is q w)i2 II nI shot Himself but it is never ii fis crop tn maka q scoring rec. :. ord Ter l'a3:"lc. He plays to wi! ' th" F .0l~ and ii ulakr; no differ h cree '0 Yin whether no gets th" i' l. ,a'.>'a CT some other player drops |, c-n in. , T}ola is tAn r;%nt way 10 look al '' It rE"r" N"ra no worll' " C. rna &o pr t&" men who gets inc j. :Iv@l r"u.H"r Of points, then there "o9.d be no individual stars. I ia th" n&u. in our opinion, who succeeds in ringing the bail down tue ccnr' 'ha' helps morn 10 win :, the game 'haH the enc who camps q,