New Britain herald., 1926-02-04
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 Tho legion of friends which Mer- win Jacobson has in thia city. will he glad to hear Of his entrance into big league company with tho announce mcnt that he has been acquired hy the Brooklyn Dodgers Merwm has been out in tho International league, having starred with Baltimore about l2 years ago and this will be his first step into the majors in his career.
 MerWm last your wos with line Jersey City club ut the international league and during the season. ho retrieved his Dating eye which had left him for tnr and his average for the season was .&lG. This was no mean mark 10 make when it is considered that MrrNu has huvrrod around the ,%Vn class for many years.
 The week seems n long one with. out the American Legion basketball team playing is usual Thursday night game. However, the Legion team and the &otioual Guards will both be busy Saturday night. The former plays th" Enlc# in Bristol and the latter plays tho All-Middlc- town team at the state urlnory,
 McssrT, Rorty and Galliyan Of Hartford haze another excellent fight card ou tap for next Monday night at inc state armory. Ed Kcolcy and Clrm Johnson arc matched in the star bout of the night, Kcclcy is the big boy from Bridgeport who refused to meet the big dusky boy in the last bout. Many said that Kceley was afraid of the coored battlcr. but the facts of the case were that kcclcy was not in perfect shape and he refused to go through with the bout,
 Monday night will sec the Bridge port battlcr step in against the color ed fighter who proved to be so popu.
  Atlas club show in Hartford q few weeks ago.
 The card will also include Mike Morley, Frankie Zenk, "Shcik" Leonard, Young" Emmons, Sammy Cooper and Kid" Lewis. Morley is making a comeback after several years away from the squared circle
 At the present writing, the exact date for the Weaver-New Britain |
 High school basketball game is in the air because it is not known | whether it will be played Friday | afternoon as scheduled or will be | changed to Saturday afternoon.
 The reason for the possible and | probable change in the date is that l Coach Stone of the Weaver team, l has an engagement to referee q basketball game on Friday afternoon l and will be unable to be in attend ance if his team plays the game then.
 The contest could not be staged | Friday night because of the fact | that the Senior club at the Senior | High school is holding It's monthly ! social meeting and dance and the | members of it would be unable to attend the game.
 Coach George Cassidy expects to 1 be able to announce the date of the | game this afternoon some time and | fl he does, it will be found in some | other part of this issue. He feels that the game can be played in this | city Saturday afternoon provided suitable referee can be secured and | other arrangements cared for.
 Jimyy Clinch will meet roal test week from tonight when he steps | into the ring against Jack NoCart, ono Of the hardest hitting boys in tho game.
 only Tuesday night, NoSart, land ! ed flush on the jaw of Daubury 1 mittstcr and the birds were singing ! clear to the skies. This happened in the second round of a scheduled | three round bout and Nogarts blow was hard smash.
 Uo is rated as one of the hardest hittcrs in the 12N pound class and Clinch, rcLl2ing this. is doing his training stuff every day under the direction of his trainer, Jack Fitz- gerald. Every morning carly, Jim my is speeding over tho snow GOV cred roads Whl" at other times, he Is going through th" training paccs punching tho bag, skipping rop" and pummolin% spartug pal mrrS around the ring.
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