New Britain herald., 1926-04-22

eVeH'S ana the prospects Tor the team In general are very good. Bray is counted counted upon to bring home the laurels in the 100 yard dash. With him will be McGrath, another 100 man and also an entry Tor The 22o. Zehrer. captain of the | team, Is half miller of no mean | ability and with these three as q nucleus. Coach Depot has excellent ! chances to bring state laurels to New | Britain
 over 60 candidates are turning out every day for practice and the form and speed being shown on tho track by the new material gives promise of good track team for number of years to come.
 The Kensington A. c, Is making its ball park down south like big league ground. A new score board of immense proportions will be erected for the bencfit of the fans there this year and if possible, iit- Mey service will be instituted be- tween New Britain and the ball grounds. There Is large number of New Britain fans who like to~a, L. tend the games in kens!ngton and with the comfort Of being taken straight to the baseball park large f1ocks of them will attend the Sun day afternoon entertainments in kcnsington,
 The Falcons who occupy the place of the home team in this city, have started things hunming for the 1926 season. The team has added to it's lineup Stanley Budnlck and Tergu- son Budnick Is one of the best in fleldars ever turned out in this city while the hard hitting outfielder Of last years Corbin Fed Soy team will be added strength to the team. Ko- pee will do the brunt of the catch ing while Benson will play in the outfeld
 r Is expected that the first game will be played on May which is the first Sunday Tn May. The teams op- ponent has not yet been selected but as Manager Joe Veniski has been swanlped with challenges and offers for games. he will have an easy time making a choice,
 Reports have it that the Corbin Red SoX are to play their first game in Holyoke this Sunday hut TO off cial announcement of the ganla has been forthcoming. The Red soT ''ill have no trouble in being book. rl for games about the state becausn there isn't another team in this citr s1 well known as they are. This is probably because the ttom has been travelling about so much,
 The Industrial league rill rroh- ahl" get off to a. start on May 29, according to present plans and with two more teams entered, very in t"rnsting circuit is i'll prospect. The enthusiasm over the prospects cf thc l>asua is running high and intense rivalry already prevails. IodG? iS the last day for disability of playere, meaning that a player must he in he employ of a.factory by today or he win not be allowed to play on the team.
 Louis (Kid) Kaplan, the feather weight champion cf the world, is startling fistic circles by his prone ness now to send his opponents to sleep. Last night in Montreal, Can ada. he hit Leo (Kid) Roy, the Canadian featherweight champion on the chin in the seventh round and the Canuck slept for over 10 minutes before he vas brought hack 10 consciousness.
 Kaplan Is putting over sleep rroducer more frequently now than le ever did and it seems that he is developing a punch that some day will spell disaster for the holder of the lightweight title. Kaplan is right now ready to enter the light weight class and but for the incon- sistcnt rulings of the New York state boxing commission, KapIan would probably be the lightweight champion right now. The commis- sion refused to allow him to box in the heavier class,
 Johnny Dundee has suddenly de- Ncloped a three inch needle in his ankle. It is, so they say, a hypo- iormic needle. IL may be that doc tors have changed somewhat in thcir ways of administering a hypo- dormic but we never heard of one that shot man in the ankle. Ii has always been "a shot In the arm" to us.
 Jack Dempsey seems 10 be out for business after signing articles for Tex Rickard to fight anyone on September 1e. Reports coming in say that Dempsey is out of shape because of his long inactivity in the ring. Others say that the heavy weight champion has lost the power of his punch. That may be but when Dempsey can take seven men on ill an exhibition bout, knock out five in the first round, one Tn the second and give the seventh such a trimming that he refuses to return for the third round, he must have a pllnch that hurts