New Britain herald., 1927-02-09

Square gym. ms VIII pe tho Aii's triangular league game of the sea- son for the local team. The game will start at 4:45 o'clock.
 The local quintet, following us successful stand against weaver High of Hartford, is hopeful or turning back the Elm city quintet <, today and the followers of the team are enthusiastic over the team 5 chances of victory.
 A preliminary game will be played between the Corbin Screw team and the Outlaws. This contest will start ahcut 1 o'clock or immediately after school. On the Outlaw squad are Zaleski, McGrath. Havlick, Sculiy and Saunders, all of whom are ln- eligible to play with the High school team.
 The Fitton A. c. team of Boston bas anpeared in Philadelphia wltn- in the mast two weeks and mas re- ce,yed nothing but fine "razzins from the newspapers. The team basn,t been showing thing m US tou, of the country and on the strength of It's basketball aolilts' wouldn't even make Berlin 1rohl New Britain.
 The Washington Palace five when is scheduled to play the Nauohai Cuards of this city, is rated as the hest amateur team in the country in recent dispatches to New 1ork naners. The team has been carrying on successful campaign in a west ern tour.
 Tn booking this team for an ap- pearance in this city on Feoruars es. Manager Clarence Lampher or the National Guards. will be giving ,he fans of this city the opportunity of seeing just how good the Guards are in comparison with big-leagne club.
 The Washington team is leading the American league which plays nothing but amateur rules and m 1s most recent games, has come through with victories. It will be the blue ribbon attraction for court fans in this city and will. no doubt bring out a monstrous crowd.
 The boxing matches in Meriden Thursday night in which Jimmy Clinch was appearing in one Of the preliminaries. have been ordered cancelled by the deputy boxing com- missioner of the Silver city. Mana gers of several of the fighters on the card failed to post the forfcits re- ouired by state law. The feature bout ,on the card was to have been be- tween Georgie Day of New Haven and Tony Julian of Worcester, Mass.
 The National Guards of this city are slated 10 play the Atlas of New Haven at the state armory in this city Saturday night. This is game that the local team wants to win ' beyond all others and for that req son. every player on the team will bo kept under cover all week. Louis (Kid) Kaplan Of Meridon. retired undefeated featherweight champion of the world, has been signed to meet Jimmy McLarnen. Pacitic coast lightweight champion. in San Francisco on February -. Kaplan appeared on the coast while featherweight champion and is well liked there.
 In meeting McLarnen, kaplan is going up against probably the tough est man so far in his career as lightweight. McLarnen deefated everything on the Pacific coast and is being hailed as the next worlds champion in that section of the country.
 Jack Delaney and Jim Maloney are due to give the public sensa- tional battle in New York a week : from this coming Friday, the light heavyweight champion. is favoritc ir the betting in New York with odds of to , being placed on him.
 Experts on questions of boxing, consider this to be the hardest test that Jack Delaney has met. He, in 7 meeting the Boston sluggcr, is fight ing in the heavyweight class, os- tensibly on drive towards the throne now occupied by Gene Tunney.
 Malonev Is fast and hard hitter and besides this, he is heavier than Delaney by 15 or 20 pounds. Jack is taking a chance of losing the bat tie, but as Pete Reilley. his manager says, he will take them all on, big or small with the ultimate view in mind of getting a shot at the heavy weight crown.
 No less an authority than Johnny Risko, the Cleveland Baker, who met Paul Berlenbach, Tunney and De- laney, Is given for the declaration that the Bridgeport Killer" is the hardest hitter of the three.
 Tunney might be the scholar and the intellectual of the ring, but Jack Delaney Is the artist and the most graceful of all when in fighting togs.
 We expect to hear of McTigue being give the chance to meet De- . fancy. McTigue knocked out Paul Berlenbach recently and wants a crack at Delaney's light heavyweight title. Delaney isn't fussy about