New Britain herald., 1927-02-12


 the beginning of next His manager. however. has notified Leo Bradley Meriden promoter, that tho Silver City will have first call of Connecti- cut cities on the services of the Cleveland mauler.
 The National A. C.. of Newark, x. J., is arranging for another wrestling tournament in this city. Edward Lavrow. representative of the club visited New Britain yester- day and after looking the city over. found that the only hall available for this month was the Turner hall on Arch street. He contracted for the ball for February 23, Wednesday night and will bring an ensemble of the worlds leading wrestlers here on that date.
 This same athletic club saged wrestling show at Jester's hall on Arch street last March. In this ex- hibition, Stanislaus Zbyszko, Pod dubny, tho gian Russian, Hussane, "The Terrible Turk" Carol Zbyszko and others. appeared.
 This year the National A.: c. plans to come to New Britain to stay. That is the reason for the early start. The first card has not yet been arranged but one of the headliners will see Wladek Zbyszko wrestling some other nationally known nathan.
 Wrestling Is a new sport for New Britain. comparatively speaking. and if the National A. c. carries out its plans of holding the shows every two weeks, tho greatest grapplers in the world will be seen In action.
 Mir, Lavrow represents combina- tions of sportsmen who have been conducting wrestling shows all over the country. The biggest and best men in the game show under the auspices of the National A. C.. and New Britain Is in for an excellent line of wrestling shows, starting with the first on Wednesday. February oS, at Turner hall.
 Louis fKid) Kaplan has been forced to call off his imminent bouts because of illness. He has been seized with an attack of the "hu" and will be unable to carry | out coHracts for appearances on the Pacific coast.
 Kaplan was on the road to meet McLarnen, Pacific coast lightweight champion and this bout was consid- | cred one of the most important he would have engaged in. in some time 1 McLarnen Is the favorite in Cali! fornia to take Sammy Mandelrs title away from him and Is a big figure in the boxing world in that section Of the country.
 The race for the state basketball l title Is tightening up following | games of recent weeks. The Meri- l den Endees who stand ono and one with the National Guards of this city, during the past week. tumbled | the Atlas A. C., of New Haven by l one point In Meriden. This puts the | Silver City group back in the run ming for the state title because at the present time the Atlas are the | unknown quantity in state circles.
 Jack Delaney Is reported to be stronger and more rugged than ever for his bout with Jimmy Maloney | of Boston at Madison Square Gar den in New York next Friday night. |
 Jack has been working out in his Bridgeport gymnasium and looks to be perfect in all physical lines. His greatest drawback in past years has been his frailness but he Is gaining in strength and weight all the time.
 Maloney will be the toughest con- tender Jack has met in years and | although Delaney is the favorite to win, there are many who figure that v Maloney will take him. Maloney is heavyweight, a fast man and a hard puncher with either hand. It should be great bout
 The amateur boxing tournaments will be resumed at the state armory this coming Friday night and Bat Battalino, state featherweixht cham pion, will be among tho entries, 1t is thought. Battalino is more impress sve than ever In the ring following his knockout victory over the Can adian in Hartford Thursday night.
 Matchmaker J. J. Whaler of the Mohawk A. c. Is planning on a trip to New York to secure another team to come here this week. Fans in this city would like return bout between Joe Howard and Joe Sur ino, the New Yorker whom Howard put away in the tournament here | last week.
 It is hardly likely that these two that night because those things hap pen only once in | great while.
 With caterpillars reported out at Cheshire. signs of spring are moro abundant every day Pansies have been growing in Meriden and down Cheshire way and all these signs are considered a very good sign that spring Is not far away.
 The best sign and one that makes spring just around the corner is the | report that Stevie Dudack has taken | his baseball shoes out of the attic and has been dusting them off again. Any time that Steve starts this work his uncanny intuition announces to the world that spring isn't far away.