New Britain herald., 1927-08-03

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 John Mickey" Noonan will be with the Falcon baseball team next Saturday when the local club again tackles the fast Riverview club of , Norwich. Noonan has been playing all season with the Middletown team in the Central Connecticut League and has been showing bet ter than ever.
 Casey" junior member of the sales force of the New Britain Mar ket, has been selected as mascot of the New Britain Police Department Baseball team for this season.
 An interesting situation has been created in the New Britain Indus trial Baseball League following the defeat last evening of the P. & F. Corbin baseball team by Landers.
 Up to last night, the Corbin team had a good-sized margin of lead for first place but last nights down. fall may prove to be rather criti- cal and serious one because of the -closeness of the other contending ball clubs.
 The Stanley Works team stands only half game behind the Cor bin crew now. The Butt Makers are to meet the Stanley Rule & Level team Thursday afternoon and if the Stanley Works team wins. it will be in tie for first place with the Lockmakers.
 Landers stands only a little way behind the two leaders and has a chance to get into the first place driving seat also if things shape up as they should. Landers has only one game to play. having the R. & F. team as it's opponents a week from Thursday. The Universals are decidedly the favorites in this game. ,Corbins has to meet the Fafnir team before 1t finishes its season. This game is also scheduled for week from tomorrow, the last day of the league schedule. Should the Lockmakers lose this one, they might as we'll throw up the sponge.
 New York is a funny, funny place. This has become more evident since the controversy arose over the site for the coming heavyweight champ ionship bout between Jack Demp sey and Gene Tunney.
 New York wanted the fight and wanted it badly but Tex Rickard has decided to stage the bout in Chicago. Tex might give any num- ber of reascas but the best one and ~-t7 only one is the business reason. because he can get more customers in Chicago than he can in New York.
 The metropolis was once regarded as the heart of boxing. In fact, 1t was the center around which all the important pugilistic encounters re- volved. However. the comical ac- tions of the New York State Athlet- ic commission starting with the af- fair between Jack Dempsey and Harry Wills and ending by chasing Gene Tunney, resident and native of New York, to Philadelphia last year for his shot at the worlds title.
 Now there Is talk about reprisal against Tex Rickard for his actions in giving Chicago the bout. Chicago removed all obstacles in Richards path by giving him an open-armed welcome. The way was made smooth and no comical and absurd condl- tions were placed in his way.
 Gene Tunney will certainly be sat isfied. Although he may not be a popular champion, he Is one of the most cultured gentlemen who has ever held the worlds heavyweight title. He was born and reared in New York but New York not only turned a cold shoulder to him when he had a chance to win the worlds title and the wealth that goes with it. but on his return, when he was introduced from the ring along with Jack Dempsey whom he defeated. he was hissed and booed by his home town fans.
 Tunney has made 1t plain that he will fight wherever the money Is. but he also said that if he was to get the preference for a place to de- fend his |tle. he would select an- other city besides New York.
 It's pretty tough thing for any one to have his own go back on him and when Tunney received nothing but . complete "razzing' when he came back with his newly won title to New York. no wonder he wants to defend the crown elsewhere.