New Britain herald., 1929-04-11
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 Two New Britain boys, Fred Zehrer and Deodorian, former high school athletes, are making great strides towards regular places on the Franklin & Marshall college ootball team.
 "Poss" Miller, reknown grid star of the University of Pennsylvania, and for a number of years d mem- Der of the All-New Britain football squad, is coach of the outfit and in several spring workouts staged with in the past two weeks. the work ac- complished by the New Britain boys makes if seem that they will land places on the varsity team next fall.
 Irhrcr is one or several Candi- dates for a position at end while Dcodorian is trying out for guard.
 Jo" Iotter, local pro fighter, will battle Mickey Blaine of Holyoke at Foot Guard hall in Hartford tonight in one of the preliminaries being staged there by Ed Hurley's boxing club, Zotter has become one of the most popular performers to appear before Hartford audiences. He has developed d kayo punch that gives the customers d thrill.
 Blaine appeared in this city short time ago as an amateur. fight ing Louis Murrell state feather weight champion,o of Torrington. Mur- rell was given the decision in a fierce battle though it was a very unpop- ular decree.
 According 10 reports, New Haven was eliminated from further play for the industrial basketball title of the state by Waterbury last night. The Brass City teams margin of vic tory was just four points, it is un- derstood. According 10 this, the win ner of the series between Corbin Screw and Condo Mast of Stamford tonight. will meet Waterbury for the state championship.
 Gus Sonnenherg, recently crowned champion of all the heavyweight wrestlers Of the world, evidently started something when he took on John Spellman of Providence. for merly 2 Connecticut resident, and defeated him in a bout recently in Salt Lake City, Utah. Taking notice Of the item as cared from Salt Lake City. Utah, J. W. Nuttcr writes the following in q Prevalence neWspa- per:
 "Once again it becomes our lot to record our impressions Of the heart less "hadgering act' that Gus Son. nenherg and John Spellman are pur- suing for the editication of the cash Cusl OWors in the COW country where according to one observing poet. Nobody lives and dogs bark at strangers
 This time the tar-tamod mctrop- oils that Brigham Ioung and his Zralous partisans, followers and fam iN. founded on tn" shores of the Great Salt l.ak" region has been treated to inc show and true 10 'h" best traditions Of the sport and champions in general. Dynamite Gus has won.
 ''No later than Monday. April 1, John SpeIlman, he former Nutmeg .'tic lad who used 10 roam inc gridlron in the interests of Brown University and the Providence Steam Roller. allowed himself 10 go the way of the vanquish"d in a set-to with Dynamite Gus. Now again, an other engagement. the story has b,en written in the same letters of of blood, gore and flying tackles.
 "NCw at this vantage point some 2,5no miles from the scene Of in- | tense activity, We are al something of q disadvantage, but the thought seems 10 persist that the stock Of pachyderns must be getting scarce. when these two grapplcrs have to stage their show twice in the same week. Moreover, Phoenix and Salt Lake City are not so far apart as distances in the plain. go, and one can be sure that the fans who know wrestling are up in the number Of times that these particular opponents Of the manly art are meeting.
 "Pcrhaps Sonnenberg and Spell 1 man have organized q road show and are going tho rounds together. i staging the act in pretty much the same order al one night stations. On second thought. if seems that We cant hold beliefs of that sort of these studious young men for one cannot discount the reports of their mailing an flerCe nQuudlnr