The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-28
cLain Becomes Betting Choice To Retain Championship

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Monday Sports Wash
II that eight pound pull In tn,
weights and his Wanted rlghi
hand is not worth great deal IN
his first defense of the worlds
welterweiyht championship, james
Archibald McLarnin will be sup.
planted this merry May evening BY
1888 pound Barney Ross OF New
York and Chicago as the first hold.
or OF both titles. McLarnin at Z Ia
In the last minute wagering wal
an indication that the word hat
gone out that he Ii right" but
t.ere will be plenty OF short end
cabbage on ROSS, with whom the
jewish gentry In New York and
Chicago are shooting the works
by heavily backing the Ross rush
against McLarnin's punch and the
fact that the latter IL decidedly ring
rusty. For my part, It's Ross 10
win by a decision In Is rounds and
an upset OF that famous old ring
adage that IA good big man can
always beat a good little man.
l.arnin must set for that convinccr
which ] believe no VIII be unable
TO do. After the seventh round. II
there II seventh round, II Will be
% breeze for tho East Side Hebrew,
who gets better al the battle goes
on, and It's my conviction that his
left hook Will beat McLarnln's
right cross time and again.
Track and field fans were
tlclsled to u positive shade OF
purple ~ they watched six OF
Stanford unlycrslty's seven man
team have u part In bringing the
national collegiate championship
10 ralO Alto. Bob KIcscl's work
on the trnck and John Lyman In
the Held stood out head and
shoulders above the best com.
petition recruited from the
greatest colleges and universities
In the nation. Between the 1'TO-
Jan football team, Lester Stolen
on the Davis Cup sguad. Helen
Jacobs IN Paris ana Lawson lit.
ties ~ AMI 80 win Of the British
amateur golf title, California
fans Ind something 10 talk
about over the week cnu.
Official scorers gave Frank La.
hey an assist In tho fourth inning OF
The Trlbuno-Thomas club game as
u high foul ball dropped on his
skull after he decided to remain
pnmovcd from tho Tribune bench
M everyone else got out OF the way.
II was unnecessary for Frank TO
drive himself 10 the hospital In his
fayorlto ambulance. for n little
baseball means nothing TO an old
Calvin A. G. footballer.
----4--
Washington I'M fans viii sec
Sunday baseball In their own
nciglIbOriiOOd starting next wcck,
when the Raymond IIIIiics, the
"hilI" entry IN the Public Parks
League shows thpFc. hut Iack Of
support Will force the transfer Of
the league games 10 WateFvillc
and fulton parks. Lack OF con.
tributiOns forced abandonment
Of the league contests there last
season. but another trial will he
mnde with u View toward dis.
covering " the depression has
lifted.
Tho latest balDyhooey from Max
EacrS camp links the name OF tho
LivermOre Laughter with thnt Of
Jean Harlow, tho movie queen,
whose has ordered ten rlngsidc
seats "ncnr Baer's corner" while
MIX IN wearing slave bracelet for
someone no refuses 10 name. Next
thing you know tho ballyhOO boys
Will BIO tIclng Primo Camera up
with n circus fat lady, who will
Order ton seats for herself at tho
heavyweight title bout on June
i4th.
Another protest Will greet the
CITY Amateur League niOguls ut
their meeting tonight IN which
the IiccrcatiOns through Bob
kicPsted. Will cOmplnin OF their
Us defcat by brooklyn ycster.
dry. the argument being based
ON nm alleged bulk nv Dcnzc,
Brooklyn pitcher, which brings
the matter under the head OF
unplring Interpretation.
In baseball parlancc, n black
lHIlu'l ~ w luI hIlo WIlitb itbe
ttrs telling the manager how to run
the team, Jimmy McLarnin
should be the cleanest fighter In
the ring. seeing ms how no has
devoted himself to a soap business
for more than u year. Little
Dan'l Cupid has been busy with his
darts, and we find Vernona Gruen.
t5cr OF Omaha VIII be the June
bride OF Lieut. Gar Davidson, foot
ball coach Of Army. Cavalcade
was tho 2Sth favorite to cop the
Derby making tho num-
ber Of favorltcs who have won the
classic nearly half the total. :.
The greatest shot Paul Runyan
ever pulled was with that favorltc
club OF his the spoon
Paul aced the nth hole at Phoen-
TX, Arlz, three winters ago. :.
Dick Hanley. Northwestern grid
mentor, IL spending some time In
Boston. helping his brother, Pat
get under way In his new job as
coach at Boston University.
And Dick says he'll throw Il mon
key wrench into Big Ten circles
with Il surprise Wildcat team this
fall.