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THE BRIDGEPORT TIMES
Mondt Jan. 9,Jt922
Simon Pu re Mitts ters BoxForMeda Is Cups Ton igh t
Page Eight.
TASTE OF "PEP"
IN PROGRAM OF
AMATEUR BOUTS
Here's the Card
108 Pounds
George Ghacklin, Charles
Grown, Williams Rofctler,
Dominick Zedi.
118 Pounds
Anthony Blombo. Gy John
son, William Loginals, Jos
eph Maeden. Edward Olson.
James Phillips. Paul Riv
aek. Julius Start.
128 Pounds
Carl Guffey, Andrew Le
disco, Arthur Lee, James
Murray. Thomas Reillv.
Steve Smith.
138 Pounds
John Barr. Lenny Castle.
158 Pounds
Charles Atherton. Joseph
HSmith.
16S Pounds
Spencer Clark. James
Links.
f will be tapped tonight at the Casino.
HI T Ti- t PlT ,1 ... Ami.v
ffBoxing Association, will stage its
Wfiuua'Lh show. Poniilar prices will pre
Hnfl 7s; cents, general admission and
Clpe -dollar for the first four rows of
H&atB in the house Capt. Max Baum
1 . LUtHL C vtl J 1 .1 All
fpeadiness for the mitt festival and
fthat Louis FioCTsh. who will meet
ftateiok DeUvro&y here on Feb. 13, will
PlUfTIi III as rffen-r-
The sensational doing of Paul Rlv
jmck of late 'have stirred the interest
rs or King" will again he seen in ac
Vton, his opponent being Julius Start.
;tio has also ma.de re d. These boys
IECT0RS PERFORM
LIKE CHAMPIONS
R Ptaytng their first game of the sea -toi
on the Boys' Club court, the Rec-
or. quintet, city champions for the
i Bast six years, easily defeated the
arterans of Foreign Wars in a hec
tic jpontest by a score of 32 to 16.
OoTer passing formations and bril
feBant tossing by the Rect6rs proved
too much for the War Vets to over
come. At the sound of the whistle
'ending the first half, the score was
l latter combination displaying super-
the second half found the ex-soldiers
i; performing in decided better form
auid held the Rectors pretty evenly.
BIoGran, Rector captain, was the
Spin, ' nl ii of the evening:. Besides
CMrlnir four field goals, he tossed ten
, from the foul line. Dondero's clever
fvdkf.Tidvc nlv was also a feature.
IB" in the preliminary contest. ti;3 Co--..
Q.lTviiTiia1i.rp(i their sec-
Bond sapping in two days by the Twin
FVCkaVa Thn Oaks trounced the Co-
Soniais Friday night by the score of
17 to 1 3 and the following evening
Ito the tune of 22 to 11. '"Fat"
Rich' 3 brilliant playing leaimeu mo
iaa -it nut ucu
al defensive play ana snooung,
rtHinniaia nrniri have been de
lated by a much bigger margin.
rets Shoot With
War Time Accuracy
Brdigeport's ex-aoldiers are hitting
ii i Domo arnnrarv as
jUtivy did the Germans in the mem-
Hcable contnet over hkic. j. ..i
Kredhot race .on for the leadership in
19v Ex-Service Men's League between
ff0tha Veterans of Foreign Wars and the
trican Ijegion teams, wim u un
loading iwith 13 wins and 5 losses,
... ... ; V, i a wins and 4
uo miivi ' ' " '
;es. The British Veterans and
ah veterans are next in line.
are the individual penorm-
W. Connor. 99; Schult, 98; Taylor.
Stephjer.s, 96; ittiner, t; oios
fifl. ir.RiArnn HA- Ahlbin. 86:
'.i1it' ci-,- Anderson. 94: Sioberg.
14; P. Connbr, 94; Auth, 94; Scholz.
; Manson, 93: uajias, aa; wmora,
; C. Ellison, 93; McFViden, 92; Her-
i, 92; Foster, si; reterson, ax:
s, 91; Peters. 9t; Lewis. u: vw
90; Mathewson, 90; Drew, 90;
Oft. .TTItrfTjirsi 11 fil - TVTTCeeve.
; Paxdy, 88: W. Ellison, 88: N.
orKen, ss; in. uworicen. weo
r, 87; W. Smith. 87: De Vincent,
TTinchirwrn 80: Lockerv. 84: TCiner-
irn, 8; Bredbord. 79.
BRUGGY CANNED
Philadelphia. Jan. 9. There was
era! surprise in baseball circles
todav when it was learned that
ifc L. Brugsrv. catcher of the Phil-
had been sold to Portland of the
ifle Coast League for $6,500.
Bruy caught the majority of the
Phillies' games last season and batted
110 in 9 6 games, which marn was
arpassed "by very rew catcners in xne
tlonal J-,eague.
Jack Britton
Of The
New York, Jan. 9 Jack Britton.
eteran champion of the welter-
Ights, is snrely playing the role of
marvel of the age," to a nice-
Britton today commenced light
lnlng for the defense of his title
1 the Rlckard diamond belt against
Kve Shadei, the California flash, on
31, at .Madison Square Gar
den.
I "I am only gome to do the lightest
I' Jttnd of work for ten days or so,"
t a&id Britton. "It does not take me
IJtjUjng to condition myself for a hard
light for 1 never really let up work
ing You 11 notice -i m not carrying
( jtmy excess baggage around my waist-
Coming Amateur
AHTHtR LEE.
will clash in the 118 pound division.
Another bout "that should be a hum
mer should result when Charley Ath
erton, former city amateur champion,
and Joseph, Smith, clash in the 158
pound division. George Chaicklin, all
round Ellas Howe school athlete star,
who made a hit at th last show will
appear again, his opponent being Wil
liam Rot tier.
Colored boxing fans are also going
to have their big inning, when James
Links ("Steamboat Bill") faces Spen
cer Clark, the entry from the Lynn
Star A. C. This pair will represent
the 18 pounds division. Both have
been training hard for the past few
weeks and the encounter is expected
to be a. sizbler from the start.
Arthur Lee and Steve Smith, in the
118 pounds class, should furnish some
fireworks. Both are clever lads on
their recent performances are regard
ed as comers. Lee has been shaping
himself for the fray at the St. Jfoe's
gym.
Red and Black
Athletics
Coach Fred Hunt's basketball toss
ers furtherly demonstrated Saturday
afternoon that the Red ond Black
will be one of the teams picked to en
ter th Xew England championship
tourney at Tufts in March, when they
handed Bulkeley Hig-h of Xew London
a trouncing to the tune of 38 to 11. .
It was the sconl successive win re
corded by 1)he Hilltoppers. The same
lin'eup used in the openinjr contest was
in harness Saturday. It looke like one
of the best Red and Black combina
tions in years.
To make things all the more mer
rier. Coach Lockwood's girl quintet,
flying the B. H. S. colors went to
Naugatuck Saturday and proceeded in
handing the Rubber City High maid
ens at 1 4t)o 7 trimming. The upstate
lassies were the only ones to hang a
defeat on the locals last season, thus
nosing out the Park City In the race
for the state championship.
The second basketball squad coun
terbalanced matters with Fairfield
High school for the defeats suffered in
football by administering a 48 to 7
sapping to the adjacent village on the
chalked -court.
Team No. 3 was- subjected to de
feat by the Stratford High tossers by
the count of' 25 tQ 15 In a hotly con
tested game In Stratford.
The Red and Black soccer team was
unfortunate in losing the champion
ship of the Junior League k the Hol
lister Thistles at the Meadows Satur
day by a score of 1 to 0. Coach Gor
don of the High team is protesting
the game on the grounds that the
Thistles used two players (of the Sons
of St. George Juniors.
The basketbal tossers wearing Chie
ipee uniforms will oppose Fred
Hunfs hoopsters next Saturday. In
tb preliminary contest the sex beau
tiful of B H. S. will clash with the
Hillside School girls of Norwalk.
Room basketball teams will be
formed at the school this week. A
promised batch of boys will be on
hand in striving for the various teams.
V t? A CJlTTrrio ATT
Two basketball games in the Park
City Factory League will be contested
tonight on the Y. M. C. A. court. The
Housatonics will oppose the General
Electrics, and the American Chain
quintet will tackle the Acme Shears.
P. V. Gahan. of the Board of Recre
ation, will officiate as referee.
SCHAEFER COMING
Jake Sohaefer. Jr.. world's 18.2
ba'.kline billiard champion, and Ro
ger Conti, 20-years old champion of
France, will appear here in an exhi
bition, on Wednesday, playing- at the
Algonquin club in the afternoon and
evening. They will contend in a 400
point match, the afternoon tilt to be
gin at 3 o'clock and the evening game
at 8:30.
Fistic Marvel
Century
yline. That's because I exercise con
tinually.
"Nobody can class me as a young
ster any more, I'm sorry to sav." he
continued". 'That's why I have to keep
in shape. At my age, a lay off of
six months from some sort- of ath
letic activity would d0 a lot of harm.
Right now I feel fine and I hope to
keep it up for some years longer."
Brltton's clear, ruddy complexion
and clean cut lines bespoke fine phy
sical condition. He has changed but
little within the last five years er
more and while be may not he capable
of standing up So well over a long
route with the going hot, he is still
thee rafty, nimble-legged fighter h
has always bean.
OUTDOOR SPORTS
Ourooocz.3Pop.ri' ? .it
MEEOEO TVrerA. AAOS'T' ,922 BY lNT1. feature service, ihc: ys?
Training Camps
of Big Leaguers
National League.
New York San Antonio, Tex.
Brooklyn Jacksonville. Ha.
Boston St. Petersbus-, Ha.
Philadelpliia Leesbnrg, I'la.
Pittsbnrgl Hot Springs. Are.
Chicago Catalina Island, Cal.
St. Louis Orange. Tex.
Cincinnati Mineral Wells, Tex.
American League.
New York New Orleans. Lfu
Boston Hot, Springs, Ark.
Philadelphia Eagle Pass. Tex.
Washington Tama, Kla.
TetroIt Augusta, Ga.
Chicago Seguin Tex.
St. Louis Bogaltisa.
Cleveland Dallas, Tex.
YALE - PRINCETON
ON ICE SATURDAY
For the benefit of Bridgeport hoc
key enthusiasts who have intentions
of attending Yale hockey games in
Xew Haven this week several changes
in the schedule are called to the at
tention of Bridjjeporters. The game
marked up for Princeton in the
Arena for next Friday night has been
changed to Saturday. With Pennsyl
vania at the Arena on Wednesday
night and Bobby McLean and his
skaters there on Thursday night, the
Yale management figured that Sat
urday would be a better date tor
Princeton.
Putnams Victor
in Fairfield Tilt
Playing hard and fast with many
spectacular plays and brilliant shoot
ing the undefeated Putnam Five van
quished the Fairfield Legion to the
tune of 37 to 34, at Sherman hall,
Fairfield. The game was an over
time affair and was action from start
to finish.
The Fairfield team led in the first
half by the score of 22 to 11, but
the Putnams got off to an early start
in the second half and caught up
to the Legion in time to make it an
over-time affair.
Rogers was the star individual
scorer for the Putnams, scoring 15
points. The big fellow won the game
with a neat shot from the center of
the floor. Brotherton starred for
the losers. scoring 16 points. It
marked the eighth straight for the
Putnams. Score:
Putnams.
G. F. T.P.
Fulton, rf.
Xeary, If., 1 1 3
Fulton, rf., 6 0 1
Rogers, c, 6 3 15
Glynn, lg., 0 0 0
Grant, rg 2 1 5
Katz, lg. . . .' 0 2 2
Salit, If., 0 0 0
Totals, 15 7 37
Fairfield Legion.
G. F. T.P.
Kinselia, If 1 0 2
Walters, rf 2 1 5
Mevers, c, 4 0 8
Roth, lg 1 1 3
Brotherton, rg 7 2 16
Burr, If 0 0 0
Totals 15 4 34
Timekeeper, Corso; referee, Corr;
scorer, Dunn.
Eastern Leaguers
Bat Fair in 4Int"
In the International League batting
averages released today In which
John W. Bentley, Baltimore, tops the
list wtih a grand mark of .412, the
records show some interesting dope on
former Eastern League players, as fol
lows: Jaeobson. .340; McGowan, .30S;
Goebel, .308; Brady. .300; Shaugh
ness, .Syracuse, .258: Ray, Newark,
(also of Bridgeport). .224; Prediger.
Syracuse, (also with Waterbury) 205;
Fortune. Toronto. .164; Boehllng, To
ronto, (also Bridgeport) .174; Herbst,
.238; Shinault, New Haven, (loaned to
Rochester for four games) .214.
Baltimore was the heaviest hitting
team with a percentage of .313. with
Rochester a close second with .311.
BRAVES VS. SENATORS
IN IS EXHIBITIONS
Boston. Jan. 9 A series of 13 ex
hibition games against the Wash
ington Americans has been arrang
ed for the spring training trip of the
Boston Nationals. Manager Fred
Mitchell announced today.
The six opening games of the ser
ies will alternate between St. Peters
burg, Fla., training cuarters of the
Braves and Tampa, the-spring condi
tioning grounds of the Senators. The
teams will leave for the north on
April 2. On the following day, at
either Charleston or Jacksonville they
will play the first of the games en-routa.
IMF V-iW v HHl J N
Neal Ball Is Clou ting Pins
At 102 Clip In Mercantile
Xeal Ball, Bridgeport's versatile
athlete and sportsman, is again out to
capture the individual honors in the
Mercantile Bowling League, accord
ing to the official averages. Ball,
who is the anchor of the Meigs
Rounders, is leading the procession
with an average of 102, with Foley
of the Southern New England Tele
phone company the runner-up with
101, and Calhoun of the Howlands, in
third place with 99. Looks like a
rip snorting race between this trio
for the honor.
The other team leaders are Ltptak
of the Public Markets with 96; G.
Clark of the Holsum-White Rose out
fit with 95, while Sherry tops the
Cudahy Cutups with 97.
Two series are scheduled for to
morrow night on Connie Lewis' alleys,
the contending teams being Cudahy
Cutups vs. Public Markets, while the
Howlands and S. N. E. T. teams will
roll. The Howlanda are leading in
the race, followed by the S. N. E. T.,
Meigs Rounders, Public Markets,
Cudahy Cutups and Holsum-Whites.
Following are the individual aver
ages: S. TC. XL T. Co. Foley, 101; Rog
ers. 97i; Clark P.. 9 6: Emro, 93; Car
roll, 92; Bailey, 90: Cm-ley, 90; Bow
den, 90; O'Brien, S8; Burns, Joe, 87
Nicholson, 78.
Howlands. Calhoun. 99; McKeen.
96; Poultnev, 96; Burns, James. 9 4;
Parkerton, 92; Dooley, 91; Gibson,
89
Meigs Rounders. Ball, 102; East
wood. 93; LaBarty, 93; Grindrod, 91;
Scott, 91; Finnegan, 91: Rose, 90;
Hultman, 89; Andrews, 89.
Public Market. Liptak, 96; Martin,
95; Smith, 1; Wagner, 91; Scholz, 89;
Shelinsky, 8; Linuana, 86; McCarten,
86
Holsum-White Rose. G. Clark, 95;
Read This, Ye
Ringside Fans
Here's some "bull" direct from
the Hub, let loose by Marty
Killelea, manager of Johnny
Wilson, which may be interesting
to local ring "bugs." Bead it,
and digest it, if possible:
"The public is led to believe by
some New York sport writers
that the reason Wilson refuses to
fight Greb is that he is afraid of
losing his title. This is not so.
Wilson is willing to meet Greb or
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t pounds. Greb make 160 ,
pounas; t.rvu aim -
matched three times last sum
mer, land on each occasion the
bout was called off because
Greb could not make the mid
dleweight limit. Wilson has been
suspended, not only In the state
where the alleged violation oc
curred, but practically through
out the country, and this without
a hearing. Is this a square dual?
Are . commissions appointed to
compel boxers to live up (to the
letter of the law and allow pro
moters to do as they like?"
SOMERS LEADING
BY WIDE MARGIN
c; t-c i ,Vi o vf-no- o -walk -a-ov in
the rac to date in the Triple-M Bow
ling" jLietSLfrue winicn receii.i kwi "hu
onrin w ia ccrnino- the na.ce with
an averag-Q of 101, with Palm-er next
in line with 94, while there's a triple
tie or third place, Ansonia, Shepherd
anrt Tveresson with 91 marks. Other
averages fflWmw:
tz l-oA' vx- i -v. on- A r ami R 9 :
Crocker,' 8 9 ; Kelly S S ; Bayua, 86 ;
- -- OA DnnHl c 4 . V nop S A ri:lV-
icji a. "u i . o -r . J V
. OA. uv 1.. c Pncot rrm x 7
Hvizdo, 81; Scales, 80; Bonnanzio, 76;
IRANS TROUNCED
The Iran A. C. basketball team re
ceived a lesson in the cage game at
the hands of the strong Paddocks
yesterday, the suburbanites winning
bv a 2 to 12 score. In the Irans'
lineup were Cretella, Youngs, Fan
ning, Redney, O'Hara and Murphy.
REMINGTON CLUB
GETS FIGHT LICENSE
The Remington Arms Club, which
has a membership close to the 400
mark, is busy on plans to stage its
initial boxing show, having been
granted a .permit by the State Athletic
Commission. Saturday, at Hartford.
The club is going to put on profes
sional shows and will give local box
ers am opportunity to display their
wares. The club at its next meeting
will distress the selection f a matchmaker.
pop. rn 00(rf
OP- A WA40J
ME 7Wi- rf? ft
XEAL BALL.
Eckert, 93; Stapleton, 89; Tremallis,
86; Woods, 86; King, 85; Barnum, 84;
Slattery, 81.
Cudahy Cutups. Sherry 97; Shan
ley, 96; Kugler, 95; Schultze, 88; De
viney, 88; Hyatt, 88; Lee, 87; Lom
bardo, 86; Kelly, 8 0.
W. HARPER TRIMS
WHITE ON ALLEYS
Waterbury, Jan. 9 Jack White,
Xew Haven bowler lost five straight
games to W. Harper of this city. The
match was to hove been a nine game
series, but for some unknown rea
son, five games were bowled. Harper
bowled past the century mark in
all the five games, his best score be
ing 125, which he made in the fourth
game. The winner also led in pin
fall with a total of 567, while White
knocked 522 pins off the alleys. The
scores:
Harper 117. 116. 107, 127, 101.
Total, 568. Average, 113.
White 101. 98, 105, 120, 98. To
tal 522. Average 104.2.
Sport
Snapshots
TRAVERS 1SL.AXD Dr. G. H.
Martin and R. L. Spotts tied with
9 4 breaks out of a possible 100 at
the N. Y. A. C championship shoot.
o o o
EVDIOOTT CITY, X. Y. Charles
.Tewtraw captured the New York
Speed Skating Championship, Joe
Moore of New York, finishing second.
Jewtraw, was first in the 220 yards,
440 yards and half mile finals, "while
Moore finished first in the one mile
and three mile events.
O O O
jne ot the most im
portant ring battles staged here in a
decade is set for tomorrow, when
Eugene Criqui, "the Knock-out
King," meets Charlie Ledoux in a
twenty-round encounter for the ban
tamweight championship of Europe,
now held by Ledoux.
CLEVELAND Stewards of the
Grand Circuit are gathered here to
day for the annual meeting to assign
dates for 1922 meetings. Detroit,
formerly one of the greatest Grand
Circuit cities, will irobably be a
member of the circuit aptain this year.
O O O
BAtOXNB Sailor Johnny Dar
cey and Johnny Murray will scrap in
the main bout at the Arena here.
IjARCTIMOVT L. C. Dal'.ey con
tinued his good work at the traps of
the Larchmont Yacht Club yesterday.
He took the high scratch prize from
a field of ten gunners with the ex
cellent score of S8 out of a possible
100 targets. W. E. Ferguson won
the high handicap priao.
TONIGHTS BOUTS
Two bouts of importance in the
metropolitan district tonight will
bring together Harry London, fast
Harlem boy, and Sammy Nable at the
Star A. C, while over in Jersey City,
Mickey Moore of Elizabeth, who is
looming up as the chief of middler
weight contenders and Johnny Grif
fith. wl clash, h
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Rumors of New
Baseball War
Chicago.. Jan. 9 The major
leagues have made their final con
cession to tle minors on the
mnch discussed draft question.
Offering to make the draft
price $7,500, or $2,500 more than
that named In the proposition
outlined by .Tudge Landis in
New York on Dec. 17. the ma
jors, through Ban Johnson and
Johm A. Heydler. say they will go
no further.
The minors outside the draft
the International and Pacific
Coast Leagues and the- American
Association, Class AA organiza
tions, and the Western and
"Three I" Leagues, smaller cir
cuits refused the Tandis offer.
They may refu.-r the latest plan.
If they do. major league mag
nates here say, there mtay he a
"baseball war" after all. much as
Judge Landis deplores it. The
majors, it is hinted here, will
abandon all business relations
with the minor leaguers outside
the draft, buy no players from
them and sell them none simp
ly allow them to "go it alone."
KEEN BATTLE ON
FOR DUCKPIN TITLE
A merry fight ds being waged for
Individual honors in the Purchasing
Agents Bowling competition between
Kelly and McKenna, the former being
in the vanguard with 102, while Mc
Kenna has an even century. This
week's-. schedule calls for clashes be
tweene the Dinty Moores and Petey
Dinks and the Kelly Kids and Andy
Gumps. The other averages follow:
Kelly, 102; McKenna, 100; Gault,
97; Behn, 95; Jersey, 94; Sivers, 93;
Cole, 92; T. Shepard, 92.; G. Shepard,
91; Hope, 91; Fiebeck, 90; Lank, 90;
Mtorrfcon, 89; Babineau, 89; Wyett,
89; McLaughlin, 89; Hayes, 88; Rob
inson, 86; Haggerty, 85; Downel, 85.
YOUNG HICKEY NEW
BOGASH OPPONENT
Young Hickey, a coming middle
weight or .New York will be the op
ponent of Louis Bogash, in the main
bout Saturday hight at the Common
wealth Club in New York. Bogash
was originally carded to box Jimmy
Kelly, but he was forced to withdraw
owing to an injury. On the same
card will be Young Ruddy, a mem
ber of the latest crop of Bridgeport
boxers, and Pete Hayes of New York.
Joe Smith, Bogash's manager, is or
ganizing an excursion party of local
boxing fans to take in the fight.
Bhixton Stars For
Losing Crane Team
Bluxton starred for the Crane soc
cer eleven in the defeat of the locals
at the hands of the Danersk A. C
gridders of Stamford, yesterday at the
JVleadows. The score was 3 to 2 in
favor of the Stamford visitors, both
Bridgeport goals being negotiated by
Bluxton. J. Hutton and Ferguson
were the scorers for Stamford.
At Ansonia the St. George eleven
of this city, played a 2 to 2 tie with
Ansonia in a State League contest.
VOLLEY BALL BILL
Play will ibe resumed in the. Y. M.
C. A. Industrial Volley Ball League
on Wednesday night with the Hollow
ing games scheduled:
Holmes & Edwards vs. Acme Shear.
General Electric vs. Housatonic.
American Chain vs. Main Plant.
Holmes & Edwards vs. Main Plant
(postponed.)
DWYER AND LEE TO
PAY THEIR FINES
Matchmaker George Dwyer and
Referee Terry Lee said today that
they will pay the $5-0 fines marked
up against them by the State Boxing
Commission. Fines of $100 were
plastered on both of them six weeks
ago by the State solons and the re
ductions were . made Saturday at a
meeting of the State boxing solons in
Hartford, at which Dwyer and Lee
were given a hearing. No mercy was
shown to "Red" Allen and his sus
pension of 90 days will stand.
The Bridgeport trio caused the dis
pleasure of the State Commission as
the result of Allen refusing to box
before the Phoenix A. C. in Water
bury early k December, the bout b
Do You Know
That
Looey Bogash Is going to get
down to real hard work for. his
bout with Jack Delaney. Jack
Stone, New York welterweight, is
on the way to assist the local
liottler in his training for tlie
big go on Feb. 13.
George Dwyer and Terry Lee
bad a banner day for receipts on
Saturday when they journeyed
to Hartford and had $50 reduc
tions made in their fines by the
State Boxing Board.
Today is the opening day for
the Ice cutting "sport" at Beards
ley park.
"I am also happy to see tho
Irish problem solved," said Tail
Jordan today.
"A war between the Bulgarian a
and Moors, is now in order with
peace in old Erin," wns Gene Mc
Cann's comment.
Johnny Wilson, who says he is
the middleweight champion, start
ed the Now Year as si marathon
Vunner. He ran out on Tex
Richard, who had arranged terms
with him for a bout with Harry
Greb. Rickard should page Hans
Kolehmainen.
Bo McMillin is a glutton for
punishment. He was outpointed
by Kid Cupjd in Port Worth and
.went Tight over to Dallas to lose
a decision to Texas A. & M. That
ought to qualify him to retire
and start coaching.
'TWINS MEET;
LIEBOLD IS STAR
Billy Leifoold. sterling all-round
athlete of the American Chain, was
the big star of the dual track naeet
between the local Y. M. C. A. and
the Waterbury Y. M. staged in the
local gym Saturday night. Leibold
captured high honors in the hign
itimps and shots put events. Bridge
port won the meet, 29 points to 15.
A return meet will be held in the
Brass City next Saturday. The sum
of points in the two meets will be
considered in deciding the winnng
team which will be awarded a beau
tiful trophy.
The events and times are given
below:
One mile Pulaski,, Bridgeport. .".
min. 9 2-5 sec; Holywood, Water
bury, 5 min. 7 2-5 sec: Whit lock.
Bridgeport, 5 min. 31 1-5 sec.
12 pound shot put Liebold, Bridge
port. 29 ft. 2 in.; Staek. Bridgeport,
38 ft. 7 1-2 in.; Margroff. Waterbury,
37 ft. 1 1-2 in.
High jump Lie-bold. Bridgeport. 5
ft. 5 J -2 in.; Kiesling, Waterbury, .".
ft. 4 in.; Hollywood, 5 ft. 2 in.
Broad jump Eurele, Bridgeport,
18 ft. 4 in.; Hollywood, Waterbury,
18 ft. 1 1-2 in.; Evason, 17 ft. 11 1-2
in.
One mile relay - Bridgeport first.
Pulaski, Eurele, Anderson ;t: d Mey
ers. Waterbury second. Hottywopd,
Kiesling, Maxwell and Schultz. A
dispute in the time figures left the
final result in doubt.
JUNIORS TO PLAY
ACME SHEAR FIVE
The Y. M. H. A. Juniors will face
the Acmie Shears in the preliminary
game to the big event at the Y. M.
H. A. auditorium tomorrow night
when the Seniors will tackle the Ben
Hurs of Hartfor Next week the
Juniors will play The Fairfield Legion
team. The Juniors and Acme Shears
will line up as follows:
Juniors H. Schwartz and Ruka
itz, forwards; Gree-nstein. center; J.
Schwartz and Hirsch, guards; Schless
utility.
Aome Sheara Rogers and Betes,
forwards; Gaffney, center; Harrison
and Broadley, guards.
Al Burdick In
His New Emporium
Sports who used to gather about
the steam pipes in Al Burdick's old
barber shop on Main street have more
commodious quarters to conduct their
post-mortems on sporting events.
"Al" is now established in his new
tonsorial parlors on Stratford avenue
underneath the N. Y. N. H. & h!
R. R. bridge. It is one of the best
appointed of local shaving and hair
cutting .emporiums equipped with
seven chairs which are manned by
the most skilful of tonsorial artists.
Al's place was also a popular "cozy
comer" for visitors to the Park City
as well as local patrons and it is
likely to grow in popularity.
FIGHTS SUSPENSION
New Jan. 9. Marty Killilea
announced that he will ask for the.
New York Boxing Commission for
heiirinCf On the snsirwn,irri r.f TWi rr-.r
Wilson, middleweight champion. Kil-
mea. wno manages Wilson, declared
that he intends to fight the suspension
to the last.
Trade School Tilt
Bridgeport Trade and Stamford
Trade School basketball teams will
line up in a Connecticut State Voca
tional School Basketball League con
test in Stamford on Wednesday, the
Lock City quintet appearing here for
a return game on Feb. 1.
ing rranged
for the sorrel-topped
boxr by
by Dwyer and Lee.
That the State Commission is deter
mined that there will be no "monkey
business" among boxers, promoters
and others engaged in the pastime '
was indicated Saturday when the '
body "sat down hard" upon 19 per
sons, the unfortunates including
Champions Johnny Wilson and Jack
Britton, and Dave Fitgerald, well
known referee of New Haven.
Other Bridgeport boxers to be sus
pended were Young Luby, Young
Luddy, Kid Wallace and Joe Delaney.
Others placed upon the "black list"
were Nate Miller, Spider Roach, Ed
die Edwards, Percy Steele, Dan Will
iams, Phil Bloom, Kid Kltssn, Young
Burns and Jack Mnntfluimcj.