lFéee the All-
'. 01111 11111111111315
sine To-morrow
1 cl Duketbaii tens will be given
the Ali-Stunt'ords will hook
‘ the Norwslk Big Five. at the
Armory, in what should be one
‘0 best basketball games at the
a Big Five holds a. verdict over
local team, which they won early
111s mason. but 111111 was before
Kelley and . .
1. the. Lock Cit)“
'rhs Not-1111.2. :V1nm will bring
111“ a. strong line-up to meet their
:rlviln. Eddie McMahon the for-
Fordham Illu- and Captain will
. 1 down one of the forward pas-l-
1 .is expected that :1 large crowd
be on hand to witness this 3;
t T IN FAVOR
OE DECISIONS
1m L e o n a r d Is
Against This Sort of
:.rd lehtVVclght champion hnx-
who is running tliv
. out V‘V’est lesv 1i his 'ihospiln
’ I the world.
7 oar" against the question of (lo-
'enny oraim
"The spectators (lo notr cnrc VV'cut‘1—
. the referee or
. o ujtl,5 rs denote the \Vinner Hit 11
hast cffnrls
“ cm a thrilling set- to
'Theru are p1 rsnns VV ho “ill armh-
) st. 111'" hnxcrs‘ cannot stall in a (le—
acre 11. t11 t'r21111r1 11 fight
'6, will do 9" reganilv ss 11f 1V1. min 1'
not It. TS to .1 (ltclsinn.
I know, there are [Mr 11151.1;1111113111
boxers are smart
' Izo that it. is tlw VVinnr1r who is.
1 ted by the promote”.
ow often «in you
back :1. laser to
111m 11 Prnmnt l'
:Im'u :11' lmrnrr.‘
1 his drawing
er ls strengthened :11
This furnishes :m inCc
{Mud guillV of Taking '1
Ira blacklisted 1y
1 .ever the country.
axing followers h'un
tea, and when n reform or the
my conversation with hoxim:
. they seem better satisfied to
. vs the fights decided by the mn-
_ y of opinions of newspaper 1111111
“Spbrt writers nrv-
J the fistic mime nnul glue the (1-1-
ions through their colums the any
,. fight! look to them. V
“Champions nml the lending cm:-
-dcrs In the various classes nrc
1" chary about engnnlnl: In bouts
“on (leclsions are glV'vn,
. ‘ not blame thcm much after 311(1-
,3 some of the “1111-11 V'r1r1llr‘ls that
' rendered by incompetent nmrillls
'I have engaged In (incision nni
m, -decislon 1101113, and.
fltht just. as hard in “in.
of the manner. in which 11111 Vic-
il to be determined."
11.11511 11.116311
lN 1110111111
1.1 t Player to Arrive
7 for Winter Golf Sea-
i‘1'1r m .V p.11 1'!
. i'iiTERSBURG. Fin.. Dec. 30.
‘aller Hagen was thu
' famous American
1’ ers to arrive here for the \Vln-
. ' Hagen will be om:
participants in the Florida. West
t championships
"Sunshine City"
the crealn of Am1 zicsn 'colt-
will enter into sompetitl'HOI'
1 ”Pier: and Bouton- Cermuk silver
protest-«tonal
1:1, ‘9‘ lifild in
Murch 14-15.
‘ ntime. Hagen is assisting
in: out a. new golf course which
finished. will mukeé'llv’c "fi’or
.3 use of winter visitors sojourning
l’ctersburg.
tiny Cowle. professional 111111111.
”7.1.. also 31-111 ur-
bero and is spendinx
with Hagen on the Mecca
whole course.
eprofesllovhal med. In-
.conductod on th- Pus-
open to all amateurs.
"\bwill be played ofl
to 16 md is expected to
by turn trom 'sll sec~
0 also In assisting the1
is propane-1 for. these
1 11mm. declared
1 . Jocerutcil‘mon;
ii ind numeorout other
up 11.11. to compete for
mm at Mlltlr
’ C119. ' byUsvdfomnSy-Oum
.V‘ \
PHILADELPHIA. Pn.. Dec. 30.—
Anlc Cunnic Mom; \‘ChY he released
the rulillvr lmml from hm Tillnk roll
11nd 11(1111711 off smnething lilzo $135.-
000 {111' tl11‘11-1 pluyvrs—Ouificldcrs
Strnnrl {mil Simmmlsl 11nd Inilchlcr
l!isli()l)H;llltl 1.11 will explain It. with
“punch." Imn't overlook the fact
that 31:11.11; is luncping pace with the
t11111~1. H1 11 _V' hum 111:11-l1mi (h1-
tllrt111 :41111'1 11111111 in marl-t. but when
he 1:11- nt ihzll fultune for the now
trinity 11f filugzcrs l1" put into prac-
ti1111 his lmlivf that Its the punch that.
wins. /
"Tllbitl" Mun-hull is nil right, but
you 31:11.11. 11:1V'c il111 punch.” said
Allll'l: l-_V' V1 :1y (1! hxlflnininq the whys
11ml \‘.‘ll\2‘1f(‘1l‘t‘.’1‘ (11‘ his l1i;: outlay for
lhl‘1'i‘ b:11'1l lillh 1'3 and nut 11 penny
fur 11131411122 "if I az-t thi- ltllllt'll
I'll 1,-11 i'111- 11lf1‘lliviit. l lam] pretty
1:..1111 11llt‘hillL‘.’ until my 11111111 lust Ii:V
lllllllll Liszt 3'11111‘.
"’l‘llc \‘unknrs nrl‘ :1 ball club with
lot: 111‘ plil‘.(‘ll. They won |;1:'t yvzll‘
I11111.111511 lll')’ 11'11l illnl old wallop.
'1'i1~;1' Valli {13:11.11 hl1V'11 lho- punch in
l0: l. TIT‘ITII 11-1111 1 think the Yankecs
l1;1V'11 1-11 112111-11 punch they will have
lhi,1 :11lV;1111:11:I1. 1111 :1” ill-.1 othcr’clulm
in the coming i‘:l"t'. l 1lun‘t any
lhf‘)"l‘11 going; to win again, hut 1111.1,
10:1111 that lupin-thrill must have :1
Twill-1' pum-il.
"[ l1:1V'11 l111r1n 111:1..1-11 by any number
of [VI-rams VVlly I lelt (mi and
l-uur:i1.t M! 112111 punch-Slrunrl and
Slnimnnsmnn tl111 0111111 Ill That's
111111 nf tl111 (1.1151115: (in-“silons cV'V1r put
11) 11111. ’i‘lu-rc wasn't a single. n11.1111-
l111r in 1'. outfield who finished the
illuii $11.; .(111 with :1 butting :1V'r1razzc
111‘ .3011. Hing Miller is :1 natural
.30” lllllv.'l'. lmt l11‘1 Just fell below that
1113111.. 1121111: Imitml .1599.) You
1:111‘1 lu-rp up illct‘t‘ ill the. race with
:111 outlivlrl not one 121’ whose mcm-
lwi‘u lmtn .3011. 1 11111 you ll can't be
done.
“Strand is :1 natural .3110 Miller. I
look for him to hit hcttcr than .300
with 1151. l 11:11 just. us coplidcnt that
Simmons \\‘lil slug: that ball for us
:11 a. i11'111111' than .300 clip. Miller,
who lniSSml .300 by 11 single point,
1:111'1IV' VV'ill improve with anything
1111211' til-1 hrcalks in his favor. \Vclch,
ion. is :1 hurtl hitter. lie VV'lll‘ 110 up
thr-rc around the .300 mark. This
will give me just what I need—an
outfield with a. punch.
"Take my infield. My rv-gulul‘a had
:1 prrlty good your there in spite of
hzm1licups. Juc Iiuuscr was the only
one to show the punch at all times.
llr: was well above .300. Sammy
ilalc haul 11 poor start and didn't. hit.
:11 his best. but look out for him the
coming season. Iii: can hit .300 and
he. will show it. Injuries proved a
handicap to Gnllmvay,_but he showed
he is n. .300 hitter by doing it a year
ago. Bishop and Dykes will be In
there lighting for the second base
job and no mater which of the two
wins the berth he will have to have
the punch.
"Si l‘crliins is no weak sister when
it. comes to hitting. I decided to get
the punch for my ball club and I
think Its there now.”
The loan Mack never was Inclined
to over-enthusi. sm, but if ever he
believed he had a. team that would
prove 11 real contender. it is 1115 re-
V'nrnpcti battle array for 1024. Now
don't get Mack wrong. He at<no
time has claimed that thecoming 01‘
Strand. Simmons and Bishop means
a. pennant for Philadelphia. but. like
thousands 01: followers of the A's. he
will be the most surprised person in
either major league 1!. his toxin fails
to prove a. far more dangerous con-
tender than at. any time since the
1914 machi (1. was scrapped.
Grantin that:~ Co gguesscs right
when he says he can‘t. the least
«(hum that Stran nd Simmomwlll
continue to wrecklpitchinx st. Shllie
Pork just: as they have done in the
2mm Coast League 11nd American
Association. the Athletics‘ outfield
whims up like that or n. 1:1...an
banknder far more so then it. did
8. year ago. The lean lender hr, 111.
,A's‘ is confident that his fly chaser-
will come through. He ‘bo‘iéves
each 0'! the quartet he wfli’uée will
W above .3010.
come through and continue'to hit as
uh. lam done in the Texas Lcague
1nd American Association that st
111111 11111113» date he is counting upon
him a tilt recum- guardian or the
left more. Dormer- had «our
' Bins; smile: in let: mu: 811121.11 la
CONNIE MACK SAYS ATHLETICS
WET. BE IN RACE NEXT SEASON
Team Last Season Lacked Punch -— Spends
$11,135 000 for ()utfielder’ 5 Strand and Sim-
owns and Infielder Bishop —- Strand Ex-
pected to Be Big Help to Team
that Miller will be stationed in cen-
ter because he is acquainted with
the hitting of
players, a. thing that the new-comers
will halve to learn.
Hardly a scout comes into print
but bewails the fact that he wasn‘t
able to obtain Simmons.
clan: that not since Cobb and Fpea-
kcr broke into' 11111 game has ouch a
sensational youngster climbed
the major leagues. Al \vlnckrd the
down in the
League :18 a. member of Ira Thom-
115' Shreveport team.
Returning to Milwaukee.
club had {armed him out to Shove—
port. 11! the start
24 games. sucked 1M!
pitching at. a .393 clip.
suys that he can 1111- >
league. pitching is not going to make
his” batting art-rage collapse
the strain or outgucsalng the
limo hurler on the hill. '
1 The coming
Strand hurried the passing of Out-
ilcldcr Tilly \V’aikcr from the
Walker was released out-
right the other day. He had been
11 big lmguer for ~
‘ 'llshington
team in 1911.
,,,‘V\'a.ll<er always was considered a
dangerous hitter. but It' is not gon-
cmlly known that he halted
or better only once in '1
ivnguc seasons.
1921 when 111.: turned In a. mazk of
This was in
\Valkcr was a slugger tcun‘d by
the best of pitchers.
batted only
1922 he made 37
with Connie Mack.
more circuit clouts than lumcl out
Ruth and only two loss
3’.) compiled by Ken “’II-
the Browns.
Walker had one of
throwing 111-1113 of any player under
liven lust -cason when
he played in few games he t‘lrllled
the fans at Shlbc Park with exhibi-
Iong dl‘stancc
from the far corners or Shibe Park.
Like IAIJOTC‘. Hans W’ng‘ner and many
of the veterans on Whose
the curtain
from the big leagues
legs gave out on him.
'lthozlgh he
.283 for the season
homers that year
;;1e strangest
shakes a mean bat. and has:
throwing arm. will catch on with
some club in the Pacific Coast Lea-
gue or American Association.
11131111121 READY
FOR JACK (11.11111
Bridgeport Fig h t e r
1‘ Trains H a r d For
Coming Bout—~Card
Attracts Attention
. Jack Delaney. the Bridgeport mid-
dleweight. is fast rounding into trim
for his bout in N orwalk Friday night
with Jackie Clark. of Allentown, Pa.
The Park City idol is working out.
daily at Stillman's gym
with his stable mate. Johnny Wilson.
former world‘s middleweight chum.
, Jack is now within speaking dis-
tance of the stipulated weight. tor
ifu'luite confident at
Clark. While. a.
good man. has prove‘n emu: Lou
Bomb at least five times and as
Jack has detén‘ted L011 he siléuid « — .
have little 4:011le in polishing Vofl‘
Clark Friday night.
on: rate. should be an 1mm
no doubt, dttract-‘_
the bout and
winning- handily:
The. boat“; If 7
one and will,
11mm delegation of local
Jack Is quite a favorite here.
Three other bouts complete the
card. K. O. Lenny. at Bailout-y is
down on the backgto exchange we...
laps withone Al Reed. 0: Pittsburgh
one of champion Harry Greb's sm- 1
fln‘ partners. This tilt. is mhedule'
to to 10 rounds.
, Tiling Angelo. of Stamford 18nd
mine Harris. at White Plum;- 111111 m
rather in a sit-rounder while ' '
of Norwalk youths will ”
80 sure is Mack that BfmmonV will"
ma (111114411111 Black world place coins
,flm‘mons H right: flint?
Secretary Rubien of A.
A. U. Makes State-
ment on Strange
Case
NEW YORK. Dec. 31.——The inci-
dent supt’olmding the decision of
Willie liitola. dlstance running star.
to return to Finland and compete
(or his native country in 1.110 1924
Olympics, was closed oftlclnli) to-
day. so far as American ".ihletlc
authorities are concerned.
’ Frederick W. Rublen, 3.98.an
of the National Amateur ‘tLlctic
Union and also ot the Anwrlcan
Olympic committee. announmd to-
day that he had taken the final
step. in thola's case by formally no-
tifying Finnish athl ic auilnritics
1 that the runner-Is good amateur
standing in this country. Mr Ru-
bien also briefly reviewed ltltnla's
career here. Pointing out that he
had been here about ten yenn. (ic-
vcloping into a star during tin last
few years. .llitoln. has held the 11:1-
tional ten-mile and cross country
titles for two wars and also is the
Indoor record-holder l’or thrre and
tour miles.
Mr. Rubien's action fellows-3 his
suggestion that to prevent. M31 in—
stances as that at Ritola. win ‘ 11c—
qulred his prowess entirely through
athletic authorities might consider
herring aliens from registered eon:-
petltion until they lune taken not
first citizenship papers and with-
drawing such licenses it the nth-
later {all to obtain nonhuman Mr.
Ruble-n pointed out, however. that
this was merely his pc' 1nnal View.
Ritolu already had taken out first
citizenship papers in this country
but. this will not nti'cct his restora-
tion to Finish citizenship. which
he could lose. only “by applied1 on to
the llnnlsh state department for
its nulllticstion. Ritalin. expects, to
sail next. week for-«Finland.
HOCKEYTEAM
SAILS SOON
0"] y m p i c Outfit 1Will
Leave for France-4011“
January 9
PmSBURGH. Pa“ Dec. 31.—
Membcrs or the American Olympic
hockey team have been ordered ,to
report next Monday in Bus 11. it was
dock. president, of the United States
Amateuwl-lockey Association, to play
like exhibition games before their
doparture‘tor France. The team will
leave New York January 9.
With the exception of one defence
the personnel of the testis has been
completed, Mr. Haddock said. and
Includes Lacroix and Langley, both
of Boston. goal keepers: Small. Bos-
ton. defence: Drury. Pittsburgh. and
McCarthyg Gera‘m. and Rice. on of
Boston. forwards. Negotiations are
still on with Clarence Abel or St.
Paul, to fill the other defence, posi-
tion. who yesterday reconsidered his
previous decision not to participate
in the Olympisd and then 'a‘. to
hours later again telepraphed his r
tusul to Join the team. .
‘Mr. Haddock will r-take' charge of
thejeam at Boston amthe represen-
fictive of the American Olympic com
mittee and will direct its its activi-
ties until the return to America. Ea
pulses of the trip have been under.
written by th‘e Asher-Icon Olympic
mince, he stated. with the un-
jderstanding thorn portion will be
retunded by the hockéy association
through exhibition mes later in
Trade ,the action; in the tour-mum!
them. cm mean-Influx- . F11
American competition. 11111517131er
stars 111‘» the Red hien. Saunders
annaunced here today by, . 8. Had-7..
museum-1. . 7‘ .5”
RE MEN DEFEAT FAST
ALI. STAMEORD TEAET
Score was 29-20—Saunders and Mason Star fora
Locals—Combat Train Defeats Yale and
Towne Teamm-Makc Great Comeback in
Second Half—~Malkin Stars — Score was
\
29-27
The Norwalk Red Men handed the
All-Stamford bmezball team a trim-
ming in the Norwalk Armory. on
Saturday evening. by the score or
29-20. In the preliminary game the
Second Combat Train team. came
from behind in the second half and
won over the Yale and Ton-no. teiun,
by} 29-27 score. Bath games Vvore
fast and kept the 400 fans on their
feet throughout the contest.
The Red Men were. the first to
score in the main game, when Clan~
cy tossed in a. nice basket. Saunders
then tossed in a foul goal putting the
Norwalkcrs three points in the lead.
l.l"\’oisl was the first player to score
for Stamford. when he tossed in a
basket. The game was nlp and tuck
(luring the remainder of the first
hall. with first one team leading end
then the other. At the end 0! the
period the scare stood 10 9. in favor
of the Red Men In the second half
ot the contest'ahe Red Menput on
cxflfi burst of speed and held the
lead throughout tile remainder (11
the game and were never in danger
of being headed. -
39.111111111- and Mason were the
mule four baskets and four foul
tools for a total of 1: points. meson
tossed in three baskets and {our
goals. playing against “Sonny" Gor-
11011.11 was the playing of this pair
or guards. that. brought Victory to
the Roma“: team. Li Voisi was the
leading scorer for the Stamford with
three baskets.
The Yale and Towne team looked
like sure. winners in the first 11ml
of the preliminary game. During
this period they completely outclass-
ed the Combat Train and at the and
of the criod “ere leading by "1“
score of 23 9. What a. change took
place in the second lull! of the game.
The Combat team come. out for this
period. full of fight and started off
at a. whirlwind pace, and tied the
Yale and Townc team, and with but
two minutes of play tossed in s has-
ket. putting them two points in the
lead. which aanmagg they held un-
til the end of the game During this
period of the game the Yale and
Towna players failed to make a. tin-
gle field goal and only tossed In four
foul goals, while the Norwalk sol.
diets were making point after point.
9111111111 was the outstanding star for
the Combat Train. He played a fine
floor game and tossed in four {19‘ (i
soils and three foul goals. Renauldi
lead in the scoring for the Yale and
Towne team, with three baskets and
two foul goals.
A number of Stamford min at-
GEORGEWEISS
COMING HOME
Is Expected eBack in
N e w H a Y e n on
Thursday—Heme in
Special‘ ' Car " '
NEW HAVEN. Dec. Slaw-It was
learned today that. George Weiss.
president of the 1 human club.
who was injured in wreck or the" ‘1 . -
"Twentieth Century": limited thréc ..
weeks ago, would return to his home
next week This bit. of inter-motion
will undoubtedly be «531441.. insane: '
to NEW Wars who... for some
time, have waited anxiously 'torsome
definite word of was: condition and
.ther prospects qt his return to this
city. '
:1 Mrs. ohrad Weiss, scorie aloe
fther, Maine: F30rencc épdébre'thaa'
. Edwinwotumed W (1‘91!!! Eric
17:.
is till
Champions in All De-
partments Excel —
“Red” Grange Most
Sensational Player
“111111 the so- called major sports
zle'r‘ thet- fans picntV of thrills in the
past V1111r and dl‘L\\'1hP lion 11 share-
of 111 utlon the mincr 1'11. d3 “ere
naive and producrnd many notable
incidents.
l-orinstancc.]l~11ry SulliVan,
\l:1ssa1:lllls(tts husm s1: am the Eng-
lish channel being the List Ameri.
zln swimmcr lo 111- rtorm this icat~
1111 gcfll of CV'ch' l.:1r1ij1. Vra. rdgg
sinno Capt, “ell- turnmi 1h: trick.
'l‘o make things 1"‘-'\ 11 1111; re inter-1
11stlng in snimlninc .icl “(-15-
12131111111111.1113
111111 5115311
Robiys First Base:::..
Made Season’s Rec-i
0rd —— Batted .351
n i 221-1.: 1::0n13y-VV'111111'1r, '
I
l
“(liking right. up to the threshold
of the door of the hall
Jacques Fournier
man and first. snciur cf the i1; ook»5h. h >-
lynx, _ knocked
knuckles l1:1:1;l 1111011 the 11:11 is c:
this door \‘ inn. in a game. June .‘9’
of last season. against. l’hllad-“pl’liu.
tended the game.
contest dancing took place. 4 1: loscd §
111.211 ;
PRELDHXARY ass:
Combat Team.
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Rowland. R. F.
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Shcehnn. C....,......
Reliant. R.G......‘...
zFagan. L.G....u.....
Wm?! t1
_ \Viibcl't IloLinson.
:cr of i-‘oul'nior's club. ever excelled:
that liohhic made
5‘1“
E 1‘) 13th
They do say
seven hits in one ..
19111-nu1hwffi
l}
9.3
if
F
9°
3
g .
l1‘ournicr 111111111 his 19.
liming only
he scar-1:11 upward with
.SSi last SL‘IiSOH, ;
batsman 1111‘. 1
to \V'iliiums
runs with 2‘). lo lllc credit at liligl
H
v
1
1
,‘ R.F........
Hubbard. LlV‘..1......
, C.~..........
Kennett. C.......'....
ILG. .........
4-1111.
war (111111 to
showing: for any
.1:1:.>c.s.um
.3.
lye-1.114
hitting averages
kind 10 the t‘cj1111.,11a
the llt-ldlil".
I3
'I
Referee-Brotherton.
Main Game
1.1:
IAI‘vSOtzt-lrs
-, ius’ 1:1 licld; 11;, but
...1l to take more wild throus than:
' first sacimr in the game
' cicllt points
P.’Moruke, rl‘ ..........
Clancy. 11..............
Bratllerlon. c ..........‘
3135011.}; .............
,11r 01‘ assists he
lv‘ournicr llnnuncrtu
.i1 1‘1 t V (1 l1:l':g11rs.
All-Staml'nrd
1-11
abDIQOl-A'u
1:);10211 lulSIS. 511.0111] only to I{(.1!1;l1_V
. Morukc rt . -
1 " " f ; “1111 :1 slugging Im-rccnlagr‘. of 455
.C.-,o.so- on...
. r8 ' [ml .3 and .\1111-Cm1p(-r:lli0n
Abbozflml ........... '
g the (‘hristian Science
no-vsooscnnu
GOOD 511111 f
BY 3111101111111:
Cardinal Player Batted
{or .371 in First Com-
plete Season
\Vhen the talk turns to the most
remarkable hitter or all the Nation-
al League youngsters-of :ase srason
the honor must go. to
the rookie, playing his
1-‘11'111' dispassmnuic observets
l dispute that. considering its novelty.
1 Constitution has
iduring the tirst _1( .115 of Its li.’ 0. so ; 3 ~'
.lilu'. to- day llle N
have changed their
They no longer boycott the:
They have decided to in
‘and capture a nll'ljority 6f the seals
on the councils. with the avowed oh-
. if the British l‘urliament V'ill
not rich! to their demands for more
pouors. ot‘ dcstrmin: the councils“. 0111:. 13.4-11- ' page
by oletructiVe tactics {10111 VVithln. ' '
'I‘ he elections so for Shop that the
as it is called. have .
won considerable succcss.:.<. 1.1.1. it IS I Drisv ,11 ..............
not likely that they “‘Ill 0111:1111 an »
majority in any Ut lh1:“\{i...,;1.s; '1
operation party
SVval-aj part )1,
111111111' champion of ( fill-111‘ re.
turned to act: -Vc compr-‘ition after a.
laan“ . \‘ llicll lllr1u1~1~1i"n bn per-
.11.;1n1‘! 1 ml 11ccr111ntL-ar.ile
lsct s \tlul 111111. r .1 l indiva
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major league season. The l"
sensation batted .311 for the s axon,
ranking third from
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fielded in remarkable fashion
1:111 average of .986;
chances with only cixhteen errors.
Bottomiey in 523 times :1!
made 194 hits. and _a.mong
were thirty-four doubles. fourteen
Tfipies and eight home run: This
is an amazing recBrd [or a. rookie.
Then there is Clarence Mueller.
also or those hard hitting Cards
' .343 in ‘seventy-five games.
in which he played as at 1rnate out-
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Mueller, who started mr Sb louis
in' 1922. hit that year
until he was hurt early in the se
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Chat and Comment of Special Interest to 3
Happy New Year.
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\Vclcnmc 1 924.
\‘i‘lmt will the coming year brim:
forth in the Sporting “'orld. ’ 'I‘hcrc‘
were a. number of upsets (Turin, the
present year.
The featherweight class has 11:er
three champions during 1923.
crown was won from
Eugene Criqui, the little Frenchm'm
and was later taken away from him
by Dundee, the~ present holder.
Billy \Ilskc is fighting his [fit but-
lie. The doctors at the bedside of
the famous fighter say that it is oan‘
a question of hours with the game
lighter ,Irom St. Paul.
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'“IO‘WA CITY, Iowa, Dec. 31.--A:1-
£110th meme cow records of
the University or 1mm mile r’e.
lay); tet‘im hare been accepted by the
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j 14.111111: institution today. “
. The Hawkeye mile relay
componedorH maxim-‘61}. G. B.
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Ion myrtle!) credit (or flu: world’s
exists record of 3:15 9- 10
a: the Drake relays. April 2!
Miske is showing the same spirit.
in his tight for life, that he has al-
ways shown in his ring battles.
was a. great lighter and has maden
tine record during his career.
ery fan in the fighting world world
is pulling for Billy to “in this fight.
This fan! Strand who wfll do his
still! In Philadelphia. next. season.
was a. team in himselt out on the
Coast last season. He led in about
everything and hung up several new
annd should be a. great help to
”Connie Mack's team next
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battle with the (k V111 frunl the [ni-
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flashed some real 11;; .
the ArmorV' on Saturc ‘ 1V r.
they made :1 comeback 1:
0nd half and defeated the
Towne team. Th(_v wen comr.“
ouiclassed in the
Yale and
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game and sccmv'd to L1. 1'1 1 “9“
the visitors.
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Benny Mason played 11 line gird?
against “Sonnv” Gordon Sam 1
night. and outscored the Port (11::
let flash. Benny had his “Troll!
the basket. and looped than in
all corners. He lib-o plan-d a
floor game. .1. .
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