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)turned .to his record-breaking form
t—‘her pet. athletic cvent.
" know Just what this means, but any
3 .NURMI, RlTliLA AND PLANT ‘~ '
SET NEW MARKS lN GOTHAM
VJoi'é Ray Scores in Mile—Olympic
Walking
Champ Again Goes Down to Defeat—“Fly-
“ ing Finn” Appears to Be in GoodlCondition‘
Large Crowd at Western Union Games
NEW YORK. Fcb. 4. -— Five
world records were established and
two were missed by onc fifth of a
second at the Western Unidn A
A. track set in Madison Square
Garden last night.
Verne Booth Game.
Paavo Nurmi. of Finland. great-
est of middle distance runners. re-
2-5 seconds from the in-
:5 1-4 miles. Only a
traction separated him from the
new tWO m'iie figures. Nurml oui~
stepped the field as usual, although
Verne Booth. former star at Johns
Hopkins University. refused to be
lapped, taking second place over
Ilmar Prim. o: the Finnish-Amor-
ican A. C.
Returned to the Garden track.
where he amassed the major portion
of his sixteen world records. Nurmi
appeared to feel at home and took
the lead at the start. running stead—
and cut 14
door mark for
ily and without sprinting at the
end.
Plant Sets Rocord.
Willie Plant and “‘iliic Ritolu.
were the other athletes to set re-
and outdoor times for the
meter walk,
of a lap ahead or_Ugo Frlgcrio. of
Italy. the Olympic champion. in 21:-
50 3-5 The outdoor figures held by
Rasmussen. of Denmark. were'
won
my
made a. sensational bid on the last
lap. but could not overcome his fol-
low collcglan's early
time was 60 1-5 seconds.
A. C.. took the 50 yard dash
event of a modicy sprint
3-5 seconds.
Insurance Company of North Amor-
ica. Was second. and Jackson
5.000
finishing two-thirds
21:-
59 8-10 and the indoor mark was
22:06 3-5, made by himself.
Joie Ray. of the Illinois A. C.
taking the lead at the eight lap.
captured the Golden Victory mile
from a field which included “'1“!!!
Goodwin of the New York A.
Jimmy Connolly of “'ashington.
C.. and Floyd Hahn.
ton A. A. Ray finished in 4:13.-l a.
fifth of a. second behind Pauvo Nur-
ini’s record.
C..
D.
of the Bos-
Vernon Ascher. of Georgetown.
the 500 yard invitation. Jim-
Burgcss also of Georgi-town
lend. Aschcr's
of the Newark
final
race in 5
(Boots) lmvct‘,
Loren Murchison.
l'llirOltl
Scholz
cords. Plant eclipsing both indoorof the New York A. C.. third.
By LA\VRE.\CE PERRY.
Spoolal Correspondent ot‘
'lhe Evening Sentinel.
' (Copyright, 19:5.)
NEW' YORK. Fair. -1.—-ln ul‘ticl’
to saver the Ulaiiu lit-lays, ionious
throughout the Wis: and in tact
throughout the country. citizens or
Dos Monies. Iona. have united to
build a. new $250,000 sliidluni lor lliu
universuy. .
Fear oi losing the relays becauso
of the poor equipment and small
size of the present au‘lphithe'atrc—
it. seats only eight thousand specia-
tors—and inadequate housing facil-
,Aties is responsible for the building
project. _
It has become known that a plan
is undcr discussion in Chicago to
attempt to take the Brake lit-lays
to the large Grant Park Stadium.
This aroused Des Aloines to the ne-
cessity of iniiiicdinic action.
Mprcovcr .tlic i‘nitcrsity of Kim—
83.? Relays at Liier-lice lions-us. has
been a source of worry. 'l'hc meet
takes place one neck in advance oi
the Drake affair and an increasing
number of uthlctics and spectators
‘have_ been migrating io Kansas
games where fuClllilt'S are fully
equal’to any reasonable demand.
Des Monies hits no desire to lose
It. is regard-
ed not only as an asset to the uni-
versity but directly beneficial to the
city. This being so. the Greater
Des Moim-s Committee. an organi-
zation made up of the leading busi~
ness men of the city wars held last
week and decision was reached to
build a’stadium for the university.
A special stadium corporation will
be formed and bonds bearing 6 per-
cent interest will be issued and sold
to‘the public. Drake University will
.M II .
1‘ O I O
'Won another.
. O O
' “Giovanni Salerno, who was the vic-
um of Mulligan lust evening in Hart-
19rd, will.» udwriisul us the banlmn-
sv‘elgin champion of truly. In that
(also Mulligan must be (ill: bamuui-
mount champion oi Italy. We don‘t
9‘ he is the Italian champ.
o O 0
Mulligan is a fine Italian name
and who that ‘nom de plume.
’should make a good champion.
" hasn't stated as yet, whether he will
to over to Italy to give the natives
got that country a treat or not.
0 a t
. “'bcn he entered the ring last eve-
ning Mulligan had a badly sprained
fight hand and (xx-taut]: took great
W11: stocking up against the
”tile, Milan whirlwind.
1.. o o o
g pospitojis injured hand. Mulli-
gan-would not call the bout oft. He
Wed yesterddy morning that his
manger. Billy Smith, snow him to
firthrough with the tight.
.I. ' r- O i t
“This sort or gammcss'ls all r! ht.
foul gluing“ should be maul, a
Irony-5e at this stage or "resume
leght do him considerable harm.
_ » o t a . ,
A: the result of" his fine. showing
Inst evaning. the local scrapper will
._be signed up go:- another bottle in
More and his op'onent may be
none“ other than “Cannonball" Eddie
port Barrage
out and Comment of Special Interest to
N orwalk Fans
By LeRoy D. Downs . ,
£3;
PERRY
giiurlintm‘ liil- payment of (in: bonds
nndelien they have been paid the
umpiiithvutrc will bvcomo the prop-
erty of tho college.
A special stadium corporation will
be formed élld Londs bearing 6 per
«'l-iit inn-lost “ill be issued and sold
to iilt‘ public. Drake l‘nlvvrsity will
tunrantee the pas merit of the bonds
and when they hnvl' been paid the
amphitheatre will become the prop—
OH): or the college.
immediately arer the closing of
the Drake Rclm's on April 24 and
April 25 next. the work of construc-
tion will begin. It will be rl-ntiy for
the 1925 football season. will hnvb
seating accommodations for 21.000
spectators with facilities for milling
four thousand nliziiiinnnl seats at
short notice. The stadium will be
so constructed that it can lie (lolllilf‘-
dnt‘kml when inrrozisnd «rating mp-
:wity bevonms iicccssnry.
Approximately limo athletes com-
pute in those :mnuni gllint‘s and it
has been nvcrr'ry lo [IfOYldt' icm~
porary 'qlllli‘it‘is for thnm. 'l‘o roc-
iity this condition a field house out-
side tho stadium will to built at a
cost of $90.00!). It will contain am-
ple luciu~ space, showv-rs nnd tho
like and there is n'gnod chance that
an, indoor track and huskl‘lhnil au-
ditorium will be contnim‘d theroin.
Aside from track football is he-
glnning to flourish at Drake and
with the inspiration of n commodi-
ous stadium it is cxpcclcd that the
Des Moines institution will make
even greater strides in the gridir-
on game.
The larger portion of the bonds
will be sold locally and will not. as
n so many‘other (33905 which have
been productive of trouble. be con-
fined to students and alumni.
was knocked out in the
round.
second
The knockout of Kline is a sur-
prise as be displayed real good form
in o. bout at the Stamford Armory
a low months ago. Since that time
Kline has not taken part in any
bouts. but is reported to have trained
hard for last night‘s affair.
‘ ‘ o o o
Paavo Nut-mi vacuum] his iorm
last evening and hung up another
world record at the Western l'nlon.
Fans think that Nurmi is
on form if he docsn‘l set a new
33.0185.
mark everyume he runs, .'
" Dave Bancroft of the Boston
Braves is the only playing manager
in‘the National LeagueLand appar-
ently will make his second try for
a pennant with a squad that is little
mproved over that of a ye'ar ago.
Sid Terris. New York lightweight.
who meets Sammy Mandel] of
Rack-ford, Illinois, in Madison
Square Garden Friday night. wren-
ched his left ankle while training
yesterday. but obntinued his work-
out. after having been attended ty :1
physician. ‘ Mandel] arrived in New
York and. engaged in light work
yefirday. ’ ,
The Yankee stadium undoubtedly
will be tho scene of the heavyweight
title battle between Champion Jack
Dempsey and Tommy Gibbons of St.
Paul earlyln'lho Summer. Gibbons,
witbwhom Tex Rickard oamé to an
.sgreemeut, ycsterday. is reported as
I49?
[NEW PLAYERS *
EXPEClED T0
' HELP PHILLIES
Several Members 0 f
Wategbury’s L a s t
Season’s Team Will
Get Tryout
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. L-Hopes
of the Philadelphia Nationals. rising
from a. chronic second division team
this year lie in the ability.“ the
eight players who have been obtain-
cd to strengthen the club.
From Kitty Bransneld's Eastern
League championship Waterbury
team have conic Yordy, outfielder.
Metz. shortstop. and Ulrich. pitcher.
Walter Klnimick. who has seen ms-
Jor league service, was obtained in
a trade with Los Angeles. Beau-
mont oi the Texas League has fur-q
nished Huber third baseman. and
O'Neill and Fillingim. pitchers.
"Chicken" Hawks. & first baseman.
has been obtained from Nashville.
l-‘illingim formerly pitched tor
Braves and a. few years ago Hawks
was understudy to \Vaily Plpp of
the Yankees. Tho 'Ilcd Sox claim
O'Neill 6n option. >
On February 20 the Phillies will
hurry to their new training camp at.
iii-micntown, Florida. The pitchers
and catchers are expected to leavt
a. few days ahead of tho other play~
ors and all will be in camp March 1.
Manager Arthur Fletcher. former
shortstop of the Giants. so {or has
toil-used three pinycrs who were
\\‘iil'l him in 13:24, l‘llciiors l’hiiip ll.
(Lilly) \Vlntlllll’l'i and Lerton Pinto.
; man.
and Andrew \Vochrs. a. third base-
'l‘lie Phillics finished seventh sea-
..mn, avoiding tho collar by produc-
‘ in: some heavy hitting. but Fletcher
fit‘iif‘Vt‘S that ho has assembled a
lsrmad (or the 19% race which “I"
cdgo into the first division. 1110
team has been “milk in pitching and
11.18 luckrd a reliable third boson-on.
if these holes are pluggcd up the
club promises to make a creditable
showing.
l-‘rom present indications Walter
iioike. iormcriy of the Braves. will
appear again at first base. and Hor-
are Ford. obtained from tho some
clul.. is ussurod of his post ut second
with ill-inle Sand who came into
proniinoncc with the bribery scandal
late last season filling his accustom-
ed position at shortstop. Third base
is a question. with the prospect that
Russell \Vrlchlstono. a capable hit.-
ler. will be shifted to tlu‘ outfield.
leaving: lluhor and Kimmick to fight
for the place.
' llnrry llnrpor. one of the best
t‘widing gurdoners in the National
{vague last season, will be in right
field and (‘y “'iilianis. horm- run hit-
tvr, expects to rcsuinc his duties ~in
center. \Vriizhlstono undoubtedly
will play ivfi. Leach. Schultz. Mo-
knn. Yorlly nnd llonrlr-h will engage
in the gnncral scramble for outfield
work.
Fletcher has a capable trio of
vulchvrs in \Vniter llenlinE. Jimmy
Wilson and Lou Wendell and the
pltchcrs remaining from- ”10- last
campaign are Jimmy Ring. Charley
Giaznor. Johnny Couch. Joe Dem-h-
gnr. Harold Carlson and Clarence
Mitchell.
NOTRE DAME TO
ENTER STARS 1N,
PENN RELAYS
'§H11.ADELPHIA. Fob. L—Penn-
sylvnnla's Relay Carnival promises to
be more popular with the colleges
and schools than ever before. Though
the invitations have been out only a
short time more than one hundred
schools and colleges have already
sent word that they will be on hand
One of the most Interesting entries
is from Notro Dame. Knute Rockne.
tamous football coach. is also track
coach. He stated while her. attend-
ing the Veterans' dinner “ll! Ley-
den and three or tour also, would
come east (or the carnivul.
Leyden is one of the “four bom~
men" and much of his success is
due to the not that ho is on. 01‘ the
best sprinters in tho country. at:
grout speed is who! and. man: '0!
his sensational runs 0! tin Inst sou-
son possible. In tho me With
Stanford. be twice intercept“ Inn-
tord tor-ward passes, one. running 10
yards for the touchdown um Ibo
other time 85 null. Ho Will oom-
peto in the 100 ad 230 Ms M
as.
Notre Dame will also luv. u my
line aspirant tor distuoo honorl III
Cox. who will complete in the two-
muo lnternntlonnl nos. (:03 was
second in thoWestern lum‘
giatg cross oountn MM '
and he has run the mile “1:10. ,
, Yale. Harvard. Symon Pm
State. Columbia. Pitt-burn: and
practically all the other his HI
crn colleges have nil-old! on“
The wonderful work 0! the .. A
town four in tho recent two all.
races indicates that. we ml.) m4
another world record in that grant
this season. ‘ This record has boon
improved each year since 1921 and
it is due for another “mini up
on April :5 on Franklin Field. Bos-
ton College. the winder last year.
has all tour or this,wor1d champion-
slilp team in college. Though beat-
on by Georgetown indoors. theywwiu
outdoors as they did lost season.- _ .
The, program for tho Interscholo
astlc championship laces bu: beé:
tho ,
make every effort toturn the tables
By NORMAN E. BROWN.
“‘hen Henry Cullop—ot course
he's coiled Nick—Joints] the Omaha
Western League club he was con-
verted into .1 first baseman. lie had
won his curly fame as n pitcher but
his slugging ability. exhibited when
he played. caused the minor league
bosses to make him ovrr so that he
could be of use every day.
The l’nnkccs bought him at
close of inst season.
Now Huggins has made it clear
that he will attempt to turn Culiop's
pitching to good uso the coming
consort. and. by the same token. has
indicated that his pitching problem
is still his grcatest worry.
Ciillop. with Omaha in! your.
slammed out 40 home runs while
count-ting o butting sin-rags of .322.
On any club such hitting would be
more than welcome. Huggins. how-
the
It is to be doubted if any annual
affair held in this land can more
nearly claim to be "the American
Clmic" than the "World Sarina."
Certainly no event attracts such a
gripping interest from so many peo-
ple in so many walks of life as lice-s
this baseball struggle for world hon-
era. 0
This being true. those who partl-
ciputo in the event Approach or so-
tually stand upon that plane “hero
national heroes stand. The great
dream of any avflmge boy would be
to be a World Svrivs hero.
Gan-d: Doro In llH-I.
Well. Hunk Gowdy bad that dream
come true. Back Jo 1914 he WI.-
catcher for the Boston Nation“!
and his bat had in lot to do with the
nefar-tmbc-torgoiien triumph of the
Braves over Connie Mack's famous
Athletics A great man was Gowdy
ten years :30.
Ten Your; later.
And then. ton yours later. this
sumo Gowdy. gnarled and wrinklvd
Ind seamed 0nd slows-d down by time
min comes forward to catch every
game in I World's series and be
rubbed tho dimnen (ram his eyes
with a grim, knuckle. ond his heart
surged within him oi the call uld
pumped fresh blood from some un-
known reservolr into that old frame
and lo. again Bank Dowdy Wh‘ldl‘d
a mighty L not winning bgt in a
series He batted MS in the svrics
of 1914 He batted 260 in the series
of 192! He wu counted as the
most dependable and the most dan-
grrous of all the New York batsmen
in the nrugglc
Wuhlnglon Nuns. film.
They talked Hunk Oowdy from the
Washington stand. during that last
series; nut-nod him tho beat name 0!
all. and (or all time. when they cull.
ed out to him every time be came to
but from the midst of s partisan
throng that was wildly against his
"In: “Good old Hank!"
No In" continuum can a public
om have than till; It ex-
pat-es not done um admiration
for mortal“ and plow... It dodg-
not. ulna on unsuc- that town:
we «op and two. nonunion
m but ottoman clow- mug-r
with tho m
na- with
drum. d l” b.
? ., n
mm» M '1
muff-used by, tho addition or o.
W
Can Huggins Tame Hirrtla
is
ever has Ruth. Pipv. Combs. Mental.
Joe Dugan sndlolhcrs to manufac-
mm the ham hits. “hat the team
lac-ks is detonsivc strength—pitching.
Another indication that Huggins
is leaving no stone unturned in his
en'orta to strengthen his mound do.
partmont is soon in the acquisition
of Ray Francis. southpaw.
Francis was given a thorough
tryout by Clarke Griffith and Bucky
Harris. but even the hclpfuineu o!
\Valicr Johnson was noted. The
Nuts finally traded him to Dctrolt.
Thrro Ty Cobb and his sides luborrd
diligvnlly to tune up Roy‘s pitching
rye and ‘truo up his form. No luck.
Pobb finally gave it up.
Port of Francis' wesknoss consists
of tsmpvrsmont. Huggins certainly
has had rxmrlrnco enough in bond-
ling those temper-mun!“ boom-II. it
“Good Old Hank” 'Gowdy
Beloved by Al
may be that ha- rsn got Ray carted
on the right road.
1 Fans;
league salary and care" 1nd enlist-
Has _" Educated
at)
ovar-
b-5xu “l lilo cvllau uUtuU
. . Hintself
. And Taken on Polish
" Since Early .Fight
Days, .
' HAS NEW IDEAS
“Fair Play” Declares
He and Kearns Part-
ed Long Ago in Tem-
perament
By FAIR PLAY.
(Copyright. 1925.)
NEW YORK. Feb. 4.-—\ththt'i‘
Jack Dempsey and Jack Kcarns
burs come to a. business parting of
the was: there i.- no doubt in the
mind or a person who knows
men that they parted long ago in
tastes. habits of life and ambitions.
both
Kearns today is what. he slw'ayu
has been. a prize tight manuscr—
shrewd. courageous 1.0 the limit and
Wise to all we ways at tho true.
50 promoter or.rivsl manager cvvr
had or Will have any ciiaiicu oi put-
ullg an)th.nx over on the .Uoc.
unupscy on tho Utnt‘r hand is not
“but. he used to be that is to on;
not. it Linguist puro god minim; Will)
a paginst s ouuook iii lilo.
Wot-n he got to bu.- cnumpion and
niccl mun no lieur had I. cannot: 0i
Mitcdnfi bolero no dcxolopod a burn-
uxx twulilon to no line thosc men.
in the old ouys he loved to light tor
the cake or. a light and Woulu bait“.
wub anyone.
new Ambitions.
Later. in no ail-qua ed various
“tutu. lulu diminution; and mum-
uUua, Lil: tune Lu luau Uklvu llfllllsllb
ulcieiy us a “mails to all cliu. 1th.
enter”! 01 um Crowd Dc uvluuwes at
Luau luJubu tilt ,.
all p. kCluu Vd-i‘lt.
um, cuter him in ills \icluuls ll.
wda snow. luv) noun) CAM‘L‘Y loooc.
Aul‘ um mun Mum mowed llALu unis).
U~Au‘19¢) “a... at rUtLM\s\6 ulcuiul;
‘uu will.“ no union t0 sun“) at w LII»
duo‘s-mun") 01 .‘oull huUWlEM.U no.
moo luplu program. .No luau \«iio
.41qu 501118.111.“ that alien. act-8 nu.
huuw, )eL hull.) L0 Know. cocdlw.
noun me cal-unplun alluvial. an c;
“Jul-Hue. “herd «gluon.
in u“! mu gnu w issuing Dculy
nu practically lulu“: ulmacu
no wound use lo be a bustl-
uenu mun. Villa Ml ulo NEW dun
prestige that Guinea to l cull-on cu-
tulllsa (M
N! no a private and an active oorv- u-u. tu- uucbu .uo allude lulu MM
ice. in Franco. And this in a day no low to: me we oi a liimic ac
when most profession“ athletes tor.
worn holding back to the in! hour
and thou cooking the shipyards.
"Sergeant" Hunk (Toxdy is a title
us proud and high as that of almost
any “general" you could name to
the American boy. you. and to that
boy's tumor also. The U. S. Gov-
H‘an‘it has namml one of its nth-
letlc centers Gowdy Field."
“Good Old flank.”
Good Old Hunk! He- low-s his home
town of Columbus the boot. Ho Vul-
uss the good opinion of his nnigb-
born highest of 111. H:- hns the
hegri llnd time of a born but be has
also a lot or good sound sense. What
a record he has made. all tho way
from Columbus to the Argonne. He
was born 85 years sac. lie played
first base tor unempl- in the Ohio
State League back in 1908. Thou to
Dallas. Ho was called to thv big
lwaguos by New York in 1910. The
Giants trndnd him to Boston that
name your. little rocking that they
were letting a World Series and
World War hero go.
’l‘lmcly Bum.
Boston fut-mod Gowdy out to But-
taio and then called! him~ hick for I
that good year 1914 to play his up.
pointed part on‘tbst miracle tram.
In his nine years st Bomon. Hulk
batted (or an avenge or about .330.
He hit only .248 in l9“. But he vial
a timely batsman. He always hit bet-
ter than .500 in a pinch. Ho come
back to New York in 1923. And v
lustyear. called to rd from Dec-
and-string catcher duty. the old vet
batted .825 for tho highest average
of his long and honorable cursor.
Ranked With The Great. ~
Bunk ltepped on his mask in a
crisis of the seventh game and miss-
ed that foul ball that. gave Wash-
ington another chance and the series.
But this mishap cannot dim the
grand oldscout's record. Mmhsl
Key was beaten at Waterloo. but u
century afterward, he was still called
"The Bmvest or the Brave." Good
Old-Hank lwill almys be ranked by
compensator"! thoughttul students
of tho an. along with nutty and
WARM-Johnson Ind Automatic 'Ty
Cobb. twat-or. typos Whose chu-
actors n‘well as playing skill mark
than: u immortals of the mo.
W
winks. 'rrult. Chicago dandy.
mtxwho has Minibus»-
say's pal um do on of
tho‘mm‘smu sinc-
Dempscy dilated mm“ but
ll. l‘eulduifl to 08 amen now Mr“
I. ”nu!
money no Hula ul‘oo.
uptnuLl. Lu luci “J
.uuue u thinning. out cum to nuro
nums lueuda. or to lucu woo tell “.1“
inc) usuu to be illcnds oi this. bu-
mbonuso no keeps at tight. bu-d on his
full lulu when no lines.- on; oi u
no due- 001. all ll uuul in: nu uuu
.uc nook ounce obtainable.
lie will undoubtcdly enter upon l.
nun-nth: use An um near luuuo unu
Us
““1 ‘sl Ilvn‘ Nl-nvul. uh “oIOt-Lukk
vi one» “nulls cmul’ «mu \elouul-
"lulu.
. ’&\t‘f—-§Muhrfll~
One thing awe...- column Ucmpsc,
u) “of“ onto a wt oi me
no is llul h
uni: enuula
Katina on tho nine: band is pmt
t) paooigm Won till doubt: and that
is why
meat runs blm raw.
temp-ey can earn tor him.
talk oi the chumps retire-
lie needs When
it. u ll rcpurled. Kan ml takes on
With Mickey walker it Will be‘tbe
greatest. thing that ever happened to
the Welter champ.
But it looks as though Kean-no,
Dempsey and (20.. would tigure in at
out one more bout. The Gibbons
bully-boo has been so loud and per-
sistent this put wouklhui no other
conclusion is possible.
say. be will marry and not
awn.
chuniplonship.
up onrsged. asking who this is who
1. Dempsey
tight
2. Gibbons lay. claim to thr
3. Dempsey starts
hicks he chi grab his utle Without
“skim; (or it. And so on and so on
until the deu- old public is all steam-
ed up to the 827.50 ringside
notch.
PMVONURMI
8 cat
W!"- TRY FOR
MORE RECORDS
NEWYORK. Feb. 4.—Pasvo Nur-
_mi is scheduled to make his supreme
effort this week. At the Wilco A. A.
in the Thirteenth Regiment Armory.
Brooklyn. Mummy night. the record
hm Finn is scheduled to Start
In thQOlympio 8.000 meter race the
main; unit in a meet which
is dam “on. of tho outstand-
uunnor tbsrls'
bums
asks. -
as M ."ah-u,“ hm rationalism: ., ,
.ghGM’hu‘m ."Woll. nolw‘ ll million
Mamsbfhfi gin . wants“ I.“ We”!!! 9“ ‘0"
cud-ism». ._ fl , bum ovum QM .i'.‘ f '. " ,~‘ .
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retircmont - from figuring. .
f‘Why shouldn't in unit?" mt
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thim it rm a million dollars!
dud mung-tors. yrs I“ up...»
uni-akin ,
to; can!“ or flu Eastern board
floor amps. .Nurmtwiu start with
tho avowed put-pou- ol coming the
8.000 “on lath. «absurd or time
qt Diminish- ”bounds. With the
intention «continuing on to the
tyre mil. mnrlcvwblch he expects to
runyuro minutes or better. In thn‘
.cmt that ho Incend- indu- one"
is. mshm‘.tom.thu than for
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VERMCT iN, HARTFOR}
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Whirlwind Finish Brings Vi
vaiuii Salerno, Italian Titlingy .
. _ .pper Enters Ring With Sp -,
—-—Billy: Kline Suffers Knockoum
Franks e O’Brien
A whirlwind finish. that had Glo-
rillihd to k“:
vnnni Salerno. who claims to be the bin“... M“ Mn‘Lflm‘bfi
bantaxnweitht champion oi Italy in» box-“aim if a“
groggy, bleeding and covering up, of tho Hawaii.”
brought victory to Young Mulligan. that 41.3 13,.“ ion;
state bantamwdght champion, last gnu“; ”1;" Jr?“
evening in a ton round bout beiort- slurtpr-l‘ [Lilli-ill
the Atlas A. c. or Harttord. no... “A .31., ‘mf‘n,
"l‘he me w” traveled at top apt-Ed t. m gar )y,;.;)g€“;"i all
with Mulligan who entered the ring } . q” “‘
‘.‘v ‘11- ‘Im lha‘.‘
With I badly sprained right hand.
doing most oi his lighting with his,
left. The italiun champ snowed to
have a slight edge on the local llirl
up until the final round. when a
grout burst or speed cbungcd motlvrs
and brought victory to the Slate Hill.
holder. f
in the second round the Italian
sent Mulligan back on his heels With
it right swing to the jaw, which enr—
ric-ri considerable swam behind it. i W!” “l? ?‘
This blow slowed the local ind up: M “‘13
tor a time. ("Tl i'.‘ i
The sixth round was the Italian 5. TV"! .
boat session. It. was during Uiiq can- i ' " ‘3 u
to, that he used his right to pawl mt i 1;, .
\aiiiago again. llc caught Mulligan i in-
squarciy on the chin as ho hounccd “i‘li‘lly'
off the ropes and several limos dur» .~:-\~ vul- _
ing the remainder or iii!) :‘ouu‘i msi w; l. .3
right round its marit. ’ hx- ;- . Jum 5.335.
silvrno started out in the .«mrnil‘. I.
50 Years of Base
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Lively Ball and Dead Ball Used in Early
Lork Center bupplants Rubber
Was Once Only 40 r‘eet From Plate
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brew.“ kurnespuudvni i i‘lu‘_\"d v up a tire: is;
O! the Evening Sentinel. :II\'(!:. :31: :azttecp
(Cllllgllghl, 1821).) to". 'o t-- t-u. '9'."
(This is the iiity-scxcnth articlv:l l' rwnwz. . ;
oi the scrim-s which John ll. l-‘osioria.~3;..-\. ,2 i;
is Wiluiig to cominlmuruto vim iii-Hznm
lit-tn uninsursary ot the buttons. us): r: a"
dengue “11.00 wnl be coicbiut-d [tit I lmm' 'i.
coming season.) . dour,
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in tile ill‘st your 0! inconazionnl}
mogul: 5 Onion ll’h: pl.ch.lig disliinu'l
W‘s l5 llCl and now ll. is mole thou!
and. 'l but docs/not imply that the!
pitcucrs or the present may :ir- j-Tl‘li’l"‘“‘ - "3 “W ‘
strongvr tliun those of the days of;
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\he hu‘As. illl 11‘ m ‘Alllt' (hunt-nu whiz: . '
bKLWL'e“ lhkln. l'ossimy then.- Wore
some ieilows in the; Old Univ-ll. “”110
lowered over six‘ loci and wt-rc tug
.n proportion, but there are north
in Llicse days who rise aboxe illc
Six loot mum Jud who could cut
logs tor a day ii Lhty were com-
ponul to work that way.
Une l'euson why the pitching dis-
tance um; 45 left. in ilio old times
“as that the pitcher did pitch. he.
d.d not talus the nail in his hand.
.h.ow his arm around his head two
or three times .iko'u mun stringing
lndlun clubs or turning flapjaciié.
and thn slum it at home plate a
mile a minute. As likely as not he
did not swing his arm once and when
he let the bull go he sent it strictly
underhand to tho ballot with a. mo-
tion like that or the bowlvr who do-
livelu a ball down an alloy hoping
he may make a “strike."
The ball had become standard-
lzod. ’lnc burn and untor iisni man
had been ‘started by Albert C. Spam-
lng to mime all baseballs uniform tlivlr- : -:' ’
had been won and the dimensions 01 bUi‘l‘i.‘ = . ‘-
lho bail were the some as they are ii?“-
today—Wcight not. less than live no! ‘_
nor more than five and one quarter was UV "
ounces avordupois. and measure nor {y‘b'f 7 “ my. «2:-
icss than 9 nor more than 9 and 13"”" “‘ "I
one quurted inches in circumi'cruncc raisin
So well are baseballs made in, those iw l"l l‘L- ,
day! that more or them weigh 81- .-.n«i 5“} M
most exactly alike than vary between bas- law! 7“ ,'
him five ounces and five and one mm" ' -~*
quarter ounces which are permissible unlmrr 1 ~. -' {an
under the rules. (in ' n- !» . 1‘ no»
Svalding had waged a war again!" ' "“ r" ..
indiscriminate baseball in which coiitl‘jl»"’-
each home team could choose iisthc hm -
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me. in this country. discloses that a
9 minute two miles by this wonder.
athlete of the century is entirely
within the range of possibilities. Illi-
times for that memorable race show
thnt if Nurmi had continued on from
the one and seventh eighth mile
mark to the two mile post at the
same rate of speed followed by Ray
when the Kankakea flier set the
present world's marl: at 9:03 the
Finnish meteor undo .
hove reached his tool in _.
8 seconds. _
" Norm has promised records. in
1!le mt) on. of his men
hero and b0 Isl-”tomb“ his predic-
HNI, With but on. batsman. The
Clo-pus- was furnish-ll u the re-
“,,IWCQ.A..C. toss En- ,
Man! who thosrut Finn cm "was
"in“ his ruling salt. Inuit 1m ‘ln Knu- w. CW”
'wu'flmfiluhununrm' ‘tormlncd u k" '5
«tom. aim only; up it tonight um: . m”
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m for tho nun-Mus 30‘9”” m n
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a his arm“
mum new
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l‘.‘ rm “
by Hi" “'
(no tlit’li’l'”
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skin-"J Ii'w‘f'”
peril. _ . ,_.‘
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hrlckiuer "°"' ”m
membl‘l'. of th' .105?
when he 5’1”“ |
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in; chsmri°“' '7 9.,
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