New York, Nov. 2.
Postponement of the title fight tonight between Henry Armstrong and Ceferino Garcia was a bitter disappointment to Promoter Mike Jacobs, who was of the opinion that the bout would have been a complete sellout, virtually assuring a gate of U.S.$125,—000, the largest indoor gate in the history of the welterweight division.
George Parnassus, manager of Gar-cla, said that the Filipino is in peak condition and that he felt certain Ceferino Garcia would have won handily.
It was disclosed that Parnassus will demand Armstrong to forfeit at least training expenses for Garcia, in view of the fact that considerable additional expense will now be entailed because of the three week layoff and the necessity to begin work all over again. N by 517-416.
With no one garnering under 300, the Fourth U.S. Marines trounced the Race Club five in the service team's alleys by a handsome score of 1,612 io 1476. The "Leathernecks" netted 59 pins against the visitors' 529 to begin with and went on to score 532- 498 and 521-451 in the following strings. Higginson hit the highest spot of 352 and was followed by Fiori, who made 334.
An ican Club Beaten The Columbia Country Club "A" trimmed the American Club, who, as visitor lost the first two games by 568-491 and 504-487 but came back to save a shutout in the third by a close margin of 416-473. C.C. Squires was disappointing in this last game as he rolled a poor 82, probably the lowest he ever bowled in competitive duck pin.
In the Second Division the Colum.- pians "A" kept their lead by winning all the three games from the German Club. The Marine Officers again showed mediocre form and lost to the Marines "A" 3-0. The "B" team of the C.C.C. were also victorian: against the Race Club, winning by
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