Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-04
MANAGER MURRAY MAD.
Says Boardman School Dele
 gate is a Ppevaricatop.

The True Story As To Why Water
 bury High School Did Not Play The
 Boardman School Story In The
 State Papers Is Misrepresentation
 This mornings Hartford Courant printed the following, which will sur prise some Of the local football play CTS: .----.' ----r7.ss
 "A meetingsof the delegates to the Trinity College Interscholastic Foot ball association was held in the l. K. A. house on Vernon street Saturday morning. Those present were Cap tain Brown and Manager Peck of the. Trinity college football team, Mir Me Neil of the Boardman Manual Train ing school of New Haven. and W. B. Roberts, representing Hartford nigh. Springfield Highs delegate failed to appear. The Boartlman school was formally admitted to the league. Other schools proposed and agreed upon were: Westminster Preparatory school of Polufret Preparatory school of Pomfret, Taft's Preparatory school of Watertown, Cheshire Military aca- demy of Cheshire, Tol1'ington High school, Norwich Free academy of Norwich, and Wesleyan academy of Wilbrahanl, Mass, Meriden and Hill house High schools were also pro posed. but much doubt was expressed as to tlteir willingness to join, on ac- count of their connections with the Yale league. Manager Peck Of the Trinity team will write to the above mentioned schools. asking theEa to join the league. As soon as all have been heard from meeting of dele gates will be held, and officers elected | for the coming year. \ remark made Inv inc Ia1po.lt "a from thu m a n school may be of interest to local stu 1 dents. He said: We challenged Wa | terbury High school for a game soon after their contest with Meriden High. | but they refused the challenge, as | their players had gone back to work and they could not get their team to- | gether again It will be remembered | that in their account of the game be- l tween Meriden and Waterbury High schools for the championship of the | Yale league. the New Haven press | claimed that the Waterbury boys | played ringers on their team. The re- mark made by the Boardman represent | tatiye seems to bear out this state | :2elt'
 1 In regard to the above alleged re- mark of the Boardman delegate. Man ager Murray. of tlle Waterbury High school football eleven, has the follow ing to say:
 Its deliberate lie and you can draw your own conclusions as to what name is applicable to it's author | received several telegrams, several letters and several telephone calls from | Boardman asking for a game. They would give nothing but half expenses and would play on no date except on l December l, after the season had closed. Finally they offered S1O as an induceHlent to bring the champions of the c. l. s, F. A. to New Haven l wouldn't have it, but they said they only had $14 in the treasury and beg
 ged us to go. We aren't playing fol charity and as the season was pretty far advanced. and we would win nc glory by defeating Boardman, we weren't anxious about going. At last they offered S20 it seems they had been taking up subscriptions in the meantime) and 1 accepted the offer but when, they insisted on playing
 December 1. cancelled the game b, telegram. It is doubtful whether
 BOardman ever made such a state
 ment. It is more probable that it is a sample of the reportorial ability ot some High school student. whose sen timents crept in despite himself, an(
 so veracity can't be found in those re
 ports. If there is any doubt about the
 players that werea part of our famous
 team, the captain of police from NIeri
 den. or, in fact, any gentleman tha
 wishes the honor. are cordially invited
 to visit the Waterbury High SchoO
 and be introduced to the members o1
 the team any day. As seeing is be
 lieving perhaps they will be convinced
 and cease the noisy cfamor.'