The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-28
B. H. s. REPLY

Sporting Editor:
 In an article in last evenings Farm,
 CT signed by @T. U. s. Manager" it
 was stated that because of an unfair financial deal given the T. U. S. team after playing the B. H. S. five, the
 athletic relations between the two in- stitutfons had been severed This statement caused much amusement for
 the high school boys. It also stated that When T. U. s. asked for their guarantee 1t was refused- The true statement of affairs Is: Shortly over a, week ago. a challenge appeared upon the sporting page or this paper stating that as the B. H. s. team was without a. game for Febru- ary g, contest with the T. U. s. five would be welcome A few days EIater Manager John Corcoran of the B. H. S. basketban team received stating that the T. U. s. five would IpIay B. H. s. at the r. M c. A. upon the above date. This letter bore the signature of Field Kelley, manager of the T. U. s. basketball team, No mention of a guarantee or other renu- A few minutes before the game was scheduled to start Manager Kelley ap- proaehed Captain Banks of the B. H. s. five and stated that as he only had five players present and as the team was without a center, he would like to play tsJack'' Beers in that position. Beers is a former IT. U. s. man but since leaving that school has married.
 Banks stated that as T. U. s. had a full team he did not see the need of playing Beers. Kelley went into the locker room but soon returned and again asked Banks to allow Beers to play This time Banks consented. At. no time during this conversation did Kelley ask to be allowed to use Clin- ton and Wheeler of the Rambler sec a al dent.
 When the whistle blew for the be- ginning of the game the T. U. s. lined
 up with only two T. U s. men, w. 4Conine and Paul on the floor The other members of the team were out siders. Upon the side lines in uniform
 sat Eggeressey and DriscoH, T. U. S. players and Wheeler. Tn the second half Wheeler replaced Paul at a, for
 ward position. Witnessing the game were BuIlard and the Tucker broth CTS. the other regular T. D. s. play CTS.
 BuIlard, it was said, had just re- teovered from an attack of tonsiIitis. One of the T. IT. S. players who had
 adorned the sidelines in uniform was asked after the game why it was that
 his team had played outsiders and he replied that he did not know as he should have played himself. The sub-
 ject of money was broached for the first time, just before the game start ed by Capt Conine. He told Man. like $5 as it's share of the receipts. Tn his reply CorcoEan said that it was not up to him to give the money to the T. U. s. team but that matter rest ed with the executive comrnittee of the Athletic association, which has
 charge of all financial transactions. He informed T.&U. s. that the said com
 nittee would meet the following We'd
 nesday.
 Wednesday, at the close of school the
 executive committee met in room 1
 with Mir. Kicker presiding. Manager Kelley and Capt. Conine of the T. U.. s. team appeared before them to state their reasons for wishing a financial remuneration. As given by Nh. Co., nine in answer to MT Rickers ques- ton they are: First. That big
 crowd was in attendance at the game last Monday. Second. That large sum of money was taken in. Third.
 The T. U. S. team played one-half of CT before the game in regard to giv- ing s to T. U. &. Fifth Quite crowd was present at the time he.
 spoke to Manager Corcoran. It was admitted that T. U. s. has never be- fore received any money from the
 games played upon High schools floor. After a few minor questions the two
 got up and left the room. Manager
 Kelley admitted that no guarantee
 had been promised him in the cores pondence he held with MT. Corcoran.
 During the meeting MT. Conine said that it was necessary to use outsiders in order not to disappoint the audience but that if the T. U- S. regular team had been playing the result of the
 game might have been different. At present the only solution to the tangle and to decide the supremacy between the two teams is to have
 them play at the Boys club or some other neutral court and donate the proceeds to some charity. The game no doubt would excite a great deal of interest and the money earned would