New Britain herald., 1915-01-21
CROSBY CHILDREN
 ARE STILL WEEPING
Just Because New Britain fl. s.
 Players Broke TheiT Dolly.

The echoes of the Crosby High
 New Britain High basketball game of last Saturday still reverberate and will proba bly, continue to do so until time
 wears off the stain of defeat from the minds of the Crosby team. The New Britain management has not at tempted to refute Crasby's excuses for it's defeat for this would be a long and la aborious task But since the Crosby management has protested the game, the New Britain followers would like something said in their favorites' be- half
 New Britain won through superior basketball and nothing else, but of course Crosby will not admit this, while there are any possible loopholes of escape. Tn fact they attach their defeat to almost the impossible.
 The subject of the referee bothers Crosby most. The week before the game the New Britain manager sub mitted a list of three officials to referee the game, as required in the league constitution. Of the three names submitted, the locals 2"ured Dick Dillon of Hartford, but Manager Huber of Crosby absolutely refused to agree to his name. He said how ever, that it would be favorable to him if Sahrbacher otficiatcd. Then the Crosby management went back OF their own choice and blamed him for their defeat.
 Crosby Came to Rough It.
 It was evident from the start that Crosby had come to rough up'' the locals if they were not able to beat them fairly and this became appar- ent when New Britain took an early lead. The Waterbury Republican, claims that Beers was unwillngly mixed up in an argument" Yet all who saw the Argument" know that Beers struck the first blow even though he Was Unwilling" That paper also claims that Beers was un- able to get the jump "because in jumping he had to lift his man with him and after a while the load be- came too heavy" Whatever that means is mystery but the spectators know that Tuthill of New Britain experienced very little difficulty in out-jumping him as we'll as playing better basketball. Again. whatever the odd and weird stunts the New Britain pulled off, is mystery. This paper got as near the correct number of fouls called as they did the truth in other points. Instead of there being five fouls called there were ten and the six of these which the referee called on Crisby were justified.
 Referee Not Dictated to. The New Britain management re- sents the appellation given by the captain of the visitors to the New Britain spectators in calling them tullies "beCause they tried to dictate to the referee.' This is positively untrue as the only persons who talked | with the official were the faculty ad- | wiser. the manager. the captain and the coach. Just as a ma tier of con- 1 trast between the New Britain High ! and Crosby one needs only to recall i the game between these two teams in Waterbury last season. If any referee l was ."hlind" it was Nelty at that game 1 and New Britain lost mainly through | his rulings, vet, when they lost did 1 they cry over the fact and try to be unsportsmanlike Rather, the unfair ! Gral they received was hardly known ] and they bore the brunt of their de- 1 feat in the manner of the best sports l men.