New Britain herald., 1922-12-12
FRANKEL DENIES
SENSATIONAL YARN
Star Guard Of New Britain Eleven
Gives Herald" Explanation

Motifs II. Frankel the stellaF
right guard of the New Britain foot
ball eleven. state champions has writ
ten letter to the sporting editor OF
the New Britain Herald. defending
himself against an attack made on
him In Sunday newspaper publish
ed at Bridgeport. in which he is ac-
cnsed OF having double crossed" a
who bet heavily on the Bridgeport
team TO defeat the locals In the game
at Meriden on Sunday, Dec. 8.
The letter is as follows,
Dec. 10, 1922
Dear Friend Clerkin:-
You have no doubt seen the article
In the Waterbury Herald Sunday
and wish to state that everything in
that article is nothing more than a
pack Of lies given to the Herald re-
porter, who no doubt put 1t in the
paper without proving his statements,
by dirty cur or ours who happened
to lose few (deeted) dollars on the
game.
In the first place, al tell you how
II happened and give you full details
Of how / was tried to be bribed after
the first half and not before. And also
II you recall how ! played that half
] gave the team all that was In me
and can say and not boast that /
made three of the most important
plays that prevented Bridgeport from
making touchdown in the second
half. II was crooked or anything
Of that sort, would / put up that ex-
hibition Of intercepting forward pass
and advancing it toward our goal
line, chase Tickey and stop him on
the seven yard line and last but not
least in the final minute of play
ground the forward pass of Tickey to
Bakcs that put the game on ice?
Why Clerkin, do you think for min
ute that l would call back the entire
New Britain team when we were
forced to punt behind our own goal
line and suggest to them to put the
game on ice by giving the Bridge
port team a safety of two points,
therefore winning the game to in
stead of getting our punt blocked?
Do you think when l got word after
the score was 6 to 0 in our favor and
q personal friend of New Haven tells
me there is FIVE hundred dollars for
Bollick and j to get wise to ourselves
and that 10 the only time / knew of
any bribe and not before. With the
score in our favor, If wasn't on the
level and square to the public would
perform in the second half as did?
Well, / suppose you can dope It out
yourself. have. been playing profess
sionaI football for about fifteen years
and have always been on the level,
regardless.
/ have given New Britain fans the
best that was in me. Some games
didn't shine as In others and that
Is to be expected from lineman but
always and as long as ! perform on
gridiron / can assure my friends
and the public that / give to the best
Of my ability. Now of course, going
back to the article, I'll admit that
some Of my friends asked me previous
to the game my opinion of the out
come, and to this ! answered unless
we get a tumble or blocked KICK
Bridgeport has no doubt got the edge
on us because they already beat us
Is to 90 and also in turn beat the
williams. But does that say that l
was to throw the game or see that u
was to be thrown because we were
at the end of the first half.
well, Just before the starting OF the
second half, the betters offered me
the above amount to do the dirty
work. ! absolutely deny that any at
tempt was made before the game 10
bride me or any day previous to the
contest also that / never knew there !
was one single penny for me until
the second half. Did ! accept such a
tempting offer of five hundred dol
lars or did l 60 in and play the game
Of my life? Yes, will state that a
friend of mine offered me the money
and would rather lose him and a
others like him before l
would do any dirt of that sort against
the New Britain public or any other
team. | also wish to state that DIR.
Jack Lash and Mgr.
Kiniry proved to be the best manage
ment / ever worked for and was more
than satisfied all year. OF course you
will no doubt censor me for giving
NV friend the dope on the game but
Won can ask Patsey Bridget if didn't
give him some dope on other games.
Either to bet or lay of as inquired
we had less than equal chance OF
winning certain games. l have been
on the level always in giving dope on
rames but does that mean If my dope
was wrong / should deliberately throw
The game or lay down to make sure
DR. good my prediction? I should say
not | Just want to say that there are
, lot of swell gamblers In New Haven.
real good sports that would take can
dy out of baby's mouth II nobody
was looking Well, old boy. ! haven't
much more to say only that poor Boil
iky Malone didn't know thing about
4 and can you imagine the paper
,ornes out and says that he done
In his power to change the
-esult but couldn't do 1t single handed,
rood stuff. would like to meet that
jirty filthy (deletedD that gave the in
formation to the paper that printed
he story. Hoping to be with the New
Britain team next year a bunch OF
regular fellows, | remain,
Yours in Sports,