New Britain herald., 1926-12-31

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New Britain basketball fans will
have the opportunity of viewing one
of the best professional basketball
teams in the east in action against
the National Guards at the state
armory tomorrow night.
The City College club quintet of
New York was by far the classiest
quintet appearing against the local
team here last year and as word
comes from the metropolis that the
club has strengthened the few weak
points found in the play of last year,
a basketball sensation is in store for
New Britain fans tomorrow night.
Amateur fights will be resumed in
Mohawk A. C. will stage another SEN
sational Friday night card of all-star
bouts.
According to the predictions being
made about Hartford this week, the
feature bout on the card will be the
second meeting between Ray Hall
and Paul Terzo. These two knock
out kings met few weeks ago in
this city and Hall knocked out Terzo
in short order in the first round.
TerZo failed to give any alibi at
the time of his defeat but since has
said that he was Handicapped that
night by hard cold. He feels that
he can beat Hall as badly as Hall
beat him and has asked for the sec
ond chance. He's going TO get it, we
hear, and if he does, this should pan
out TO be sensational bout.
Matchmaker j. J. Whaler is al
ready busy on training Il card for
the night which will give the fans
of this city and vicinity the best
bouts available. The club has been
receiving numerous applications for
places on the local card from box
crs all over tho state and he will
have a varied assortment of weight
classes to pick FROM.
His full list Of matches will not
be ready until next week, as he eN-
poets to receive a number of other
applications before the night OF the
bout.
Two local teams. the State Trade
school and the South church are
battling it out for first place in the
Hartford County Y. league. The
Trade school holds a slight margin
over the South church because Of its
victory last night over Mapping, but
this is only technical lead because
the Trade school has played one
more game than the churchmcn.
Dick Dillon is the authority for
the statement that New Britain is
the cradle and the home of basket
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to the state of Connecticut.
In simplifying his remarks, Dick
states that nowhere in all his travels
and he referees games all over the
state, has he seen Il city where there
are so many young basketball pros
poets who show SO much promise.
Dillons remarks on this score are
to be taken for a weighty statement.
lie is one man who can judge bas-
kutball teams and basketball players
and when ne says that there are
more corners in this city than in any
other place that he knows Of, then
basketball should flourish for long
time in this city.
One reason for the development Of
the players is he splendid activity on
the courts into which the boys are
introduced at the New Britain Boys
club. Here, the younger lads can get
a solid ground work in the game and
as they progress, they can be nodded
into forwards. centers or guards.
1t would take too much space and
time to enumeratc all the players in
the city who have been shining in
the Industrial league and on other
teams, whose first knowledge of the
court game was cleaned on the bas-
kctball court. Some of the leading
players III the city first represented
the Boys club before graduating in
to faster company. 1t is the hope of
interested fans that the work will be
continued without any slackening so
hat this city will always be the lead
or in the making of good basketball
players.
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