New Britain herald., 1926-08-21
Can You Think of the
 Good Old Days When

Can You Think Of the Good Old Days When- Henry o'Keefe shouted at Tom Crook, the Bridgeport first sacker, Tom, you're a Crook by name and a crook by nature."
 The New Britain team showed up with the Sing Sing" haircuts?
 The attendance at Electric Field dwindled down to 65 fans?
 The game in which Jack Zeller's Springfield Ponies were leading New Britain 6 to 1 in the eighth inning and New Britain beat them out 3 to 8
 zeller threatened to climb into the press box and beat up the news paper men who had been "razzing" him?
 Steamer" Flanagan used to race around the outfield with all the grace Of an elephant trying to do the Charleston?
 Carl (Pop) Foster spoke back to an umpire? .(No, well. neither does anyone else.J
 'Tippy' Fay promoted the prize fights down on Arch street? Church street had no daily line of white-coated barbers looking them over as they came down the streets
 Sam Harris ran the barbershop in Lees Block on Lafayette street and a shave cost five cents and a hair cut dime?
 Local saloonkeepers used to raffle off the pigs at Christmas time? Fred Brady was one Of the best long distance runners in the city?
 Judge Bill Mangan was one of tho stars on the St. Thomas Seminar! baseball team?
 Attorney Elias Ringrose was on' of the niftiest catchers who eve donned a mask for the Catholic Uni versity?
 When the gang used to assembl and train at Landers playground Among them were Jimmy Murph, and his brother Donald, Tommy an Vincent kiernan. Webb" and Ed mund Kerin, Tommy and Roge Mcdonald. "Cannon-head" Murray Step" Stephanian, Tommy Holler an, Jimmie Walsh and Marty Walsh
 The great sport at dusk used { low could break in the cupola ove the moulding room in Lander shop.
 It used 10 be great skating wher Mcehan's Stone yard now stands
 Landsrs playground was bi hollow with a brook flowing throug it and at last they started to dunn dirt, cinders and other things in , to fill it up"
 Somebody got a "black- hand" le' fer demanding that he place a SUI Of money in the Big Woods o McClintock Road and when tn Sunday, the date on which th money was to be placed, cam around, almost the entire populatio of New Britain was there?
 Danny Commane had one of tt first automobiles in the city an vas able to make Main street hl about once In every nine attempts
 Eddie Kilbourne bought one those one-wheeze gas machines ar almost everybody in town had ride?
 The great sport used to be trt to Savin Rock and there get Il family's photo taken on ton-typ Of you could only sec some of the now).
 Umpire Muldoon felt obliged
 appeal to Officer Kinkade to SUI press some of the New Britain roo CTS, including Philip Corbin, at | basketball game at Hanna's rink? A stand near the door collaps' Q during basketball game at Ha ( mas rink, causing great eNcitemen D Harry Wilson, one of the liGhte U players in the game, was rated U , best amateur catcher In the sta when he was with the Commcrci streets?
 Kalkohf, Hartford player, tri
 ped Bert" Loomis. New Brita captain. in a game in Hartford, al
 the local captain had a foul call
 on him by Umpire Otto for takil two steps to avoid stepping on k
 kohf?
 ID Oscar Smith and Bert" Loon I, represented the New Britain Y.
 c. A. at the Columbia athletic gam
 in Hartford, Smith entering the hi
 jump and Loomis the pole vault } events?
 q F. G. Platt, the late Philip G e bin and William H, Hart were c l. thusiastic followers of New Britail ls world champion basketball team