New Britain herald., 1926-12-04
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 The first thing this morning. we ran into one of the polo fans who made the trip to Meriden last night to see the teams in action there. Without any warning. the fan start cd in to give us an earful about last nights game and he brought us all the way back to the days when Hanna's armory was the mecca of the followers of the roller game.
 The hopes of large number of New Britain polo fans were raised on high before the present season opened up when Ed Daley whose connections with the All-New Brit ain football team has placed him be- fore the sport worlds eye. began ne- gotiations for a hall in which to play the game.
 The revival of all the old talk brought memories of happy days of years ago when Fred Jeans led his cohorts time after time to cham pionship in roller polo and many sat back happy in the thought that the grand old game was to come back. Then came the announcement that everything had to be called off be- cause no hall was available and the hopes that were raised so highly. were dashed unceremoniously to the ground.
 There is a poignant longing among q large portion of the sporting pub lie for the return of polo to this city but as the town now stands, there isn't any available hall for the game and it will probably be years before there will be a place for the game here.
 The New Britain National Guard basketball quintet will play one of the states toughest teams tonight at the state armory when the Insilco five of Meriden comes here to battle the locals in the race for the state title.
 The Southington PeXtos won from the Boys club Of Waterbury last night in the Town hall of Southing- ton, 29 to 15. Ray Hoist, lanky cen ter on the P. S F. Corbin five in the Industrial league, is with the South ington crew and he works to per lection. Joe Jasper and Harold Weir were interested spectators at last nights game and it is said, they like Southington very much.
 The Hartford Blues will end the National Football League play for this season tomorrow in Providence when they battle the Steam Rollers Where. The Hartford team was to have played in Hartford today against the Rhode Island team, but Promoter George Mulligan decided to call it off because it appeared evident that more money would be lest in the venture.
 Although many have been of the opinion that the Hartford men would prll out of the National league and 2t experience any of the financial
 astar they did this year, an an- aanccmcnt in the morning Hart ord paper states that plans are In inc works to have the team in the Capital City again next year.
 Nuligan has put in a bid for return bout between Louis (Kid) ] Kaplan and Bobby Wallace, the man who knocked him out for the first time in his life. January has been picked as the prospective date and if the match should be made, it would | draw an even larger crowd than Petrolle and Kaplan drew at the | state armory in Hartford.
 Several reasons are being given | why Kaplan was knocked out. No alibis can be offered by the Meriden | boy. The reason why he was knocked out in the bout was be- l. cause Wallace planked one right on his chin.
 kaplan was over confident. He | showed 1t in his manNer after he knocked out Bobby Garcia In the i Hartford ring. Since that time. i Kaplan has been viewing himself as champion before he even started \. in the lower ranks and this. more | than anything else, tended to give . Wallace the chance to send In the ! sleep producer that stunned the en- tire state of Connecticut.
 Never before in the history Of the | fight game has the result of bout | so surprised the fans in this state. ! Everywhere, everyone is talking | about 1t and should Mulligan bring | the two together In Hartford. 1t will 1 be the biggest gathering of its kind |