New Britain herald., 1926-06-26

All the baseball fans in New Brit ain went over to Waterbury to see th3 Cincinnati Reds, with Billy Kopf, play an exhibition game. And kid in the grandstand hollered at Red" Rorty, Want a drink, Red?" and Red" without taking off the mask, retorted. "Id like drink and l don't care what color it is, either"
 Tom" Cross was playing football up in Andrews lot and was tackled and fell hard on the ball. And broke the bladder and held up the game until another ball was found. "Tom' Feeney gave the Nemos the "cup formation" that beat the Del phis by two touchdowns.
 Midget" Cunning wore high heeled shoes playing football. And nobody could catch him because he could dig his heels in the turf and make sharp turns.
 Linke, burly catcher for Southing- ton, used to frighten visiting bat ters with his deep voice back of the plate. And the lineup of the Southington team used to be spot ted with U. Washes"
 rom Lee, New Britain's leading colored rooter, used to cheer the Pioneers on to many a victory down at the Ellis street field. GO get 'em, Warner; old Tom and Jerry" was the war cry and the visiting team would be smothered.
 "Pete" Cabelus was tl! hardest hitter in the Old Factory league.
 Tommy" Blanchette, pitching for Tra't & Hine, stT:;ck out sixteen Corbin batters and got beat 9 to ?. All the Corbin crowd had to do was hit them anywhere on the ground and the Traut &5 Hine infeld would do the rest.
 Bill" Clancy playe a rattling good gal at third base for the Hartford Polls.
 The third base bleacherites used to whistle "The Watch on the Rhine" when Gus Soffel came to bat at Electric field?
 Earl Gardner was the class of second bascmen in the Connecticut league?
 Larry Mangan used 10 lean to- wards the "other team" when his brother "Rin" was pitching for the Niggcr Hills?
 Johnny souney was the kingpin kid boxer on Nigger Hill?
 Warner Johnson got triple al tho Ellis street grounds and couldn't , believe it?
 "Bil" Hartnett managed the | Delphis, and Jimmy" Chalmers was . the mainstay in the box?
 Warren Slater brought up a Y. NJ. i C. A. team in gym suits to show the | T.andcrs playground team how to | play indoor baseball outdoors?
 George Campbell was a star on the East End school playground 1. team?
 "JiggcI Higgins and "Kid' Dug i gan were fast rushers in the roller polo league?
 Hogan Yanccy stole second base in a Hartford New Britain game ! at Electric Field and was sent back { to first when tho Catchcr's throw hit Dan" Coughlin. who was um- pirng on bases in the absence Of tho regular umpire? And Yancey promptly stole second on the next 1 pitch?
 f1lSnlP - Nell was tue HlaTDl' 1 shooting champion Of the city? And , his brother "Tommy" used 10 take ! the marbles away from "Hughie" | and sell them to the other kids? And ! "Hughie' had to go out and win them all over again?
 "Trix" McDonough beat Tommy" 1 Mcdonald for the pole yaulting championship of Landers' Play 1, ground?
 "Mike" Rannan was one of the 1. speediest basketball players in town?
 Jake" Carlson Of MddletoHn was a star in the state basketball | league?
 Now Britain won from Hartford | at the Wethersfield avenue grounds? | (That should be easy 10 remember; | it happened so seldom.)
 "Sox" Waterman came as a short l stop when the New London team