New Britain herald., 1926-12-06
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 of Sports

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 Announcement is made through the Associated Press today that Dutch" Connor has been named as coach of the New York University Hockey team. He is former star Of New Hampshire state in the hockey line and his work with the New York team will be watched with great interest in these parts.
 This is an accomplishment of Connor's that few in this city were aware of. He is known as a foot ball star of the first magnitude and has played in New. Britain for sev- eral seasons. doing great work in every game in which he played.
 Ho has been coaching the Farm ingdale Agricultural college teams in Farmingdale,, L. l., handling foot ball, baseball, basketball and other lines of sport there. His success with the smaller teams put him in the limelight for a better position and it may be that he will be signed permanently as athletic coach under Chick" Meehan at New York uni versity.
 The National Guards, after show ing the poorest form of the present season in the first half of the game oI,ef of Mari1on ot the state armory Saturday night, re- turned to the game in the second half and made short work of tying the score and forging into the lead.
 The Guards cannot afford to lose their teamwork in any of the games at the armory this year if they are 10 stay at the top in the fight for the state basketball title. The team is capable of taking into camp any of the combinations in the state providing it plays its regular game.
 Mert Taylor returned with a bound to the dizzy heights he has occupied for number of years on the basketball court Saturday night After a first half in which Hurwitz, visiting guard, held the local boy to two field baskets, Taylor went wild and from every angle and with all sorts of contortions, he slipped in 1 field baskets, making his total 10 in ! all.
 Sloman got two double counters i in the first half and failed to reg ] ister a single goal in the second half. | His work on the floor, however, and l In passing the ball. was big fac tor in the New Britain chances for scoring,
 Sloman seems to be of the mind | that points for the team count | great deal more than points for him. self. Rather than take a shot that | might be missed while a pass to a mate might mean sure basket, Sloman will always pass the ball. The other members of the Guards might take him as an example to | follow in this respect.
 The locals will inaugurate Sunday ! basketball in Waterbury when they meet the Brooklyn A. c. five in the Brass City. This will be an innova- ton in the state but predictions are that 1t will prove highly popular in Waterbury. State basketball fans will watch the outcome with great interest.
 A bowling match that is drawing a great deal of interest in the Fifth ward, will take place tomorrow night when the Commercial Five will roll the Peerless Five at the Peerless alleys on Broad street. These two teams include some of the best bowlers in that section of the city and both have large followings of rooters.
 Evidently there will be no second game between the All-New Britain and Hartford Blues football teams. The snow of yesterday closed late season up for good. The Blues travelled to Providence yesterday to play the scheduled game with the Steam Rollers there but the minia- ture blizzard howled and the team came right home again. The Bristol Endees had an easy , time of it In trimming the Plaintield , team in Bristol Saturday night. The Plainfleld team is primarily a team that plays professional rules and z when they're in city where anna , teur rules govern the game the s team is the same as any amateur f rule team that attempts to play the I professional game. The two meth /, ods of playing are widely different. r The Meriden .Endees also made , rhort work of the City College club ! of New York. The passing game of