New Britain herald., 1926-11-09
Spe a king of Sports

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 The game between the All-New Britain and Hartford Blues football teams will be played as originally scheduled at the Velodrome in East Hartford Thursday afternoon at2:30 o'clock. Efforts were being made to have the date changed to either saturday or Sunday, but up to the present these have not been met with success and according to pres ent information. the game will be played as originally scheduled on Thursday afternoon.
 This Is going to be great disap- pointment to the greater majority of the football fans both in this city and in Hartford. Armistice Day, al- though as great a holiday if not greater in the minds of the people of the present generation than the Fourth of July or any other nation al day, Is not recognized as such either in this city or in Hartford.
 There arc thousands of football fans who would like to see the game Thursday. but they are not going to be able to see 1t because they will have to work. The choice of Arm istice Day for the first game was an unfortunate one as things have turn al NF hn trr,r> teams cannot get set on a date be- cause many things enter into the case that prevent either one or the other team from playing.
 From a Hartford standpoint, a National League game is scheduled Sunday with the Buffalo entry. Man ager George Mulligan over the tele- phone yesterday afternoon stated that 1t was almost impossible to have the game changed from Sum- day to Saturday because of the strict adherence to the National League schedule. He wants the game play ed on Saturday.
 From the New Britain end of the case, Manager Daley says that he cannot get five of his players to go in the game on Saturday. He wants to play the game on Sunday and has offered to pay Manager Mulligan $500 as part of the expenses or bringing the Buffalo team to Hart ford Saturday instead of Sunday. Manager Daley would accept the Saturday date without hesitation II he were able to get his team here, but it happens that his best men will be unable to be in the game and ne will not play with a patched up team.
 He stated today that he was in favor of calling off the game entirely and play Thanksgiving morning ln- stead of two games, but MT. MulH- gan demurred to this saying that II would be better to satisfy those fans who would want to see the game even though it is played Thursoay afternoon, that not to play at all. So. at the present time, New Brlt- ain and Hartford will play Thurs- day afternoon unless different devel- op1nents happen today.
 Evidently the All-New Britain teams reputation is travelling lar and wide because the local eleven IS wanted both in Atlantic City and in Brooklyn, N. r.. next Sunday alter noon. Atlantic City wants Manager Dailey to go there and the Brooklyn Horsemen, Humbert Fugazy's Amer ican League team, wants New Brit ain as its main attraction next week.
 The final answer on whether the New Britain Hartford game will be played Thursday or Sunday, will be given by MT. Mulligan today and then Manager Daley will give his answer to Brooklyn and Atlantic City tonight.
 Coach McNeeley of the Brooklsk1 team Is anxious to have the local team go to Brooklyn Sunday and has called Manager Daley several times. Evidently Captain Harry Stuhldreher and "Shep' Bingham have both given the All-New Britain team a puff"
 "shep" Bingham will be with New Britain for the games with Hartford. That is. providing they are not played on Sunday. He will probably be needed by Brooklyn in Sundays game, but he will be here for the second game.
 Johnny Grip, the local boy. had the chance of lifetime to show that he has the goods" as a football player in the Fordham-H Holy Cross game last Saturday. The score was l. tied at Tall when Johnny got away to a number of good runs and he took the ball over the line for the touchdown that gave Fordham the game.
 Grip was the outstanding hero Of the game and all the New York sports writers gave him great words of praise for the game he played.