New Britain herald., 1926-12-01
Speaking s of Sports

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 New Britain lovers of roller polo who had looked forward with pleas ant anticipation to the intended re- vival of the sport here, which did not materialize because of lack of rink, are taking in the games in Meriden and Waterbury. They re- port that the league is fast and the crowds large, proving that there is demand for the game.
 On Friday evening of this week, a delegation of New Britain rooters will attend the Westfield- -Meriden game in Meriden to see Eddie Me- Aloon, the local veteran, in action. Eddie is playing second rush for Westfield and in the games played to date he has proven that he still has class. A dozen years ago, this
 youngster" was as nifty per former on rollers as any of the play CTS in the amateur league, and his admirers claimed he was as fast as many of the professionals.
 Eddie and Al Swanson, playing with the Independents, were easily the class of the amateur league when New Britain had a team in the league and the games were played at Hanna's Armory on East Main street.
 Jimmy Clinton and Bill Nelligan. | local stars, are with Meriden this season, and local fans are attracted to the Cherry street rink on this account. This pair starred in the amateur league when McAloon, Swanson, Jack and Pete Fusari, Patsy Delaney, Frank Hoole, Ed die Samlow, Doc Fay and others were going good.
 It looked today as if the All-New i Britain Football team would be idle | next Sunday. Manager Ed Daley | yesterday had about decided on All Norwalk in that city Sunday after noon, but a telephone call from Man.
  made a game very dubious.
 It seems that the All-Norwalk team has been playing on a park owned by the city. Without his knowing it, the park board there took awaNthe bleachers and a DOT table fence around the playing field. @l,;. l, told that as football wasn't gener-' ally played there after December 1, the park board followed out it's us- uea1 custom of tearing down the bleachers and fence to store them for the winter.
 Manager Daley has a chance 10 bring the Philadelphia Yellow Jackets here next Sunday. This would be a real game for the fans here, but because the attendance all sea- son long has been so very poor, the locals hesitate in signing up for the guarantees that are wanted by the T'rankford team.
 The Yellowjackets are among the leaders in the National Football League and the management wants 'to play here. Manager Daley would like to bring the team to this city, but 1t appears because it is such big undertaking. that 1t would be dubious as an enterprise that would at least give the local promoters a chance to break even.
 The possibility of bringing the col lege team formed by Charley Rogers of Pennsylvania to this city have vanuushed with the announcement that the Penn star has abandoned ' the idea.
 The team really needs q stiff game this Sunday to work out the kinks which appeared in the team last Sun day and the fans of this city would like it if the team could keep in the best possible shape for the sec ond game with the Hartford Blues a week from Sunday.
 A large number of fans have eN- pressed the hope that the team would play at home this week, but at the same time, they realize that an un- dertaking like the Gellowjackets here would be a Dig thing, good as the game might be.
 There is no way in which the management. of the All-New Britain team could be guaranteed that there would be an attendance at the game here Sunday to allow the team to break even and in the light of past games played in this city, the of ticials ot the local team are decided that it would not be & wise course 10 pursue. COMMUNICATED