New Britain herald., 1926-09-08
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 Saturday is going to be big day for New Britain sport lovers. The Industrial Track and Field meet will be held at Memorial Field in Willow Brook park, the Landers, Frary & Clark and Stanley Rule & Level teams will probably play in connection with the meet as an added attraction and the Corbin Red Sox and Kensington will meet in the second game of their series at Ken sington.
 Beside. these home events, the Eddy-Glover post, American Legion team, Connecticut champion outfit, will be playing the Central Falls team of Rhode Island. champion team of that state in the sectional cham pionships and the Washington team, champion aggregation of the New Britain Boys baseball league, will be enjoying the fruits of vic tory on it's trip to New York.
 
 The American Legion post here has done wonderful work with the baseball team which represents it. Thus far, the post members have gone to considerable expense to equip and outfit the team and for the first time, the post is calling on tn oi n work being carried on.
 Thi. appeal to the public will not go unheeded, we feel sure. Every body here want. to see New Brit ain team crowned national cham pions of the American Legion base ball league and the team has been doing wonderful work towards that end. The local boys have already copped the Connecticut state cham pionship. They start out Saturday to now down Rhode Island in the sectional contests and if the team wins, it will play the winner of the New York-New Jersey sectional series for the chance to go to Phil- adelphia to play for the national title.
 Sending the boys to Providence and then having the Rhode Island team come here the following week, is going to cost some money. In order to do this in the right way, the post has issued a number of tickets which will be sold among the sener- al public, the money derived there from to be used to defray expenses of the team.
 In another column of this issue will be found the names of the stores in which the tickets have been placed and 1t is hoped that the pub lie will support the movement.
 The Corbin Red Sox and the Ken sington teams will play the second game of their five-game series in Kensington next Saturday. This game was to have been played last Sunday but owing to the rain, it was put off. Manager Tobin of the Corbin Red Sox wants the game played next Saturday.
 Pat Buckley of the Kensington team wanted to put the game back a week because of the Industrial Track and Field meet which is be- ing held Saturday at Memorial Field in Willow Brook park. Aside from the small attendance that will be at the game Saturday, Manager Buck ley doesn't figure that the two teams should interfere with the efforts of the Industrial Athletic council to bring back track and field athletics 10 this city.
 Manager Tobin in this argument because he states that because the football season Is coming on, base ball should be out of the way as soon as possible. So far, nothing has been done in this city with re- gard to the formation of foot ball team. There have been rumors and rumors but nothing has come of 1t. There are certain movements under way which might result in the city having football team, but there has been nothing definite done yet.
 Personally we don't give boot if the game is played or. not but we wouldn't like to see the managers get into q squabble over the matter.
 There has been enough arguing on the present series to last for a lifetime and none of 1t has helped | the local baseball situation.
 At the meeting of the Industrial Athletic council last night, game between the Stanley Rule & Level and Landers Frary & Clark teams as an added attraction for the track and field meet Saturday. This will | be a real blood game and from pres ent indications there will be a good | deal of the long green wagered on l the contest.
 The Stanley Rule packers all say | that their team, at its full strength, can beat Landers while the Univers- | als scoff at this idea and they say l they will give the Rulers the worst | trimming of the season. It looks like a real fight and one that will l BEST EVER