New Britain herald., 1926-01-14

dees and they came out on the short end of the score. In fact, the only game that the Guards have won off their own floor was the game against the Hartford Dixies In Hartford.
 Manager Clarence Lanpher has a job on his hands to find some moro players who can get into the game and keep up the good work being done by the present members of the squad. The team is not strongly fortified in reserve strength. Look ing them over besides the regular Sheehan and Kilduf, there are Gierochowski, LaHar and Dudack to break in and give the others rest.
 Gierochowski is essentially cen Ter and is an understudy for Carl Restelli. LaHar Is essentially for word, though he has at times per- formed In the rear court berth and Billy Dudack Is & guard without any question. Thk leaves one man to take forward position, one man for center and one man for guard.
 IL seems that at least an entirely new team should be on hand to jump Into the game when any of the men in the game reached the stage known as burned out" The re- serve strength should be as capable as the first string Ave SO that there will be no let up in the play when change is made.
 No game requires more stamina han basketball. It Is fast and the men taking part are on the go all he time. It saps a mans strength iaster than almost any other line uf sport and there is no chance tu got rest on the floor. This appears to he what is happening to tue Guards and fans who are inter- csted in tho team are afraid that the squad will be burned out un- icss steps are taken to increase the reserve strength.
 We have q letter here for the manager of the National Guard Re- serves from the Falco iaHstball team Of Flolyoke and Manager Irv- ! iag Iahm can have it by dropping ito the office for it. IL is a craI- 1 Iersa and states that the team has 4 record Of &G consecutive victories | 70 it's credit. II plays the pre!imin- 1 nry game for the Hoiyoke team ''hich beat the Guards q short time l 4so and from this it appears that TWO undefeated teams would mako q wonderful match for inc fans wno attend the state armory. |
 Ike American Legion five will be | torced to the best playing ability it i hnoHs tonight to beat the team that 1. will visit the Y. W. C. A, from | south Manchester. Due 10 the sign ing Of the St. Mary's team in the Pennington Valley league. that l tam cannot play here but the .AlI- ! larchcster team is coming here in i a,c&d.
 The Manchester manager told 1 Manager Clarence Coons of the Le- ! zion five that lis team, the St. l ,Icry's Uoull give him hard 1 ;3r1e. but the All Manchester team i would be much tougher opponent | or tho local quintet.
 The preliminary game should be ! r rel hot battle. The Burritts and . i:e DeMclsy fves are scheduled to i !oss swords in the first tilt of the n1ening and fire will strike at every 1 clash. Both teams are strong and :. the rivalry existing between them is 1 intense. The neMolays are hnt up . over the rumor that they had called i, tAe game of because they were afraid of the Rurritts and they plan 1 to show the Burritts something in inc line of good basketball tonight.
 This column is called by cer- tain wit, the allhi column and ap- par"n'ly that name fits. Looking 1 over hack numbers we find a good |. ra&ny alibis given over Narious things among them many of our o"'a. so anybody who has an alibi "Yght 10 get it in here. This is the Guards slihi for last nights trim r7inS in Bristol, Those boys are the cncds and we think they will take | aa.thins in the state"
 The Guards can turn this around | r they cew" out or top next Satur- Icy night.
 The Waterbury week schedule for tne Ne~ Britain High school has turned out 10 be a fiEEle because Of 'he cancellation of both the Crosby lish school end the Wilby High s~hool gamss by the Waterbury ,'jthoritlcs.
 Without gloatins over the fact, the reasons given by both coaches were that because of the impressive victory of the New Britain High school team over the Hartford team ia this city last Saturday afternoon the Waterbury coaches are said 10 have said that they were of the opinion that New Britain was too strong for their teams.
 The Crosby game was to have been played yesterday afternoon, but it was called off and now word comes that the Wilby High school authori. ties have also decided to cancel their contest scheduled here for Saturday afternoon.
 Both games were called off at the request of the Waterbury school authorities and t leaves the New Britain High school team without a