New Britain herald., 1926-02-09


 calibre of last years combination, is making good progress against fast teams and growing better each week. Next year. if tho team can be held together, 1t can begin where Mickey Lukes crew. left off last March,
 One Of the encouraging occur Itnces of the club year has been the development of Joe Gofta, Starting the season against doctors orders, he was considered too slow for the team. but he has developed a fight ing spirit which has rapidly been carrying him to the point of being the most valuable man on the team. He generally outjumps his oppo- nents, is a. good shot, and has knack of getting clear to take passes and shoot, And he Is 8 de- moniac worker on the floor.
 Kenansis, one of the Lithuanians ho played against the club last night, gave the fans good laugh when he ripped open shoe, Time was called while he borrowed one rom a substitute, but nons of them had feet IS large as. his, and after numerous trials, be vas forced to continue with his own No. 12 E.
 One Of the unsung stars of this stction is young Freddie Miller of Plainville, the star guard of the r. VI. C, 4. team from that town. Mil Ter is more than guard: he Is his teams greatest scoring threat and possesses an eve which is positively l!ncanny. Long and short shots are alike to him, and he rarely misses either. while his opponent is gener- ally kept pretty well covered at the same time. If some one Of the lead ing young teams in this city could give him q chance, 1t would not only help him to develop but would also prove q valuable move to the lucky ioGm
 7taco fright more than anything else Is ascribed as the reason for the poor showing the American Legion tcam made in the first half of the game against the Bristol Endees last saturday night. This because the local boys, "the kids as Coach Harry .Ginsberg calls them, were a,oppins out for the first time
 -ainst a real team.
 The Bristol team then thought ..af they had things to themselves -'r hen they ended the first frame in inc lead g 10 t. but the second half 'uunl the New Britain team coming Ilror"h like firebrands and threat ming 10 take the victory. Then it Wa@'hat the Endecs fought desper- yt ty and like tigers for the game. G!.1 fh" contest gone five minutes '.orr, the Legion team would have ,"N,
 inc h"g. thing about the local .4m is the fact that after the game .lr over, the Legion players came ru realize that they could have beat ,l tha Bristol team, had they found themselves in the first half. This however. does not affect their heads iuJ at prcSoNt there Is no evidence of swollen Craniums, though there i i@uuch cause for it in last Saturday -Ichr'S c.S".
 \ wonderful thing the players, in- tividnally and without any prompt iiMS on auyho@3' 5 part, did was to 'aiic an coual share of the money ! they received for q guarantee and | n.rned 1t over the Bcnhy Paris who | played inc first game with them and l 'urn suffered q broken ankle.
 This is q rare instance of true ] sPortsmanship and when the fact i becomes known. it is no wonder that l tfc Legion team members are mak- | ing thhmsolvcs known as team | through their clean and snappy ! play. l
 The ,"am will go on the road l; again noXt Friday night playing the . E,. Mary's quintet of South Man : chester in that town. The Legion . scored one victory over the Silk . Town team nd expects to take an- ] n'Ncr win Friday night.
 Feeders for games are coming in i. and probably will come in faster , q fer Saturday nights game, Tor rington wants the team 10 go up to thc New City and play the town 'oam there and this game will prob ably be arranged. Negotiations were opened I'D with the -Middletown team hut,they are at standstill be- cause the Middletown team wants to nor,c to this city first.
 Talk of 2 series between the Lc- zion and the National guard is be- coming hotter every day and ar rnNgcments will probably get under way soon 10 have the teams play c,r for the city championship. This will he a series of series and should lnyclo into the basketball classic cf years. There are many who think that thc Legion team right now could heat tho National Guards, but -he Guards have just as large a fol- lowing who will bank on them to heat the Legion. The Guards are the older team, but both appear 10 be as inst as one another. The series would ceaainly be a drawing card f0r basketball fans.
 Manager Joseph Carroll of the DFistol Endees asked Harry Gins herC 10 get him a good attraction for next week in Bristol. Without any hesitation. Harry mentioned the City College club of New York but Carroll demurred saying that he d.dn't want the team over in Bristol because New Britain had beat the