New Britain herald., 1926-09-14
LEGION TEAM MAY PLAY
 TWO GAMES ON SATURDAY
Protest On Game Last Saturday to Be Acted on This Week-Birth Certificates of Rhode Island Players Must Be Produced Regional Director Rice to De- mand Fair Play For Connecticut-Providence Team a Collection of All Stars From State.
The Eddy-Glover post, American

The Eddy-Glover post, American Legion baseball team will practice tonight at 6 o'clock at St. Mary's field, which will be the scene of the second game between the locals and the supposedly champion team of Rhode Island.
 As a real treat to the fans of this city who plan to see the teams in &C., tion, double header is scheduled,
 providing that New Britain wins tho first game. The first of the two con- ltest3 will start promptly at o'clock land the second will follow after a 1o minute rest, according to the schedule mapped out. These battles will be the best baseball games to have been played in this city this season.
 Tickets for the game are on sale at various points throughout the city and these will admit the bearer to the game or games. This is the first time that any attempt has been made to charge admission to the game which the Legion team has
 
 be incurred in bringing the Rhode l1sland team to this :. .ty. the Legion members are of the opinion that the people of this city will be glad of lthe opportunity of seeing the game and at the same time. helping to support the team that has so far done such good work.
 "A scuryy trick and a dirty deal" lis the waJ most of the New Brit ain fans who made the trip to Providence last Saturday, character ize the actions of the Rhode Island Legion in sending against the New Britain team combination of all stars chosen from the teams in Rhode Island. This was not denied IEy the Rhode Island officials and evidences of it were given by tho players themselves. Wien the Rhode Island team went to take the field. several of the players had to be in- Itroduced to each other.
 Another thing that caused Mama ger Howard Timbrell and Coach Larry Mangan to enter a formal pro- Itest before the game, was the fact that the rules governing the Legion league which required that the birth certificates of all the players enter ed on teams should be produced be- fore any team would be recognized as a legitimate team. These were not at hand and although the Rhode Island official promised to have them by next Saturday, the size of the players on the team would in- dicate that Rhode Island grows them big for their age.
 The protest will be acted upon next Saturday before the game. Re- gional Director Roy Rice of Water bury is aware of the conditions as they now exist and he will insist that the birth certificates be shown before the game. Just what action will be taken, is question but des- pite this, Coach Larry Mangan pre- diets that his team will win in this city from the team that beat the locals last Saturday.
 This attitude of the New Britain coach reflects the determination of the players on the team and battle of battles is expected when the two teams meet. The largest crowd of the season to see a game is expect ed to be on hand when the umpire calls "Play Ball" Saturday afternoon lat o'clock at St. Mary's field.