New Britain herald., 1927-08-20
Speaking of Sports


 The New Britain Police Depart ment baseball team came through in its first test of the season las night to defeat the 9asco team b, the score of to 8. The game wa. staged at Willow Brook Park. The police team showed its rallyinf power when. after trailing 8 to 1, 1, started barrage and scored five >uns to win the game.
 Larry Mangan's crew. represnt. ing Eddy-Glover post in the state American Legion Boys Baseball league. again stands as the state championship winner. Yesterday the team came through to defeat the New Haven team in the final game of the playoff. The score was 3 and
 This is the second consecutive year in which the local boys have showed that they were the best in the state on the diamond. Inci- dentally it was the New Haven team last year also that won through to the runner-up position only to lose to New Britain in the finals.
 Yesterdays game was a really fine exhibition of baseball. Partyka is the outstanding star of the game. Through his excellent work in the pitchers box, he made 1t possible for his mates to slap out just enough hits to win.
 Partyka himself helped greatly through his work with the stick. Although he deserves the major DOT tion of credit for the victory. if 1t were not for the sensational support of his mates. Partyka would have had tough sledding to get through the way he did.
 The New Britain boys played as if they were inspired. They gave one of the finest exhibitions of gameness possible. They fought hard and they won and they deserve all the honor and glory that can be showered on them.
 But in the final accounting, though he will be in the background a great deal, those on the inside know that it was mainly through the work that Larry Mangan put in with the team that the squad was able to come through for the highest hon. ors in the state.
 Night after night Larry gave up his personal pleasure to drill the team in the finer points of the game. He had the squad out to prac- tice at least once a week and more often the team was working out sev- eral nights week. Larry brooked no dilly-dallying while there was work to do and the serious de- meanor of the players showed the results of his coaching.
 Larry has a real reason to be proud of the achievements of his charges. Though they actually did the work of winning the game, it was Larry's inspiration that gave them the courage to play like vet erans.
 This year the team is aiming higher and if it should happen that the next state team that the local crew is called on to play will have adhered to the age rules the same as New Britain has, then New Brit ain will give any team in the coun- try fair fight, If. however, the same situation arises that cropped up last year when Rhode Island sent buch of players who were over age in 10 play against Connecticut, then there isn't much chance for boys to com pete against men older and more ex- perienced than they are.
 Local Legionnaires are going to see to it that New Britain gets a square deal this year and if the team is then beaten. there will be no kick at all. Last year. there was plenty of room for real argument but the time was too short for an official protest
 No such condition should be toler- ated this year. Local men in charge of tlo Legion team have insisted rigidly that the boys on the Eddy Glover post team be within the age limit and they have the right to insist that the players on opposing teams should be made to adhere to the rule in the same manner. At any rate, New Britain has re- peated the championship feat of last year and the people of this city will rejoice with the boys in the cele- i bration that must come after a we'll earned victory. PETR0LLE K. 0.'S CEC0LLl 1 Fargo Express Runs Over Scran- ton Boy in Six Rounds at Legion ] Show in West Springfield.
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