New Britain herald., 1927-08-15
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 Play in the City league was tenn porarily suspended by common con- sent Saturday afternoon when the l big airplane went over the park and , broadcast music and cigaret adver- Using. When the motor was shut ! off and the music became audible | players and fans alike turned their l gazes skyward. and from then on the | crowd divided its attention between l the noise in the sky and the noise | of the Pirate and Burritt bats.
 Al Havlick is the latest City lea | guer to take to wearing glasses, and | they seem to benefit him. He crack l ed out three terrific hits and was robbed of one by a fielder's luck on 1 Saturday. and in the eighth inning | he had the rather unusual distinc- | ton of making two safe blows in the ] same frame. Al always had good l hitting form, even when he struck | cut, and now that he is meeting the ball so!idly almost all the time it is | no surprise to find him up among ! leading hitters of the league.
 The Pirates suffered two minor 1 casualties in their game, both Beagle l and Begley being spiked by runners l sliding into their bases.
 Some trouble is threatening in the Junior City league, where several of the teams are talking of protesting their games with the Phantoms. The l use of Johnny Carrubba at second l, base is the cause for the protests, but it is not known whether the other teams are claiming he Is over age or are objecting to his being listed under the abbreviated name of Carr" The loss of their games in 1; which he played would put the Phantoms out of the running,
 Ugly rumors to the effect that Delaney, former light heavyweight champion, had been dissipating and drinking heavily while he was sup posed to be in strict training for his bout last week with Paolino Czcu- dun, received great deal of sub stantiaton through a story printed in the Waterbury Bridgeport Herald yesterday.
 Delaney is accused of having been so drunk on a. train going into New Haven a. week before the fight that he had to be taken off at New Haven although he was bound for New York until he could sober up.
 While on the train, he became maudlin drunk and took a punch at a negro porter. The porter ducked and Delaney hurt his hand on door. The injured member was treated at the first aid hospital in the New Haven station.
 Time after time. ugly rurors have been afloat that Delaney is prone 10 indulge to excess in the cup that cheers and although these have been vehemently denied, neverthe- less, they have persisted.
 l'ldnpy IS plupdDiS one ol 'ilo''- fellows to whom adulation means ruin. He has proved on more than one occasion to be one of the most popular of fighters in the ring today but this popularity will not last very long if his fights aren't any more impressive that those he has had with Maloney and Paolino.
 Although he was awarded the bout against Paolino through a foul. the ending was very unsatisfactory to the majority of the fans who viewed it. This might not have any bearing on the fact that Delaney is hitting the skids, but it certainly doesn't help him any.
 Bridgeport is his home town and Delaney is anything but popular there. He Is too wrapped up in himself and his greatness 10 have very many close friends. His fail ure to follow the lines of strict training have led his own towns people to turn on him and they are not backwards at all in telling the world of Delaney's faults.
 There is only one thing to predict in his case. He'll go the way of all the rest who picked the path of roses in preference to the hard and rocky thoroughfare of strict and hard training. II
 It may be possible that Pete Fell- ley, described as the only honest ] fight manager in the game, will be able to make his charge see the light. We hope so because we have always thought that Delaney has a bright future before him. Not, however, through the stuff that pro- hibition has failed to prohibit.
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