New Britain herald., 1927-04-13
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 The meeting of the officials of the
 American Roller Polo league has been postponed from this coming sunday until a week from Sunday and because of this. the decision as to which of the parties seeking a franchise for this city. will be grant, cd the privilege, will not be decided until that time.
 According to the officials of the league, nothing has been done or will be done with regard to the franchise for this city until that meeting. All other claims to the contrary are wrong because the decision rests with the moguls who will gather to-
 ,nther a week from Sunday.
 With tentative plans for new sports emporium on Commercial street in the works. d place for polo Is assured while other halls are be. ing talked of as being available for the game, should the franchise be voted here.
 New Britain was always a great roller polo center and there are many fans in this city now who are anxious to have the game come home. In the days of Fred Jeans, Mercer and the others of the world cham pionship quintet used to hold forth, Hanna's Armory on East Main street was packed 10 the rafters every night.
 Give New Britain winning team in any sport and the fans will turn out 10 cheer the gang" on its way.
 We heard q visitor here yesterday state that. without any exception, New Britain is the greatest sporting center in the state. We agreed with I him,
 fight is in the offing over polo l in Hartford. Harry Starkey who at 1 present holds the franchise in l Bridgeport has planned to set a. l team in Hartford if he secures a |; franchise. He has his Bridgeport 1 franchise practically sold and has !, plans for a complete new building wherein the sport will be played. : if ho gets the franchise. i
 It is understood that Hugh Rorty who helped greatly in revvins the game in this section, will battle him for q Hartford franchise. If this is th1 case. it will he quite problem for the officials of the league to de- eide between the two men.
 These battles over franchises are not helping sport in any way but they are rather hurting it. The pub lie which supports the various games and sporting projects. isn't interest ed at all in the arguments of the promoters over who should run a club. The only thing the fan wants is a good team and better games.
 Five managers of leading basket tall teams have tentatively agreed to form T state basketball league next year. \ sixth team is being sought and by the time the season [ opens next fall. it is thought that full six-team league will be in ! the making.
 The teams favoring the league AoW include the National Guards, Bristol Endees. Meriden Endees, Atlas of New Haven and a possible team from Hartford. Waterbury or All Middletown might get into the running and & fast league is anti cipatcd.
 The same situation is being talk I d over in football circles. This will mean the salvation of football, professionally. in this state be- cause almost every team during the past season suffered financial reversos for the year. !
 With 9 state league in basket ball, a schedule of games between the teams entered will be mapped I out and a definite conclusion as to , inc state championship will be ] reached. At the end of the season I instead of as often happens. two : or three teams having claims in for the title. one team will def- nitely be crowned tho state cham V pion outfit. f Speculation is rife about the ( state as to what effect that change in the dribbling rule will have on the game. The dribble has been re- Y stricted to one bounce. Some are In t favor of the change while others C are against it. c The majority seem to think that the elimination of the continuous g dribble will relieve the game of it's !, spectacular features while others y claim that it will speed up the V passwork and team work
 To us it seems that the men who T made the rules know more about 5 the game than we do. so We feel <, that We are prone to agree with R the committee which made the change.
 Sensations will be packed into G the amateur fight tournament at ., the Tabs hall tomorrow night F p of ,y-in 1,a presented. The feature bout be-