New Britain herald., 1927-01-25

1eTIluS to "6 a1 tho outCu Loou- ard' of basketball in connechon with the barring of,New Britain high : school players. I would appreciate the publication of this letter.
 T WAS in no way responsible for the information which was given ] Principal Clarence P. Quimby of the South Manchester high school re- sulting in the suspension of Is New Britain players.
 Hoping thissbrief statement will 1 clear up the misunderstanding. I remain, s4. r.
 e4 Respectfully yours ;. 1 ELMO AANTELLI."'s Appended to the letter Is q, note from Clarence P. Quimby. principal of the South Manchester high school as follows: The above statement by Mr. Mantelli is correct He had, ,noth- ing to do with any. information. con- ! cerning New Britain high school basketball players" 3>
 The action Of the Bristol Endees in offering the, services of their en- tire club for the :. bepeht to. be !, staged for Tim Cronin, in this city on l Wednesday evening. February 16. Is one of tue '-whitest,', moves we have heard. of in some. time. ~
 s., :. Jimmy Malcolm made the offer through tho Herald" this morning. In explanation of this. 1t might be said that the Bristol players were ln no way approached in the matter and this makes their offer all the more admirable
 Following the conference between Manager, Clarence Lanpher of the National Guards and Manager Jack Curry of the Meriden Endees. a game between their teams has been arranged for February 16 in this city. Arrangements will be made immediately to have tickets printed and distributed about the state.
 Regarding Cronin's condition, 1t is said that his case Is hopeless al- though he may rally from the pres ent attack. He is reported at the Hartford hospital to be in bad shape and the action of Manager Clarence Lanpher in staging the benefit for him can be chased as nothing short of "admfrable".
 With the Bristol Endees stacked I'D against probably the Meriden In- silcos, a double feature will be pre- sented for the evening.
 The Middletown Atlas, which barely lost to the Boys club last night. brought up with 1t the big gest center seen in New Britain this year. He is six feet stx inches tall and weighs c25 pounds. This play CT, named Kelsey, proved very agile for his size and nearly defeated the local quintet He was 50 big that when q New Britain player picked the ball off the blackboard and held it over his head. Kelsey would come up from behind and shoot for the basket right. out of the local play CTS upstretched hands. He made Lighthouse Long John" Kley look like dwarf and human skeleton when they faced each other In the central circle,
 There is considerable rivalry ex- isting between the Boys club and the Burritts and the latter team, which attends the games at the club regularly. never misses an oppor- unity to belittle the East Main street teams victories. If the club wins by a couple of points 1t is said to be lucky. If its margin Is about six points the, referee. favored 1t, and if the club runs away it picked set-up. And the club players have the same kindly remarks for the boys from the armory.
 The Center church basketball has a system which Is causing laughter in the 1nter-church league. Sever al of the players are old-timers who have not played for a number of years and are therefore. although long on experience, short of wind. They therefore take turns at play ing one playing some seven or eight minutes and then gasping for time out: he retires in favor oY another and returns when the substitute has run himself ragged. This arrange ment of shifts iy as regular as the relief of the guard at an army camp, and the timer can almost predict just when each player will cave in.
 The National Guards will battle tho. Bristol EndeesN in Bristol tomor. row night in what should be. one of tho fiercest games of the season. The Bristol team has lost twice to New Britain and one moro loss to the local team will eliminate the Bristol team from the state title run ming. ,t. s. sr
 Bristol will bs fighting to ward otf this danger while the Guards will be doing their very best to beat Bris- tol three straight games An extra large crowd from this city, will at- tend the game.
 Peterson Loses First,