New Britain herald., 1927-12-16
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 Harold W. Heinz in the Spring held Union of yesterday, prints a letter he received from Sid Kramer, business manager of the Renaissance basketball Five of New York city. The letter deals with comments made by Mr. Heinz in his column f+iatlfe 10 game between the springfield Y. NJ. H. A. and the New ork team q week ago in which the colored stars handed the home club a neat lacing.
 Kramer took olfense at some re- mark or other pertaining to his club and it's efforts to have the four personal foul rule declared off Dur Ing the course of the letter. one paragraph especially, drew our at trntion. IL follows:
 We lose once in while. We lost in New Britain three or four weeks 1 ago by three points because they threw Jenkins out of the game. We | cannot afford to let teams of this caiiber beat us and we must present our iull | lineup at all times
 The Renaissance players are paid 1 10 play basketball and not to sit on tn" bench and we at this end are not in the game for the glory of it or because we get our name in the 1 newspapers
 Mir. Kramer goes on to end his | letter which. we think, iS one of the | most out and out ins' inces of "sour grapes VIC have ken note of in | some time.
 Immediately after the game play ed here, Mir. Kramer had no criti- 1 cism of the fact that Jenkins went out Of the game. As it happened, New Britain was ahead of the New York team by about eight points when Jenkins was given the gate. lie left with about seven minutes to play and his successor. "Cappy" Kicks, did more in the few minutes he was in than Jenkins was able to do at the time. In fact, as 1t hap pened, the management would have done well to have made the change sooner.
 However, the remarks of Mr. Kramer anent the game here bring us back 10 one point and that is, that the Renaissance Five cannot bear to he beaten. What take down for the colored champions of the world to trim the Original Celtics in New York on Wednesday by a sizea blo score and then lose to New Britain the following Saturday. |,
 MT. kramer's complaint centers about the four personal fouls. Be fore the game began, it was clearly understood between Kramer, his ', score keeper, Referee Dillon, Man. ager Lanpher of the local team and the local score keeper that the four personal foul rule would be strictly adhered to. !
 If the Renaissance Five cannot ' play basketball as it is played in this section of the country, then Mr. Kramer better keep his team in New Aork or any place else where the , rule does not prevail. '
 No one threw Jenkins out of the :, game. It was Referee Dick Dillon who called the fourth personal foul on the Reni5sance guard. It was the local score keeper who called atten- ion to the fact.
 We are pretty certain that there tr IS no one connected in any way / with basketball who questions the in l"grlly of Dick Dillon as an official. His efficiency is his best asset and where he appears as the 11th man T on the floor in basketball game. z the players and public alike feel cer- $ tain that the violations of the rules which take place will be called as he sees them and not according to the score or the standing of the | home club. l
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 Nevertheless. Mr. kramer's C "crack' would lead one to believe that Dick Dillon bodily threw Jen- 1 hins from the contest. Though We , think Dick would be capable of do- r ing just that if necessary. we think A he would have had to have some F help. but there was no necessity of it.
 We had occasion to meet all the Renaissance players last year and r again this year and we found every F man on the club to be a gentleman. Il Right after the game or until the l. team left this city. there was no word of criticism of Dick DiIon's part in the game. A
 It was simply a case of piqued B pride and as we said sour grapes because the team cant stand the blcmish of a loss. We sometimes F., wonder If the management and the J. players felt the same way about it E last year when just prior to the teams first appearance here, Terry vile handed the outfit a neat lacing. l. Manager Lanpher plans to have L. 'he Renaissance back here later in the season and probably MT. Kramer will have the opportunity to eluci- 4 date more clearly on his remarks. [, We shall ask him about them, that's Nj certain.
 We wouldn't be surprised 10 see < New Britain take the Renaissance k