New Britain herald., 1927-03-07
Speaking of Sports

was finally settled when Manager Bailey of the Atlas definitely closed for the appearance Of the Guards in the Elm City Friday night.
 The Guards will play in New Ha- ven Friday night and the Atlas will be here in return game Saturday night. Friday night will be the real test for the local team because If the Guards can win against the At las in New Haven and then repeat the victory in this city Saturday night. they have clear road ahead of them to the meeting with the Bristol Endees for the state cham pionship.
 Should the local team drop the game with the Atlas in New Haven Friday night and then win here, the Atlas will still be tied with New Britain in the matter Of games won and lost.
 Following these two games. the Guards will take on another tough opponent Thursday. March IT. at the state armory in this city when the Bristol Endees play here. Manager Clarence Lanpher, because of the nearness of the end of the season, decided to cancel the appearance Of the Washington Palace five here and bring the Bristol Endees here instead.
 Matchmaker Leo Bradley Of the newly formed Hardware City A. C. has been informed by the manager of Al Conley Of New London, state lightweight champion, that the box CT has a broken thumb and will be unable to appear in the ring for al least six weeks. This prevents the local club from staging a bout for the lightweight pionship of the state between Conlcy and Eddte Lord Of Meriden as the feature of the first show at the Tabs hall here. Instead, Matchmaker Bradley is working on a card which to all ap- pearances will have . bout of bet ter quality than the Lord-Conley bout and his announcements will be forthcoming tomorrow.
 Following the announcement in Saturdays Herald of the formation of the new club, many inquiries have already been received at Promoter Bridgett's Smoke Shop on Church street as to the date of the fight and the time the tickets will go on sale. The first show of the Hardware City 4. C. will be held on March 22, Tuesday night, at the Tabs hall.
 The All-Middletown team seems 10 go at a furious clip every time it has played New Britain on the st;ate armory floor this year. It was not until the very end of the game ma. tn. Hardware City team could $com 10 do anything with the Niddletown team.
 our old rivals over in Hartford took their defeat bitterly last Sat ,lrday. Their feeling was demon- strated in the final minutes when parlea. a big guard. took pass at Alex Zaleski. the little New Britain forward.
 ts one group of about 25 New Britain rooters rose and started out
 
 and pushed them back and the game ended.
 There were as many New Britain rooters at the game as there were spectators at one Of the homo games in this city.
 Two of the young women whose loyalty to the Red and Gold has brought about their being in at tendance at all the games this sea- son took the "gentlemen's or ladies route" to the game.
 It being an out of town game. Coach Cassidy was not with the team as usual.
 Next week will see the end of the New Britain High school basketball season. st. Thomas seminary will be the opposing team.
 New Britain will have the oppor. t,lnjtv to use all of the outlaws as well as the seven guards that have been in the lineup in the high school games.
 This game will mark the las1 game of high school basketball fo, Captain Marion Zaleski. Frank Me. Grath, Albert Havlick and Johr Matulis of the first team. All vii be graduated In June.
 Gabriel Bromberg and George Cherpacl will also be lost to tho squad.
 WORK IN THE RAIN
 Manager Bill Carrigan Of Red So!
 Orders Players To Go Througl
 Faces In Shower.
 Boston, March z Pt--A rainy da. used to mean vacation for tn Red SoX. now it just means mor' work. When the American leagucr found regular New Orleans show CT in progress yesterday they natur ally expected a layoff but Manage Bill Carrigan ordered them out t the park and under the grandstan'