New Britain herald., 1928-12-10

Then a combination like that of last Saturday night has the nerve to demand its guarantee after the first half has been played. If it was question of good faith, why didn't the New Haven manager hold good to his promise to bring the team here that he advertised?
 "Zeke" Zhadys was to have played here as was Rookie" Alderman. both former Atlas stars. Chadys played in Bristol and was missed in New Britain. Alderman also was among the missing. That doesn't ap- pear to be good faith.
 It is our opinion that Manager Clarence Lanpher will be "chump" if he bothers with the New Haven crowd again. Bristol had the same experience with the so-called Atlas team scheduled to play there last Saturday night. If that was the At- las team. then basketball has cer- tainly gone bad in Connecticut.
 An article appeared in a Hartford paper today wailing about the fact that Managers Lanpher of New Britain. Curry of Meriden and Car roll of Bristol are hard pressed for games. This inference. as we take it, is because there is no state league this year.
 As far as we know. Manager Lan- pher has no trouble in getting enough games for the present sea- son. It is true that there are fewer state teams than usual but that doesn't mean that there aren't enough basketball attractions around.
 It is our belief that the fans of this city are hotter than ever about basketball and about the competi- ton New Britain has received so far this year.
 Just because Manager Lanpher has refused to play Santa Claus to the other teams which were in the state league last year, it appears that bas- lietball is about to die.
 That may be true in the rest of the state but as far as New Britain is concerned. 1t is far from being a fact. When all the other teams in the state have withdrawn from the field. we believe that New Britain will be sailing serenely on, playing the best teams in the country.
 To our minds, the fault lies with the cities which were entered in the state basketball league last year. The managers in those various places made no serious attempts to get strong teams together. On the other hand. Meriden. Bristol and New Britain have builded strong combi- nations and they are still in the run ming. And the rivalry between the fans is just as hot as ever.
 HID ltOiti6 10 C'CH ISACNlCu III tltC attendance at the Industrial league games played so far. Four times this year the attendance record has been broken. This doesn't make it appear as if interest, in this city al least. is dying out.
 After New Britains fourth defeat in roller hockey yesterday afternoon. it might be we'll for Manager Frank McDonough to make sure that Kid" Williams will be with New Britain this week. Had he been in the game yesterday. there would have been nothing to it. With Doherty, Thompson and Perregrin playing like they did against Fall River. New Britain, with Williams in the lineup, will make things hum for every club in the circuit.
 As we understood the situation, Williams has q milk business in his home town and he has been break ing in assistants to take care of it while he is away. This necessarily takes time.
 In the meantime, New Britain has been making poor showing all around. This necessarily doesn't help out on the box office end.
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