New Britain herald., 1928-02-23

The term as used was not meant to convey any slur on the character Of the two players in question but was a choice of supposedly satiri- Cal twist in terms 'mea ming that the opposition considered them as such because they were starring in the game.
 Knowing the two men in question personally. the only fault We could ever find with either of the two players is that they aren't natives of New Britain. On and e{f the floor. both are gentlemen and they con- duct themselves as such. In fact. the same can be said for the other members of the local team.
 The farthest thing from our mind in connection with the two part ners in crime" was to cast any re- flection on them and We figure that the one who has called Us for the use of the term is just like We are ourselves sometimes. ready to de. fend sport representatives of New Britain.
 We have to hand the first award for the prize "btoomer" of the year to Referee McAuliffe whose real name is Henry Gerrity for his ac- tions on the decision rendered the other night in the kaplan-Mays bout in New Haven. McAuliffe has reversed .his findings and has given kaplan q verdict over Mays instead of calling the bout a draw.
 This, VIC believe, sets dangerous precedent. one that will cause plenty of trouble in the fight game in this state. We should think that the draw decision would have stood but at the same time. we admire the courage of the referee in braving the storm of criticism that is bound to follow his announcement.
 4 more sensational pair of races in any line of sport has not been seen in years than those being staged right now in the roller hockey and basketball circuits.
 New Britain and Meriden clash tonight in this city in one of the most important games of the sea- son for both clubs. New Britain is just a step behind Meriden in the standing and the local team will be right on Meriden's heels Of 1t wins tonight.
 In the basketball league. loss for New Britain will be almost a disaster. The Atlas by winning over Bristol last night is just game be- hind New Britain. Bristol is third.
 Arriuda, recently transferred from the Hartford roller hockey team to Meriden. has been released by the Silver City management. He did not come up to snuff in his play. Gaz- ginger is being used by the Maroons in his place.
 Some near record scores were bowled in the Industrial league the night before last at Rogers. Wilcox hit S69, Happeny scored $50. Iron osly knocked the timbers for S51. Gacek hit 3i1 and Drunk $40. Knowles slammed away for a total oi 36O. Ward chalked up S47. Davis scored S4S, Foote marked down $40 and Haines hit for 347.
 The league this year is about the fastest eiyht-team circuit of bowlers ever in the history of this city.
 This column is asked to settle an argument by party of bowlers. a pi oblem that half the alleymen in the city have wrestled over for de- cision, but have retired licked at each dash for the top. The mid night oil has been burned and quires Of paper and many pencils worn out, all the efforts coming back to the original problem. A couple of wise boys who have spltntered thousands of pins during the progress Of their campaign against the sticks took the matter up and after wandering around for n couple Of hours met themselves coming back and gave it up. Here 1t is: A. E. C. and D were rolling on a local alley for sticks. the two low men to pay the shot. D was far the better roller of the quartet and gave A 20 pins. c 10 pins and B five pins. Then + gave A five pins and also gnve c five pins. mak- ing A and c rolling even so far as each other was concerned. At the end of the string A had chalked up s1. B ?s and c s1. not counting the handicaps. n chalked up 1o2. Now A with D's handicap of 20 pins had q total of III in the case of D: but with the five pins given E A had but s6 pins. D's handicap to C gave him 1ol. relating to D only. or one less than D. B with D's handicap had gS. Tie question ix who are the two low men. and who must pay the 50 cents. No player. 20 far as can he figured out was beaten by two men, while they all were beaten by one man. In the meantime the all
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