New Britain herald., 1928-12-29
new BRITAIN PUT
ON ATHLETIC MAP
Hardware City Gains Publicity
Through Proves Of Teams

The city of New Britain receiN-
ed more publicity during the pas!
year from the achievements OF local
athletic teams and individuals than
1t did from any other source, by be
ing drawn constantly before the peo-
pie OF the state and of the country
through its athletes.
New Britain gained publicity
through the accomplishing of the
All-New Britain. basketball team.
which played American leagu.
teams from Chicago. New York AMI
Brooklyn. These star quintets were
In many cases defeated by the To-
cal five and the New York papers
printed glowing accounts of the
work Of the team representing this
city. A proof Of the fact that. New
Britain was recognized as one OF
the best basketball centers, in the
east was an invitation sent to tn"
management of the local team in
wiling it to join the American
basketball league. the biggest Or
ganization of its kind in the coun-
try.
Cartclli Helped
A little youngster, quiet and nm
assuming. put the name of New
Britain on most every front page of
every newspaper in the country dur
ing the summer. This boy was
Dominic Cartelli. marble champion
Of this city. who went to Atlantic
City as the representative OF NV
Britain through the courtesy of he
Herald. Entered against the cream
Of players from practically every
state in the union. Cartelli fought
his way to the finals and was only
beaten for the worlds champion
ship after hard fight. However,
it was not the fact that Dominic
made a wonderful showing tn It
earned praise for him and New Brit
ain but it was his craftsmanship
Cartelli grnned through the fin~
matches with defeat staring him III
the face and after he had been
beaten. he went over to his oppo-
nent and put his arm around his
shoulder. still smiling. The victor
broke down in tears.
Pictures Of the matches involv-
ing Cartelli were shown in the news
reels throughout the country and
papers played up the great work and
craftsmanship of the New Britain
lad. kilograms received by Domi-
mic from prominent men proved that
men of affairs admired his pluckv
work.
The work of "Chucky" Wotaclt
and Merwin Jacobson in the mis0r
baseball league also came in for
considerable mention in the papers.
And the Gridiron
Football proved to be one Of the
biggest booms for New Britain. Lo-
ral boys on college teams more than
distinguished themselves on the
gridiron and kept their names be-
fore the reading public. Gabriel
Bromber and "Tubby" Bcloin es-
pecially performed to perfection and
received conSidera bic mention in The
papers from experts at the end OF
the season. Both We're picked on
Ail-Eastcrn teams while Bcloin WAS
mentioned on the honorary All
America list by Grantiand Rice, who
is recognized as one of the greatest
sporting authorities in the country
New Britain was kept constantly
before the public of New York state
through the work Of Politis. Grip,
Scully. BeIoin and Zaleski on thc
Fordham college team. In Massa-
chusetts. New Britain is a name that
calls for reverence. Champion high
school teams in the Bay State come
to New Britain to meet the local
high school eleven and are unmerci-
fully walloped. This was shown
during the past season when Adams
high of North Adams. Mass. rec
ognized as the state champions Of
the Bay state, were beaten 80 to .
by the local crew.
The work Of New Britain boys as
coaches also helps to make this city
we'll known. "Rill" Duiack at
Georgetown. Fred Schmidt at Horace
Mann high school and Herbert Kopt
at Georgetown are turning out sue
cessful athletic teams. Jack Britton
well known fighter. whose great
work in the ring at the age of 40 is
attracting nation wide notice. often
mentions to reporters that this city
is his home town.