New Britain herald., 1928-12-26

team, which is also finding the 60
ing. tough, financially. will be trans
ferred to Meriden. This will spread
the league out considerably with a
hop from Providence to Albany be-
Ing the longest to be made.
Bib Boucher will be away from
the game for longer time than
was at first figured. Last Friday his
mending leg was examined by his
doctor and the examination showed
that the bone was not knitting pro-
perly 1t was necessary to crack the
bone again and Boucher is back on
crutches.
Eddie McAloon is with the Water
bury club no longer and the failure
OF the Brass City manager to pay
him what was due him is given as
the reason for the move. Eddie re-
ccived SIG instead of $32, according
to the story and he promptly hand
cd in his suit.
Jack Rothenfeld, forward on the
high scoring average shattered to
pieces last night when he was pitted
against Tom Leary, star guard on
the New Britain club. Rothenfeid,
previous to last nights game, had
scored an average of Is points in
four games. Last night. he got one
point and Leary couldn't stop that
one because it was free shot.
Manager Clarence Lanpher of the
New Britain team will have to cast
about this week for player to take
the place of McElwain. The diminu-
tive star has returned to Fort
Wayne, Ind. in answer to lucrative
offer and although the local manager
offered him better proposition
than he had agreed to here, he was
totally unable to find him a job at
which he could work and make the
same money as he could In his
home town.
According to what we hear, there
are several we'll known stars out of
a job and we expect that the local
manager will hook up with one Of
these before the end Of the week.
We. read that the Renaissance
Five of Harlem, N. T., Is due to play
In Meriden Saturday night. Accord
ing to what we understood, the team
was playing in this city.
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IL a question but if what we guess
il true. the Renaissance team will
not appear here this Saturday night.
Kramer. manager of the Renaissance
team contracted for the game in
this city and then after the news
was noised abroad that the colored
champions would play here. Ne start
ed holdup on Manager Lanpher
for which the local pilot would not
stand.
This is a common trick Of some
OF the metropolitan managers.
Arrange for the game and then when
the public is clamorins for 1t. jack
the price up thinking the local man
ager wouldn't dare cancel.
If this Is what has happened. then
we know full we'll what Kramer's
answer was.
Manager Lanpher and his Mrs.
spent the Christmas holidays at hts
wife's parents home in Portland.
Me, and up to the present. we have
been unable to connect with him.
We have thought up an appropri-
ate nickname for Harry Thompson,
second rush on the local roller polo
team. When he sails down the floor
and whirls his stick for drive, he
reminds us more of a cowboy on a
horse twirling lasso. than anything
else we can think of. Fight here and
now We christen him Cowboy
Thompson.
This pair gave the fans OF New
Britain the best treat OF the season
yesterday afternoon when New Brit
ain defeated Bridgeport. They are
fast becoming the best pair of rush.
ers in the game. They did some
clever work on the floor yesterday
and although Williams scored all OF
the goals. Thompson fed him most
OF the passes.
The New Britain teams winning
streak was suddenly halted last
night in Bridgeport but 1t is only
temporary. Tomorrow nights game
Is the one the fans in this city want
to see the locals win. That is the
game with Albany. formerly the
Meriden team. New Britain now
stands in tie for third place in the
league and a win or loss can make a
whale OF difference in the stand
ing of the teams.
Despite the absence of McElwain
from the New Britain basketball
lineup, Merden was fortunate In
coming through with a win. The
Endees had to wait until three New
Britain men had been banished
from the game via the personal foul
route before it could draw away
from New Britain. Restelli. Yak
zewski and Sloman were sent to THE
showers. This took most of the
scoring power OF the team away.
Mickey Luke had to be impressed
into service for five minutes and
while he was in the contest, He
played whale of floor game
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