New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-11
Speaking
of Sports


The bunch OF roses that we're pre-
scented to Dick Donnelly. captain of
the Waterbury Roller Hockey club
last week. must have made q ire
mendous impression on the fiery
redhcad because last night. the polo
fans at the Stanley Arena were
aghast at the meekness of the
otherwise pugracious Brass City
center.
"Red" didn't fight anybody last
night and even refused to let the
crowd get his goat He seemed to
bear the impression that when the
fans kept razzing him. they were
only. only foolin'."
To Us, the game last night was
the greatest battle We have yet seen
since the revival last season of roll
Ter polo In this city. With Thomp-
son out Of the local lineup. Water
bury is about an even match for
New Britain and 10 a fierce scrap
took place for victory last night.
Perregrin appeared a bit nervous
and was unable to get his passes off
as he usually does. 1t was his first
full game before home town
crowd and although he did good
work. had he been used to it, he
would have done much better.
kid" Williams ia an entire team
himself on the offense and Barney
Doherty and Gazzinga are aces on
the defense. Gazzinga is learning
the tricks of the game from Barney
and last night he displayed plenty
of cleverness in taking the ball for
pass up the floor.
He twisted his leg badly during
the third period but he gamely came
back to finish out the period. He
played a whale of a game all night.
Thompson is ready to play and he
will be in the lineup for the two
games in Albany. Sunday and Mem
day. 1t was thought best to give
him a layoff last night in order that
his injured chest might not be hurt
again.
Pete WEIGH went up In the air
for the first time last might. A
group of partisan rooters behind the
cage kept shouting at him to stay In
his cage. Two goals got by him and
he hit the ceiling. He wanted to
fight for few minutes but no one
took him UP on his offer.
Get Pete mad and he refuses to
let any goals get by him. He did
a nice job of tending the cage last
night and he shows plenty Of i'm
provement with every game.
New Britain will play at home on
Wednesday and Friday Of next week
and again on Sunday. Wednesday
night, Bridgeport will appear here.
Friday. Albany and the Pierce
brothers will be here while week
from Sunday. kid" Duggan will
lead his Providence clan against the
local team.
Earl Pierce, second rush on the
Albany club, predicted last night
that Albany would win the two
games Sunday and Monday. He said
that the New York team would take
the first by a .core Of II to while
the second would result in a victory
for his club by a Is to 8 count. We
shall see what we shall see.
Earl, we suspect, was expressing
his hopes rather than his beliefs.
With the New Britain team work.
ing in such harmony as it is at pres
ent, we don't think there is q team
In the league that can touch 1t.
The locals are in first place once
again and Albany has another
chance to tie them with a victory
tonight.
Paul Glickstein, until lately match
maker for the Stanley A. c., IL also
secretary for the Independent Anna
teur association. He stated today
that he has suspended the Stanley
A, C. until an investigation and
Qualification is made Of the charges
that he demanded SIS more for
staging the last show run here than
he had agreed upon.
Glickstein now claims that what
he asked for was SO and not SIS.
As we heard him admit. II memory
us rightly, Glickstein agreed
to furnish boxers for 1914 and then,
while the seventh bout was on, he
wanted $3.50. The difference. as we
see it, is $75.
This Independent Amateur asso-
citation is a honey" 1t was form
ed by Dick Gray Of New Haven
when the blowup happened between
the National A. A. U. and the Con-
necticut State A. A. U. Just who
the officers of the association are
and what the powers of the organ
|zation are, is question.
With the announcement OF Mr..
comes the information
that he is secretary. Heretofore, We
have always been under the impress
sion that the president OF an organ
zation such as the A. A. U. or kim
fred bodies. was the official with
he sole right to suspend members. |