New Britain herald., 1930-03-28

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 of Sports
 Manager Ken Saunders Of the Bprritt basketball team stated to. day that he had withdrawn his quintet from the annual Southern New England basketball tournament in planAeid because of the unrca- sUnable schedule for tho day.
 | pon receiving the schedule or games yesterday, Saunders discover ed that the tournament was actual ly an endurance contest and refus- cd to take q chance of injurng the health of his players. In order to win the tournament. team must win four games in one day and If it is unlucky in the draw. it must play five games. Four or five games in one day is almost a physical im- possibility.
 Twenty teams are entered in the tournament The first round starts at 10 o'clock and ends at 4:9Q o'clock, The ten winners in th2 first round will enter the second round which starts it 4:40 o'clock and ends at o'clock. In the third round which starts at S;20 o'clock and ends at 9;90 o'clock. one of the remaining five teams draws a bye while the other four will battle t out,
 At the end Of the third round three teams are left. The quintet hat drew a bye in the third round meets one of the other two remain ing teams. The fourth round is scheduled to end at $40 o'clock.
 The winner of the fourth rounl and the bye team of the fourth round then play the finals starting st 10 o'clock. This means that the winner of the fourth round will be playing it's fifth game Of the tourna- IitIk tilt4 " Ill Ut iOl NNh IS N'iONA inc finals within a half hour after the close of it's last game. .-
 Evidently the tournament officials made q mistake in inviting too many teams and in order to play the entire schedule in one day were forced to arrange four games for ;r E,,-t p the tournament
 The players on the Burritt team showed good sportsmanship by agreeing to enter the tournament and following out Manager Saun- ders' original plans despite the un- reasonable schedule. However, aft. er conferring with the players and various sporting authorities about town. Saunders decided that the whole proposition vas too impracti cal and would only end in dissatis- faction.
 The members Of the Burritt team nH meet tomorrow afternoon at .nD U tlDtN dL NClipuiJt lttPNOS 'l- pher above the United Cigar store on Main street near the railroad tracks, 10 have q team picture taken.
 Saunders requests that all play CTS be present to get in the picture and because Of the business meet ins which will he held The affairs of the team will he brought to q close for tbo year.
 IT "Eddie" Malloy. the Burrtts' popular and efficient mascot sees this. he IS requested 10 be present al the studio tomorrow for the pic lure Eddie was missing last year and the players are anxious to have him present tomorrow. The Bur ritts have enjoyed good luck since Eddie became mascot.
 The Burritts are confident that the basketball public will back up their decision 10 leave the tourna- nent At the Corhin Screw-Nation- a Guard gamc last evening, the ex- prcssion Don't be foolish, the play CTS will kill themsclves' was heard on all sides.
 Coach George M. Cassidy of the Senior High school, will take six of his basketball players Of the past season to Poultney, Vt. with him tomorrow. They will play against a Vermont team. Those making the trip will be Hermy Schmarr. Bill Ross, John Franks. Bob Mautner. Herb Carlson and another who is ye. unnamed. The trip will he made in Coach Cassidy's car.
 Emil Karbonic and George Luke or rhe National Guards basketball Tram expressed dissatisfaction oyer the fact that they were not used in the lineup last night against the Gorbln Screw quintet. Karhonic was in the same for time but Luke sat on the bench. As a, result, both announced today that they hal gut inc Eecanomen for good.
 The crowd at the game last night 0as the largest at the armory this season,
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