New Britain herald., 1930-07-18

of the Battalino-F Fernandez bout ,n East Hartford Tuesday night In this case last night. the title changed hapds but on Tuesday it didn't. 
 However Mandell was SO weaken- ed from making the weight that ne vas done after the first punch Fernandez found himself in the same fix when he faced Battalino Tuesday night. The first two body punches in the first round finished him nl- though he wasn't knocked out until the fifth round.
 These champions and fighters w1o represent themselves as belonging 10 a certain weight class aud then be- cause they want the hollow glory of retaining 8 title without defending 1t fool only themselves when they consistently fight over the weight limit, find when it comes time to pare, down to the required poundage that the extra weight has grown on them. Then their trouble starts A fighting champion is a credit to the game a pleasure to the fans and a justification of himself by himself The announcement that N3w Haven and Providence are to with draw from the Eastern Baseball League again brings up the question Of the formation of a more compact league in a slower class Of baseball.
 prominent sportsman in the city in talking about the situation today, stated that he believed New Britain would be ripe for a proposition of this kind.
 He favors the formation of a Class , B league with such entries as New Britain, Hartford, Meridcn, Bristol, New Haven, Bridgeport. and even Springfield and Holyoke. Player salaries could be limited to s20O q month and fans here and hereabous would be getting plenty of baseball,
 He proposes to get about 30 mon in the city to chip in about s3)0 each. This would give the local club a treasury of s9,00o to start with. Should the league prove unsuccess- full or the proposition be one that wouldn't pay. then no one person would be losing tremendous amount of money.
 The question of baseball park would be an easy one to solve be- cause there are at least two spots convenient to the center of the city, that could probably be converted 10 this use.
 Certainly, when there are between 1000 and 5000 fans present at h. dustrial League games on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Walnut Hill park and probably more than this attend ing the City League games Satur- days. there is enough interest in the national pastime in this city 10 make a league team of the sort spoken of above. pay.
 A league of this sort would then be no closed proposition like the Eastern has as far as local players are concerned. New Britain boys could be members of the team as we'll as outsiders. This would in- crease the interest in the league be- cause other cities would adopt the same procedure.
 league. such as the Eastern, with the teams widely spread about the country. is bound to force the fans to lose interest. The games become a series of exhibition match es. There is no rivalry.
 Put New Britain in a league with Meriden, Bridgeport, New Haven, and, especially Hartford, and we will bet our shirt-even our best one that there would be a crowd of rabid fans for every team. Anyone can easily imagine a revival of the old days at Electric Field when Hartford and New Britain would be at each others throats. The good old days would then be here once more.
 There are several players in this city whom we believe could have made the Eastern league grade if they had been given an opportunity They surely could play the class of ball we mention. Other fans know them as we'll as we do.
 The proposition needs an organiz- CT of no mean ability Some one with knowledge of the league pro- portions, of the many details con- nected with the formation of a cir cult of this kind. should investigate it.
 AS lar as we are concerned, we would welcome the start of plans for an affair of this kind and we would be glad to do anything within our power to further the plan along. We know that the fans here would get real enjoyment out of a league team and New Britain would hold up its end in baseball the same as it has in every other sport. It is a com mon saying now that New Britain will always be in if the other cities and towns can hold their end of the bargains up.
 At a meeting of the City League managers held last night in city hall. Massey and Rice were placed on the Seneca roster iii place of McAloon and l.. Argosy.
 The Burritts and Pirates will play off their tie game on a date to be decided by the managers.