New Britain herald., 1930-02-13

Inc evident ball-up in the stand
 i'lS ot the teams remaining in the .NI(crlcan Roller Hockey league has I"l reader who signs himself II
 w. L.' to write in q very lucid cX- pIanation Of what the stanJiuu should be. He bases his figures on the standing os published on Feb. rHary ,. His letter follows:
 sporting editor:
 AS l figure it. heres the real dope on the hockey league stand Ing, provided that the standing as published February :. was correct: The standing on February 3, was
 ". L. Pet. New Britain ......lS T. 600 Hartford ........l7 l9 .5S6
 From the 5th to the 1lth inclus- i've, New Britain lost to Albany. 7-l. beat Glens Falls 12-7. beat Amster- dam here 6-5 O., 500 and beat them again at Amsterdam, 7-S.
 The Hartford -Meridcn team did not play on the 4th 5lh or 9th They beat Glens Falls cn the 7th. lost to Albany on the 9th and beat Amsterdam on the 10th.
 New Britain played four games. winning three and losing one. Mcr- iicn played three games, winning two and losing one. so that the standing this morning is or should bc. as follows:
 w. |" Pet l. Nc" Britain ......@t '& .6l7 | M'rldcn .........13 l3 .594 l
 The pcnnant depends on the ! games between New Britain and . Alerldcn here tonight and in Mcr- , den tomorrow. If New Britain wins both, they arc almost sure 10 cop. If . they split it's still fight If they ! lose two, they arc up against tough proposition. l think they will take . both games. Here's hoping"
 After investigating back files, VIC find that II. W. L.. is correct in his figuring and We are carrying the standing according to this today. We would suggest to the owners Of the New Britain team that they de- 1nand that the standing be straight tncd out The games being played right now are too important 10 have any juggling with the won and lost figures,
 Manager Arthur Ives Of the Am stcrdam team is filing Q belatcd pro- test ancnt the forfeited game be- tween Amsterdam and New Britain last Sunday. It is his contention that Referee Eddie Hart was in t,uonccd in calling a double foul on "Wild BilI' Duggan and Archie Murhcad.
 Regardless Of the merits or his claim. the seriousness of the gitua- tIon as far as Amsterdam is con- ccrncd. became acute. not when the double foul was called. but when the team went off the floor and refused 10 play while there were still two minutes 10 play, Had the team re- maincd on the floor and finished the game under protest, the protest Of Ives might have some bearing. How ever, Amsterdam suffers forfeit and this cannot be changed. Since Manager Clarence Lanpher of the New Britain basketball team announced the release of three , players during the past week, scvcr- ! al have spoken to -9 and others have written anonymous letters cX- pressing their ideas of how the To- cal lineup should be organized. Anonymous letters arc not rccog- $ nizcd in this office even when they I are written in &n evidently feminine hand OF scented correspondence pa per whose color is pink. Then too remarks directed 2t Manager Clar- :, encc Lanphcr, should be mailed to < him and not to us. We have no de- } side to be the agency t. at attempts ' to tell the basketball team manag- CT how to run his team. Those who feel they have something to tcul h him, should tell it to him or 70 , Sweeney or to someone else. We A ask them to lay off our department. l' We do not handle complaints eX- c"ptinG they are our own. If per sons wish communications printed Inc letters muat contain their names T, and addresses. We will keep these J. confidential upon request but we N1 will not print anonymous or meicn- '' ed letters,
 There is one player among the h trio released who, We believe, was r., invaluable to the team. That was s Tom LcarN. IL is q true saying that Nhllc your own team isn't making baskets, as lon as the other team H ant make them. then nothing IS A lost. Any team coming to this city n.' with scoring star on 1t, could br stopped by pinning Tom Lcary on am.
 sammy Pite, Cohen, Joe Brennan II 'crlll "CappN' Kicks and many ~' others can attest to the fact that hey have had very poor scoring lights whenever Lcary was pinned 2 'n them as q guard. ,,.
 ,i IearN could always be depended lpon 10 put up q stone wall de- cnSc and. in our opinion. he was F, he best defense man New Britain l1' las had in years. Still, Manager p T, 'anphcr felt that he needed more corlnG power on his quintet and nat Jerry Conway would work bet CT In the back court than Lcary nd he let Lcary go. We hgur,, r. nat, as long as he is the man who St 'aNS the players he should bn th, Ih