The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-01-01
STAR WATERS NEAT PLAYERS BUT POOR
 SPORTS SAYS PILOT

With the temporary aDSeHce from the headlines of Jack Kelly's famous tangle with his managers, one might be led to believe that managerial scram- bles had terminated insofar as ]. public interest is concerned, at least for the time being. Not so, however, as you might gather from the following vail of Manager T. Filipek of the Meriden St Stanislaus team who had the indiscretion to book two games on the same night with disastrous results, one of the games failing to take place when the Star Wa ter team of this city got tired of waiting for promised oppo- sition and started for home.
 At any rate, if you like light i winter reading, glance over the following, toward the end of which Manager Filipek claims he will not be Justified" until the game is played:
 Dec 3i, l930. ! q Elm Street,
 Meriden, Conn. To Sports Editor:
 Please put in your sport column the following letter concerning Inc Star Water Basktball team of Wa terbury which walked off the st Stanislaus school hall court at Mcri- den in u scheduled game with the St Stans of Mcriden. The game was scheduled for Tuesday night, Dec. 30th. To Manager of Star Water Five:
 The Star Water Five of Waterbury was scheduled to play the St Stanls- laus teom of Meriden, Champions ci Southern New England. at the sl Stan school hall on Tuesday night, Dec 3Oth. The game was scheduled to start d, 3:15 o'clock.
 The Saints had two games sche- duled for Tuesday They were to play Cromwell at Cromwell at 8:l5 D. m. ana then hurry back and plty the Waterbury team at Meridcn at 9.30 D. Tn. the latest. The Saints however arrived at (9:45) which was half hour behind scheduled time of the St Stan-Star Wafer game and by this time the restless and impatient Brass City team was already leaving the court. They would not play.
 First of all allow me to state my rcaeon for booking two games which was not intentional on my part. Two weeks previous to December goth l wrote q letter for games both to Waterbury and Cromwell. l tried 10 book Waterbury for December 3lst and Cromwell for December 30. Around December 27th 1 received ono reply to my letters and that was frop the Waterbury team. The Star Water manager stated that they were booked for December 3lst. Re- ceiving no answer from Cromwell, l thought that the latter team would not be willing to play us on the 3Oth and rather than be without game, I scheduled Star Water for Dccem- Der 3Oth. And then the fun began. On December 29th, in tho late aft ernoon CromwcIPs manager sent me d. special delivery letter saying that they had booked the Saints for the goth. Tn fact the game was alreadV advertised in the Middletown Press. I dsd not want to disappoint either team by ca Hing the game off the last moment and so l booked both teams. Cromwell and Waterbury.
 Apparently the Star Water man ogcr did like this for some reason or other.
 It's Like This.
 There are many times when team fails to arrive on scheduled time. out of the three previous teams which we played at Merldeh' not one arrived on time. There are il few instances when the SalhtS played out of town and our team was forced to wait ana IL was ior no guarantee either.
 The idea is this. The spectator and not the entertainer is the group which Is expected to become rest less and impatient when team does no, arrive on time. The St. StahS plavinc the Star Water team was supposed to be the cntcrtalnmcnt. Leaving the court, as the VlsiuhE team did because thc Saints were half hour late, showed their sports mauship. They did not have any.
 I have heard of spectators bccom- inp tired and impatient under cir cumstances as mentioned above, but the act of the Star Water Frye was the most unsound. unreasonable ana 1Insportsmanlike conduct that ever occurred on our local court or else where.
 This Is no way to advertise q team like the Star Water Five Which believe is composed of neat players and who I'm sure are sports. The fact that they wanted no guarantee does not give them the right to break up things as they did indirect ly on our court.
 In conclusion l wish to state that l will not be justified until that team plays our team as per agreement.
 Yours respectfully,