The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-14

tHeE tIidu Clle NeW I1dVell
 Communicated with this morn- ing, MT Spencer stated that the 1885 tournament has "very good chance" of being played in Hart ford due to criticism of Connec- ticut Interscho1astic Conference policies and programs by the New Haven Register and Arnold Col lege representatives. He was quick to point out that there was no i'll feeling toward Yale univer- sity which has cooperated with the c. I. c. for many years in staging the annual hoop play, but the May bulletin of the Confer ence, quoted in Hartford to-day, sizes up the situatoin which is backed up by It's president in an interview by the writer.
 Newspapers "Out"
 The monthly bulletins of the e. I. c. have been discontinued to newspapers, because they have been used to criticise the confer ence. Mir Spencer said, in declining to put the Democrat on it's mailing list. Here's the Hartford angle, which a special committee appoint. ed by Mir Spencer will report upon later in the year:
 The possibility that the Con- necticut Interscholastic Athletics Conferences annual Class A-B Basketball Tournament will be held next winter in Hartford, prob- ably in March, and the seat of the conference itself may be transfer red from New Haven looms strong Iy. The May. 1885. Connecticut Conference bulletin. organ of the body which rules sports for all Connecticut's larger schools. intf- mates that the tournament will be taken from New Haven where it has always been held. because of antagonism by New Haven news papers and other groups interested in scholastic sports in the Nutmeg state.
 Hintlng
 While the May Bulletin does not definitely name Hartford as the praboble site. it has commenda- ton for Weaver. where Coach Fred Stone has supervised the Connecti- cut CD tournament for the past two years. "F'ine" cooperation by Wesleyan University. Connecticut State College and the New Britain Teachers College is also commend cd.
 The Weaver High school gym. cannot, 1t Is generally known, ac- commodate the large crowds which annually attend what has been known as the "Yale Tournament" but the Hartford State Armory. it is thought, might easily house them. Many scholastic coaches ap- prove the Hartford Armory as an ideal site, pointing out that. in ad- dition to other advantages which 1t has, it is in the center of Con- necticut's scholastic basketball "hot-bed."
 Men deeply interested in Nutmeg State scholastic sports believe that the tournament will come to the Hartford Armory with Stone pos sibly taking an important part in its supervision.
 The bulletin explains the Confer ence's intention to change the site of the tournament thusly:
 Critics M
 "If one may judge by what he sees in the newspapers. as well as from other sources of information, New Haven is developing rather serious anti Conference complex. During the recent basketball tour naments the Register ran columns of the Conference and it's program. It also quoted other misguided and ili.infoYmed critics. A 'paner dis cussion was organized under the sponsorship of Arnold College with the very apparent purpose of dis crediting the conference in It's work and efforts to provide whole some competition for Connecticut High school boys. The panel fall ed to accomplish results.
 ''All of this however, is serious enough to lead us to wonder whe- ther the time has not come Tor the conference to transfer all ei its activities out of New Haven. The loss to the city in trade alone should make its citizens think twice, but of course the Confer cnce can locate elsewhere even 1T at some inconvenience.
 Hard to Replace
 "Yale. University's facilities and its cooperation in staging basket ball, swimming. track, tennis and cross country meets may be im- possible to duplicate, but we have received equal cooperation from Wesleyan and the State College at Storrs, as we'll as the Teach CTS College at New Britain. Individual schools have also given fine cooperation, notably Weaver for the CD bask ketball tournament and Crosby for swimming.
 ''We hope that the conference members will give this matter con alteration and communicate with their representatives on the Execu- tive Board or directly with the