New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 3, 1927, Page 16

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, S Revival of Roller Hockey Brings Arguments on Merits of Sports Baskethall Followers In- clined to Favor Their Pastime While the Old Timers are Loyal to the Rink Activities. tru of paying at many New Britain, ich only the sports inges have been however, in not le which I de their effect wthletics, bis here in Local IFor several years, sethall was not a popular game nd several att to revive st in it were unsuccessful ues played out schedules at th M. C. A, and.som r players re developed, but it was not until Clarence Lanpher and Dave Ellison 1 young men, placed the National Guards in the field and served up o dish k at State \rmory that the game really ed a revival, Since then, 1l has been the feature attraction this city and the winning of the te championship by the local five st season was the crowing achieve- ment of a season t from every point o Sweet Memories Meanwhile, the fans who longed or the taste of pumice and the roar of the revolving rollers against the loor as speeding skaters drove bul- let like shots thick pads of the goal tenders, sighed and cxisted on sweet memories, True, «ome of them took to basketball, but they complained that the rule cramped the individnal prowess of | the players and instead of thesight of fast men taking the ball from one cnd of the court to the other, pussing the entire opposition Bert” TLoomis did when in prime, the acle was marred nd the thrill deadened by frequent “held balls” and the shricking of referce’'s whistle on an average everal times a minute. That was licir complaint and they did not liesitate 1o declare that until the me on roller skates back the ideal entertainment coli vinter nights would ihle, Gradual there grew up a gene looded youths who basketball game for ment and recreation lines, They liked it nd - exciting, and also because had st am treat to be on the uehing the hoys do battle against lees, the Meriden In- the New Haven Polo? What that? Their mpts loc tasf every wee exper basket as Vis | spe came for be not avaii- as the years passed tion of re turned to the their amuse- along athletic because it was nd t New Brit- and it sidelines speedy rougl n tell them, th trunks ball 4 not and but in Wlated and nto I muscular es rsey fossing e corded net—that col Their D) ams Come True however, 18ino times | ¢ and among them have mmber who heavily isk ov a target we never padded his face, in front of u | by | the bard a crowd veteran > in hot helieve iemons of 1 the flesh, temples « Natu 1 wer on t the ey had g0 and now th | nd longed for they ir play- q |year's 1 to hand and it iribbled | brillian court, | of I o the hoop where nd then down through the net, to of several not he ap- trification or 44-40, noment ts and cheers e or el score is 2 are two minutes left to | star forward on the | | throats iwched for When the and there play, m from center, s 10 hi ives a short pass ind dribbles and then running mate, eluding s guard in the same movement, Qh‘ a return pass on the dead run and flip the ball into the basket for A minute later, he finds s covered and while the | e being ticked off and championship is at stake, he! < fly from bevond the center of | floor, only to sce the ball strike vim, hesitate and Bounee hands of a waiting opponent. | thoroughly chemicals at | aclock | tinu \TURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1927. City Items Our prescription modern. pre department Al dr wrations o Fair and ognized sta scription Dept.—adyt Get in line and follow ti o the T. A. B. hall Saturday Tabs and Insilco g 1dvt When ou need lity, threc The Dept advt. Nash Suit McCabe. 49 The Pre- he crowd night me.— sickness skill Fair comes and seryvice Pr stion or Overco Walnut St |advt. TUITS NEW CAPTAIN Roston, Wrc. § (B—Ired M. Medford was last night captain of Tufts college for a halfback, star on this which we ason without being Ellis elected the foothall 1928. E outstanding s eleven was an hrough the s ated or tied NOTICE There will be a hearing at Hall, New Britain, Room 201, esday evening, Dec. 7, 1 on the proposed nee of trolley car service nction of Hartford Stanley street and uses between that end of the troll street. Signers of pe the subject, and all others who are concerned, are hereby warned and notified of said hearing. The Railroad Committee By Councilman Thomas B. Fay, Chairn a Clity W discon at the avenue and suhstitution of point and the line on Stanley titions bearing on n. THE NEW BRITAIN LUMBER €0, VX, CLIFFORD NOT PLE TAKE dar of the Gaurt: ot ¢ Hartford County ke place at Maj ember 19 OHNSON OTICE COMMON the Auction Satur that PLEAS, into | afternoon Dashing into the fray, the sterling ||} defence of the fighting | team. goes onto the offence and | with ten seconds to go, the tving basket is scored. There is barely | time to line up. The whistle sounds. | The ball is tapped. From center to forward 1t is whirled so fast the spectators hardly see it, and then, with a jumping, upward, twisting movement, the hero tosses it clean- Iy through the cords and the game | is won. That, the basketball fans in- sist, is the game to see. But along comes the “razzed” Hughie Rorty in Hanna's Armory on Christmas i many rs ago because the estimable Mr. Rorty called more fouls on Fred Jean than he called on the Hartford center. This fan, was red in the face | and purple about the neck where his collar suddenly became nt- | ionally tight, a few evenings ago. | because Si McDonald did not stop Lawlor, the New Haven halfback, from embracing “Jack” Mercer much after the fashion of a grizzly bear, He told everyone within range of his voice what he thought of w Haven halfback and the > and all others who were not helping New Britain to win, and he is still able to tell the backers of sketball against roller hockey just err and why. He wants the sporting public to Kid" Duggan’s pompadour standing up straight a la Gene Tun- q, as the skates of roller hockey fastest skater roar under his speed. He \e hard red ball before him, guided by the crook of his stick held at arm’s length before him. He needs one goal te win for Walling- | ford and there are forty scconds to Around in back of his own he skates, but there is the op- iting for him. Hr rusher dogs him. an uproar. Five sec- 1s have and the "kid” has started. Suddenly flashing straight out with his eyes glued on the ball, he makes for the side bank, swings completely about and is gone up through the center of the rink, | now to the right, now to the left, s the sticks of the opponents are thrown at the ball. The eenter fs | outwitted and only the halfback re- Duggan makes for the sic rink and the halfback follows intent on keeping him W | the cag nd the ving | her con running mate. In- Duggan senses that he A in. Risking everything, ball, six inches above kating su His mate jug- it, stops, swings around and as k rush it him and t ents skate up at a mad ishing in the second > hall back to Dug five man fellow who v o pla posing rusher reverses bhut h crowd is in not mair of the him, from netivel 0 be hoxe SR TRIAL DATES . 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