The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-26
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.
REVIEW OF THE DIFFERENT TEINs OF THE STATE.

Good Timber That May be Made Available
 The Teams of Hartford. New Britain'
 Bridgeport and Other Piaees-Hii'house
 Begins Practice at Yale Field.
 At the meeting of the Inter-Seholas- tic football delegates held in Hartford recently the question of admitting school into the league was brought up. It was decided to give Kings school of Stamford a chance to return, and If they did not accept then Taft's school of watertown will be asked to join, In case Taft's school does not accept the position will be offered to Boardman Manual Training school of this city. The various schools of the league have commenced practice. with the exception of Hopkins Grammar school of this city. Hillhouse opens the season with Mid. dletown high school October at Mid dletown,
 The outlook for Hillhouse this year Is rather doubtful. as only one man Of last years team Is playing now. There Is plenty of material In the school, and If the men can be developed enough to make a good team there Is hope, but it can only be done by systematic and hard trainng
 Hopkins, 1t is expected will not have a very heavy team, but by severe train ing they might accomplish something although 1t looks rather dull for their success.
 Bridgeport this year ought to have an excellent team, as they lose two men only.Last year they had an exceptional ly good eleven, and with years team work they stand fair chance of win ming the pennant.
 In the northern division the tie lies between Hartford and New Britain. Norwich and also Suffield will have a fair team to play with, but when com pared with either the Hartford or New Britain teams they do not amount to very much.
 New Britain, 1t is said, will have a number of old players in their ranks this fall, and if they play like they did last year Hartford will have to work hard for the championship of the north ern division. In the capital city there is a squad of high school boys who are working as they never have before. In the championship games last year New Britain defeated them after a hard struggle, thus shutting them out from competing with the southern divi- sion. This year they are making the candidates work hard. In the Consoli- they have twenty players to line up against this regular team. If Hillhouse meets Hartford this year they will find the best team that the H. P. H. s. has ever sent out on the field.
 The high school football team held its first Yale field practice Monday. The team is very weak in kickers. They show marked improvement, however, in team work and clean playing. Mea! lia, the best of the candidates for half back, did not show up for practice yes- terday.
 The rest of the team is good, although the lack of heavy material is rather dis couraging. A promising candidate for the position of right guard appears in the person of Murphy, the commercial course man. He is strong and quick, and with little coaching will do we'll Brennan, however, will make most excellent back. He receives the ball well, is good at seeing chances, and is a very fair sprinter. Matthews is the other candidate for half-back. He is strong and plucky, but is a little Slow. The quarterback of yesterday, Mo- Queen, is not so sure, quick or cool as Bergen, who, however, is rather too small Bergen is plucky little fellow and tackles beautifully. He is also per fectly reliable Russell, left tackle, is good player. Mooney, for full-back, is the best man on the team. He is the only man back of the line who can kick well. He is also good runner. Barnett, left end, is a good runner and tackler, but just trif1e unclean in his play. Beck, left guard and captain, is the only veteran on the team. The right tackle and right end are yet to be filled. Good men are lacking, but as yet none have appeared. Unless they do appear Hillhouse will have a poor team.