New Britain herald., 1915-11-06
STANDS BREAK DOWN
 AT ELECTRIC FIELD
Two Women Seriously Injured-
 Many Painfully Bruised
LOCALS FAVORITE IN GAME

New Britain OutpIaying Capitol City
 Boys-Captain Dudack Scores Two
 Touchdowns in First Quarter-Par-
 With several thousand rooters for the red and gold or the blue and white assembled at Electric field this afternoon to witness the high school footbal classic of the year, the contest between the New Britain and Hartford elevens, the bleachers along the side lines, filled with several hundreds of enthusiastic spectators, mostly women and girls, suddenly collapsed just be- fore the game.
 Two Women Injured.
 A hundred or more women and sprinkling of men, were precipitated to the ground amidst the debris of the broken. stands. Mrs. R. N Peck of AZ Park Place fell under the strug- gling mass of humanity and was bad ly crushed It was found that Mrs. Peck's leg was broken and she was at once given medical attention and removed to the hospital in an automo- bile. Miss Peck, a school teacher, was also injured her thigh being badly bruised and possibly more seriously hurt A school girl whose name was not learned at the time, was also bad ly injured and scores of other specta- tors were more or less painfully bruised and wrenched by the sudden fall of fine stands
 This unfortunate accident for time dampened the spirits of the foot ball enthusiasts, but as the teams rep resenting New Britain and Hartford trotted onto the field for their prelinl- mary practice cheer after cheer was sent floating across the gridiron on the cool November breeze and once more the crowds bowed humbly be- fore the shrine of this most popular of outdoor sports
 Excitement is Intense. The day was an ideal one for foot ball. All morning the city was in a hub> bub with football and it was not cen- tered on the outcome of the Crimson and Tiger contest in New Jersey. Men in all walks of life discussed the bat tie. Banker, baker and thosewho nev- CT made a candlestick, were busily en- gagged in trying to guess what the outcome would be. Never before did team enter into fray with Hartford High, having more enthusiastic back ing than did Catain Dudack's boys this afternoon.
 Score Only Subject of Debate.
 Every one was of the opinion that the boys would be the victors, the riS tn To h ai score would be. The many requests for bets on the game went begging as up to the time of the start of the con- test there was but little Hartford money in sight
 The visiting eleven with hundreds of followers arrived here shortly after 12 o'clock, and at once their presence was made known. The football girl with her pretty colors of blue and white and white Chrysanthemum was much in evidence. Songs were sung while the crowd waited for the trolleys and cheers rang through the air.
 But the local cheering squad was not outdone by any means and as the red ana gold appeared at the termin- al, the good old yell for the N. B. H. S. an the team went up to the breezes.
 It was estimated by an observer that at 2:30 o'clock there was an at tendance of nearly 5000 in the park.
 Captain Dudack Confident.
 Captain Dudack, when asked this morning about the game spoke in a confident manner of the outcome, and expected victory by substantial score.
 
 Dr. H. T. Bray who has had the des- tinies of the boys in his care from medical standpoint stated just before the game that all were in fine shape except Dean, the fullback, who is suf- fering from an injured side He said, however, that the player would start the game. Conley the husky half back was also in fine shape.
 New Britain Scores.
 Captain Tracy of Hartford won the toss at 2:34 o'clock and kicked off to Dudack, the locals captain, who ran the ball back twenty yards. Hartford held for downs and New Britain kicked to Deehan who was thrown in his tracks On the second play Hartford fumbled the ball and Captain Dudack scooped it up and raced across the line for a touch down after only four minutes of play. Parker kicked an easy goal Score, New Britain 7, Hartford, o.
 Parker kicked off to Cohen of Hart ford. KopolowitZ, New Britain's speedy end, made a brilliant tackle and nailed Cohen before he could get started. Hartford was unable to gain and kicked to New Britain. New Britain, by straight rushes, carried the ball down the field to the one yard line where Quarterback Parker fumbled and it was Hartford's ball in the shadow of her own goal posts. Hartford i'm m ediatel1 lSicked nut nf