New Britain herald., 1915-11-26
AL ALUMNI BOW
 } H. PHI. s. SKILL
Victory of Series Is Won by |artford After Fine B attle


 onmencement of the games two
 ago. when they beat Captain
 Er. Parker's local alumni bunch
 ,day. Although; on the short
 Pf the score. the local boys put
 hei of the best battles ever, and
 s only bE-the dint of hard work
 le part of Vizner, Benedict and
 le aided by a very poor kick
 aptain Parker that the first and
 touchdown of the series was
 by Vizner.
 Eddie Curran, "Ted" Wallen.
 ist, t'Woods' and Johnny
 beder goes the greater part of
 t for the brilliant showing made . he home boys. Time and time
 when things looked bad for N.
 Curran or Wallen would start
 thing that would aid in getting
 bf the hole.
 e game originally scheduled to
 hence at 10 o'clock was consid-
 ly late due to the none ap-
 hncee of the visiting team From
 time that the Capitol City eleven
 the field for practice, it could |een that they had one of the
 teams that ever represented the hni, with several recent college
 in th lineup. ...tBill" Nelson
 of Colgate was at left end, and 1as a tower of strength on the nsive for the visitors.
 Eptains Parker and Naedele tossed
 coin at 1925 o'clock, the former hing and choosing to defend the h goal with the sun as disadvan-
 to the visitors. ViZner the ity star of 1916, kicked off to Fe Donnelley, who by fast rush brought the ball back about ten flsi before he was nailed. Several at the line availed the home |n nothing, and Schroeder was led to punt to Scoville who ran |2S yards before he was brought In to terra firma. One attempt k made at the local bulwark and h. Naedle ingloriously fumbled,
 
 Us. Right here the rooters for N Britain began to plead for a chdown, and for a time it looked If lit was coming, but '1o and be- d,''g after several good sized gains, H. PHI. s. linemen got up enough rage to put up a fight and took the on downs. Referee Abel had. his le eye peeled for violators of the as. and as a result the home team the pleasure of watching him stch his chunky legs while reeling five ward penalties on more than
 occasion.
 .fter the visitors had secured the from the home team, Vizner and 1dle were held on trials in the ,, but Just as time was called for send of the period, Benedict un- ked his first sensational run of the 1, around right end. Hartford evil ltly thought that they struck lething soft in that direction, but er they discovered that it was a itable stonewall, and after all ans of progress. had been checked, forward pass was tried, Vizner to ,rsted, but Steve Donnelley was on
 job and intercepted the play, giv- the home team the ball. Time was led before anything of importance opened.
 The second period opened with rker tearing through the line for our-yard gain. Here holding was .ected and f1fteen-yard penalty S inflicted on New Britain, which lsed Schroeder to kick to Sco- le. The locals braced at this lcture, and caused the visitors to ort to the new style game, but two their forward passes went wild and , home team secured the ball. The pigskin was carried up and wn or kicked by both elevens fo1 3 remainder of the period until the If tended with the ball in the emys possession.
 The. usual rest period seemed tc ve a good effect on both elevens on their return to the field, the ,yers with plenty of "pep." Capt ,rker kicked off to "Butsey" Naedle 10 made a fine run of thirty-five rds Eddie Curran then came rough and recovered Benedict nble, but the home boys were un le to make much headway agains ? visitors. A forward pass from hroeder was caught by Hudson d Benedict on several plays made m five to eight yards at a clip } home players seeming to tint in holding on to the slip ry. dashing, ducking back. Witt } goal posts in view and th' eering squad of the home team i'm ,ring to hold the oncrushing visiting wen, New Britain recovered thu II. and was in possession of it whel 3 period ended:
 The opening of the last quarte und both teams fighting like tigers Ie same impregnable defense wh1cl srtford had offered throughout tn me, was in evidence when the 10 Is tried to gain, and on the thlr' wn with seven yards to go, Cap m Parker, essayed to punt, put l ls a very poor one. and right her 6 triimphial march down the he; d to- victory was started by ou ighbors from the Superior City. Re ated attacks through the lin