New Britain herald., 1916-11-20

QlTLloSt Iootball games ever played on a grid 21fon Where High school teams were the contenders, was staged last Sat 8uFday afternoon on St.. Mary's play ground field, between the local High &School and New Haven High school, Hthe home eleven being returned the v1ctors by the narrow margin of one point, the score being ' to 6. Greatly outWeighed by the eleven from the Elm City, Captain ConnollTs boys en- tered into the fray with a detern1ina- Et1on to add another cham mpionship to fheir laurels, and the visitors who seemed certain that victory would be theirs without much effort were over- confdent. There were several inci- dents during the afternoon that marred what might have been a very pleasant time. First was the low mean tactics employed by the visitors after the home lads had crossed their goal line, who resorted the fisticuffs on every occasion when the referees back was turned, anl often while he was watching the play the second be- 1ng the altercation between Coach Brown of the locals and Captain Rice of the visitors. which resulted in the wfsiting. player getting a well deserved smash on the jaw. When the fair name of mother is assailed by a "ruf- fan" it is time fer the aggrieved per- son to sstart something," if he has Ired blood coursing through his veins land this is the kind of man that Coach Brown is; the third bad feature was |the work of the officials who either |are candidates for an institute for the blind, or else their love for the New T5a ven team suddenly effected their -I~4 scemed without provocation the home team was penalized which made their work all the harder, the visitors how lever, getting away with everything with the exception of murder Fred lie Welsh of pugilistic fame. has ac- Xqu1red some reputation within the past few months Of refusing fo de- ferd his tile without having his own referee, but the New Haven coach equalled this unenviable record by bringing along a New Haven official who was cast upon the home manage ment2to preside as umpire.
 Unknown to the greater part of the crowd a. riot was averted by the cool ness of one of the citys professional men, who pleaded with the crowd in the east side of the field who had watched the brutal treatment of the
  sentatives. go unnoticed, until their temper reached a stage where it near 1y became uncomfortable and who ' started to storm the field to take a crack at the visitors and their pet officials, The ending of the first half came at a crucial moment. Locals Score First.
 Honors for the victory should be Equally divided between Captain Con- Quarterback Barton and lIih- bard whose work scintillated through out the afternoon. Aided by two : beautiful runs netting sixty yards by the local leader the ball was car ried to within twelve yards of the wis., ftor's line, but, it was out of bounds and as the home boys gathered to try flor the final dash the trick play which has been used to advantage sEhis season was pulled off, resulting s&n 8 touchdown being made by Con- hnoIly.c To the dismay of the fans. the koff1cia1s disallowed the score, and the sba1Is was brought back. It was during Ethe argum ent that followed that the lHncident between Rice and Brown oc- scurred. The whistle blew before the fboys had a chance to advance the ball lending the period. When the play
 
 Twas executed, Barton to Hubbard, for a ten yard gain but a fifteen yard pen- saNy, was imposed on New Britain ftwith the prospects dwindling for a gscore, Barton again repeated his for ward pass play to Hubbard, who car f1ieds the ball over the line for a Etou chdown and Bradley kicked the sgoaI that clinched the game. The at Afackzof the locals was fierce in the first ha1f,f a. number of the Elm City l eleven having been knocked out re- Equiring attention.
 Some Officials.
 E; As an Indication of the apparent fa1nfairness of the officials, New Brit gain was penalized fifteen yards. on one occasion when Coach Brown went on the field when Connolly was hurt, but when Coach Caw1ey rushed out to speak to his players which he did on 100 many occasions, to enumerate. no attention was paid to the violation of the supposed rule, whereby New Brit ain was penalized. Another gross case of blindness on part of the officials was when Cusanelli retired in the sec ond period but got back into play in few minutes when things looked bad for his mates. New Britain has ac- cepted the spells of victory in a rath- CT modest way of late, the winning of championships becoming a regular habit with the football teams of the High school, but too much tredit can not be bestowed upon the lads who on Saturday defeated eleven visiting players and the officials.
 Lack Fayors Visitors.
 Some surprise was shown at the beginning of the second half, when Bradley again kicked off to the visitors. Cusanelli who had started at center was playing in the backfield and his work was very aggressive