New Britain herald., 1919-11-14

Signal practice and light workouts Rave been the order of the week for High school team under the su- Ervision of Coach David l.. Dunn and fmorrow afternoon when the red keatered eleven takes the field at l. Mary's playground to battle with Re team of the Hartford High, one the best and most carefully trained
 ams to yet represent inc local in 3itution will get into action.
 Hartford Hooters Coming.
 The team is backed by. the school
 Id the alumni aus a team has not Gb ben backed in years, so it is eX- ndance will be made. Tn addition
 the several thousand New Britain
 othalI fans who will be in attend 1 |hco there will be at least l 500 Hart srd fans with a possibility of 2.00O &tending. To date about 1,500 tick 4s have been sent to Hartford and |ere disposed of a few hours after lcy reached the Capi'al city, So |eat Las the demand for tickets been lat the management of the Hartford lam has chartered a train of eleven baches to convey the Hartford root Is to New Britain. Extra trolleys ill be put on the line from Hartford hd on the North Stanley street line Pr the afternoon. An effort is being Jade by the Hartford management have the special train draw up ear the East street crossing so that be rooters from that city will not aye t0 go to the center and then eturn to the grounds.
 Both Teams Confident. Both teams are confident of vic- bry tomorrow afternoon but there eems to be a greater disposition on he part of the New Britain follow Rs to produce the Hong grecn' than h the stronghold of the opposition. The reasons why New Britain is Pnfident of a victory are: Crane and kenei1an, ends: Sparks and Keefe. kckles: Brink and Doerr, guards; fnith or Fsenehan, center; Griffin, tuarterbacll; Peplcau )r Vibberts, full |ack; Burns, Appell and Mcguire, |alfbacks. Hartford bases it's great Et hopes, according to reports, upon heir speedy quarterback. Foley and Faptain Mag Wright. While the To- aI team recognizes that the Hart brd squad is anything but q com-
 ination of slouches and is prepared br a tough battle they anticipate a Fin by a good margin.
 Locals 9 Lighter Team.
 The New Britain eleven is one of he lightest to take the field against Hartford in some years, but what lacking in weight is more than hade up for in skill. The average height of the team will not run Higher than 150 pounds, Physical Di- |ector William c. Moorehead has |nnounced while the average for the Hartford team will be easily 160 |ounds. The average age is IS with he youngest man 16 and the oldest |9 Pepleau, the hard hitting full lack, is but 16 years of age-the |oungest man to be seen on the field n either. team Saturday.
 Captain Crane will be seen in the ,osition of left end tomorrow. Crane $ a senior with two years on the reg liar squad and one year d substitute ,ehind him. His playing of last year vas commendable and while he howed a tendency at the opening If the 1919 season to slow up he has egained .a speed that should be d |aluable asset to the locals.
 Burns to Star.
 ''Bill" Burns has been a thorn in he side of every team that has faced he N. B. H. $. this season and in he two previous seasons that he has oeen seen in" the regular lineup, hay ng been ca silly the star of every game II which he has participated. It should ,e q pretty battle to watch he and Foley, the recognized star of the II, ?. Fl. S., wing for honors tomorrow, This is the third time that he has 3een on the field against the Hartford cam and while it was plainly visible hat the Hartford eleven realized the Hanger of his presence on the field ne proved himself a tough tomato II each game.