New Britain herald., 1920-11-06
THE OBSERVER
MAKES
THE CITY AND ITS PEOPLE.
MAKES RANDOM OBSERVATIONS

u this season. This is reflected in the attendance at Sunday afternoon games and in the number of telephone in quiries received at the Herald ofhce every Saturday night when the scores are received.
 While New Britain has always dem onstrated a live and healthy interest in all kinds of sport. old observers say that they never knew of a year when so much attention seemed to be focused on the Gridiron, and they are at a loss to account for it.
 Football is heroic, more than any other kind of contest requiring mental and physical skill, and perhaps it is because we have unconsciously turned to hero worship in the past few years that we place football on such high pedestal
 Football players are required to un dergo period of rigorous training that quickly diScouragcS those without the necessary stamina. This is parti- cularly true in the case of college elevens whose members must deny themselves many worldly pleasures in order to make their minds alert and their muscles responsive and strog. Of course this is true also to a certain extent with candidates for other teams but with the possible eX ception of rowing none other holds out so few allurements-or such great ! rewards. Members of the eight or the eleven must be men of Spartan mold They must have the will power of an anchorite. full control of their ap- petites and the endurance to with stand constant, nerve-racking physi- cal strain.
 Football fans of Connecticut are
 
 fines of the state the most magnificent football field ever dedicated to the 2 Goddess of Sport. In every respect the Yale bowl excels. Those who have not been present during a clash be- tween the Yale bulldog and a power : full rival have indeed lot pass one Of the most thrilling experiences Life | can offer from her abundant store 1 house. To be one of sixty five thou | sand spectators to feel the deep si- lence that reigns as the ball is snapped i back following the bark ofthe quarter back, to hear the vast multitude break ' into a murmur and then a roar as the | play is successfully executed-that i. 1 living.
 Whether the recent baseball scanda had any effect in turning the affec l tions of the public toward football i: 1 a subject that could be discussed bu not settled. It is not altogether i'm ! probable that such was the case, how : ever. Baseball, in its present develop
 ment, is a contest between two teams | who play for money just as a maI | works all day at a bench for money | Football as played at colleges. has al 1 the wholesomeness of an amateu I sport, where the reward is no | measured in terms of dollars ant | y1er do ,iv-if iror hnr
 selves recklessly under the jugger
 naut for the honor and glory of tn | school.
 | Few writers could so successful
 make you smack your lips as tn
 knight of the quill who has contribut l ed an article on "Cranberries' to tn l current issue of the Dragon tn
 house organ of the Fafnir Bearin | Company. The Observer suspects wh
 the writer is but will respect hi l reluctance to see his name in print The humble cranberry makes it l appearance about this time of tn
 year and the article is therefore time
 ly. The author apparently has return ed recently from a trip to Cape Go
 where the cranberry has its habita | He describes the cultivation of tn
 berry, it's care and the method b
 which it is gathered with a regar I for detail that is refreshing.
 Folks who are interested in tn | subject should write to the Fafni Company and ask for copy. N doubt the company will be pleased f | honor such requests. And when yo read it you will say, Pass the cran berries."
 | Male citizens desirouS of laying in
 supply of clothing are in good lucl with reduced prices in effect in a 5 pairing to move Warm weather ha effectively reduced buying but lowe
 prices are expected to stimulate sale to new levels.
 It is a noticeable fact that "wa prices have almost entirely disaI } peared from the windows where men garments were sold. There are sti , luxuries to be had at the high cos if one disposed to buy them, but tn l average run of clothing has com down in price considerably.
 With the purchase price of a dolla being restricted through slowin down of industry it is fortunate ths the cost of keeping suitably attire has shrunk. Unless business as 9 whole becomes better it is probabl 9 that prices will not ascend to ne , l levels.
 3 By increasing the cost of ridin, g the Connecticut Company faces a sitt l ation described by economists as tn | noinf of ai mi iSbi rafnrnS It's Serx