New Britain herald., 1921-10-17
HIGH SCHOOL TRIMS .H0LYOKE, SCORE 6-O
"Henny" zehrer Makes Touch:
 down in Closing Period

iods of the gamo by the heavier Hol- yoke eleven. the local High school team came back strong in the third and fourth quarters. slashing the Bay State clubs line into ribbons and pre- senting stone-wall defense, result ing in 60 win for the locals Sat urday afternoon on St.~ Mary's grounds. Score in Fourth Period | 'tBattler" Murtha by a series of con- sistent gains through the Holyoke line, paved the way for victory, after Halfback Bray had intercepted a for ward pass on the enemy 3O-yard line and headed the ball toward the visit ors goal. Murtha had rushed the pig ! skin to the four yard line at the open | ing of the fourth period. Dixie" | Griffin tried the "Battler" on line plunge that failed. On the next play l Henry Zehrer, playing end, broke ] through the line and received a for ward pass standing behind the goal | posts, registering the only score of | the game. Griffin failed on kick for the zeal Bray Saves Game. l Twice the local goal line was l threatened and on one occasion the watchful eye of Bray, alone saved the day for the N. B. H. s. The Holyoke club had carried the'ball to within two yards of the Red and Gold line by q clever piece of aerial work and had attempted line plunge to carry the pigskin over. The local line held and Holyoke fumbled. At once there was a dive for the ball in which the play CTS were piled half way up to the
 
 the officials succeeded in unravelling | the human knot, Bray was found to be safely in possession of the ball. 1 After the locals had scored, Holyoke i advanced the ball into dangerous ter ritory, but lost on downs and the ball | was in the possession of the Red and | Gold when tho timers whistle closed the contest. Three Regulars Out.
 Especial credit is due the squad for the victory over the heavy and experienced Bay State club when it is considered that the locals played with three of the regulars-Halfback Davis, Landino, an end, and Williams, tao k1e-out of the game! Although the l Massachusetts club found it advisable to replace three of it's men during the contest, the locals used the same line- up throughout the entire game.
 In the first half, Holyoke attempted line plunge after line plunge, but with such small degree of success that the mode of attack was changed te aerial work in the latter part of the contest. The New Britain line wa: immovab1e at all times on defense while not infrequently the local lint men belted through in time to breal up plays
 Zehrcr Comes Through.
 "Henny" Zehrer,' who took Ian dino's place at end, was unfortunate ] in the second period. fumbling a for ward that looked good for sizeablt . gain Apparently imbued with de : sire to square himself, he belted Hol , yoke's backfeld with vengeance dur ] l ing the remainder of the game ant ;, then topped it off by registering tn g only score.
 l While he had little success at en' i runs, "Dixie" Griffin cut through tn = line for several gains, also engineer : ing the team capably. His forward n to Murtha, Bray and Zehrer were we - directed.
 l. Line Imperetrable. a Rakowski, Schaeffer, Cooley an u Capt. Feineman presented a quarte l. of linemen through whom the Ba !. Staters found advances out of tn 1T question. Bentz, at center. piled 'el U up at will. Meucke, at end, playe j. al steady game, and Halfback Dav n Mahoney, although he had no oppol e tunities to try booting for a goal hel
 up his end of the game creditab1y.
 For the visiting club, Ducharne 7
 quarterback, and J. Merriman at full
 back furnished the features. Eithe
 of the two was dangerous in an ope field. especially the fullback and prat tically all the gains made by the Ho lp yoke team were to their credit.
 Holyoke Team Crafty
 The Bay State team successful worked trick play in which men ts Der of the Holyoke club took the ba "a on his own teams kickoff. At tl or opening of the second period, bo' .r clubs lined up for Holyokes kicko ,e Mortimer took his position sever - yards behind the ball and then starte - ostensibly for he purpose of puntir the pigskin down the lot. Instead, hoy :, ever, he gave it weak boot send1r as is but a short distance past the r
 uuired 10 yards. L.evison who had bee T., waiting for the play, dropped on u
 
 It was at this juncture of the gan =. that the local line held the best ar N the most effectual plunges were mad st, Davis to Return
 Franklyn Davis. who has been o
 of the game for the past two wee
 on account of an injury that broug
 on water on the knee will report f Al- practice this week, Coach George ls- Cassidy announces, and will be SCI lst in the lineup against Bristol Saturd' is afternoon. Tho game will be play no at St. Mary's grounds.
 nd The summarys:-
 rd- New Britain High Holyoke Ht ing Meucke ..... Callah far Right End est Feineneman ...... Osbor ing Right Tackle @
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 Right Guard
 .1d Quarterback
 orc GenCe AcS Center 4