New Britain herald., 1921-10-31
LOCAL HIGH TEAM
 DEFEATS ANS0NIA
Visitors Held SCoreleSS Until
 'RingeFs" Are Used

In crashing, smashing, rip-snort- | ing, two-isted game of football in which the local High school eleven was given an opportunity to demon strate to a crowd of $500 fans that it is of cham pionship caliber, the Red and Gold won over Ansonia High | school Saturday afternoon at St. Mary's playground, score 19 to 13.
 Locals Record Good.
 The defeat of Ansonia, a team witch until it's visit to the Hardware City was looked upon as invincible, is considered an achievement of which the locals and their followers can we'll be proud. Coming to New Britain flush with 6 to 0 victory over Stamford, a team which Hart ford was able to defeat only by sim far margin, the down state club had no idea that a reverse was in store for the In comparative scores, the win Saturday places the locals six points ahead of Hartford High sch ool, thereby boosting the stock. of the Red and Gold considerably.
 Ringers Are Used.
 And the showing of the N. B. H. S is made the more commendable by the fact that Ansonia resorted to the practice of using ringers" in it's line-, up after three periods of effort had brought them not a single point. Two hacks were put in during the third period. One of these was post graduate while the other was a play CT picked out of the crowd and hur- riedly dressed for the game when a defeat seemed inevitable, according to the local mana cement. It was di- rectly due to the presence. of these two ringers" that Ansenia came out without being whitewashed.
 Disregard Ruling.
 That the Ansonia eleven would dis 1cgard the league ruling which pro- vides that only those eligible to play might appear in the lineup, was not Ut all unexpected on the part of the l N B. H. S. management. Before the same started Coach George c. Cas- sidy and Manager '.Vinny'' Hayes l consulted with the mana cement of | the visiting eleven as to it's eligibility l list. Kelly, a crack halfback, was present in uniform, but the Ansonia l cLach admitted to the local mentor that the player was not eligible and would not participate in the game. Yet, in the third period, Kelly took the field, and despite the objections of l Coach Cassidy he went through the game.
 | Spectator Is Used.
 | That, however, was but one of the | violations of league rules. In the early part of the game there was a 1 casualty which required the substi- tuition for a regular by a youngster whose uniform differed from the teams suits in that the jersey was white and the trouser legs taped with l adhesive plaster in wide strips. The l Ansonia eleven wore blue and there was no taping. He was in the game for but a few minutes. Tn the third period a husky trotted out on the l field wearing a uniform, the jersey of which was white and the trouser legs of which were taped with ad- hesive plaster. The youngster who
 was seen in the lineup earlier in the game was now nowhere to be found | Followers of the red and gold insist that they witnessed with their own eyes the selection of man from
 among the Ansonia rooters who was
 taken a short distance from the field
 together with the young 'sub'' for a
 change of clothing, and that he, as we'll as Kelly was a ringer" whose
 name did not appear on the eligibility Hist
 Substitutes Are Fast.
 The ringers both of whom were
 backs, were among the c1everest per- formers that have ever graced To-
 cal gridiron. In their hands, the An sonia ball was almost sure of ad-
 vancement, Kelly in particular being a most dangerous man, while his white jerseyed running mate dis
 played some of the best broken field
 running of the game: For the en-
 tire last period of the game, with but
 few exceptions, they carried the ball
 Tough Battle Waged.
 As is expected when Ansonia and
 New Britain clash on the gridiron, a ! rough game was the result of Sat-
 urday's encounter. Several times the ? visitors were warned and twice they
 were penalized for their objection. . able tactics. Once the locals were |. penalized for unnecessary roughness Two Of the Ansonia players were :, carried from the field on the shoul = = ders of teammates while time ou was CdllSO d oOLo1l llIIlSS alter LII
 downstaters had been injured in tn, :, impact of bone against bone. Tn ' locals went through the entire gam ' without a substitution.
 l. Mahoney Starts Things. Ansonia opened the game with 'l kick to New Britain. Griffin fa]1in! 'I on the ball on New Britain's 20-yar l. line. On the first line plunge, Davi
 advanced five yards. Murtha an
 Mahoney carried the ball, in orde " and first down resulted. Another ad N vance was made through the line fol
 lowed by an end run that caused
 second shifting of the lines. Dav l. Mahoney then paved the way for
 score when he went through a y opening in the line for more tha