New Britain herald., 1921-10-11
H.S TEAM IS IN
 MID SEASON FORM
Locals Return to St. Mary's
 Gridiron Saturday Afternoon

With about six weeks more in which to polish off the remaining rough edges before the Hartford game, the New Britain High school eleven ia already beginning to demonstrate mid season form and Coach George c. Cassidy feels certain that the followers of the Red and Gold who have not seen the team perfom since the initial game of three weeks ago, will be more than pleased with their showing next Saturday.
 The squad will line up against the Bristol High at St. Mary's grounds Saturday afternoon. It is the first home game for the locals since the opening contest with the Alumni Dur ing their absence from the city, the N. B. H. S. registered wins in both games. defeating the Connecticut Az gies to o, and the Meriden High school by a 3 to score
 To those who watched the game with the Alumni the fault most con- spicious was a weakness in the line, due it is believed to the presence of new material. Today the eleven pre- sents one of the strongest lines that has ever essayed to uphold the tra- ditions of the Red and Gold, which fact is indisputably attested by its performance in both out of town games. With the exception of the score made by the Alumni, tho locals goal line has not been crossed as yet, and if grim determination counts for any, thing there will be a series of naughts on that side of the score-book when the series closes. Since the Alumni game was not a league contest the prospect of presenting a clean slate at the end of the season is most bright. The pleasing improvement in the lines work directly due to Coach Cassidy's personal handling. Cassidy played through four consecutive years
 on the line with the University of Yer
 mont and has the distinction of being
 the only member. of U. of " team 1 to have never been replaced in game
 in four. years. either for injury of fouling. While at that institotion he was selected for an All-American posi- l ton. Y Fear that the backf1eld would be permanently weakened by the absence of Davis through an injury to his leg. | has been dispelled by an announce
 ment that he will be ready to take part l in the game in about a week. The brief absence of Davis from the
 lineup had it's advantages for the squad. Formerly the halfback who suf- fered injury was depended upon for a
 greater part cf 51e~ 1ll Tn Meri- den Saturday afternoon. Dave Ma
 honey demonstrated that he has a toe | that can be relied upon to do things when he booted a field goal for the I only score Of the entire game. Also, Bray. light but snappy player. show ed his wares to good advantage when called upon to fill in the vacant place
 and Thorne. also came through with | flying colors in tryout for the back l field position. O'Deu, a quarterback,
 filled in during several of the scrim-
 images and proved to the coaching
 squad that he is also a halfbaok to be
 reckoned with in broken field running l and tackling. Had it not been felt the wiser policy to hold him out for pos
 sible use at quarter, it is believed that
 he could have filled the halfback posi- | ton.
 1 However, the news that Davis will
 be back in the game was received joy fully and as soon as he i5 physically
 in position to play he will be back
 in the harness.