New Britain herald., 1921-12-05
Nutmegs Defeat AN-Eartfords After
A GmelLing And Dirty Football Game
mickey" Lauders Proves to BE Leading Exponent of
the "RoWdy" Type of Grdiron Performer
Capt. Bamik0w Scores Touchdown BY
Superior Playing and Not Fate

he was within yard Of it, frankie
}arnikow pulled him down, The
BAH however was brought back and
All-llartford was penali2ed, 1t was
at this iuncturc that Mickey Landcrs
gave his first indication Of a sweet
temper. After attempting to argue
with the rcferek he lay down on the
ground in childike fashion, while his
players gathered around him to offer
words of sympathy. The crowd got
after Mickey" in good shape, and he
came back by throwing a few stones
into the bcachers. And this is the
| kind of a player on team contend
| ing for the football championship in
the fair Nutmeg state. The All
Hartford team eeasily Outplayed the
locals in the first quarter,
Locals Stage Comeback.
The locals came right back at them
in the second quarter and evened up
the battle by outpaying the red
ierseyed boys, even though they We're
contenders for the state title.
The Nutmcgs won the game in the
third period, because they played
smarter and cleaner football than
their rivals. Landcrs started the
period by kicking off to Carpenter
who returned the ball to his own %2-
ward line. With Talbot sizing up
the All-Hartfords in his usual man
ner, a change in the locals tactics
was resorted to. Using shift plays,
the Nutmegs worked the ball into
their rivals territory, and were doing
nobly, but suddenly the defense boil
stored, and Barnikow was forced to
punt The boot was a cooker, the
bail rolling to near the Hartford goal
line Tully tried to run it back but
two of the Nutmegs were on him,
downing him. Kosmack gained
little ground, bringing the ball to the
21-yard line. Here the All-Hart-
fords were penalized IS yards for
pushing. Then Tully was tossed for
a loss of another yard. Landrrs
then dropped back to neal his goal
line for a punt. must be remem-
bered that the ball was very slippery,
and for this reason he muffed it, and
Red" O'Neil fell upon it. Shiny,
slippery or any other way it was, he
managed to hold it. IT required but
two plunges for the Nutmegs to carry
it over, Barnikow registering the
and kicking the goal.
Outplayed All-EaVtforGs.
From this time on the affair was
one that has been characterized by
New Britain fans as the dirtiest eX-
hibition of football on the part of the
All-Hartford team that has been wit
messed in Connecticut in many years.
There was no time that the followers
of the Nutmegs became alarmed, so
strong was the defense of the locals
that the All-Hartford team was I'M
able to make any impression on it,
and so good was the punting Of Cap
tain BarnkoW that the ball was kept |
in the enemy's territory practically |
all the time
Captain BarnikOw Stars.
The Nutmeg team as a whole
played stellar football. While Barni-
koW's work stood out a little more
the state champions were much in
evidence. F'rankel, playing at guard, |
gave a brilliant exhibition of de- |
fensive work, and he appeared to be |
the happicst man in the lot when the |
Nutmegs scored the touchdown. |
George Talbot clearly earned the |
honor of All-Connecticut quarterback !
by the heady manner in which he |
pioted the team. The wing posi-
tons guarded by Koplowitz, f. Bar
nikoW and Blanchard, were in
capable hands, and the All-Hartfords
profited little by attempts to race
around these players. Buchney and
ONeil We're the usual buIwarks on
the defense, and Politis added to his
great laurals by Saturdays evh'"'