New Britain herald., 1923-11-27
REAL LOCAL TEAM
 MIGHT PROVE BEST
Individual Stars Not So Good as
 We'll Drilled Eleven

HS eHOTlS ol the All-NeW Britain
 football team this fall, which is sue cessful from a financial standpoint and
 also fairly successful from a winning
 Of games standpoint, do not, many be-
 hcNe. justify the expenditure of so
 great sum of money or the policy
 of going out into the highways and byways engaging stars"
 The so-called All-New Britain team
 is in reality an all-anything but a
 New Britain team. True. there are some local players. Captain Conley. of course. is a New Britain hoy and so is Al Blanchard. Babcock. at the
 present time makes his home here
 But how about the rest? Hammil.
 recently dropped, was a Bridgeport boy. Downoy is New Hsvener, Tick cy comes from Bridgeport. Rogers,
 Hunt and Barnikow are Meridenites. Kennedy is Trinity student. Spears is q. travelling man with headquarters in New Haven. Carpenter is a Bris- tol boy. slim Politis and his brother Dan are home town products as is Restelli, sub center. but, general ly speaking, it is picked mp team from elsewhere. And picked up at fancy figures.
 One Of the great faults of the team all season is the consistently incon- sistcnt policy Of bringing in new play rrs almost every game. New players, uuacquaiutcd with fellow players, team work. methods of play or sig Is, have not been great success, Sunday the much touted Colgate line men. Welch and Leonard, were ap- plesauce for the steam Rollers. Then too, a team composed of stars" pick cd from all over the state and else where, knows too much" to he coach ed satisfactorily. Each player. be- cause of his past reputation, thinks that he is the last word. He knows more than the coach. He is indiffer- ent about practice and if he doesn't want 10 show up for practice he doesn't show up. That's ali.
 A team cannot play well without faithful practice and, aside from [? ?' personal element, it is not easy to get mon from all over tho state to meet regularly for practice.
 Ii would seem that there is enough good football material in New Britain 'o weld together an All-New Britain team that would be All-New Britain and at the same time would be capa- 1lc of playing a good game. A team of elcten ordinarily good players. willing 10 work and learn, faithful in practice and playing for the sport of playing, almost as much ns for the il. nancial consideration, certainly is far more capable than eleven individual stars, each jealous Of tho other and unwilling 10 practice two nights week. stars" cannot forget that they nave n reputation as a star" They | insist on being given an opportunity to : i've up to it. Tho result is generally {, digorganizcd backfold, q backfield 1 where every man vents 10 carry the ! ,all all tho time. Team work is sup planted by indiNidualism.
 Then too. Q team in which tho line. 1, lp is changed SO frequently by Inc . injection of new material never can ! develop into & smooth working or 1 
 In reviewing the past season. it would gre that if next year some man. ,gcment would get away from the ! d.a of team or stars. shculd come town to earth in thc matter Of pay. ng fancy salaries, should get togeth- 1. .r a team that would work and play IS 2 team. it would be far better for | he sport and far more pleasing to the . What matters it if q team 1 locs lose game occs donally2 The 4 cam of stars" loses games and docs ' rot always play at top form What , ootball fans want is first of all 8 rood team. Hghting team. team 1 hat is in the game spory minute and | .ives us best etcry time. Secondly. ! bcv like to sec their favoritcs win. ut first eH all they lil 10 sec them i Jay hard. clean. fast football--and i hey also like 10 have st least enough ] ,f an acquaintance with the players | o know them Nhen they sec them.
 The g1mc at Willow Brook park d vcek ago Sunday showed that New | Britain Noud support a local team sut make it q local team. Give DaV6 | bunn squad of , or 2o New Brit
 in boys who can play. vino arc will rc to learn and hc siii develop if ! nto team that viii please any or D 70.
 Why not