New Britain herald., 1923-10-27
GRIP M LAST 70 SECONDS
 CATCHESP PUNTAND SPEEDS
 40 EDS. FOR TOUCHDOWN
New Britain High Wins First League Game From New Haven, l2 to After Apparently Being Hopelessly
 Beaten-Entire Team Works We'll and Champion. ship Outlook Never Was Brighter

With the score 10 . in favor Of
 New Haven and with less ihan fNe
 minutes 10 play the New Britain High
 school accomplished what seemed io
 be an impossible feat yesterday hF
 beating Hillhouse high school Of New
 Haven, le 10 [. the result Of great
 runs hy Zehrer and Grip. and excel
 lent interference by the rest Of the
 team. This victory yesterday gives
 New Britain a jump on their rivals
 for the Triangular championship
 This was the first defeat registered
 against New Haven this season.
 In the last quarter New Britain started the trouble when they re- covered tumble. Hchrer went
 through guard for three yards and Gierochowski plowed through m opening al tackle for one yard, Grip then caught a forward pass and
 gained 20 yards. The spectators
 crowded on the field making it nee essary 10 call time. With I yards 10 go the Nav Haven fullback inter- eepted a pass. and was downed In his tracks. New Haven punted. On n succession Of line plunges the ball
 was brought back 10 New lIayen's 10 yard line with four minutes to play. Zehrer fled around right end
 for touchdown. With one point needed to tic the score a great prob- lem faced the team as to the surest method to use. After conference it was decided on reforming to try ,,,st nf ,,lt Tho pass went short, and with 1t went what looked like New Britain's last chance to tic the score or win the game.
 On the kickoff New Haven re- ceived the ball. The kick was caught on New Haven's IS yard mark, and few, line bucks failed to take it any further. On the third attempt New Haven player was found off side and the team was penalized five yards. The New Haven punter standing back of his own goal line was called upon to kick out of danger. If the ball were blocked or if he were tackled in his tracks with the ball in his possession the winning points could have been scored, but he did his part and kicked the pigskin to the $40 yard line. Quarterback Johnny Grip distinguished himself here, when he grabbed the ball on the run. and with the assistance of the | rest of the team, who moved down the opposing players one after an- other, covered the entire distance of 40 yards, and scored the swinning with tsn seconds to play. He failed to kick the extra point, This ended the game and before they realized the fact Grip and the rest of the players were being carried aboutl the field by the frenzied fans from New Britain.
 The New Haven team scored their within the first five, min utesAof the first half. New Britain sickh and New Haven ran the ball pack 10 yards. On two successive end .uns by Stevens, New Haven made it irst down. New Haven kept blowing trough the Red and Gold line until , hey were within 20 yards of the goal inc. Then Stevens who up to this inc was playing sensational ball, cir led the end for a touchdown New Britain. like all the New Britain teams f the past were eutplayed in the first CIV minutes of the game.
 After the first 10 minutes of play lew Britain played rings around their ld rivals and time and again they I arried the ball to within scoring dis ance of the goal only to lose their hance of scoring by breaks that fould dishearten any team.
 New Britain can well be proud of s team. Those 13 numbers chalked D for them were the result of grit !. y fight to overcome great handicaps | nd bad breaks, especially from the f