New Britain herald., 1923-11-28
HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS NOT
 TO HOP" KEEP IN TRAINING
Promise Not to Let Dancing Interfere With Them Be- fore Game With Hart ford Saturday Afternoon.

The football classic for the season Of 1923 will be played next Saturday when the teams of the New Britain High school and Hartford Public High school will battle for the champion- of the Triangular league. The stand ing of the league places New Britain and Hartford in d tie. with New Haven out of the running with two defeats given them by their rivals from the Hardware and Capital cities.
 As both teams were in the pink of condition physically Saturday when the game was to be played the teams did not have hard workouts this week. The possibility of their going stale caused the athletic authorities of both schools to follow this course for the final week of practice. The boys of both schools are keeping the strict training this week for they know they will have 10 be at their best to bring home the bacon. Although fraternities of the schools are giving dances the latter part of the week the boys have been united in their decisions to give mp this amusement in order to gain their much desired ends
 Cheers and Music
 Because of the fact that HlrltOrd's chances oe victory in New Entain were never brighter the city in gru- eraI has been taken by the .ars with interest in the games. Not on.y are two special trains being used 10 carry the Blue and White rootcrs 10 tue. scene of battle, but many autos will also be pressed into service. Without doubt the crowd from Hartford will be the largest that has ever come to see the annual game. Several cheer ing practices have been held, and they are out 10 beat New Britain on the cheers, another feat which has Lever been accomplished in New Britain. A band will accompany them 10 furnish X third battle; d battle Of music be- tween the Philharmonic band of New Britain and the Foot Guard band of Hartford. With several new songs and cheers up its sleeves New Britain students have good chance Of win ming the latter two battles. The most important battle will be the game.
 Ittcnly Matched
 The teams are even. In some re- specis Hartford has it ou it's llardNare City rivals, and in other respects the pendulum works iu the opposite di- rcction. In weight Hartford is better by 70 pounds 10 a man, In height the Blue and White team lords it over tho Red and Gold by about one inch. As Il team the Capital City aggregation is older and has had more experience. They are better on the defense be- cause of their superior weight, but New Britain offcnsc Is better
 Hartford's offense in the games played this season has been weak, i and they were held to scorcloss ties by tho Moriden and Ansonia High i school teams. Meridcn. the team that ] New Britain defeated 10 10 6, held i Hartford scoreless. In the game 1 against New Britain. Mcriden could | only make four first downs, and did | not make their first until the third period when they scored. According 10 this score New Britain is l3 points better than Hartford, but in the New | Haven game New Britain defeated the l Elm City team l2 to :, while Hart 1 ford won 14 to '. 1T that is 10 be con- ! sidered the teams arc nearly even.