New Britain herald., 1924-05-27
H, 5. TEAMS HAVING 1 A VERY BUSY WEEK
St. Thomas, Passaic, Hartford for
 Nine-. Track Meet Too

The busiest week of the year is now
 under way for the N. E. H. s. base 1 ball and track teams when three
 games and track meet will be the
 program The first game was played
 against the St. Thomas seminary team this afternoon at Elizabeth Park The Passaic high school team of New
 Jersey will be the attraction Me
 morial day. The game of all games
 will wind up the baseball end of the
 menu when the Hartford high school
 comes here Saturday in the first Of | the home and home game series. On the same day in the morning the track team meets Hartford and New Hay cn in the annual triangular meet at
 the Willow Brook park field,
 Kania 10 Pitch Two Games Kania will doubtless pitch two of the games this week. Coach Cassidy will likely call on his most successful hurlcr for the St. Thomas and Hart ford games. Lefty Haber will prob ably be used in the Passaic game. Clayton Gray who pitched all of last years games is not physically able to be of any use to the team.
 It will be interesting to note the result of the games played this week. The result will be of more importance to the teams than any games played 10 date. It goes without saying that the Saturday contests are the ones that the boys want most. To beat Hartford twice in q day will set rec ord that has never been accomplished in the many years of the athletic re- lations of the school. 1t would square accounts with Hartford for defeating them in football and basketball. this year. New Britain has not defeated Hartford in track in the memory Of many of the alumni members of tho school. The chances of victory are better this year.
 The baseball team is now at the half way mark. They have won three and lost three games so far this year. They defeated the LaSallette college team Of Hartford, the Milford acad- cmy team of Milford, and the Wash ington high school Of Meriden. The latter team returned the favor in tho game last Saturday at Meriden. The Crosby high school team of Water hdry, and the New Haven Hillhouse high school team have been success fil against New Britain. New Brit ain and Crosby battIed to a tie in recent game.
 The track team has had success fui team so far this season. Victories have been scored over the Crosby high school team, and the team of the Naugatuck high school. The former team played Hartford high school and I was defeated by Q much larger score than New Britain hung on to them. Hartford, however, is not favored to win the triangular meet. According 10 the advance dopesters. the New Haven lfillhouse team will carry away inc honors. The Hartford team is favored 10 finish second. The New Britain team will go into the meet inc under dog. New Britain has over come such handicaps before, and might do so again.
 Much credit is due Coach Lionel | Depot for inc success of the track | team. Coaching for the first time the | team Of the New Britain high school | he managed 10 get winning team out | of little or no material. The season | started late because Of the epidemic, | and with little material left from last | year. lie is now rounding out a
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