New Britain herald., 1924-11-17


 ----s=--=------=. pass on right end to O'Brien who gained i2 yards before he vas down. cd. Zehrer again threw another pass to oBrien for eight more. Three line plunges gave New Brit ain the ball within striking distance of Ilartiord's line.
 Zehrer took the ball over for the first score of the game. Grip kick ed tho goal.
 Score end of first quarter; New Britain [. Hartford 0.
 Hartford kicked off to New Brit ain in the second period, Three rushes failed to gain a first down and New Britain punted 10 Hartford's 5O-yard line. The Hartford backs could make no impression on the New Britain line and Taylor kicked to New Brltain's 40-yard line,
 An attempted forward pass forced New Britain to kick a second time to Hartford's ?5-yard line and after a series of attempts at the line wherein only few yards were gained, Hartford puntcd back to New Britain, Neipp was taken from the game with an injury to his leg. New Britain punted back again to Hartford and Hartford kicked again 10 New Britain as the first half ond- ed.
 Score end Of first half. New Brit
 In the opening of the third punt ing was resorted to by both teams. O'Brien went around right end for 1 j yards and was thrown out of bounds. New Britain lost the ball on downs and Hartford sent Taylor through for three yards. On the next play. Rossow broke through and was speared by Zehrer whose tackle was so hard the Rossow dropped the ball. Like flash, Johnny Grip picked the ball on its first bound and dashed 30 yards for a touchdown. Ernie Neipp kicked for another point, bringing the score to 14-O.
 The ball went behind Hartford goal line on the kickoff and was taken to the 20-yard line. Bclsor and Neshan dove in for tackles that held Hartford and a 15-yard penalty for holding in the line made it nec- essary for Hartford 10 punt Zehrer grabbed the punt and ran it back six yards.
 Standing on Hartford's 45-yard Ilne, Neipp then went back for a drop kick. Hartford stands warned the Blue and White that it was a trick play because of the great dis tance from the goal posts, Miller shot the ball to Neipp and the two lines pegged away, New Britain's in reference holding. Neipp caught i the perfect pass, dropped 1t 10 the ground and sent it sailing the 45 yards and through the posts. The i New Britain stands sent mp deafen- ing cheer when the officials sjgnalled 1 the three point tally. The score vas now l7-c.
 On tho first scrimmagc following inc kickoff, Bojonowski was knocked out and time was called while Dr. Henry T. Bray worked on , the injured line man. The big guard came back strong, pulling down Tay- Tor on the next play.
 l Neipp grabbed pass and ran it q yards before being downed. but ! was called back when the officials found New Britain man offside. , Fat ORrier made n yards on a . forward. Grip took three yards off i tackle and Zchrer made it a. first . down, When the teams lined up yor scrimmags on I1artfords 15-yard , line. Grip laid down near the op- ! poste side of tho field. and was not 1 detected by the Hartford team, Zehrer received the ball and threw a forTarl 10 Grip who was un- guarded and the f1ashy halfhack built tn score up to 25. zehrer failed to kick the goal.
 1 Hartford again lost the ball on downs after Politis slashed through and threw Shay for loss Zehrer ! throw another pass to Grip and he scored once more. The score was now: New Britain %: Hartford 0. ] After bunting back and forth, ,Noipp ran a forward S5 yards and was down"d on IIartford's 10-yard line. A forward to Mccarthy, end on th" locals, registered the final score s to Q.
 ; Toward the cnl of tho game, ' Coach Cassidy sent in a number of subs who have played in the minor ,rncaCcmonts of the year and who,
 hy reason of their appearance
 against Hartford are entitled to a monoeram. Those going in were: StromqujSr, I.acavy Clair and Gen. cite, backs, and Clark and Scully, | 'inesmcn.