New Britain herald., 1925-12-26


 New Britain Football team. The re- suits of the various games which the team played and the record made by inc eleven during the season was source of pride to those who were really interested in the team.
 All-NeW-Britain was made up of players who hailed from various parts oi Connecticut and from points in other states, Only last month, the decision was reached 10 close out the season and the players those who lived outside the Hardware City. loft for their various places Of business and work. Where these players are HOW and what they do in the interim between football seasons, is an inter esting bit of information supplied by Manager Ed Daley who handled the business end Of the team this past season.
 Joe Rogers, captain and center of the team Is a restaurateur in his home city. Meriden. It is said that Joe puts out as fine a feed as can be had in the Silver City and the secret Is now out that it was because of Joe's proximity to scrambled eggs, that he was always able to be in on the scramble on the gridiron.
 Barney" tho Iceman
 Red" Grango's reputation as an ice-man has spread about the coun- try, but juggling cakes of ice was an old story with Eddie Barnillow be- fore Grange got his first job on an ice wagon. Any day in Meriden Ed die can be seen juggling hundred pound cakes of frozen water into Joe Rogers ice box and it is said that Eddie has a style all his own in this business. He's in business for himself and through this work, he keeps in trim for football.
 Thompson. whose right name is Miller, contrary to the stories which have gone about town, is not a stu dent in q college, but he is q dentist in Philadelphia. He has had so much practice in extracting teeth that his right arm is always strong for throwing forward passes.
 Dutch" Connors is director Of athletics in the Institute of Applied Agriculture in Farmingdale. l.. l. His school team didn't go so well the past season principally because he didn't have the material 10 work with. If "Dutch'f could impart to his charges the skill he himself shows on a football field, he would have team as good as any. Dutch" would Ike nothing better than to land job as director of athletics in a high school in these parts.
 Radzewich. flashy quarterback on the eleven. is employed as q clerk ir the Turner x Seymour Co. in Tor rington, his native city. To see Rad dy" do his stuff on the gridiron. no one would ever take him for u pencil pusher".
 Stcudtncr q Plumber
 Rcd" Steudtner who proved to be the most patient man on the team in that he occupied the bench for the greater part of the season, is plumber in Meriden, where he first saw the light of day. They say that Red" can thread q pipe with as much neatness and despatch as the best of them in the Silver City. A plumbers job is to find tho leaks and that's probably what Red" did when he slashcd through the oppos- ing lines.
 Zip" Zchrcr can be found any tay juggling sacks of grain or bales of hay with "Rcd' Reynolds, star forward of the National Guards basketball team, as his boss. Zip is said to be the man around whom the son writers wrote Farmer Gray took another load away"
 Perry Bean, the man who stopped them all at right end or at tackle, or could jump into the haclineld in q pinch, keeps in condition all the year round because of his work. Perry IS q physical instructor in school in Arlington, Mass. Now we know where Perry learned all his jiu-jitsu tricks.
 DOnlOn in Politics
 Donlon, the big boy" at right tackle who smcarcd them all as they came through the line, was until re- gently, a furniture salesman in New Haven, the City of Elms. Election time came along and a little political bug came round and bit him in the ear. StraghtaWay Donlon left the furniture game flat and threw his hat in the ring. He is now d poli- tician in New Haven. II is highly probable that if the "hig hoy" camo to New Britain and ran for office here, he would hc elected by hi" majority.
 Morris, the guard On the right side of the line, made his football name at Cornell back in l9gD and 1927. Not content with absorbing all the knowledge that th" llhaca x. Y institution could furnish ham, Morris entered th" Yale Law school at the university In New Haven. He couldn't keep away from ih" Erid- ! iron. however, and although the past season was his first year with the local team, New Britain fans like him so well, that they hope 10 sec him back again next year.
 Gets the Signals
 Humphrics, Morris little playmate on the left side of the line. is a signal repair man on the railroad. He rides one Of those little gasolir" buggies out Of Bridgeport every day and is said 10 be an expert at catch ing the signals. He certainly showed i his ability at catching tho opposing signals during the past season and Humphries' work here won't be for gotten for a long long time. Big Bill" Warner. without any question the best tackle in state | football circles, is q student and he | stands as high in his studies as he ! does on the football field. IL is ] doubtful if there ever was more .