New Britain herald., 1926-11-24

on the field of battle and staged some of the most bloody encounters in history, but no more bitter bat ties have ever been fought than the one which will take place at the Velodrome in East Hartford Sunday afternoon between the All-New Brit ain and Hartford Blues football teams.
 We do not mean to imply that the clash will be a bloody one, but we do mean to say that two teams of football playrs will face each other Sunday afternoon with one thought uppermost in each and everyone's mind, and that will be to beat the other team.
 These Hartford and New Britain clashes have always been thus, battles for blood" speaking in a sporting sense. No game could be played between representatives of this and of the Capital City other than one wherein the feeling runs high.
 Both sides will be ready for the conflict Sunday. New Britain will be in the best of form, but Hartford has a hard row to hoe.
 The Blues have 2 National league game scheduled for Saturday after noon with Ernie Nevers' Eskimos of Duluth and New Britain plays the Capital City team the next day.
 We inquired how it came about that the two games were being played one day after the other and we. were told by members of the ranks, that New Britain would be easy for the Hartford team Sunday. We know this didn't come from the management because Messrs. Mulli- gan S Co. are well aware of what is coming Sunday.
 The Hartford management knows full well what to expect when the New Britain team clashes with the Blues, and those players who are considering the local team an easy mark to shoot at, haven't had the experience of being in any former Hartford New Britain games.
 Big Boy" Donlon and Captain Eddie Barnikow of the local eleven | k. p1y reported to be made by Hartford players that both of these men will be put out of the game after the first few plays. Donlon said "Let 'cm come" and Barney was much shorter just emitting long "Ycah" to the statement.
 The one word of Barney's eX- presses a great deal to those who know the man, and the man who stops Barnkow next Sunday. is ccr- tainly someone whose light has been hid under a bushel all these years.
 The two New Britain players who started the season with Hartford are eager for the fray and we eX- pect that they will be like two wild men in the game.
 The time of the game has been changed for Sunday afternoon from 2:30 o'clock to o'clock. This was effected because it is thought that it will take a long time to play the game
 The tickets which have been placed in Bridgett's Smoke Shop on Church street. are already going fast. New Britain will certainly be we'll represented at the game and most of the fans there will Be in a fighting mood and will be willing to bet their shirts on either team.
 The fans In this city will have 0 splendid opportunity to judge the strength of the New Britain team Saturday afternoon at Memorial Field in Willow Brook park when the entire squad will be out in uni form for a strenuous practice.
 The line will be well balstered for the contest with four ends, four tackles, four guards and two cen- ters while there will be seven back field men available for play.
 New Britain's line will play an inn portant part in the work of it's back field Sunday afternoon and with the line functioning the way it should, the bacl1t1eld will do its share. The men in the bacl1field are clever at all departments of the game while the hine Is being counted on to stop the best that Hartford can send into the fray.
 New Britain's forward wall will be on its toes in an effort to outcharge -
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