New Britain herald., 1926-11-15
HIGH SCHOOL FAILS TO
 IMPRESS AGAINST YEA VER
Team May Have Been Having an f-Day-Locals Win Game Without Much Elfort-Defense Has Good Chance to Get Worsing-Claire Features Making Touchdown on Forward Pass-Zehrer and Gordon, Wingmcn, Hold Runners to Minimum Gains.

Showing none of the fire and dash that has characterized it's other games. the New Britain High school football team won an uninteresting game from Weaver High of Hartford by q 14 to score. The game was played at Patterson field in Hart ford Saturday afternoon before a New Britain crowd.
 Whether the team was just having an off day and was getting the bad football off its system or whether it was just holding back for the Hartford New Britain High school annual classic was question that alumni and loyal followers wrestled with Saturday night.
 1 New Brita won the game without much effort and without having to show any of its plays. Toward the latter part of the game 1t booted the 1 ball on first down and worked to perfect its defense. Playing that kind of a game gave the linemen ; chance to star and for the first time | to the sturdy men in the line who 1 do much of the hard work and who i get little credit. Although everyone in the lin played well it was Bruce at guard. McGrath at center and Gordon at end who flashed the best form.
 One offensive drive. an end run upon which the Hartford High school team ' laying it's hopes of vic tory was not used by the Weaver team and the Red and Gold team had no chance |, stop drive of this kind. A few times it tried New Britain's left end but Gordon smear ed the play. It did not try Zeher's end during the entire game. Blocked kicks paved the way for two offensive drives. one of which resulted in touchdown. There were only two other offensive drives made by the team In . game, one, at the opening of the second quarter when the Red and Gold bacltfeld led by Fengler, carried the ball over on line plunges and the other in the final minutes of play when the final whistle blew with the ball on tho one foot line.
 Some of the feature plays were Claire's catch Of a forward pass from Fengler which netted 9 yards and a touchdown and blocked punts by Bruce and Anselmo. McGratl and Gordon recovered In each case in the shadows of their opponents goal line.
 New Britain made four first downs in the opening quarter and two ii the final minutes Of the last quarter Weaver scored two first downs in the second quarter. two In the thir( quarter and one in tho final stanza The summary:
 New Britain Weaver Gordon .................. OreficC
 Left End
 Bromberg .,...,.........,... hndsor
 Left Tackle
 Erickson ................. Roo
 Left Guard
 MCpraln ..'.''' ht'lOu'
 Center
 Bruce ..'........'.' '.''.... Greer
 Right Guard
 Anselmo ................. Locffle
 Right Tackle
 Hehrer ...............' Earge
 Right End
 Fengler .,.... .'...,,.'..... tollln
 Quarterback
 Matulis BattiStin
 Left Halfbacl;
 Ialcskl .,... Werthcin
 Right Halfback
 'lalre ..... helle
 I'ulILcck
 Scorc by periods:
 New Britain O : h---l Weaver ... c 0--- Touchdowns, Zaleska, Claire points from try after touchdown Matulis CD; goals from field, Ore A"c. referee. Allen, Springfield: un. re Shaw. Exeter: head linesman