New Britain herald., 1926-11-08
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 The All-New Britain football
 team certainly had the goods yester-
 day and the 1,200 fans who saw the game from the inside and the 300 oi
 more who saw it from the outside
 were certainly well pleased with the
 showing of the team. New Britain
 backfield worked to perfection and
 the work of the line was beyond
 criticism. Coach Dave Hayes during
 halves. felt that he didn't have jon
 because there wasn't much he could say except keep going
 The game with the Hartford Blues will either have to be played next Thursday or the following Sunday. Manager Daily was asked last night at 7:30 o'clock to change the date of the game, but he has since found that he cannot have several of the best men on the team. Rather than go to Hartford with patched-up outfit, he says the game will have to be played Thursday.
 He states that he knows that Sat urday is a much better day for the game, but he cannot go to Hartford with a poor team. He has offered to have New Britain pay part of the guarantee for the team scheduled In Hartford Sunday to have that game changed and Manager George Mulli- gan has the matter under advise ment now.
 We have changed from George Ducon to George Collins. We found that we made mistake when we named the star backfield man in yesterdays game Ducon. He said yesterday his name was Collins. Anyway. he is the goods We didn't try to pick any star in yesterdays game. Every man played as if his was won or not and 1t is just an inkling of what the spirit of the team will be against the Hartford Blues
 Armistice Day will be no holiday either here or in Hartford and for that reason Manager Mulligan would like to shift the date of the game to Saturday. Manager Daley would gladly agree to this, but he cannot get all of his team for the game. We think. maybe. the game will be played next Sunday.
 While watching the Yale Maryland game Saturday, we noticed some thing to which our attention had never before been attracted. It con- terns measuring the ten-yard ad- Vance of the ball required in four downs or less. When the ball has been rushed far enough to be near the further end of the ten-yard chain held by the linesmen. the referee professes doubt as to whether the first down has been made and has the linesmen trot onto the grid iron and make delicate measure ments. He apparently cannot sight hcross the field to judge the matter. Yet the chain was originally stretch- ed from an approximate point ob tained by sighting.
 Casting about for an analogy. we might say that it is like trying to solve problem in mathematics. You start with number in the neigh borhood of 100 and call it an even 100 to make the work simpltf. Then you do your problem and figure out the answer to six decimal places, calling this absolutely accurate al- though it was obtained from an ap- proXimation at the start.
 If the officials guess at where the fen-yard stretch begins, why not be consistent and guess at it's end? Or, If the chain must be carried onto the field to determine the end of the distance, why not do the same at the beginning. at each first down?
 Another thing we have noticed Is the clean play of the teams in the Bowl this year. Only one penalty for roughness has been inflicted dur Ing the year; that came when Yale piled up on a tackled Army runner. Yale had no penalties for any reason against Dartmouth, and Saturday, Maryland went through the entire four periods without once commit ting breach of the rules by even 50 little as being offside. The cheer Ing sections take the cue from their teams and display fine sportsman khip. It is too bad that high school teams and rooters can not follow this example.
 The news that the New Haven Hillhouse High school was coming here with a band to cheer the team on to victory brought the New Brit ain cheering squad to life for the first time this season.
 The New Haven band marched past the New Britain stands and took its place on the west side of the field. Just as the New Britain fans were beginning to regret the fact that the Hardware, City would be without musical | accompaniment. three youthful musicians marched i down in front of the stand.
 A cornet player and two drum mers made up the New Britain 1 "band." Its approach was a signal for great cheering on the part of the New Britain fans The modern "spir- | 1t of '76" took the reception grace fully.