New Britain herald., 1926-06-04
BRAY OR POLI7ZS MAY
 WZW MEMORIAL TROPHY
Excellence in Athletics, Scholarship Attachments and Character to Bring William F. Burns Award-Both Doc" and "Toots" Are Declared to Be Eligible AthIetes-Principa SIade to Decide On Scholastic Merits and Coach Cassidy On Sports.

1 Henry Doe" Bray, son of Mrs.
 Anna Bray of 4S Court street and
 member of the graduation class this June, and Elgert "Toots' PolitiS, son of Mir and Mrs. Joseph Politis of 424 Chestnut street, mid-year
 graduate. have been pronounced as 1 the two athletes at the Senior High school who, because of their excel 1 lonCe in athletics, scholarship attain ments and high character, are eligi-
 ble for the William r. Burns Memo rial award which is made annually at the Senior High school.
 The custom of giving this emblem 10 the most deserving athlete came
 in vogue in 1920 shortly after the death of Billy Burns. proclaimed
 by high school sport followers as the greatest athlete in the history of the school. Out of respect 10 his mem- ory a tablet was made which adorns the academic building bearing one gold plate al the top and several others arranged in a circle-like ar rangements. The name Of William r. Burns has been placed at the top with his record as a member of the football. basketball, baseball and track teams underneath. All sports were made in one season and in every sport he was a star,
 Every year since that time, an athlete of the graduating class who has fulfilled all the obligations, is awarded the emblem and the priyi- 1ege of having his name inscribed on the tablet. Those who have held the honor in their graduating year have been John Bunney in 1920; Louis Appel, 1921; David Mahoney, 1922; James Reynolds, 1923; Harold Beagle. 1924, and Ernest Neipp, 1925.
 Because of having made more let ters than his rival for the, honor, Henry Bray is at this time the favo- rite for the award, This is one mat ter which is given much considera- ton by the judges, Principal Louis P. Sladc who will see the boys from the scholastic side. and Physical Di- rector George M. Cassidy, who will judge them according to their abil- ity on the athletic field.
 Bray was a member of the 1921 football team and played as q run ming mate at halfbacf with the win ner of the emblem that year Dave" Mahoney. He was the youngest and the lightest member of the squad at that time but overcame all Jhandi- caps in making the team. He was used in most of the. game since the regular back. Red" Davis was out with injuries a great deal of the time. He made the track team that year and then left for St. Johns preparatory school where he also starred in track.
 He returned 10 school last Febru- ary to finish his studies at the insti- tuition and substituted on the bas- kntball team where he made his second letter. He again starred in track where he took part in the 100 yard and 22o yard dashes,
 Tn football last fall he again re- turned to his old half-back position and showed to great advantage as a broken field runner, He was never built very heavy. but his speed has always offset any other disadvantage he has had to contend with.
 In basketball he played on the famed junior varsity team which continued a winning streak of 24 straight wins over q period of the past three seasons. He is having the greatest season of his career this year in track. Tn the three dual meets so far he has won the