New Britain herald., 1926-10-04
RARNZKOW AND DOMON
 MAY JOIN LOCAL TEAM
Herald" Makes Selection of 17-Man Squad Suggested For Permanent Team - Management Decided Period of Experimenting is at an End-New Haven Tackle is Released and Barnikow Quits the Blues Practice Three Days For Grange.

Three games played, two won and i ono lost sums up the record of the All-New Britain football team for the present season. Small crowds, very little money and much criti- cism gives the total of the contribu- tions of the fans of this city to the local management. Both are facts, but in the minds of the fans and of the management of the All-New Britain team, one thing has i'm pressed itself and that is, that the time has come to stop experiment. irg with players and form a pcrma- nent team. From the conglomer ten Of players who have come and gone. yesterdays game showed one thing clearly 10 us. New Britain can mold a strong offensive and de- fonsire eleven out of the players already secured and with the addi- ton of two more, can be a powerful eleven with plenty of reserve strength.
 The two mon We refer to are Barnikow and Donlon. Donlon has already been released by the Hart ford Blues and Barnikow will with out a doubt. quit the team after yesterdays game when he was kept on the sidelines and after standing the strain for some time, he walked off the field. Both of these men can he signed by New Britain because it will be just like coming home 10 them and the fans of this city will greet them with open arms. Don
 lon will fill in nicely at tackle and good old Barney will make a great running mate for "Butsy' Sturm and John Davis in the backfcld. We hope our guess is right and that both will be in the lineup next Sun day against "Red' Grange and his team of New York Yankees.
 We say. without fear Of contradic- ton, that New Britain has the mak- ines of an excellent eleven but no team can play consistent game of football experimenting from week to week with players. This is not of fered in the spirit of criticism of the management but We are sure that all will be agreed in saying that the time has come to form per manent team and build the plays around it.
 After watching the team in ac- tion on three successive Sundays, we have made selection of 17 mon whom we think would form q pow erful eleven with plenty of reserve strength. We would first of all in c4ude Big Bill' Warner. were 1t not for the unfortunate break he suf- fcred Saturday when he suffered a dislocated shoulder which will proh- ably put him out of the game for the remainder of the season.
 The team as selected in our minds would be as follows: Center. Joe Rogers guards. Joe Humphries, Nanfeldt and "Jumbo'; tackles. Don lon. Murphy and Slim" Politis: ends. Connolly. Holzheimer and Brink; quarterback, Manning; half ha cks, BarnlkoW. Sturm. Stendtner and Thompson and fullbacks, Davis and Griswold
 The biggest argument in favor of these selections is, with the excep- ton of Thompson. that every man can get to this city for practice on any and all nights. Every man on the team with the exception of Don Ion and Barnikow who are yet to be heard from. are satisfied with the treatment accorded them, and they are all willing players and willing to take the coaching tips of Coach Dave Hayes.
 We might he questioned on our selection of "Red" steudtner but in all justice to this Meriden boy, we