New Britain herald., 1926-11-20
Photo by Johnso CAPTAIN TIMOTHY CLAIRE

This afternoon at o:3O o'clock at
 Clariiin Field, Hartford, the annual
 football classic between the New
 Britain High and Hartford High 1 football teams will take place. ! Spurred on by the frenzied checls ! of thousands of students from the
 both institutions. teams of II mon
 each will struggle nightly against
 each othcr for the glory of their schools.
 The same colorful spectacle will
 be seen in the stands surrounding the gridiron in the spacious base ! ball park. On one side will be a riot of blue and white the colors of
 the Hartford section while across
 will be the red and gold of the
 Hardware City delegations.
 Tells rivalling those Of Yale.
 Harvard or any of the university cheering sections. school songs,
 bands, noise making instruments
 and lusty throats will all make a
 babel of sound that would be unin telligibe to those not initiated in the football slang. Waving strcam- CTS, frcnzied partisans, co!orcd hats, and mad humanity will all be packed in the stands as tha Eamn goes on until one of the conbina- ,ions of gladators shall come off the mud -caked field. tired but happy while the other group with de- jected mien will try to find soiace for a broken heart in the memory of a good fight though it was lost.
 The impression that has been cur rent for the past few years that the New Britain and Hartford High school teams met for the first time in 1898 was disproved today when a search of old Herald" files show cd that the Hardware and Capital City teams met in 1891. New Brit ain lost the game. 12 to 6, but since then has won IS games. lost nine, and played two tie games.
 It will be New Britain's goal to emerge from the game victorious on the date which marks the end of the third decade of rivalry. Prcvi- ous to 1917 Hartford Public High school was successful in scoring only four victories over a period covering 2S years. In 1917 the teams played to tie score and since then the count has been five victories to three in favor of Hart ford.
 The only teams Of recent years which were successful in stopping Hartford were the 1919 team which was coached by David l.. Dunn and the 1921 and 1924 teams coached by George M Cassidy. The impression that New Britain High school was never defeated on its home field until 1923 was found 10 be erroneous. In 1895, the fifth game between the two teams and the second game on New Britaln'a lot. the Red and Gold team lost by a 22 to 12 score.
 Two of the worst bnatinEs handed ont by either team were in those hidden years" previous to 1898. The two years following New Brit dlll s UtltdI were ttlt III il'i dS bll's- sided victories for the Hardware City team. In 1896, New Britain won by 42 to score and in 1897 New Britain took Hartford in one-sded game by a tS to score.
 The new all-time record for the New Britain Hartford High games follows;
 1S9l-New Britain 6. Hartford 1o 1S92-New Britain 10. Hartford 6. 1S93-Ncw Britain 26. Hartford 0. 1&94-Ncw Britain 0. Hartford o. 1S95-New Britain 12, Hartford 22. lS96-New Britain 42, Hartford G. 1S9T-New Britain 4S. Hartford 5. lS9S-New Britain won game by |
 forfeit. 1S99-Ncw Britain II. Hartford 5. l900-Did not meet.
 l901-Di1 not meet. l 1902-New Britain ,. Hartford 17. | l903-New Britain 23. Hartford 0. 190f-Did not meet.
 1005-Did not meet