New Britain herald., 1926-09-15

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 The 1926 football season for All New Britain will open up Sunday afternoon at Memorial Field in Will low Brook park with the New Ha- ven Blues furnishing the opposition for the locals.
 All-New Britain will hold it's first practice tonight at o'clock at the State Armory on Arch street, and all the men signed already for the team besides any new candidates wishing to tryout, will be on hand for the first workout. The team will again go through the paces next Sunday morning at Memorial Field in Will low Brook park.
 Business Manager Edward F. Daley has arranged a tentative line up for Sundays game that on paper appears to be a powerful combina- ton. The backfield is all set with the of J0I ri- "Bussy" Sturm and Red" Steudt- ner all ready to go while the line is nearly completed
 Joe Rogers will again be back with the fold playing center in his usual star manner. Tom Humphries will also be in his guard position and everyone acquainted with the achievements of this stellar grid star knows that there need be no worry over this position. Dick Kerr will be at the other guard position. He was with the Rochester Jeffs last season and is tower of strength in the line.
 The other positions on the team Will all be taken care of in an eff cient manner as will be possible. There is one tackle open yet because of the absence of Donlon of New Haven from the lineup. Donlon has signed with Mulligan's Hartford Blues and will not be available for New Britain.
 The lineup, of course, to be used Sunday, will probably not be per manent but will be subject to changes if the team doesn't work smoothly.
 Dutch" Connors and "Ducky'' Pond will not be available as either player or coach this year because of the ruling adopted by the coaching association last year in New York. Both Of the men are members of this body and according to the ruling. no coach who is a member of 1he organization will be allowed to have anything to do with professional football, either as a coach or as Q player. This eliminates both of these men and the loss of Connors espe- cially will be felt.
 Dave Hayes of Hartford will prob. ably be selected as this years coach He handled the West Sides team up until the time that it disbanded and his work there was of a high order. He is a student of Knute Rockne and is an expert on foot ball.
 Big Bil' Warner will not be available to play with New Britain until after October ?, but after that date he will probably be seen regu- larly in the lineup. Other interests | will occupy his attention until that 1 time.
 Several local men and other can- didates will be with the team to- night trying for places on the squad. 1 Among these will be Happy" Gris- , wold who was a star backfeld man i on the Rangers football team last . year.
 Billy Ring of Hartford will be an- other who will try for a place on | the team. Ring has been starring | for a number of years past with the | leading amateur and semi-pro teams | in and around Hartford and appears to be a likely candidate.
 Uncle Connolly and Carl Brink | are two local men who heve been | signed up to play at end. Connolly l is too well known in this city to , make it necessary to recount his | feats on the gridiron. Carl Brink | is former captain of the Connec- ticut Aggies and starred there for | several years on the football squad.
 Holzheimer, another end whose | work on the gridiron compares | with any In the state, is Hartford | boy who was q member of the West i Sides of Hartford for number of l. Der of the team in all of it's games, if we don't miss our guess.
 The Corbn Red Sox and the Kensington baseball teams will try to catch up on their schedule next Saturday and Sunday when they mix it up on the diamond on both days. A game will be played Satur- day afternoon and another Sunday afternoon both of them in Kensing- ton. The Red Sox have one victory already scored, over the Kensington team and Johnny Tobin expects to BEST EVFR