New Britain herald., 1926-11-22
ALL-NEW BRITAIN SCORES
 NZN OVER NEWPORT TEAM
fled-Locals Are Unimpressive in Victory-Aerial Game Paves Way For Touchdowns- Collins Stars in the Backfeld - Sturm Races 30 Yards Through Visiting Team For Final Score of Game.

The All-New Britain football team
 crashed through to a 20 to 0 victory
 over the U. s. Torpedo Station team
 of Newport. R. l.. at Memorial Field in Willow Brook park yesterday aft ernoon. The local team was not as impressive during the game as 1t was against the Sub Base of New London but this Is ascribed to the 1 fact that both teams were wearing red jerseys and great deal of con- fusion resulted. especially on the forward passes. The Newport team was not nearly as good as the Sub Base team although 1t had con- quered the New London outfit short time ago.
 Collins and sturm who do the heaving for New Britain found much difficulty in locating men for their passes but despite thls the New Brit ain team came through with win. In the second half. the ends and Collins appeared in white jerseys which resulted in smoother play by New Britain.
 There was no scoring In the first period After the kickoff New Brit ain began its march to the opposite goal line but on the 20-yard mark. a tumble was recovered by the visi- tors. A great chance for a score was lost in this frame when, after a punt was blocked. "Unk" Connolly dropped on the ball and on the next play HoIzheimer dropped beauti- full forward pass from Collins behind the goal llne.
 In the opening play Of the second period "Butsy" Sturm Tipped a long pass to Collins who ripped 15 yards for a touchdown. He kicked the goal making 1t 10 0 for New Britain. Fleming. right end of the Newport team, almost got away on uninterrupted pass for touchdown. but Sturm brought him down.
 After the second half the locals began to show the form that has made their play so impressive. After a march down the field, New Britain got the ball OH the eight-yard line. Collins bucked through left tackle flor a touchdown and kicked the point making it 14 to for the home club.
 The last score was made in the third period when sturm pulled the most spectacular play Of the game. He caught pass from Collins on the SO-yard line and raced through the entire Newport team 10 be tackled over the line. Collins kicked the zeal, but there was holding in the line and the point was not allowed. making the score for New Britain 20 to 0.
 Twice in the last period, New Brit ain was within scoring distance but intercepted passes prevented them from going over.
 Collins. Hunt and Sturm all thrilled the crowd with spectacular runs while Thompson. although he was used for only short time. showed his usual brilliance In run ming in the open field. In the first part of the game, the home club players were continually tackling their own men and taking out their own players on rushes because of the sameness in the jerseys. The game was slowed up considerably by the lengthy conferences of the Newport team on the field. Joe Rogers re- ceivcd a badly cut lip when he was kicked in the face. At times the game was very rough, Donlon re- ceiving split lip also. In the line, the Big Boy" at left tackle, played a whale of g game. All In all, the Newport team failed to show any impressive form. The summary: New Britain Newport