New Britain herald., 1926-11-26
NEW BRITAIN READY FOR
 BATTLE WzH HARTFORD
Blues to Meet Ernie Nevers' Eskimos in League Game Tomorrow-Hardware City Eleven to Put in After noon of Practice-Both Teams Strengthened For Annual Strugge-Winner to Decide State Cham pionship For Two Years-kickoff At 2 O'Clock.

The All-New Britain football team is ready for the crucial game of the season against the Hartford Blues at the Nelodrome in East Hartford Sunday afternoon. The Hardware City team will put in an afternoon of practice at Memorial Field In Willow Brook park tomor- row at which time Coach Dave Hayes will try to perfect the signal work and the various plays which the team has been using this year.
 The Hartford Blues have tough row to hoe starting tomorrow and continuing Sunday afternoon. The team plays a regular National league game sainst Ernie Meyers Eskimos of Duluth, Minn.. tomorrow after noon and on Sunday, 1t stacks up against the powerful eleven that has represented this city this year.
 In Its last few games. the New Britain team has developed won derful offensive attack and although all the tricks of the game which the team knows have not been used at any one time, the entire bag of them will be opened against George Multi gan's outfit Sunday.
 Sundays game is regarded not only as a championship game for the state this year. but as the fans in the state remember, there was no decision reached last year between the two, and the series this year will be a means whereby the champion ship of both 1925 and 1926 may be decided. Last year, the two teams battled 1t out In two games. New Britain won the first and Hartford won the second. Arguments be- tween the arrangements prevented a third game and the matter of the state title remained undecided with the teams tied.
 The odds in Hartford today have disappeared. Heretofore, bettors in the Capital City were offering 10 10 : that Hartford would win. while to- day, 1t is reported these same men are demanding even money. In the opinion of New Britain fans an even bet Is the only kind of bet to make on the game Sunday afternoon.
 New Britain will be well fortified in all departments of the game. In the backfeld will be the line of star players who have brought home the bacon In every one of their starts this year since they joined the team. Leading the assaults on the Hartford team will be Captain Eddie Barni- kow. fullback who will be in tip-top shape for the fray. He above all others will be the center of attrac- tion for local spectators at the game because Of the fact that he has been in the limelight so often in his deal ings with Hartford. At the half backs for the start of the game will be Eddie Collins whose good right toe beat Hartford in the first game last year with two field goals and Thompson, whose open field running this year has been one of the sensa- tions of the local team. "Butsy' Sturm will be at quarterback and this rounds out nearly perfect backfield. Should any cog slip, Eddie Hunt will be on the sidelines ready 10 take up the battle and he will fit into the picture as well as any Of them.
 In the line. the locals will have four ends. "Shep" Bingham, "Hiker" Holzheimer, ''Unk" Connolly and l Carl Brink: four tackles, Donlon | Murphy. Walter Connors and Conk- lin: four guards, Humphries. "Jum- bo" Gnasdow, Norris and Nanfeldt and two centers, Joe Rogers and | Humphries who is able to alternate between center and guard
 The game will start at o'clock | and the south section has all been | reserved for New Britain fans. The | officials will be selected by President 1 Joseph Carr of the National league from among the members of his staff.