New Britain herald., 1927-11-21

Inc All New bli(dll lOOlDdlI ltd!Il may be counted among those elevenS of the present season which proyid ed startling upsets on the gridiron following it's defeat yesterday after noon at the hands of the Hartford Giants. The meeting Of the two teams was held on field that was in the poorest conditions possible. The gridiron was nothing short of a quagmire, the recent flood and more recent rains having reduced 1t to a sodden morass Of mud and silt. Only the other day, the officials of the All-New Britain club had an nounced that the field was in Condi- ton to play d football game on il, but yesterday, the East Hartford worse if it was at the bottom of lake.
 IL was the field alone that beat New Britain. Displaying better foot ball than it's opposition, the red eleven saw itself defeated through ! lNO lOuNlIuoN liS bE l1bpSS'i Hartford back, who got away from | tacklers who were unable to slop | through q sea of mud to reach him 1 before he crossed the goal line. No i fair-minded fan could blame a New Britain team of players for yester- days mess. Nor could falr-mindcd fan on the Hartford side credit q team with a clean-cut victory on a | field such as was the Nelodronle. The New Britain team played good i football as did the Hartford Giants but the slipping and sloshinS Of the backs as they attempted to WaiioW to the line, left little Of a thrilling nature for the crowd of spectators present.
 Hobson. the Hartford player who
 was directly responsible for New
 Brtain's defeat vas flash when he
 got on the run. In the first period
 he caught a forward pass from
 Pigeon" Connolly and with "IeN' Graham sloshing after him, he tore across New Britain's goal line for
 the first score of the game. In the
 last period. he intercepted forward pass from New Britain and again tspeeded through a floundering de-
 fense for the second score of the
 game. The first kick was missed but Hobson himself added the point that
 gave Hartford it's 13.
 Graham, Thompson, Manning and l c,,,,n, ,,-nr1-aI like Tr0ianS in . bucking the Hartford line and al- though they did manage 10 score slN
 first downs 10 two for the Hartford
 team, there was little or TO chance
 of either Graham or Thompson reel
 ing off the spectacular runs that
 have characterized their play all season long, because of tn" unCer-
 tain footing. Manning and Sturm hi. through the line time after time but they found themselves bucklne an impossible barrier because ot their inability to get through the mud.
 Hartford first score came with dazzing audiences after an exchange
 of punts that put the ball on Ne" Brltain's 39 yard line. Ho.Son raI | away out to the end and toSk pas from Uncle" Connolly and eiudint Graham, went over the lihe for ;
 touchdown. This came in the frs , period only q short time after tn t game began. silent John' DaNi S failed 10 kick the goal and tn | score stood at 6 10 0 for the re c mainder of the half.
 ! The greater part of the gam | consisted of vain attempts by bot q teams to get going in the mud. Thi o caused the backs 10 kick time afte - time to clear the ball from danger 2 ous territory on downs.
 In the final period with well or Il canized line smashes, New lritai 6 brought the ball to midficld an ? then kicked to Hartford's 10 var 0 line.
 Davis made very poor punt fror ? this spot and the ball went outsid on Hartford's 30 yard line. Nannin in two plurges made first doWI A Then with the ball on Hartford's J l. yard line, New Britain was unabl
 to put it over for another first dow
 and Hartford took the ball an , kicked out of danger.
 New Britain on it's own 9 val y line attempted to pass to make a !" apreciable gain. HObson, playn hack for such a move, saw it con ". ing. Graham tossed far out to Leal
 iut the Hartford back tore in al
 tok the ball on the 30 yard line al
 raced across the goal stripe for a
 other score. He kicked the go5 ,,l He almost got away on another i n tercepted pass but "Butsey" Stur stopped him on New Britain's s yard line.
 q Several times the New Bri,a backs got away for appreciable gai
 a quick turn to avoid tackl ru Thompson apparently got clear on run ana when he went to reverse field, he was stopped after maxi 0 IS yards Ora ham barely missed [ q pl&scs that would have given him W c l.cary slipped with d touchdown
 sight.
 7 New Britain's line worked we
 derfully while the Hartford te;
 presented q stone wall defense. D
 the game been played on q bet ,c field. 1t would have been sW ''' contest. AS It was, Hartford oF- thanking New Britainf retains to record of having no scores agai in- i, this year and remains an unbea H. eleven for the season. It also NIs taken first blood in the series lit. the state championship. The sece nt- game will take place in this ( the next Sunday.
 ley The summary:
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