New Britain herald., 1927-11-21


 football eleven, after being h1.d scoreless during the frs. bali hy fighting New Britain eleven, went into the second half of the anrua! game Saturday and swept tho Rcd and GolI lead Of one touchdown and . six points, into the discard ani Hartford emerged the victor by tho score ot 24 to 5. Babe" Root, KeuNey and Hanna . fin will be names long associated . with the gama this year as 1t Was mostly through their work that the . Hartford High came through with . Us victory. New Britain had scored a touch- !. down in the first period on success . siye llntbucks at the center, Lan- dino had crossed the goal line for the touchdown and the kick after goal had failed. Again the New Britain team came within one ioot of scoring and could not go over. The tables were completely rerers- cd in the second half as Hartford sent it's steam roller into action. Down the field swept the Blue clad gridders Of the opposition until dash after dash brought them safely through a doubtful game and made the result only too evident long be- fore the contest was oFer
 Play by Play Account
 Hartford won the toss and chose 10 defend the north goal. Grip, who was taking Zaleskis place in the New Brita.a backtield caught the ball and ran 20 yards to mtdield. Bell hit center and gained two yards. Hartford was offiside and fiye-yard penalty resulted. Sowka hit center for a first down. The ball was on Hartord's 45-yard line.
 New Britain could not make first down Sowka kicked to Dobhin who was tackled almost immediately. Hayden made five yards at left tackle. Root made four yards at right tackle. New Britain was caught holding and it received 15- yard penalty. The ball was on New ''c.tain's 35-yard line. Hayden went rough right tackle for 13 yards. ,5t tried Hartford's skin tackle Y at left tackle and gained first down and 10 yards. The ball was On New Britains 13-yard line. Root, in an attempted end run ran straight across the field and Landino tackled him for two-yard loss, Hayden failed 10 gain in two attempts at right tackle. Root was thrown for q two yard loss and New Britain re- ceilcd the ball near its own l5-yard line.
 Grip make Ave yards at left tack le. but when Iandino tried the same play he failed to gain. Sowka kicked to Dobkin at the 4g-yard line and Dobkin fumblod. Sully was downs like streak and fell on the ball. Bell made two yards at cen ter. Scwka took forward paSs and ran 9 yards to the 25-yard line. Grip made yard at center, but I.andno made first down on a center plunge. Sowka hit center for three yards. A forward pass 10 Iohrcr was incomplete. Sowka socked th" center Of the line but the Hartford stone wall held him up in the @ir. Sowka went to tho three yard line on a plunge which gave New Brit ain a first down. LGnaiao wsnt through center for a touchdown. Score was 10 Q when SoWN3's drop kick did not make inc grade,
 Roo. was tackled by Zem,r wh6n he received the ball on the kickoff Hayden failed 10 gain at left tackle Root made four yards from his oWr 4S-yard line to New Eritain's 4S- yard line. HayG.n fu@tlc1 CT ar end run and Grip recovered for NeW Britain. The ball was in New Brit. ain's possession on its own @G-yar' lin" as the quarter ended.
 Sowka mad" no gain in q play q right tackle, and on the same play New Britain received 15-yar, penalty for holding on the of5rgse Sowka kicked 10 the 2fyard lin and Root fou on the ball as l bpAI''.i '' iOH+', is'tltlf'N tA4''' " ''' right tackle, but he was stopp', with a two-yard loss Kenney kicke' olIsid" on I'arrford's 422-yard line
 on the first play, Hartford Wa offside and it received q five-yar penalty. SoHka plunged throu= center for yard. It was Grip thl time. a yard at center and on tn next play Big Jim" Scully dash. down the middle of the field, SowN ran back-a forward pa&s-Jlm gc II. It was 22-yarl pass 10 Hart fords 13-y1rd line. Bpn made on yard at center. Now Britain took fve-yard penalty for ofside. Sowii hit center for first down.
 Here was th. place where th greatest tragedy of the gam" fc New Britain was enacted Wit three yards 70 go, Sowka scclcd th center of the line, hut not half 8 hard os it sockrd back and th'r was no gain. That was the fir down. Landino hit center and | got he same treatment, no gal Sowka went into the center of il