New Britain herald., 1927-10-19

Probable lineup for Fridays game with Hillhouse High school of New Haven:
 x. B High x. H. High Iehrer .............. Lopatkeivitz
 Left End
 tricson ,........,,......-... IunCh
 Left Tackle
 huhs ....,.............., RoSinsky
 Left Guard
 SCully ........,...... Dl AngellS
 Center
 Reckert .....,,.,.,...... nresscn
 Right Guard
 Casale .,..... ...,,.,......- BelsIer
 Right Tackle
 Nevulis, Netrano .........-. Lewis
 Right End
 LandlnO -.-...,.,..,.. .-......- BelIlnl
 Quarterback
 IdleSkI ,.-,.., .,,.....,....-. wilson
 Left Halfback
 Grip, Reid ......,......... Gildea
 Right Halfback SoTka ................... Corrlgdn
 Fullback
 The question which close followers Of the New Britain High school team will have answered for them when the game is played between the New Haven Hillhouse and New Britain High school teams Friday Is; twill this years New Haven team l. ell. off !, jinx which has prevented IIillhouse from winning games against New Britain on its own field since the Triangular League was formed?"
 The Triangular League was form ed May [, 1915 and the following fall, New Haven Hillhouse and New Britain High school teams, always rivals, but new as far as the Trian- gular League was concerned, met in New Haven for the first game. New Britain won II to '. The next time the two opponents met on the New Haven field New Britain High won by 25 to 0 score. That was in 1917. In 1919 New Britain High school won by a 2 to : score, in 1928 it won by IS to score. and in 1925 it won by ' to 3 count.
 During the past four visits to New Haven, it was thought for time that the New Haven ambition Of several years was to be realized, but always New Britain came from behind and took the game.
 In 1919, he last game in which tne 1ata '"Billy' Burns. proclaimed ono of the greatest athletes New Britain High school ever had. took part, Coach Dave Dunn sent the sec ond string players into the game in the first half The New Haven team banged away at the second string line and hammered the backfield of understudies, thinking it was wearing down New Britains team. When the half was over the score read: New Haven '; New Britain 0. A coffin Was brought out on the field by the New Haven rootors and there was great rejoicing.
 Burns Ran Wild.
 Tn the second half Billy" Burns. Dixie Griffin, Bob" PeplaW and the rest Of the first team ran out on the field. Burns ran wild, and New Britain piled up 2l points, &t the samc time lroldIng New Haven sCorelcsS.
 In 1921. tb" Red and Gold team again went down to the Elm City for the annual game. Al the ond of the first half New Haven led 10 3. At the end of the third quarter in" score remained the sam, and tn" hopes of New Britain team began to sink. In th" last quarter "biNi"' Griffin took th" ball on a b"aufi'W broll cn-fioH run carried il 55 wards for Touchdown
 Greatest Victory.
 FL, greatest victory of all War 'h" ls to ! win of the NardWar" City team in 1923. New Haven had sensational end rruor named Rel Stevens who could not hr stopped until h. had complttod &5, i5 and 50 yard runs. New Haven led throughout the greater part of the game on a touchdown scored hy him and a surcpssfGl plac mant kick for inc extra point, Although the Franklin Square boys had sror"d touchdown they had not kicked inc point after and the score was ! 10 G
 Ii was New Ravens hall on the onit-Toot lin. with sacnad 10 go. TG. final whistle hI'w just as tn" NGw Haven Quartarbacll wlS half way through his signals and th" referee declared that this would b" Inc last play and the game would be orrr.
 The Now Haven team pHnt"d ont 10 the 90 yard line to Johnnie Grip who nas quarterback that year. Grip. who IS now going big for Tordram. gathered thc oval in and ran 70 yarls through a broken field for q touchdown and the winning points. New Britain High won the game on the last play.
 Freddie Gcnnette was the hero of the 1925 game when he carried inc brunt of the attack on quarterback rushcs through 'he center of the lin" for three quarters of the field and planted the ball behind the goal line for a. touchdown. This score nyprr1r1a 1 q fo lrai which inc