New Britain herald., 1928-11-27
|GR|D CAPTAIN TO
| Be Chosen SOON
Joe Potts Or Al Middleton Nav
Receive high School Honor

school football team.
Potts 10 = member OF the Delta Xi
fraternity and was just nosed out
for the captaincy OF the baseball
team by two votes when Captain
elect Bill Mangan won the honor.
Joe ID still member OF the first
year class and will have two more
years OF football ahead OF him. He
is the son Of DR.. Joseph H. Potts and
Mrs. Potts Of 10 Madison street.
Middleton entered tho New Britain
high school = month after the term
began In September and in less than
three weeks he made up the
months work and became eligible
for the team. He played halfback on
the offense and fullback on the de-
Tense in the first game against
Adams high school team. He is a
strong defensive player and was the
choice Of Coach Cassidy for the left
guard position when injuries left
Bill kuhs on the side lines in the
Hartford game. He is q junior and
will have one more year of school.
Previously he attended Suhield pre-
paratory school and Dean academy.
He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. z.
Middleton of IS Barnett street.
Lose Eight Regulars
Graduations in February and June
will take from the team eight regu-
lars as follows: Frank Casale, Gen.
for. RiJI Lr,,hS ouord. Yobp C1Cp,op
ski, tackle; Gunnard Nelson, end:
Captain Louis Landino. quarterback;
Alexander Zaleski and Michael Grip.
halfbacks. and Edward Sowka. full
back. Practically the only substitute
who will be leaving the school is
Henry Kraszewski. halfback.
Those who will be left to build UP
the team are Billy Ross. quarter
back: Herby Carlson. who will prob
ably be the fullback and punter: Al
Middleton, who will probably be q
backf1eld man. and Bill Mangan.
who next year will be valuable either
as = halfback. quarterback or end.
In the line will be Joe Bogdanski.
right end; Joe Potts. right guard:
John DUNN. who will undoubtedly
place center; Henry Gwiazda, who
can be used either at guard or CEN
ter; "Penoke" Ludwinowicz, left
tackle: Johnny Grohol, Patsy Pat
tisankis or Mike" Baylock. ends.
Those who are expected to make a
strong bid for line positions are
OBrien, Ritter. johnson, kayeski
and Pittsinger. 1t is expected that
Witty Mikala uskas will be a strong
candidate for guard position.
T, Although the New Britain High
school team won the Triangular
championship with one victory over
| Hartford and tie game with New
Haven Hillhouse, under the rules it
did not win the cup offered by Mr..
! Fleischer because Of its tie game
with Hillhouse. The cup had to be
held over for the second time. The
rules state that the team must have
two victories. no defeats and no ties.
Hartford and New Haven are worse
than New Britain. each having =
defeat.
Last year both Hartford and New
Haven teams conquered New Brit
ain but they played 6 to tie when
| they met each other In Hartford.
On Buckley Field
Hartford High never defeated
New Britain on the Buckley field.
They met on the field when 1t was
! known as Clarkin field in 1924 and
Captain Henry Zehrer and his team
ran rough shod ever Hartford. The
next occasion was in 1926 and Cap
/ tain Tim Claire's team won VIC
tory. Then the surprise Of last Sat-
urday when New Britain conquered
the heavier Hartford team by a to
0 victory.
| Hartford High may call Buckley
Stadium its link" field. 1t has only
been successful in winning one game
there and that was over Buckley
High school this year.
Was Team Made?
There is general impression
about the city that the High school
team was already made when it
came to Coach Cassidy this year
The feeling was that there were 50
many veterans and so many new
heavy men that there was no need
OF a coach. This impression is not
correct. If Coach Cassidy's team
was already made, then so was
Coach John Newells Hartford High
school team. Newell had three Of
his four regular backfeld men from
last year and he had backfield sub
stltute for the fourth position. In
the line he had a veteran end, tackle
and guard and was only forced to
find center, guard, tackle and end
Yet New Britain defeated that team.
Coach Cassidy had three veteran
regular backs and a veteran substi-
tute to fill in for the fourth position.
1 He had a guard and a center and
| he had to fill in all the other places
with new men.
I 1t might be said that both coaches
had an even break" except that
Newell had one more veteran line.
man. But consideration must be
given the fact that the veteran team
which Newell had was the outfit that
swamped the Hardware City ut Will
low Brook park the year before.
At left end Coach Cassidy used
/ Bunnard Nelson, a member Of last
years second team who had seen
very little actual service. He came
through. At left tackle he used
'Fenoke' LudvinoWicz who last year
was a mediocre member of the Sec
ond team. At left guard Bill Kuhs,
one OF the two veterans was used and
at center, Frank Casale, the Other
veteran, was stationed. At right
guard Coach Cassidy used Joe Potts,
a freshman, John DUNN, a center
on last years team. and Mikalaus-
kas. rookie. At right tackle. John
Szymanski who was fair on the sec
ond team line, was given the as
signmcnt. At right end wns Joe
Pogdanski who was playing football