New Britain herald., 1928-10-29
 
LOCAL S0CCERITES
 LOSE TO SCANDIA
New Britain Team Weakens After First Period Of Game

 After holding their own with the powerful Scandia A. C. soccer team of Hartford for the full length of the first period the All-New Britain team weakened just trifie with the start of the last period. but just enough for the visitors to sail into port for a victory. The final score was to 1.
 | The game was played at Willow Brook park and the crowd of sport l ing fans which witnessed the battle was the largest to attend a soccer game in this city in some years. The first half saw the two teams battle on an even scale with neither side able to score. The second period saw the visitors return to the fold with renewed playing ability and for the first five minutes. during which they got two of their goals. they had the locals buffaloed with their dazz- ling play.
 Hartford got the first score of the game in the first minute of play of the latter period. 0. Johnson kicking i it through Four minutes later fortune smiled on them and they got their second score. Three time the ball was perfectly kicked for goal. Twice Thoma. local goal tender, stopped the ball but in stopping it the second time he slipped. fell to the ground and the third goal attempt went through before he could re- gain his feet. Harry kimdhult was the scorer. Its third goal coming near the close of the game was scored when Otterson made a pretty | kick.
 1 New Britain got its lone goal at the IS minute mark of the last period. Wallace being the kicker after the ball was rushed down practically the whole length Of the 1 field in neat style and with every member of the team taking active part in the play prior to its shoot ing.
 New Britain looked brilliant in defeat and to name any one player as having player harder than the others would be doing an injustice to the others. Every member gave his all and no fault, because of de- feat, should fall upon any one man. Defeat came because they played a superior team and partly also be- cause the breaks of the game were against them. On several occasions the ball was kicked for a goal only to have 1t hit one of the posts and fall back toward the field. The locals were trifle the better on the offensive but it was on the defensive that they lost ground to their op- ponents.
 Frank Urban who Is former 1 Olympic player and who played a center forward position for the locals, was the outstanding player on the field. There IS nothing about the soccer ball game that this lad does not know and he showed all he knows during yesterdays game. Many a prize fighter would give plenty to become as nimble and adept with his feet as Frank Urban is and he was treat in himself every time he received the ball, to go past several of the opposing play CTS before he could pass it 10 a fellow player.
 Hallin. big back on the Capital city team was a stonewall in him. self on the dslense. Not a man on 1 the local team could vie with his i kicking. This boy booted them high and far and proved a valuable man on his team.
 1 The game was played cleanly by both teams, time out being taken but once when Hartford player had the wind knocked out of him. He stayed in the game. The game was played in fast style, both teams showing a high standard of team- work.
 The game started with New Brit ain holding the upper hand for the first two minutes. Shortly after ward Hartford invaded New Brit aims ground and stayed there for several minutes before they were pushed back into their own terri tory by an exceptionally hard on- slaught which they failed 10 meet. Followed several minutes of play m the center of the field. At ten min utes the ball was pushed into New Britain territory and then star1"d a see-saw affair, he ball finding itself for a few minutes in New Britain territory and again in Hartford. This continued until the end of this peri cd, both teams putting up good de- fcnsive playing with the result that neither team came within scoring distance.
 Hartford lncorkcd a hard driving game in the second half to get two goals within a fow minutes. After ;he two scores New Britain made q successful effort 10 meet this now onslaught with the result that again the teams settled into playing even ball. The lin"ups:
 Al-New Britain-G. Thoma. goal, F. Goclimsky. right ack: H. Blckle, left back; G"chimskv. right half- back; F. I.orch. center halfhack.
 Left halfhack HI. Schiifort. | Right forward K. Iindhcrg.
 Right forWard-N. Wallace. Center orvard-Frank Urban.
 Left forward-c. Atkin.
 Left forward W. Hanpt.
 Scandia \. C.
 Goal-Thorstenscn.
 Right tback-kilstrom.
 Left back-Hallin.
 Right halfbac acl;-E. Johnson.
 Center halfhack-J. Johnson.
 Left halfbock-E. Anderson.
 Right forward-O. Johnson.
 Right forward-Carroll.
 Center forwa rd---N. Otterson.