New Britain herald., 1929-06-10
BOY SCOUT TROOP TWINS
 CITY TITLE FOR 18TH TIME
Maintains Perfect Record With Overwhelming Victory at Willow Brook Lincoln School Troop Finishes Second to Championship Center Church Organza. tion-Ten Troops Figure in Scoring - First Aid Wins Praise of Judging Experts.

More than doubling the score of its closest opponent and piling up . greater. total of points than any three other troops combined, Boy Scout Troop | captured its 18th con- secutive city championship by win- ming the annual field meet of the local scout council ct Willow Brook park Saturday afternoon and there- by preserving its record. Troop {, which is located at the First Congre- gational church. has won these com petitions every year since they were inaugurated in 1915. making . rec ord which is believed unique in scouting.
 The winning troop scored four firsts and four seconds. being shut out in only one event, and ran up 52 points. while the best any other troop could do was take two firsts and a second for Fl points. This was achieved by Troop 20, located at the Lincoln school. while Troop g of the First Baptist church. with . first and a second. wound up in third place with 1s points. Others troops scored as follows: Troop 21, Nathan Hale Junior high school. 13 points; Le- zion Troop 6S. of kensington. II points; Troop 1, Berlin, s points; Troop ?, South Congregational church, points; Troop IS. St. Jo- seph's church. points; Troop IT. First Lutheran church, :, 5 points: Troop 3. Trinity NJ. E. church, points. American Legion Troop ', which was runner-up last year. failed to score a point Saturday. nor did Troop 25 of the Central Junior high school.
 The victory was the most over whelming of recent years, but in al- most every event. figured by itself. the competition was keener than in past years and the decisions in many cases were made only after consid- erable deliberation on the part of the judges. However. by proving just the necessary bit better in four events an by placing in four others, the winners piled up a staggering point total which was only 20 short of perfection. ..,..-.
 OH to Fast Start
 Troop { got away fast by winning the scoutcraft event. Presenting three eagle scouts with eight palms and backing these with points for five life and IF star scouts and | host of merit badges. the victora piled up SPA points. which was near ly double that of Troop 21, the clos est competitor in this event. Fur ther advantage was gained when Raymond Mainer made Are by fric- ton in 4c seconds and .bested the Troop cntrant by few seconds.
 Troop g, however, took the Morse signalling, and the Benson brothers gave Troop 20 a start by capturing the semaphore signalling. In this event the Troop { message was torn into bits in the opening of the en- velopa. but some remarkable send- ing by William Baker gave it sec ond place despite the ensuing loxs of valuable time. Troop was far ahead in knot-tying. with Troop 20 second. The latter troop continued its assault Tn the fire building and water boiling. its team dethronins the Troop |. team which was de- lending its 1928 title. The event was exceptionally close and only one second separated the two winners.
 Other troops then began to have