New Britain herald., 1929-11-25


 down through tho years were all present at Memorial Field in Willow Brook Saturday afternoon. when. in a battle as spectacular and az bitter as any that has ever been fought between tho rWo perennial grldiron foes. Coach GeorSo VI. Cassidy g stalwarts twice came from behind to score brilliant go to T. victory.
 Rattling hack and forth with col orful crowds of partisan fans jam- med into tho blcachors on the four sides of the field two strong and hefty football teams wagcd the strife that has become aSe-old All Of the glorious traditions ot football at the New Britain high school were carried on Saturday as her gallant sons of 1929 crashed banged and pIoughcd their way through dcs- peratc Blue and White wall to clinch a victory that will go down on the golden pages Of tim" as a glorious orc and vell-carncd and well-meritcd.
 Every man jack on the New Brit ain team played hs heart out in that game. Even the substitutes who were forced 10 sit on the bench and watch their mates carry on felt only a pang of regret that they were not chosen to bear the brunt of battle. Elation shone in the eyo of Mother New Britain as twice. after heart-rcnding breaks, Hartford had gone into the lead, her high school sons forgot the score anl started sll over again on that march r that ended only when th" last white stripe marking Hartford's goal was crossed. Both times, Iicrby Carlson, like a hattlc-scarrad veteran, cool even when tho fire WaT thickoSt. . booted the ball over the bars for tho , extra point that gave New Britain . two point edge. Then. 10 make the victory sure and 10 demonstrate that what could bo done twice could be dono asain. tho team battlcd it's way down tho line again and scored an- other touchdown, clinchins the . game.
 g Al Middleton earned the soubriquct Of the nonstop express Saturday !, hy his line plunging. Visions of the , great backs who have gone forth . from the New Britain high school. , were brought IT'D by the smashing . ability of this halfback. He was inc iron man Of the game. Hc was called upon in the pinchcs 10 take the ball and keep pounding al tho Hartford line. Hc carried it 33 times and gain q total of l04 yards In all. His work vas superb.
 Alongside his name must 20 the name of every other member Of the team that won Saturday. Billy Ross, unerring in catching punts, brainy field general who picked the plays that met success. to8ser of forwards that found their mark all but twice. proved himself Saturday real quarterback to be rated with the hest. kloiber and Fink. despite two doubtful mistakes. came back all the harder and fought like tigers 10 help their mates put the victory acro5a. BoGGanslI and Mangan at the wings. kept their ends in safe keeping. Bogdanahi stood out re- ceivins passes that gained plenty of yardaGe when yards were badly needed
 The line, a brlwarli Of strength, charged with vengeance and tackled yiciously but clcanl. Hart ford made only four first downs during tho gam" while Kew Britain pounded through for eight To name the outstanding s;ar of thc team would he hut ro namo inc cntlr" team IS it played Saturday after noon.
 Hartford ~coral j'r two touch- downs on "hr Le." The first gcore e tGc @alNc c"m. after Nr~ Hr,'- +in fUmhlc had beca rrcorcycd on Ne" Erjtaiu's 70 yard limo. Kcuncy hurled naS# to Tcnchc hchiud tho goal line and whom kloio.r. dcsprr- ate hands 'ip. only tipped Inc ball. Hartford had made it's first scoro.
 Tho second touchdown fer tho Capital City clc, cn camc when Fink. hit like q ion Of brich lost tho hall in thc air and Kenncy suatchCd ii and raced = yards fo2 another score.
 Brilliant in Defeat
 HowcNcr, in defeat. as well as tn victory. there were heroes Saturday. Beaten but not -samed. Hartford Can have no shame in losing 10 a better combination. JacI, Konncy. captain and leader or thc squad. though bruised and sore physicaliy. "as brilliant, He WaG in on tackles , and vas tho means Of Hartford mak- ? ing its lone scores, although these were not enough. Despite his in- juriaa he Was cangcrous at all times and his nomo will long he rcmem- bered in the Capital City.
 With hin in glory stand Tcnchc and Shortoll. two Of the best backs 10 face d New Britain team. That their team was beaten. was no fault of theirs. They gayc their best.
 Roane, colorcd end, vas the ont standing player on tho line. He was superb on defense and recovered one tumble for his team. His work U.
 Play By Play Account
 In th" tess up Captain Joe Potts of ,;cw Britain called the turn and choso 10 dotond tho north goal
 Grima1g Kicked 10 Captain Nen- ro> "ho made -p yard ran to l'mt'T 4n yard lDr. On th- next play Toncha f1rblcd and Potts rc- covered for New Biijain or Hart ford g 1N yard line. Middleton hit right tackle for five yards and on Inc next play he mad" t1o at right eHard. Taking the ball for the third inn" in succession he madc another yard al right tackle. For inc fourth time Middleton took he ball and hit