New Britain herald., 1930-12-30

New Britain nlgn SCnOOl atnleuCS experienced only an ordinary year during 1880 with a few outstanding victories in each sport compensating the fans for the defeats, several of which were entirely unexpected. The one sporting event on the schedule of the high school teams which out Shone all others was the 7-6 defeat handed to Hartford on November 5 by the local football machine. This victory served to erase the memory Of many of the previous defeats in all sports which the teams on Franklin square had experienced this last year.
 The local high school teams made a good record against their arch rival, Hartford Public high school, beating the Neweilmen twice in bas- ketball, once in baseball, and in the annual football game. Hartford highs only victory over New Britain came during the baseball season. New Haven Hillhouse, the other Triangular league rival of N. B. H. S.. was more successful in its games against the Cassidymen. The boys from the Elm City scalped the New Britain team twice in basketball but with the advent of the baseball sea- son one of these defeats vas atoned for. The New Britain high football team atoned for the other defeat suffered at the hands of the New Haven basketball team.
 Basketball
 The local high school basketball team played only six games last sea- son largely because of the fact that the new gymnasium at the local school was not completed until he basketball season was practically over New Haven Hillhouse opened the basketball season of the New Britain team by trimming the Hard ware City team to the tune of lS-17, foul shot deciding the contest Hartford high came down to New Britain to dedicate the new Franklin square gym and received a defeat at the hands of the Cassidymen by the score of 1913. Then New Haven once more defeated New Britain, this time by the score of 33-31. The best game on the high schools schedule was that between New Britain and St. Thomas Seminary Of Hartford St. Thomas pinned a defeat on the Cassidymcn, 26-24, but it was hard pressed to do so The season ended with two victories, one ovar Hartford high and the other over the Alumni quintet.
 Baseball
 It appeared at the start of the high school baseball season that Coach Cassidy had an aggregation as good as any high school nine in the state. The team started off with three victories: Al over Hartford, S-2 over LaSalette and 9-4 over Naugatuck. Then the team struck it's first snag and this was warn ing of what was to come. In the game with Bridgeport Central, the down state boys defeated the New Britain team, 6-3, the first of the year.
 Bulkeley high of Hartford scored the second victory over the Cassidy men, S-3. The local team then tenn porarily pulled out of its slump and handed New Haven Hillhouse a set back by the score of 6-2. Then New Britain lost to Hartford high. 6-2. Norwich Free Academy was defeat ed, A for the last victory of the New Britain ball tossers for the sea son. St Thomas Seminary handed the local team a setback, 5-2 and Naugatnck swamped the New Brit ain team 10-5 to conclude the season.
 Coach Lionel NJ. Depot had to form his track team out Of few left overs and many newcomers. Several of the field event men from the pre- vious season were left for the 1880 season, but practically the entire track team had been graduated. The local track season was opened by a meet with Crosby high of Water bury, which was won by the Brass city team, although the Depotmen showed up better than they had been expected to before the meet. In the only other meet of the year, in Hartford County '. NJ, C, A. con- test, the New Britain team walked through the opposition with little difficulty. Captain Stanley Never doski, Captain elect Stanley Dab kowski, Joe LudwinoWic end Larry Boticelli were the chief point get ters for the team.
 Football
 Faced by one of the most dlffl- cult schedules in the state, the x. E. H. s. football team came through Tn the majority of it's games Curiously enough, the local team was able to defeat its opponents with good teams, while the two easiest games on it's schedule resulted in defeats for the Franklin Square team.
 Two alumni games were played before the season proper commence ed, one resulting in defeat and the