New Britain herald., 1930-10-29
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The New York Daily News states today that Major Frank Cavanaugh, coach of football at Fordham uni Nersity, has challenged Notre Dame 10 a post-season game of football. providing the two teams win all their remaining games.
 Coach Cavanaugh states that Notre Dame might have the best team in the Ncountry but no claim can be made to a championship un- til the South Enders play the Rams of New York. CaVanaugh feels pretty sure that he has the best de- fense in the country plus a pretty fair attack.
 The major adds that all the talk about championship systems gives him pain in the neck. 'I myself was using most of what is called the Rockne system when knute was in knee pants,' he added.
 The possibility of such game be- ing played, is very remote. Notre Dame plays 10 games on it's seasons schedule. Every one with the eXcep- tion, possibly, of Drake university, is a tough one. That's enough for any football eleven in any section of the country. However, we hardly believe that there is a stadium in the country large enough to hold the crowd of spectators who would want to see the contest.
 Maybe those two leading politi- clans in our own bailiwick, Harry Ginsburg and Bill Mangan, will leave the stump long enough to give out their ideas on this subject. We can almost quote both of them be- fore they even say word. Fordham. of course, has better team than Rockne ever turned out at South Bend.
 Mangan and Gnsburg have both received notices in the metropolitan press over their political enmity and their football friendship. Where politics are concerned, they are as wide apart as the two poles. Where Fordham is concerned. both are twins in their expressions. Like two brothers who are always scrapping, they hammer away at each other over who is the best candidate for this or that office but let anyone say anything about their family, Ford ham, and both form a coalition that is closer and more binding than any formed even during the world war.
 In case you don't know the par ticulars let us say that Judge Man gan is making a race for the posi- tion of judge of probate on the democratic ticket while Attorney Ginsburg, chairman of the republi- can town committee is directing the attack of the opposing forces against him.
 As was pretty certainly to be ex- pected, the New Britain Rams made their last appearance locally at Will
 
 10 this comes an announcement that the team has disbanded for the sea- son. The combination might possibly play another game against the So- kol-Rosebuds in Bridgeport but If this is done, it will be a team in dependent from the organization known as the New Britain Rams.
 New Britain has always been one Of the leading centers for pro foot ball teams Whenever there was battle or for state honors in this section of the gridiron game, one could always find the Hardware City eleven at or near he top. Some glorious battles have gone down on the records.
 Whether the significant fact that the football team has quit in mid season because of lack of patron age spells the death knell of the sport here. will be seen only in the years to come. This year is an eX- coptional one with regard to busi- ness It is the worst in the history Of the country, according 10 hoary . headed business men and naturally the field of sports is affected just the same as any other proposition.
 IL may be, and we hope that we are right in our prediction. that business will pick up sufficiently to enable some promoter or band of eleven in the years to come. To US it seems @ shame that the sport has to pass from our midst.
 Where a few years ago, local teams were at death grips in their fight to get permission to use Me morial Field in Willow Brook park for the purpose of playing football, the field is literally going begging this year.
 The field is clear now for the Blues, Pawnees, Triangles or any other elevens who might want to use it.
 One great gridiron battle in store for local fans is one that will prob ably be arranged in the near future,