New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 14, 1927, Page 8

BESOLLILHLLLHHL 99 208805050508 0383285520590 9L 5355559509 955908855 59558985956 509555695500 ALL-NEW BRITAIN STAGES FIERCE ATTACK TO BEAT BRIDGEPORT MOHICANS—HARDWARE CITY QUINTET TAKES MEASURE OF ALPINES OF PARK CITY—ROLLER HOCKEY TO BE REVIVED AT STANLEY ARENA TONIGHT—ITEMS OF SPORT WORLD PEPETITIITIPIIIS TR TIICIIITITIPTETITIPITTIGTIPITTIITEICTEPEPOT I TES T TPITPPIVTCICLOE00C 006 COLELPEPIP PS4 VERMONT ELEVEN 'ALL NEW BRITAIN ELEVEN AGAIN DOWNS BRIDGEPORT WITHOUT SCORIN {Second Half Attack of Hardware City Team Turns Im- pending Defeat Into Easy Victory—Locals Penaliz- ed 80 Yards In First Half —Mohicans Lead 8 to 6 at Rest Period—Sturm Scores Three Touchdowns on] Plunges—Radzewich Runs 55 Yards Across Goal. | Hartfora Pioneers NEW BRITAIN QUINTET IN IMPRESSIVE START“ BEATS RED & GOLD Prep School Team Too Strong for New Britain Team Plavers All Flash Mid-Season Form In Overwhelming Victory Over Alpines of Bridgeport -— Sloman and Rubenstein Prove to Be Just as Clever as Ever at | Forwards—Leary Shows Up Well at Guard—C onl\-i . ey \ 1 e 1d of “four horsemen” lin Starts at Center—Recerd Crowd Sees Game, . H e demy to five victorles this year, 4 through the New Britain High ol football team for three touch- downs in a game at Memorial field 1 school back- K icclaimed even by its most Al rooters, fought its way through heavy preparatory school line ost an equal number of first The final score was 20 to 13 avor of Vermont academy. Tt vas an excellent and well drill ed team, the aggregation that came to this ci through the floods and ters of its home state. times in the game it would sweep | th ting New PBritain eleven be- it and on three occasions, f{ts nd in|mwarch was not etopped until the x points | scored n ny their out-of-state rivals, it was far nferior on the defense. The *“four ho men” could do little in the | center New ¥ ain's line, but it | kad a mean tac », skin tackle, and end running attack that made New Britain's hopes look weak on sev- cral occasions. Tt did not the smart quarter- bhack of the Vermont team long to ¥ that Captain Joln Ericson at ft tackle was not him He had e into the game with his knee in ricson &tood th tack of al bac ka well un- | der his handicap. Then Scully | to have the job of his life trying to | stop the end runs of the backs. He | was forced to use cvery bit of his hold the visiting backs in check. However, he to get the interference d the ball carrier, sccondary defense mistakes which is corrected by the time gamwe rolls around Sat- Aly the Pu consecut Several Britain team ret downs as as consider crowd for ti season s o well filled both in that adorn the pl ana | itors o o . | 15 Sloman who la the outstandir ing column f ship Natic form. Al zame of ¢ torward C in shooting caused many p that ha vyear of h playec this mate, the incom er, I he has lo: in <lipping @ guards. Conklin who el i warts in £ the All-New- |3 peary e ime Britain Football tear 70 but as a ter. He school experience sional 1 i ganmie under professi could not quite g teur gor a br the ri od st from to a few will b the Hartford urd a, is one of who the quarterback’s on the defense is inclined to in toward the play. If a back position ! run hould defense there is no safety man if auarterback is out of his pos tion. The res still have lot to learn in the defense of for- vd passes. T was brought to tention of the fans noticeably rday when three of them stoo: a4 while Vermont end t a forward pass and ran over touchdown. s criticisim given in a construe- includes about every bad in the team's play. It must aid that the team's offense was it could be asked for, and backtield doing teichart Brideepors Dillon Dick Scorer, | ry Game | w0t vs. Landers in nd Mary won her t Ssa Tirit paraly Commercial | opponents 1o > exhibi- ulers Butsy” Sturm, ination this 1l ef Al up th Leen a great is an aceur capta their on the the line last s start L Great in Defeat iy blagtyaus s e i 1s the opinion of all who have il d 4 i S the team in action in cvery e s tnimver ¢ S e S e f i this scason that it looked : f gl gt N 1ch better in defeat than it did victory it 18 scored this se ihers of the Vermont team d th team the strongest game the hardest the ain team has played ti; remarkable when it that Vermont Academy played thr collepe f New 1 ont and ma teuchdown Stanley Iule & Lecel Fld 11 Green Ji is second half his hmen teams previous itain game, the ball on the ched down the field f New Britain ccived and marched to a touch- lown which tled the score at G-all. Vermont scored its second in the after another serics of shes and end runs. Its n was scored when it 30 yard pass to a re- five yard line who Britain scored in inute of play after a long brought the ball to the and two line plung ot Starts Leary Seoring a final n to end Pirst Downs ¢ Tiritain scored 14 first downs, were scored by the nor team. New Bri- High m five in the first to six for Vermont; two in cr to three for Ver- the third quarter to and five fn the New B Ne two less than ain - State Prade School t Academy Plays First Circuit Game Tn Sims- tain e December 16, rmont; s were Zehrer, Virmont's best . Hobson, Wil- Lovejoy. ount of Game Lricson won the toss and I to defend the north gonl. Kicked to Toolin who ran ard Jine. Toolin hit cen- n yards. Hohson hit left jown. McNamara hit it yards. Wilhelm vard at left tackle. He ball again and made it first tackle. MeNamara at right tackle L 1CAt tackle. by Hobson ile. The ball 22 yard Il Lt end for a did not make the scorc yards 3 yar lead by ( Britain's skirted i ering 1 re- A4 to d on his 0w play b andion who 35 yard line threaw a lly for 15 Bell m nine i hit right W first Ka picked up one yard at Dell ripped through ine yards. The ball was yard line 1o cight yards at left ino made three at cen- t down. The ball was 1 line. Sowka hrought vo yards nearer the goal nter plunge. Bell hit left sixX o yarde, went £3 RIS 0 e e W first line first down, touchdown but Landino vr for a (Continued on Following Page) was | v of this week. Clift Bell, half- | break through the first Hne | : prep schools and | | The second half attack of the All- | | New Britain football team turncd {impending defeat by the Mohicans | of Bridgeport by an 8 to 6 score !into a victory by the score of 33 to |8 in a game played in Bridgeport | yesterday. The Bridgeport team, | following a touchdown by All-New | Britain in the early part of the first !quarter, tied the score and then on | a poor pass and a fumble hehind | the goal line which was recovered by | Tom Humphreys, scored a safety giving them a total of eight points. The score stood at 8 to 6 at the end of the first half but in the second part of the game, the New Britain steam roller got into action and five touchdowns with three points after the goals were scored put New Brit- ain away ahead. | ew Britaln seemed destined {1ose the game through penalties in- | filcted by the officlals in the first |half, The Hardware City eleven lost a total of S0 yards in the initial two quarters through called viola- tions by those in charge of the game Bridgeport’s touchdown came as & direct result of two penaltics, one of [ them bringing the ball to the vard line and the other being for vards, Under the rules, the ball was placed on the one-yard !and Bridgeport carricd it ove Faced with defeat by a which was outelassed from th |the New Britain eleven got down to Dbusiness in the sccond half and with Butsy” Sturm ramming Park | City line for gain after and | leading his team In scoring, the score | quickly mounted until it was eapped |at the end of the contest by a | yard run by ¥ cepted forward pass for | down, and a dropkick for the extra point. New Britain ploughed through the | Bridgeport line in good order in the first half but the numerous penal- | ties nullified all the good work of | the hacks. Almost on every play, a | penalty would be called for offside | using the hands, clipping or som: {other offensc until it secmed that New Britain was making more vard- ge for the Bridgeport team than that crew could make ftself. | The safety scored by the opposl- “:Iou came after Bridgeport had {punted to New Britain's nine yard |line. Radzewich was back for an | attempted slice through tackle when McHugh made a bad pass. “Raddy’ chased the ball as it went by him | nd he attempted to run. As he was tackled, he fumbled the hall and a | Bridgeport man and Tom Hum- | phreys were after it. Humphreys {dumped the Park City player and recovered the ball just as a swarm of Biridgcport player ded on him and Brideeport had another present {of 1wo points given their team Sturm was the outstand- |ing star of the game. On three oc- ons, he tore through the Dridge- port line to make a touchdown, He iripped through center and he tore kle. He slammed | 1 for three first downs. Gra- ham and Radzewich aided by the slippery Thompson cach scored a | touchdown, Graham going through tackle at a fast clip for 20 yards for ore. Radzewich intcreented the Bridgcport pass and ran 55 yards for Iis part of the day's wor game was viewed by the crowd of the scason in cport. It was made Interest- ing for the home fans heca of the exciting moments during which New Britain was behind but it became a 1ull pastime after the big red eleven really got going. Very few penalties were levied in the second half and | New Dritain swept through the | fense easily to cross the goal line, | Bridgeport Kicks Of Diridgeport Kicked off and Sturm { took the ball to his 30-yard line, | Graham shot a pass ary but urds were lo Radzewich cight yards through tackle Sturm gained another, punted. Barron made a yard and New Britain was penalized 15 yards on the next play. Bridgeport, un- able to gain, kicked and it was New Britatn's ball. Graham went 20 yards through tackle for a first down. Surm got two yards at cen- | t Thompson added two more. I'hen Graham shot another forward pass this time to “Shep” Bingham ard gain. Sturm hit center for six yar, wich made no gain. A for- . Graham to Leary was fncom Anothe iraham to 1O PEON. N tirst down. Azewich recovered and then mads vards, Sturm hit enter me He followed th another plunge for a yard and on the next play. he went. over for a touchdown. Graham missed a ement for the extra point. | dzewich kicked off to Schick | as downed on his 29-yard linc. cil was replaced on the play and MeHu took his place, went, in for Bridgeport made var After no he went through W Britain's Four yards were gained Ly more plunges. Then New Brit- | ain was penalized 15 yards, On the | next play a penalty of 20 yards was | imposed. The penalty extended be yond the goal line and the ball was | d one yard from the line. Eross ed it over for a touchdown on | the first plunge. The kick for the extra point failed. The quarter ended after the kick Barren punted and Radzewich 5 downed on the 30-yard line. He sliced through for nine yards and Sturm made it first down., Graham to the gain a {o Craham de- from another fumbled, four for three and through left tackle. gain on another tr rst down on rd line, for a v dzewich on an inter- |~ NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1927. CPPEP0S: TEAMS END PLA New Britain Blues and Hartford Pioneers in Scoreless Tie The New Britaln Blues and the battled to & {scorcless tie yesterday afternoon at 5L L LS LLHLLE L0990 PEFFIFTEPIVIFIVIITICVITOTIVIOP IS0 | STAGE IS ALL SET FOR 8 ROLLER HOCKEY RETURN Popular Sport to Be Revived Tonight at Stanley Arena ew Britain Meets Wallingford—Local Team Set For a Fast Battle—Hardware City Quintet Consid- ered a Strong Combination—Record Crowd to Turn Out For Initial Game—*“Red” Rorty May Referee. tossed & forw six yards. Sturm made a d to Radzewich for | Memorial Tield in Willow Brook in | rd ana |® fast and furlous battle. Neither e SR He | tFam was able to do much against | the opposition and although both 1‘ punted. Bridgeport was penalized | 15 yards for using the hands, Scholtz | traight football and an aerial game was played, neither side was able to then kicked to Graham. Interfer- 4 | ence by Diridgeport on a forward |B°t across the other's goal line. | pass brought the team a 15-yard| The Blues showed a decided im-| it | provement in their defense of for- | i sing attacks and almost ttempt of the visitors to | ate by this method was spoil- an alert Blue pla The 16 can be said of the Hart- | team because, although New | | Britain at times made appreciable line, Radzewich when the local team came a bad pass from cen- | iihin scoring distance, they faced getting the ball he at- !a stone wall. end run. He wa nd fumbled, Tom Hum- making a nice recovery b hind his own goal line giving T port two more points. Britain was E on the ham kicked and penalized 15 yards Britain lost another through an offside pen Standing penalized next pl more. five yards | g Ity ] gains, The line of the Blues held mag- | tly on several occasions and the Hartford backs were unable to | find any holes for long gains. The | play was fast and furious for both | halves and the players were pretty Itired when the contest ended. The summary: | New Britain Blues : le Westman Duosky 1t Beck Lyons e 1g Chester | O'Loughlin ... ¢ Argosy | Kostni & Anastasio Orefice St G |Carey . Lobeskie . Priors idg halt cnded after an exchange of kicks between the two teams. second Half O'Neil went in again in the with a “Shiner” under turm reccived the ball 4 New Britain kicked after fafling to make a first down. Bridgcport mbled the ball and sdow T covered for New Rritain on the 1 line. Thompson went throusl four yards. Starm went cight first down. Sturm made two b ... | TR RS B W e | rricd the ball to the | YOUNE b .. Dobbs sturm got two| Referee, Cassidy; umpire, linesma cir; tim ) it cenfar R L zewi B EoCline el ANELLU REIESRONO L e R O 4 Sturm went through for pEroos sl o 2 touchdc Granamickan s | N R chesTs My rosk o Barry; i : wing for T Shea for Bergi rlacement for the extra point. Seore | guiican “ror Kostin w Britain, 13, Bridgeport 8. Radzewich kicked off and mmn.f; MANDELL vsv. MYERS port receiver was down in his track | Lightweight Champion Embarks on | “pe cond h Lis left ¢ | i Puppel | Puppel | ergren 0- o o «gb ... West for a Bridgeport punted and New Britain started to hit line. New Britain kicked and Bingham downed the ball on the five-yard | Bridgeport immediately kicked | Graham carricd the ball to the | ard line. Sturm made three | yards. On the next play Thompson ran out of bounds. A Bridgeport tackler hit him outside of bound: and Bridgeport was penalized 15 va hed through for a down. He went for another vard. Then Graham shot through tackle from the 20-yard line for a touchdown. He Kicked a placement | for the extra point. New Dritain 20, Bridgeport §. New Dritain received the ball and worked it up to the Failing to get through, Gr tempted a placement. It failed Bridgeport had the ball on its yard line. A fumble of a pass from center was recovered by New Brit- ain on Bridgeport's three-yard line, Bridgeport was fighting hard. Sturin wade a yard, added another, ap- parently scored a touchdown only to have the ball placed on the half yard mark. The next rush put it | over for the count. Grahum missed | the Campnign Against Leading Con- | tenders for Title, Chicago, Nov. 14 (®) — Sammy | Mandell, lightweight champion of | ‘lhn world, has finished his tour of the one night stands and embarked | upon a campaign against the top- | notchers of his weight who have | been awaiting him for more than a year. Tomorrow night Mandell tackles | Spug Myers of Pocatello, Tdaho, o | hard puncher, but whose 137/ pounds make him ineligible for a chance at the title in the ten round cngagement at the Coliseum. Mandell has ‘been in vigorous | training at his home in Rockford and in Chicago for several weeks | and has said he expects to fight least once a month until all the aspirants have been given a crack at him, 1s. m Germania Team Beats Swedish-American Club | The Germania soceer team dofeats | . |ed the Swedish-Americans yesterday | It was getting dark and both at Willow Brook park by the score | ams resorted to kicking. On one of 3 to 2. Both teams from Kick formation near midfield, | this ei Bridgeport tried a forward pa d by more than 200 fans. Radzewich intercepted it on his own | contest decides the suprema 40-yard line and with great inter- |this year as a previous contest ference, ran the field fér a touch- |sulted ina 2 to 2 tie. Germania led down. Graham drop-kicked for the [in the first lalf 2 to 1. William extra point The game ended at Martin of South Manchester ref- this point with the score New Britain | creed. 33 and Bridgeport 8. | e | READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS { TOR YOUR W i ~’l'he Days .oé Real Sl;ort Kick, t are | nes The for re- | (Continued on following pagc) DRUNKEN ANIS N jain for the {in | between { Meriden City champions of last year. | | This contest will start promptly 1o'clock |low close! v and a close battle was wit- | 8 The stage ford; Meriden yoke at New Haven Nov. Waterbury at Meriden; w Haven at New Britain. Nov. 22: Meriden at New Haven; Wallingford at Holyoke Nov. Wallingford at Water- is all sct in New Hol- return of whut m termed a prodigal sport, hockey. The game will be revived tonight when the New Britain team clashes with the Wallingford quin at the Stanley arena on Church street, which, incidentally, was for- merly the home of the game hcre years gone by, The ew Britain first practice at the day afternoon and a spirited work- out was on the progran. The quin- tet worked togather nicely and gives promise of making things hum in th league, A gala opening has been prepared Manager Frank Mchonous Mayor Gardner €. Weld promised to spot the ball al- though it is understood that His Honor balked at putting on roller skates, Then the two quintets will start with “Red” Rorty as the ble selcction as the official for th night. The New Britaln team will lineup with “Jig Higgins, known the “ball of fire" at first rush Mercer will be second rush with Brown at cen Muirhead will be halfhack and Blount will tend goal Lddie McAloon, local star will be utility man and will probably get into tonight's game Wallingford will bring here of the best ms in the lea Wild Bill” Duggan will be fiest rush with Neale Hardy will Saunder: at Waterbury; W roller it ov. Holyoke 24: (p. m.) New Waterbury at New Haven; Meriden Wallingford. (Night) Holyvoke at New Britain; Wallinge 1 at Meriden; New Haven at Wa- terbury, Nov. team held arena its ow Tlaven at Holyoke; at Meriden. Holyvoke at Wallin Haven; ford; Meris S Holyoke at ord at New Brits il Merideng in at oke at Water- New prob- 1: Waterbury at Wallingford; t New Britai New Bri n at Meriden. New Britain bury; Holyoke at New Haven; den at Wallingford Pec. 4: Open for Sunday games, e, 50 Wallingrord at Meriden; Holyoke at New Britain Watcrbury at New Haveng ritain at Holyoke. Wallinzford at Waterbury, New Dritaing ord. aven at Meriden Holyoke at Waterbu Meriden at New Haven; New Britain ut Wallingford Dee. 11 mes.) Dec Waterh Dec at Holyoke; New Dec Hav at Water- Merfs Jack one It his Irank as partne at center halfback with and roam at t goal A preliminary game will he All-Middletown and Holyoke; taged the for (Open Sunduy at § and the main game will fol- ¢ afterward: The Meriden team, champions of the league. will also open up the league on their home floor taking on New Haven The The schedule Hartford last ni o . Holyoke at y at New Britain, Wallingford at Holyoke; at New Haven, Meriden at Waterbury. ew Haven at New Britaing Waterbury at Wallingford. Tec. 16: Wallingford at Meriden; New Haven at Holyoke. Dee. 17: New Rritain at Water- bhury; Holyoke at Wallingford; Merl- len at New Haven. 12 Meriden, Dec. Dee. 13: Schedule committee met in ht and adopted the | following program of games for the | league up to December 18. Nov. 14: New Haven at Meriden; Wallingford at New Britain Nov., 15: New PBritain Haven; Meriden at Holyoke. Nov. 16: Holyoke at Waterbury. Nov. 17: New Haven at Walling- tord; Waterbury at New Britain. Nov. 18: Wallingtord at Mecriden Waterbury at Holyoke. Nov. 19: New Britain at Walling- | at New TRAPPERS We buy raw furs of all kinds HUDSON FUR SHOP 13 Franklin Sq. ROLLER HOCKEY TONIGHT WALLINGFORD vs. NEW BRITAIN ADMISSION 50c—75¢ Preliminary Game Starts 8 o’Clock