New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 17, 1927, Page 4

% NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1927 OLD GRAD TELLS OF PAST GAWES Recounts Battles Between Hart- ford and New Britain Teams By Louis R. Barker, N. B. Il day ke issue foothall ¢ < on November 6, inning 16 to 12 the atar of the nd the nest year cap- ilar high school team led players who i pre p follows Hillsi phrey Corbin Fast Team in 1892 and the start was rollowing ye r was vas repr t Maloney, rhb; Meskill, Ihb; Wheeler, 1 somewhat son and the team 1 defeated Hillhouse > comprised: Yost, r; guards, Vibberts kles, Sheldon 1ck; Cheney Wheeler. full- i0 from New Brit- ain including many of the leading manufacturers, business and pro- I men the game nd rooted royally for New Britain. The OId Yale Ieague New Ihitain having won the Yale ip and state championship in 1893, e following year Walter Camp saw t that Yale offered another cup. ified that the fession s sy times and | h propo i for the cham- Connecticut Inter- assoclation which , four in the tion). 1ship of the and Peck, | | quarterback; M. McDonough, left- | halt; Prank Vibberts, captain and fullback, and Alfred Griswold, right | half. Hartford beat Norwich F | Academy in the opener and defeat- ed Suffield in the semi-finals, but lost the ehampionship to Bridgeport. Lost to Hartford. Tn 1895, Jimmic Martin was cap- tain and the school was represented by a good team, but dropped ita first league game to Hartford at Elcctric Field. Hartford brought down a | big bunch of rooters and displayed ot of blue and white banners | which was something of an innovi- | tion in those d New Britain was heavily penalized by the Yale offi- cial, John Hall, for offside and alleg- ©l rough play. On one penalty he gave Hartfo yards, bringing the ball across the goal line. was forced to half the distance. The final score was Hartford 12, New { Britain 6. Over-confidence probably lost the game to New Dritain as it has so frequently spelled disaster to really good teams. However, Hart- ford again fell vietim to Bridgeport Then he | about ready to drop when the final whistle blew. | Arthur Young, Wesleyan player and New Britain high alumnus, did the carly coaching that year and did it purcly for the love of the thing. Later a Yale man was secured as coach and received pay for the job. The second game was with the Hill- Athletic club of Waterbury at cetric Field, Saturday, September | 26. New Dritain won 24 to 0. The | third game was with Bridgeport high, the first ever played with that | school of New Haven 42 to 0. school. A score or sc of rooters saw | New Britain met Hartford at w Dritain win 12 to 0. Waterbury |ity field October 31 in the was the next victim, It was a |lcague game. The team was nesday afternoon game. Watcr- (posed of the following: Porte: bury was in poor condition and New | Britain won 20 to 0 and at that play- |c, ed ged football. tford high played New Britatn that scason. The fi game, resulted in a New Britain |but Hartford got the fump fo South Farms, |good man, Inglls, proved troublesome. | played in mud a foot deep an the scoring was in the second New Britain won 14 to 0. and he league season opened. ville Athletie club, was beaten 0. Hillhouse on Yale field 18 and the Boardman Manual Tral Buckley 1g T. Flannery It, wold le, Meehan gb. Brinley Fitch rhb, O'Donnell fb. tic SALT hasalways been known and used —but never before has there been a guaranteed salt. International Salt is victory 18 to 0. Then Middletown |ing the kickoft and went after a was beaten at Pamachea park Middletown had one {to 0 and the New Britai The game was | ed turkey to his men and then some- | P. McDonough rt, Corbin rg, Towers Up to this a prac- |game the locals were unscored on a procession. Hartford 6, rooters | following Saturday, an talk- The score was soon 6 New Britain 42. in |touchdown. Norwich alone | were stunned. Captain M d all thing happened. New Britain snap- halt. | ped out of it and thereafter it was (Continued on Page 15.) Three more games were played before the The Unfon- 12 to to 0. ining Trin- first com- r re, AADKINS RINTERS AND ST AV‘M,'NLF 5 66'CHURCH STREET Gris- 1hb, Now- The final score was The Fres Academy came to New Britain for the semi-final, It was another walk+ ¢ four in the! orthern di- ftain, Hart- Institute in the final and the Park City team scoured two legs on the |to fail the next vear when ) ain developed its great team. The 1595 team headed by Captain Jimmy Martin was composed of Martin, Buckley and Porter, ends; McDonough and W. Flannery, T. Flannery and Corbin, Towers, center; Meehan rback; P. McDonough and Fitch, halfbacks; O'Donnell, ful . Bob Snow was manager and rs on the squad were Mitcholl and Latham, sub ends, Burke and Griswold, sub halves, and tackels. Tten Alling also played at tackle on the team. Out of nine games play- «d, five resulted in victorles, three in defeats and one a tie. This team, however, formed the nucleus for the 1806 team captained by Jack Mee- ' han, both the guaranteed never to harden or be- come lumpy. It's the cleanest, purest saltin the world. Always free-running and dry. In 24-ounce cartons. For five cents. At your grocer’s. ; n comprised New T rd, the Suffield Lit 1 Norwich Acac Juthern on Hillhous Haven, r Meriden ractice games, as now ied the early part of the sea- 1sually starting the last Satur- day in ptemher. first league 1 last Sat Just the thing for your Bridge Parties or Christmas Gifts. English Playing Cards with Gold Edge Congress Playing Cards, Gilt Edge Bridge Sets New Stock Just Received twins were he games were | b irday in Oc- division, thus contenders on this north yed the r and the « ond the [ playing this toher 18 the | the 1 Octol 2, the trong Hopkins Haven 28 at Hart- northern mo Famous '8¢ Team. The well clad youths who today 1t the Red and Gold have no lea of the difficultics under which the old elevens played, The team ibout swas'not under direct school supervi- and sion and the only funds for its sup- | onld have port came from contributions of were jusiness and professional men who and in- were anxious to help the boys and points. such mcager amounts resulted from the game attendance. The brought in little, going to the visitors for & Volunter coaches did their bit until late in the season. Often just hefore the games enough money to hire col were hard to get a ere frequently clad in nosc guard wus tispensibie although the pigskin pushers scorncd the idea of helmets. If a ‘man managed 10 cedle the manager to get lim a Although the peared ldeal Yale gave real interest an ior netimes hap own arrangement worked well w yopres FOUNTAIN PENS See our new stock of Sheaffer Lifetime Desk Sets, Pocket Pens and Pencils in Gift Boxes. H I away delicate as other happened on one sent nobody and and t voritic offic from oceasion pick-ups to that Yale substituted th had run ro nents, but on N wer He B hoth h H il losing fmprover lost 1 11 cond on t « t nd October o existed some main worked it e -~ league o0l pledged Uniforn cver, this le s and thin st high scl Mechan's 1896 1 topnotch In contender with lish high for the mythi- Ingland champtonship. The teams did not meet although some cffort was made, but the New Britain guard or jersey he he- o1 that they had won ! he envy of the whole eleven ind 1ot it go at that. but regardless of poverty the boys vear of the league, 1594, | played real football and the school jort the winner. The Spirit ran higi. Cleven had two famous | — As a the 96 team was com- ¢ posed largely of vet and football yals ) they! yming The Meriden High at Fl ¢ blistering hot ¥ The fden lat n A Severe reverse Champions in 1803 To mauy of it may b ack in ne ted two high schodls : e oo had football teams. ‘Ghe N ain high school was then located on Main street on the site of the pres- ent Central Junior high school. I building was originally erec New Dritain's first town hal was never used for that being turned over to the state x’m! the high school Hill T m: to N g to ¢ mpio ~ rate nd a ow the 26 10 0; to Hillhouse nd won the cf Ficld, New Han er 11, by the This game was for the cup offered by the Yals ciation and was put up th lost once Frid: at Elect nose hovs der SCoTe | glory er The AW and purpose to S to 18 { Athleti uit of intere 1 busin lter € cup tric nd still holds in th crnoon i > Was 6 to proved to be the best n division produced that | New Dritain for the the game was no | both teams were w Britain a plac trophy sco school ¢ New Tritain 1 of the follow- 1 of J enter; 1 vty ( 3 M. ; Coupe, L MeDonongh and O’Donnell s MartIn and Coupe, mp. 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