Hartford Blues

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Waterbury Blues (1924-25)

(George Mulligan's Blues)

Also football records for Hartford Giants

Mulligan's Blues

Waterbury Blues
  1924 (Ind.) (7-2-4) Home Field: Brassco Park
9/28   W 57-0       Fort Hamilton (H)
10/5   W 36-0       Hartford National Guard (H) 1,000
10/12  W 14-0       Meriden National Guard (H) 2,500
10/19  T  0-0       All-Torrington (H) 5,000
10/26  T  0-0       All-New Britain (H) 5,500
11/2   W  3-0       All-Torrington (H) [“Waddy” MacPhee, 25 yard FG near end of game.]
11/9   W  9-0    at All-New Britain 3,600
11/16  W  6-0       West Ends of Frog Hollow (Hartford) (H)
11/23  W 12-0       Bridgeport (H) 4,000 “State Pro Football Championship
11/27  T  0-0       All-Torrington (H)
11/30  no game      Cleveland Panthers (H) [There was a rumor in Hartford that the Blues would leave 1st team home to play Panthers.]
11/30  T  0-0    at West Ends, at Eastern League Ball Park, Hartford
12/7   L  0-14      Frankford Yellow Jackets (NFL) (H)
12/14  L  0-9    at Providence Steam Rollers 6,000


  1925 (Ind.) (10-2-0) Home Field: Brassco Field, Waterbury; Eastern League Baseball Park, Hartford from 11/8
9/27   W 32-0       Yonkers Caseys (H) 2,500
10/4   W  7-3    at West Sides, at Eastern League Grounds, Hartford [Harry Stuhldreher (Notre Dame) starred for Blues; Dutch Forst TD.]
10/11  W 34-0       All-Adams (H) [Stuhldreher 2 FGs, Jim Crowley 3 TDs.]   
10/18  W  7-6       Rochester Jeffs (NFL) (H)
10/25  rain out  at Newark, Dreamland Park
11/1   W 26-0    at Newark F.B.C., at Dreamland Park [Ken Simendinger blocked kick in air and ran back 80 yds. for TD.]
11/8   canceled     West Ends (H)
Hartford Blues Move to Hartford.
11/8   W  8-6       Rochester Jeffersons (NFL) (H)
11/15  L  0-6       All-New Britain (H)
11/22  W  9-6       All-Norwalk (H)
11/29  W 28-7    at All-New Britain
12/6   W 12-0       Pere Marquette (Boston) (H)
12/12  W 10-0    at St. Alphonsus (Boston), at Fenway Park 2,000 [Hendrian at QB]
12/13  no game      Frankford Yellowjackets (H) [Proposed.]
12/13  L  6-13      Cleveland Bulldogs (NFL) (H)     
12/20  no game      Providence Steam Rollers (proposed, pos. sites incl. Braves Field, Boston, Providence or hartford. Probably not played.] 


  1926 (N.F.L. 3-7-0) (4-8-0)  Coach: Jack Keough; Home Field: The Velodrome, Hartford
9/19   W 33-7       Brooklyn Naval Hospital (H) [Pre-Season Exhibition game]
9/26   L  0-21      New York Giants (H) 6,500 
10/2   L  0-13   at Frankford Yellow Jackets 15,000 
10/3   L  0-10      Frankford Yellow Jackets (H) 
10/9   p'stpon'd    Columbus Tigers (H) 
10/10  L  0-6    at Brooklyn Lions, at Ebbets Field 3-7,000 
10/17  rain out     Providence Steamrollers (H)  
10/24  W 16-6       Brooklyn Lions (H) 1,000 
10/31  L  2-7       Kansas City Cowboys (H) 500 
11/6   not played   Providence Steamrollers 
11/7   W 16-7       Canton Bulldogs (H) [Game ended short by darkness; play under lights but fans can't see.] 
11/11  canceled     All-New Britain (H) [date dispute; New Britain fans can't make game & team can't reschedule to 11/13.]
11/14  L  7-13      Buffalo Bisons (Rangers) (H) 
11/21  W 16-0       Dayton Triangles (H) 
11/25  canceled     All-New Britain (H) [due to previous cancelation]
11/27  L  0-16      Duluth Eskimos (H) 
11/28  canceled  at New York Giants, at the Polo Grounds  
11/28  L  2-10      All-New Britain (H) 6,000+
12/4   canceled     Pottsville Maroons (H) 
12/4   canceled     Providence Steamrollers (H)
12/5   snow out  at Providence Steamrollers  
12/     ?           All-New Britain (NFL) [probably not played]

Hartford Giants

Hartford Giants
  1927 (Ind.)  Home Field: Hartford Velodrome; Manager: Dr. Vincent D. Lacava; Colors: Black & Orange
10/2   no game      Newport Naval Training School (H)
10/2   W 18-0       Fort Slocum (H)  [32 minute game due to heat.]
.      W 27-0       Flushing Triangles
10/16  W  2-0       New London Submarine Base
10/23  canceled     Staten Island Stapletons (H) [SI too many injuries]
10/23  W  7-0       Silvertowns of Springfield (H) 2,000
10/30   ?           Newark Pros (H)
11/6   no game      All-New Britain [Dispute over site.] State Championship Series
11/6   W 12-0       All-Hartford, at Clarkin Stadium 2,500 [moved from Velodrome due to wet fields]
11/13  W 20-0       All-Hartford (Clarkin Stadium)
11/20  L  0-13   at All-New Britain (H) State Championship Series 4,000
11/24   ?           Duluth Eskimos (NFL) (H)
11/27  W  9-0    at All-New Britain (State Championship Series)
         [Hartford Giants split up. Most players playing for Dave Hayes' Hartford, a new set of players representing the Giants.]
12/4  canceled   at All-New Britain [Due to complex dispute.] State Championship Series
12/4    ?           Atlantic City Pros (H)

Notes:
· Blues Nicknames:
	Big Blue, Brass City Professionals