Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-08
ON THE GRIDIRON.
Waterbury High Gettings Ready for Saturday,s Game A

Saturdays Same.
 Charges that s'rtngersv played on the Waterbury High school team against Hillhouse in the game at Waterbury
 last Saturday and in which Hillhouse Was defeated by score of 30 to have been made against the Waterbury school team, and Principal Prouty of the Meriden school and others inter- ested in the Meriden High school foot ball team made an investigation l The Meriden~ official school men went to New Haven and had a conference with William H. Hackett and others
 connected with the Hillhouse team. The Meriden team plays in the finals next Saturday at Yale field with the
 Waterbury team for the trophy. The I news that Hillhouse was treated un- fairly was discovered by the Meriden
 school officials. According to MT Hack ett, the Hillhouse team had no knowl- edge that the Waterbury team had played men on their team who did not
 belong to the school, but the discovery
 seems to have been made by the Merf- den foot ball men who have undertak-
 en the investigation. There certainly will be no ringers on the Waterbury
 team when they line up against Meri- den in the final championship game at I Yale field next Saturday. The Meri. den High school management have positive proof that Waterbury played
 three ringers against Hillhouse last
 Saturday and it is not proposed to have Meriden face such handicap in the coming contest. Principal Prouty has sent a communication to the prin-
 cipal of the Waterbury High school,
 notifying him that Meriden will re to "a f,n11 otJ 11J,- less a certificate is presented by the
 Waterbury principal attesting that I.eyery Waterbury player is q bona fide pupil of the school and is taking three CT more studies. This is according to
 the constitution of the league. which
 also debars, writing. music and draw
 ing from being clasSed as regular stud
 ies. Meriden has always played
 square and never worked in a ringer
 and matters have reached point now
 where the team does not intend to be
 imposed upon. Principal Prouty says
 Meriden is not seeking to secure any
 advantage, but as the Meriden eleven
 is living up to the rules of the league
 it will insist that its opponents do
 likewise. We teach our pupils hon.
 esty,'' said MT Prouty. but if dishon-
 esty is. allowed on the foot ball field
 our efforts are in vain."-Meriden Jour-
 nal "s
 Notwithstanding the protest of the
 Meriden High school NJ. and E. Byrne
 and w. Thompson will play in the
 game at Yale field on Saturday All
 three are bona fide students of the To-
 cal institution and their being protest
 ed by Meriden is for effect only.
 It is said that Meriden will not have clear field in the line of protests. II is, also said that West of the Meridens has been protested by the local boys To an impartial observer this policy of
 protesting at this time seems baby1Sf , and foolish. In last Saturdays games the managers of both the Wa , terbury and Meriden High schoo , teams had to show certificates stating that each player on the eleven was {
 student of those schools in good stand ing. If they were bona fide students last week. the chances are that the! , are likewise to-day.
 Manager Murray and his team vii , leave Waterbury for New Haven -o1 the SIP train. It is expected tha = about 100 enthusiasts from this cit! l will accompany the eleven. The gam' will commence at 10 o'clock.
 During the practice et the Athletic } field yesterday afternoon by the Higl
 school players, two persons from Mer
 iden attempted to watch the play iron f the side lines, but they were spied ant
 politely requested to leave the grounds
 And they did so. One was Butler, tn /. star tackle on the Meriden '9S eleven
 The boys are being pushed hard by tn
 coaches this week, and the chances ar , that they will be in ultra fine condi
 ton on Saturday.
 I Tn roply tn fb0sa pYtraVaQaDt state
 ments we will commence by saying - we deplOre the tactics of the Meridel l management and school officials. Yes ) terday for. instance, the Waterbur. management ejected two Meriden mel : from the football grounds who pre- 3 sented themselves uninvited to watc: the Waterbury team practice. Ihl 3 morning some one called the 1oca High school manager to the phone, re fusing to make known who he was . and asking for the address of one O :, the protested men. Is this the honest. that Principal Prouty boasts of? Th charge against Waterbury cOncernin.
 ringers is indeed laughable ant ridiculous. M. Byrnes will graduat this year in the four year course, 3. : also E. Byrnes. Both graduated iron
 the grammar school June, '97. -Thomp
 son entered school this September ant , has attended regularly since. Wher
 are the ringers? Meriden, we vii
 teach you how to play the game mex 7 Saturday with straight school team 7 if the league permits you to play = There is already protest against tn g Merlden team because they did no l send the proceeds to Treasurer Devin ? from the MeridenNew Britain gam ] last Saturday. little matter of S15C e Honesty again. Waterbury's none s has paid the rills of the league thi
 week and Meriden's money must com t or they can't play. Honesty is q first Q class platform when the builder ca I stand on it himself. Meriden can e scare US by her noisy babbling. be
 gcause we are able to prove everythin s we state. Another thing. Waterbur
 High school faculty has never bee 3 | charged with dishonest methods i 9 sports or any other matters. If l}l
 best team wins Waterbury will hay ? nothing to regret. D MANAGER MURRAY.