Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-05
ON THE GRIDIRoN.

former win, after hard-fought and gruelling contest by score of to 0. Both elevens had been preparing for this game for two or three weeks, and yesterday, confident of victory, both placed in the field two of the strong est elevens in the state. The Merri- macs were weakened by the absence of Mack and Dodds.
 The St Thomas eleven, by the game. they put up yesterday, upheld faith fully and grandly the excellent repu- tation they have throughout the state. Their team play was as the workings of a clock, while their individual work could not be excelled. Bagley, at halfback, is the peer of any player in the state. He Is a sure and hard to tackle. He also ran the eleven su- perbly. Louis Cronan followed Bag ley very closely in general all around work. Time and again he skirted the ends aided by the best of interference, for gains of from ten to thirty yards. All the rest of the eleven played excel. lently and not q tumble marred the beauty of their play.
 The Merrimacs as composed yester- day Is one of the strongest elevens In the city. They had a line wAich held their own with their opponents. They played sharp. clean game. and many think they are fully ns good an eleven as their opponents. An unfortunate huff of the ball by Fullback Ronal on q punt by Bagley was the turning point of the game. It was in the early part of the first half. the Cadets had been finding the line Of the Merrimacs an imprgnable wall of defense. It waC tho third 1oyrr, and foI1r an1 ono half yards to go. Bagley punts for forty yards. Royal fumbles and White, for the Cadets. fell on the bell Here let it be said that White and Louis Cronan played star games at ends. On punts they were down the field all most before the ball was kicked
 This huff by Royal Gisheartened the MerriEacs. yet they played on with a tireless energy and with remarkable grit, and it was only after sixteen min utes of hard line bucking by the Ca dets that Louis Cronan was pushed over the line. Bagley kicked a goal. Score 6 to o. Time. lC minutes. No more scoring was done in this half, time being called with the ball in the Merrimacs'- possession, on their forty five yard line.
 During the second half it appeared at one time that the Merrimacs were about to score. The ball was on the Cadets forty-ive yard line. The Mer rimacs. by line plunges by Stout. Beardsley and Mfr Byrnes, advanced it for about twenty yards, but here Stein broke through the line and took the ball on a pass from Lyman, quar- terback Of the Merrimacs. to Byrne. This was a great play and 1t smashed all hopes of victory for the Merrimacs. This was the nearest the Merrimacs came toward scoring during the game. Time was called with the ball in St Thomas's possession on the Merrimacs' ffteen-yard line. z '
 There Is no doubt but the Cadets have one of the finest elevens in the state. They were lined up against an eleven which was composed of such players as Stout. Beardsley, Royal and others equally as good players as those named. The Merrimacs would like to arrange another game with their op- ponents, as the score now stands 1 to 1. 5 to o and to o. A third game would, no doubt, be very interesting, and would draw large crowd. To defeat the Cadets as they played yes terday Is hard and difficult proposi- ton, and though the Merrimacs are confident they can do it. nevertheless there are many who think they are invincible. A
 The lineup of the elevens was as follows: @
 Cadets. St Thomas Bauby, e......., =. :. l e. Louis Cronan Stout, l ....... l t, Hyland; Bunce. g..............l g, DunDhy Brown, c ...... C. stein Eickers, Keating, g.....r g. Buckley NJ. Byrnes fcapt), t. r t. Dwver Kenny, McNellis. e......r e. White Doolan. h b...... h. Phil Reilev Royal f b. ....... b, Bagley fcapD Peardsley. r hb ....... 1T Il b, Eaters Ghent Lyman. q b. b......q D, Keat1ng
 Sumrnary-Halves 25 and, 20 min utes: touchdowns. Cronan l. goal. Bag ley; score: St Thnmas Cadets 6, Merri- macs O; referee. Margraff: timers. Ray and Slavin; linesmen. McEvoy and Fo- ley. ..u
 The Y. M. c. A., foot ball eleven went to Woodbury on Saturday and won from the team Of that place by a score of Il to O. The game was fast and closely fought throughout, espec- ially in the second half, when neither side scored. Gaffney scored the first touchdown for WaterburJ-. after twelve minutes of play. The Y. NJ. c. A. failed to kick a goal. Dixon scored the second touchdown. with only thir7 ty seconds to play. Gafney kicked Q goal. Score II to o. --T, ,
 The lineup of both teams was as followsi sJ-,s .,.. Woodbury. Position. Y. M. 0. A. Scully, l e.. | e, spencer Galp1n, L.. ..h...... ..... l. oAule Canfield g..........a Il g, IhompsoH Leach, ', Noou Dooley, Stiles, g....r g, Chatdeton Smith, t.. ........r L. ClarR Tyrell, r e.......r e., Warner. Barnes q b.. ......s.... a D, DeWS Futile. r h..... ..T II. DIAon AtunS1I, l n. .I Il. cstHiicy Curtiss, Strong. b. If b. Sch:ldmiller
 Substitute, Barnes: referee, Shoe maker; attendance, 300.
 Harvard and Cornell won rare hon. ors Saturday on the gridiron. Hart- yards team, which had been reported weak, showed up remarkably strong, while Pennsylvania, which was be- lieved to be strong, really proved to be