Waterbury Democrat., 1901-11-11
WINNING OF YALE CUP.
Took Eight Years to Do It, But Wa
 terbury Got There.

terbury Got There.
 For eight successive years the High school football elevens which formed the Interscholastic league have strug- gled hard and earnestly for supremacy and for the permanent possession ol the Yale cup. The rivalry among the teams was intense, sometimes bitter and every game was warmly contest ed But at length the .Waterbufy High school team has succeeded in gaining the cup forever by the defeat of the Bridgeport High school team at the Yale field on Saturday morning.
 About eight years ago the Connecti- cut Interscholastic football league was formed. The Yale management of fered cup to the league which was to have become the permanent pos session of the first team which would win the cup for three years. The league was originally composed of eight schools, namely, Hartford High, New Britain High, Sufield and Nor Wich academies in the northern divis- ion, while Bridgeport High, Water bury High, Hillhouse High and Meri- den High composed the southern. Within the last two or three years sev- efal withdrew owing to weakness or some supposed wrong so that the only teams remaining in the league at the beginning of the present season were Waterbury, Hillhouse, New Britain and Bridgeport. During the eight years of the league the Yale cup has been won by the following teams: 1894 1895, Bridgeport; 1896. New Britain: 1S97-1S9S, Hillhouse; -1900-1901, Waterbury. Thus it will be seen that Hillhouse and Bridgeport only needed to win the Yale cup once more to have their permanent position But, pshaw, they weren't in it.
 The entrance of the local High school into the. league as a prominent factor was like meteor which shoots across the air from cloudy sky. It was sudden and brilliant. During the first two or three years Waterbury was a mark for the other teams. It didn't win game and large scores were rolled up against it. But for the past three years they have had teams in the field which were well nigh in- yincible. The 1899 eleven was one of the best that ever represented a High school on the gridiron. Edward Me- Ellgott was manager and Joseph Gaffney was captain. Among the players were Goss. Bauby, Gaffney, NJ. and B. Byrnes, Herr and Parker The following are the results of it's league games: Waterbury 2S, Bridge port 0; Waterbury 30, HilllIouse O.; Waterbury 2S. Meriden 0; Waterbury 6, New Britain 5. Another first class eleven was in the field last season. James D. c. Murray was manager and Edward Byrnes was captain. Among the players were D. and NJ. Byrnes, Thompson, Hart and Knopf It defeated Hillhouse by 3 score of 2S- 0 and won it's final game with Meri- den by score of 29-6.
 The prospects of the team at the out set of the present season were as rosy as could be expected. Six veteran players of the 1900 team still remained at school. They were Cook, Culhane, Walker, Flanagan, Schick and c. Bauby. The following substitutes from last seasons team remained: G. Bauby, F. Thompson, Butterly, Ma haney and c. O'Connor A good man in the person of Frank Hayes was se- lected as manager and Henry Cook was appointed captain. There was plenty of raw material on hand. but the chief fault with the men was their laxity in attending practice. During the early part of the season the team didn't show the standard form of the local High schol teams during the past years. But the coaches set to work and they succeeded in turning out one of the best elevens that ever repre- sented the school. To Coaches Du- rant, Bauby, Kennedy. Dr Monaghan, Gaffney and Thompson much credit is due for the success of the team. They went down to the field almost daily, they worked hard and often and gra- tuitously. They received not the slightest compensation. unless their un- restrained pleasure at assisting in turning out such star eleven may be termed recompense. Harry Durant has assisted in coaching the High school team for the past three years, and to him especially, praise must be given. The record of this years team is as follows: It defeated Bris- tol High by a score of 32-0; played q tie. O-O, with the Merr;mac A. O.; won from Naugatuck High, 17-6; conquered the Gilbert High by the score of 1926; 1t defeated the New Britain High school easily by score of ITO, and won from Bridgeport by the score