Waterbury Democrat., 1901-09-06
TO KEEP THE CUP
Local High School Boys Lay
 ing Football Plans.
OFFICERS ELECTED To-DA

The Boys Are Going to Make Su-
 preme Effort To Win The Cup Again If Waterbury Wins The Cup This Year It Will Remain In This City, The Property of the High School Football Association.
 The High School Athletic associa- tion held a largely attended meeting to-day and elected the following off,
 cers. for the ensuing year: Myles Me- Mfr, president; Carl Schick. vice presi- dent; Benjamin Webster, secretary;
 Maurice Culhane, treasurer; Frank
 Hayes, manager of the football team
 and Maurice Culhane. assistant man. ager. Culhane defeated Frank Fitz- patrick for this position by two votes, the vote standing nine to seven. Henry
 Cook was elected captain of the foot
 ball team and the executive committee
 will be made up in part as follows:
 George Bauby, Frank Fitzpatrick and
 Charles O'Connor.
 The meeting was largely attended and was remarkable for the harmony
 which prevailed There were few con tests for any of the positions, the nia- jority of the nominations being prac- tically. unanimous. There were no
 factional disputes and the present in- dications are that the bickerings
 which have been numerous in metings
 of the High School association ill past years will be absent this year Pro- lessor Kennedy made few remarks
 at the meeting which were greeted
 with much applause. He is well-liked by the boys and will in all probability assist in coaching the football team
 during the coming season. His coach- ing was of the greatest assistance to the team last year. 1t is expected that all of the other coachers of last season
 will help the team again this year.
 From present indications the High
 school will be represented by a team this season which will win the Yale cup for the third and last time The cup will then be Waterburys possess
 sion for ever. Frank Hayes, who has been selected as manager, possesses all the qualities necessary for sue cessful manager. He has push and energy, is progressive and is popular with the students. No better captain could have been selected than Henry Cook. He is star football player and
 was end on last years team. He com mands the respect of the players and will make capable captain. Frank
 Hayes will have an able assistant in Maurice Culhane.
 The High school ought to have T good team in the field the coming sea- son. Five of the regular players of last years champion team are back It school They are Walker half-back; Cook and Flanagan. ends; 0. Bauby, | tackle: Schick, center. and Culhane, quarterback Of last years substitutes there are G. Bauby, Rutterly and Elan nagan, all good players. E. and M-
 Byrnes, Hart, Knopf. Nuhn and Thompson will be absent from the team | this year. Thompson has left school
 It is said that he is going to attend
 Holy Cross college this year Hart
 will enter Taft while the other four | have graduated. Of course their ser
 vices will be greatly missed. But it | is expected that suitable men will be
 able to be picked from the many can- | didates for the team. who will fill their places in a capable manner. Captain Cook will issue q call for candidates l in day or two and the first practice l will be played in the city with other
 High school teams.