Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-11-03
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Work of the Elevens Creating
Much Interest.

fore the Plucky Naugatucks-Sr |
Thomas Cadets Play Fast Tie
Game With the Acorns of Bridgeport
Merrimacs Tie With Another
Bridgeport Team Surprises for the
Big Colleges.
Seldom has more enthusiasm been
created in Naugatuck than was mani
tested on Saturday afternoon when tne
Naugatuck gridiron artists and une
eleven representing Company A of this
city faced each other for the second
time The last game played week
before was so unsatisfactory that the
game created widespread in
terest. The Company a team was &C
companied from this city by a big
crowd of rOoterS, many of whom had
money to burn, and they burned it very
rapidly. There is one thing must be
said about the Naugatuck sports, and
that. is that they back their teams to
the last cent That was the case Sat
urday, and to-day many Of the Water
burians who thought Company "A had
cinch are mourning the loss of several
of the long greens. The Naugatuck
boys took their money and after the
game rubbed it in hard by twitting the
losers about the good thing they had
in the beginning of hostilities. It
looked like an easy thing for Water
| bury, too, for the A boys outweighed
| the Naugatuck lads many pounds.
| The game was bitterly contested
one and at the start off Company A
players pushed the Naugatuck lads
| back step by step and within a few
minutes Beardsley had skipped around
the end for touchdown. Dews failed
| to kick the goal This scoring seemed
to wake up the Naugatuck eleven and
they played like demons. For the rest
! of the game Company A never had an,
other look in. Although the Naugatuck
| boys were lighter. they went against
the heavy Waterbury players and tore
up the line on every occasion. Water
| bury gained the ball but few times
after that first scoring and then only
to hold it for a few seconds. 1.-THE
i Naugatucks had plenty sof sandE and
1 grit and they found that some Of the.
opposing team was lacking in just
i those two requisites. The little fell.
i lows in the Rubber town went against
their bigger opponents and moved
] themSdown again and again. Water
bury tried hard to stop the onslaught
Of the Naugatucks,. but they could
tmakeIno impression on them. Even
when they did get chance they fun
b1ed and made mistakes, and altogether
they played a very poor game of foot
| ball. Of course there were exceptions,
but three or four men could not play
the whole game, and thus was it lost,
The defeat can be traced as much as
anything else to the plucky playing OF
the Naagatucks and the lack Of sand
l. oH 10 A Tho
Naugatuck. Company "a.
Schildgen .....-.. c. ........... Stout
Kelly .......... r. g. 1895. MORRISON
Klein .......... L. t. ....... hannah
i OSulliyan ...... r. e. ....... j. DeWS
i Ostrander y. $3.50. q. Eg.i ..I..... Short
4 Stinson .si.. >. I'll. t. :.4...s. Kane
| Ashmore .......1 j. e. ....... heatlng
4 Waite ......... d. b. ,...... H. DeWs
4 Burnes ........ f. b. $3.50. HOFFMAN
Rooney ........ r. h. ...... Beardsley
Jacconnelli 500. |. b. 1890. Bagley
Referee, Mr. Leary of Yale umpire,
Mr. Pritchard of Yale; linesmen, Mr.
Jones of Naugatuck and Mr. Crowley
of Bridgeport; timer, Ed Hart OF Wa
terbury; two twenty minute halves.
The ST Thomas Cadets football
y team played the Acorns Of Bridgeport
j y
noon in the presence of crowd of
81 1.5OO people. i. The game ended in a
tie. 5-5. ItSwas not brilliant exhibit
ton, in fact, the playing of both
teams was poor. The Acorns in all
probability played as good as they
Icould, but they had no license WhatsO-
ever to score against the Cadets or
hold the Cadets down to five points.
For the first five minutes after play
was begun the Cadets showed their
oId-time form and scored a touchdown,
pushing the ball from their Is yard
line down the field without losing the
ball once. No goal was kicked. The
Cadets playing lost some Of it's snap
and vim after this touchdown. The
backs fumbled one or two men for
got or didn't know the signals, and
as a result the playing was not of the
best The Cadets had the ball on the
Acorns' 30 yard line when time was
up.
In the second half the ball was in
the Acorns' territory all the time with
J the exception of but two minutes.
The Acorns could make little Roadway
| against the Cadets strong line, while
!. the Cadets were unable to gain much.
With about minute to play the Acorns
fumbled the ball on their 30 yard line,
and Losher of the. Park City team
picked it up and dashed down the
field or a touchdown. No goal was
kicked. The lineup Of the teams was
as follows:
Cadets. Acorns.
.. Reilly lie. Dewey
Doran l. t. Hart
Kelly Lg. Crowley
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