Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-11-03
WATERFOWL JOTTINGS.
Taft Team Won Out at Poughkeepsie
Saturday.


8 The Taft school football team went
to Poughkeepsie, n. Y, Saturday, and
defeated the strong Riverview acad-
envy team of that place by the score
Of IL to 6. Although outweighed near
~ thirteen pounds to the man the Taft
team played in superb form and al
most carried their weighty opponents
off their feet by scoring a touchdown
after two minutes of play The River
view team did not like to be tackled so
hard as the Taft boys tackled them,
saying that they thought the Taft team
played very rough. Once when Riv-
erview man broke away from re
crowd MCGOWAN darted after him and
doWned him with a fearful crash under
the ropes at the center Of the field. AT
this one Of the many girls from Vassar
college who We're in the grand stand
exclaimed, ooh, the brute!' The team
arrived home on the $40 train Satur-
DAY evening and was met by a large
contingent of the school boys. who es-
corted them to the school grounds.
where large bonfire was set going as
soon as the victorious team appeared
in sight.
Although the first Taft team met
with very great success in their en-
gagement at Poughkeepsie. the second
team. which played a team composed
OF town boys, was not quite so for
tunate, as they suffered defeat by the
score of to O. The game, which was
played on muddy field, was called at
5O5. the town team defending the
north goal Tucker kicked off for Taft
and MCGOWAN getting the ball on the
nYe-yard line, advanced it about forty
yards before he was downed By hard
line bucking and long end runs by Nc
Gowan, Evans and Kelly, the ball was
quickly advanced to Taft's five-yard
ine,. where Taft secured it on downs.
Taft tried Mills around right end. but
but Evans broke through and forced
him back of his own line. scoring a
safety for WATERFOWL. Tucker punted
from Taft's twenty-five yard line and
Kelly ran the ball back twenty yards
before he was downed The half end
ed with the ball on Taft's twenty-yard
line. Score. Watertown 2 Taft o. In
the second half Zeid1er kicked off for
Watertown and Shook ran the ball
back to the thirty yard line where he
was dOwned by Scott. Shook went
through right guard for two yards.
Tounshend made three yards around
left end making first lown. Shook
tried center for no gain. Tounshend
tried left end, but was thrown back
for a. loss of two yards. Tounshend
punted to Watertown's forty yard line
and Trewren ran the ball back ten
yards. Once more WATERFOWL by steady
p1unges carried the ball to within three
yards of Taft's goal, where it was lost
on tumble They quickly recovered
it again. as Taft also frlmble6 on their
own fifteen yard line. McGowan went
through left guard for three yards,
Evans circled right end for eight yards
and on the next play Kelly, aided bv
superb interference carried the ball
over the line. Kelly failed to kick
goal. Score. Watertown Z. Taft o.. No
more scoring was done. but the game
ended with the ball in Watertown's
possession on Taft's fhirty-vard line
For Taft. Shook. Mills, Tounshend
PLAYED the best game. while for Wa
tertown the lone runs of Kelly and
Evans and the line bucking Of Nc