Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-08
ON THE GRIDIR0N.
Interest in Football Locally Greater
 Than Ever Before.


 Much interest is being taken in foot ball this season. Though the lovers of the pigskin devote some time to the reading about the crack college eley= ems, still they are more interested in what will be done in football locally. A hne season is spredicted for the game m this city during the present season and from present indications there will be plenty of football games here. There will be four crack elevens in the field. The St Thomas Cadets, CompaIly A and the Films have already stated that they will be represented on the gridiron this season by champion eleyens. Now it is announced that the lMerrimac A. O., which was repre- sented by one of the best football teams in the state in the season of 1vOO will have strong team this sea- son. William Mcdonald, who managed tne 1900 team, will manage this years eleven. He challenges any team in the city, the St Thomas Cadets. Company A and the. Films preferred, to play his eleven The list of candidates for the Merrimac team is as follows: J. Mates, Gallagher, Thompson. Morgan, Gib- Dons, 0. Cassidy, j. Ring, ". McDon- ala. E. Hayes, T. Ryan, T. Driscol1, M. Byrnes and J. Slavin-all are candi- dates for positions on the line; Sutton. w. F. Mcdonald, Lynch and one or two others for end positions; Ghent, T. Kinney, quarterbacks; F. Burns, How < ard, McNellis. halfbacks; John Hayes and James Hayes, fullbacks. A game Will be played with the Yannigans of Brldgeport on November 1 or &. The challenge of the Acorns of Bridgeport -T foa iTI accepted.
 With four crack elevens in the field mere ought to be 3 little interest taken m the game, and no doubt there will pe little keen rivalry among the teams. Each one of the managers. Eaters of the Cadets. Sandland of Company A, Egan of the Films and Me Donald of the Merrimacs. think that his team is the best and seems to be not only willing to play any team in the city, but any in the state Games VIII be arranged no doubt among the TOUT teams and then the fur will f1y. ne Cadets, last years champions. VIII VII nave to look to their 1aurels or 1hey will be encircl1ng another head.
 It is too early to judge Of the rela- i've merits of the different teams They look all right on paper, but will Ihey play all right oil the gridiron? If ls better to wait and see before making any criticism. ~1,ze -
 Stagg's university of C6ica on eleven has line averaging 196 pounds, 9 pound heavier than Yale,s.
 Trainer Moakley of Cornell is fol- lowing Jack McMaster's system of pulling football players out of game f as soon as they show SiUnS of bo;,,1r winded . .
 Mathewson, New York's pitcher, will play fullback on PittsburIss Dro4 Iess1onaI football team. He VIII make his firsk appearance to-day in the game at Greensburg, Pa.
 Little Hudson, formerly quarterback of the Carlisle Indian team, whose goals from the field were the talk of the football world five years ago, has been sought by the Philadelphia pro-. fessional team on which Rube Wad- dell plays.
 Ed F. Sherlock, who came out, for quarterback at Harvard in 1900, until dropped for being a professional, has joined the Greensburg. Pa, professional team. which is coached by Richardson Browns former halfback. Sherlock played with Richardson at Brown.
 Four thousand persons witnessed a football game between teams of Ohio Medical university and Otterbein uni versity by electric light at Neil park, Columbus The former won by 39 to O. The field was brilliantly lighted and the game was apparently satisfac- tory from the spectators point of view.