Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-09
ON THE GRIDIRON.
North Ends Defeat Bridgeport
In q Fast Game.

The First Time That Bridgeport Was
Scored Against This Season-F'um-
bles Helped the Local Players to a
Victory-~Yale, Harvard and Prince
ton Were All Winners.
The Bridgeport Athletic club foot
ball team arrived in this city yester-
day. They were accompanied by a
large number of rooters, who were, no
less confident than the husky foot
ball players. The warriors from
Bridgeport came here expecting to
win by many points. They went home
defeated by the score of II to z. The
North Ends had made them bite the
dust
Over 1000 people witnessed the
game, which was full of interest and
excitement throughout. 1t abounded
in sensational plays, long runs, fine
line bucking and fumbles. The
Bridgeport boys owe their defeat to
the game. Time after time they would
tear the Waterbury line to pieces, they
would wipe the field with them, they
would carry the ball by the prettiest
kind of bucking down the entire field
until a touchdown was in sight. Then
they failed. Then the fumbles occur
red and the ball in every case was
captured by a Waterbury player.
Twice the fumbles resulted in touch
downs by the North End A. G. The
visitors were rather unlucky, at the
end OF the first half they had the ball
on the North Ends five-yard line and
at the end of the game the ball was
on the locals two and one-half yard
line and the Pork City players were
trying to push it over. The attack of
the visitors was the prettiest seen here
in several years. Big holes were
made In all parts of the line. Five,
ten, 6fteen, twenty yards were made
with surprising frequency except
when the ball approached the home
teams goal line. Then the locals
seemed to become towers of strength
and resisted finely the savage attacks
of the Bridgeport's backs. They held
their ground nobly and succeeded in
securing the ball nearly every time. 1t
was when a touchdown by the visit
ors was in sight that the locals did
their prettiest work.
The playing Of the North Ends was
superior to their exhibition few
Sundays ago. Their attack was bet
ter but their defense was miserably
weak. Seldom could they Withstand
the onslaughts of the visiting team.
The line could be greatly improved.
The North Ends took advantage of ev-
cry opportunity, followed the ball
constantly and thus won the game
They were outclassed both in the of
fensive and defensive. In the total
number of yards made by downs, the
visitors made four times as many as
the home team, but their fumbles
were costly.
Thompson of the North Ends and
Donnelly of the Bridgeports were
the stars of the game. Time after
time Donnelly bucked the line or
skirted the end for many yards. But
once or twice did he fail to gain his
distance Thompson was in the game
every minute 1t was he who took
advantage of two of Bridgeports fun
bles, got the ball and scored touch
downs. He also bueked the line in
excellent shape and made several
good tackles.
Bridgeport started in like easy win
ners After four minutes of play
they had carried the ball from their
forty-yard line down the field for a
touchdown. Quinn missed a difficult
goal.
Quinn kicked to Egan on the North
End ten-yard line and Egan was
downed in his tracks. On a double
pass the home team lost four yards.
Lawlor made ten yards and three
yards in succession through right
tackle Thompson made one yard.
Thompson punted Bridgeports ball
I'm center of field. She fails to gain
in two downs Quinn fumbled, Dews
returned the punt nicely, gaining on
the exchange about twenty yards.
Quinn funbled the ball and Sullivan
fell on It. The ball was carried to
the visitors twenty-yard line where 1t
was lost on downs. STREET. fumbled
the ball, Thompson picked it up and
scored touchdown. He also kicked
the goal Time S1a minutes. The
frst half ended with the ball in the
visitors possession on the home
teams fve-yard line. Quinn was so
badly injured just before the end OF
the first half that he had to retire.
STREET. was replaced by Donnelly af-
ter his costly tumble.
In the second half Bridgeport had
carried the ball from her ten-yard line
TO her forty-yard line when Donnelly
fumbled. Thompson picked up the
hall ond seventy wards for a
touchdown. He missed an easy goal.
"A few minutes later a kick by Thomp-
son was blocked and as the ball rolled
over the home teams line Lawlor fell
on It. Bridgeport thus scored safety,
making the score II to Z. The game
ended with the ball on the North
Ends two and one-half yard line.
Bridgeport A. G. North Ends.
Weidenhammer
and Hughes -. center ..... Buckley