Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-24
Subltrbaf1 News
.NAUGATUCK NUGGETS

0ORH sOA0@ S~ Accompanied by host of rooters the Acorn Athletic club football team of Bridgeport, lauded all over the state | as one of the strongest and fastest | football elevens in Connecticut, came l to Nai1Eatuck Saturday afternoon full of contidence that they were to go back to the Park City with their manly bOsoms iheaving with the excitement of victory over football eleven that is Just as well known the length and breadth of the state as the Bridgeport boys are.
 brown. But if victory was the drearii of the gridiron heroes of Bridge port it's life was crushed out by the I batteraflG and ihammering of the sturdy local players, who kept the bounding I lirJ until the referees whistle called ! time In the last half and the Nauga- I tuck football team was declared vic tori0iis by a score of 5 to o. There I were over 1000 people at the game, and 1t was an enthusiastic crowd. The game itself was a hard fought one. Two 20 minute halves were played, and from the start to the finish it was a hard battle for gridiron supremacy.
 The game was not entirely free I occurred. McAahon, the fllllback on l the visitors eleven, was put down and out in. the in the first half and was I taken from the field. his arm broken in 1 two places Jones of the local team
 wis also forced to quit with badly l injured ankle.
 The local team played great
 game. Ashmore, Burns, Coss, Jaccan- eli Dunning and Rooney all showing up in their old time form. Stinson, who is d player without whom the To-
 cal would be severely crippled. played a star game and his rushes against the l visitors line always told. Both teams
 were about equal in strength and
 weight and it was n great, game to wit I ness. I For the visitors. McMahon, Kecko. l Sifrett, Keating and Mussante did ll great work and played a star game. Natigatiick kicked off and Stinson T drove ,tlie leather to Griffin, who ad- I vaf1ced 1t IS yards before he was I downed. The visitors sent their backs l through the tackles for their distance and after an end run that amounted to about 2 yards gain Kecko tried quar-
 tAfback run. but it fell flat It is
 NatipAttick's ball; tackles back smash gl aiid Stinson goes within yard of his distance Jacconelli sand Dunning find 'l little diculty in smashing through the ll lihe for 5 yards each. Ashmore and q Jacconelli gain 15 yards in short order
 and the latter hit the left side of the I line again for 10 yards. On the next
 play Msissante. the giant guard of the
 visitors, nailed Ashmore flat in his tracks. Dunning pushes the leather
 to the 8 yard line and then the sturdy z Captaih Jacconelli plunged through {, left tackle for a touchdown Stinson N tried goal, but failed by small
 naargiri Score, Naugatuck 5, Bridge
 port 0. The remainder of the half was very exciting, Ashmore making a run of 25 yards, and Rooney on a re
 covery of Jacconelli's tumble and aid
 ed, by splendid interference on the Epart of Burns went like a whirlwind .l around riaaht end for 45 yardss Time
 was called and the chance to score was lost.
 I The second half was series of rush. J es. the two elevens fighting and strug-
 gling in the middle of the field, each
 team contesting every inch of ground
 and each quick to take every oppor
 tunity to gain that presented itself
 Only once was either sides goal ir danger, and that was towards the end of the last half. The ball was on the
 lociilss 30 yard line and Sirrett Tn q
 splendid play hurdled himself over
 Stiiison and Rooney and with clear field started for a touchdown. Bu'
 fate was against 1t and the noise tho
 local r0oters made when that splendid little player, Tommie Dunning, sprint
 ed after the flying Park City man and
 dowfed him within few feet of the
 goal line. Time was called before the l ff1ih xxyiff A a
 Naugatuck 5. The lineup:
 NalgafIlck. Acorns
 Rooney V. ..t. left end . x. Duhigg (c . Stinson ... left tackle .... Bautel
 Pager ... left guard .l T. Sullivan
 and Foley
 Bird ... ......@ center .... M. Sullivan Kelley ... right guard ... Mussante
 Ostrander .. right tackle ... Grifi1r
 Jones {, ...... right end ...... Penney
 and Beardsley
 Burns ... quarterback .... Keckt and Fay | Ashtnure :. !. right hafback ... Barr and Heating , Dunning left halfback .... Flynr Jacconnelli 3fullback N. McMahor xxx iis and Sirret x Touchdown. Jacconelli; referee, Ben ham, Naugatuck umpire, Birmingham
 Bridgeport; linesmen, Sears and Ware , Mrs James Grant of Oak stree spent Sunday with relatives in New Hnvefi.
 l, Miss Rose Sengstacker of Unior i City sfjent Sunday with relatives al
 Pedrl Lake.
 The board of charities will meet to 1 ,.3g~ {r Al,o% I , will award the contract for the carpen ter work on the new town farm barr at this evenings meeting.
 T,he St Francis T. A. B. society i, drum corps went to Ansonia Saturday evening to attend dance given by G D drum corps of that city.