Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-01
THE GRIDIRoN
WHO WILL BE
 THE CHAMPION
All Waterburys, Acorns and Nau- gatucks Must Settle the -a4
 Question.

UT IHc dLHdLeur cuamplOnSn1p or the
 state would be hot one, as the All Waterbury, Acorns and Naugatuck will each try hard for the rag, Of 1 course if Naugatuck refuses to play
 the All-Waterbury team the Rubber
 town eleven cannot be considered.
 but 1t appears as though the team
 from down the line will eventually
 come to terms with Manager Slayin's l eleven.
 Many are of the opinion that be- | cause the local team did not defeat
 the AcOrns in this city last Sunday . 1t is likely to be trounced when 1t goes to Bridgeport week from next Sunday, thinking that the home team will have an advantage. But It IS ex- tremely doubtful if the Acorns will
 be able to do any better in their own city than they did here last Sunday.
 provided of course the crowd does not
 swarm on the field as it did last year.
 The AcOrns during the last half Of the game last Sunday were unable to gain ! a yard, and they will have to improve
 greatly in the next ten days % get
 the better of the Waterbury players, when the teams meet again. Individu-
 ally the teams appear to be of equal
 strength. DOdds and Sullivan, the
 center men are pair of husky play
 CTS. and although the Waterbury man
 has been out of the game for some
 time, the Bridgeport captain has
 nothing on him. At guard Hannah
 and Wentworth for Waterbury more
 than compare favorably with Bauder
 and T. Sullivan Crowley and Ma
 nancy make good fight, but on the
 other side Stowe as yet has proved trihe weak and Griffin had slightly
 the better of the argument on Sun day. Farrell and Kecko make neat
 pair of ends for Bridgeport, but they
 are not any better than the fellows on
 Waterburys' wings. White Riley has
 improved considerably this year on
 the defense. and as ground galner
 Is progressing. Lew Cronan still
 holds up his end, as is evinced in the games played this season.
 In the back field Waterbury is per haps the stronger although the kick ing and handling of punts ny the AcOrns last Sunday offset this ad- vantage. Daly at full Is heavier and can hit the line harder than McMahOn. Both are excellent men on the de- fense. Riley at left half is boy to reckon with, but with John Bagley playing the similar position for Wa terbury, the Brass City boy would be considered the better. With John Shields at right half against Flynn the Waterbury team would have an other advantage. Waterbury has bet ter substitutes than the .Acorns as was made evident last Sunday. At quarterback. both elevens are evenly matched although O'Brien showed up slightly better than Sheehan last Sun day. Both are quick and sure at passing the ball and can be depend- cd to play the game every minute. OBrlen also adds strength to the Acorns as he Is a good punter. Con seQuently when the teams meet in Bridgeport 1t should be a pretty even thing unless something unusual hap pens between now and the day for which the gameis scheduled.
 As yet all attempts to arrange a series with Naugatuck have proved fruitless and Manager Slavin is about tired of the notions of the Naugatuck team and will make no further ef- forts to get the teams together. Al though the Nahgatuck eleven was late in getting started. 1t is coming on fast and promises to have a team as strong as last season. will undoubtedly arrange . series with the Acorns and should It defeat Bridgeport, and Waterbury do the same. the championship will hangs in the balance unless Naugatuck and Waterbury get together. But It Is not at all probable that the !Acorns will bite the dust in both games with It is more likely to be the other way this season. No other team In the state seems to have any chance for the championship. al- though in the beginning of the season t seemed as though the Nonpareils night be strong. But the eleven Is on- y a seond rater. and the Mohawk cam, another New Haven eleven ioes not seem to be of championship ,allbre. Thomaston is fairly good. put has already suffered defeat at the lands of Naugatuck and the Acorns, nusf he considered out of the race.