Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-12-17
THE aaIpGsoN.
That New Haven sausal Has Become
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 Another yelp has come from a rooter down in that clean sporting city, New Haven. He saw tho Wa terbury and Nonpareil game, he says, perhaps 1t may be she. for the name signed is A. Bohan. If she we apologize for saying anything about it, for we never would offend a lady in the world, but if 1t is a he. well. he ought to know better than to jump into print and tell things that Ia very vivid imagination must have conjured up. The Nonpareils are all gentlemen, sure. They wouldn't say a naughty thing for the world and as for drinking anything stronger than water, o my! you horrify us. Squeal on, you cheap sports. but re- member one thing, the All Water burys can accommodate themselves to occasions If they are playing against gentlemen they conduct themselves accordingly, but when they run up against some toughs that think they can get away with their roughhouse work they can change as quickly as chameleon can change colors. The poor little weak .lings from New Haven ought to be trained on a nursing bottle they are so tender and as for the writer of the article in the New Haven Regis ter of Saturday he ought to do few stunts with the nipple himself. Per- haps he does. Here is the article referred to:
 To the Sporting Editor of the Regis
 ter:
 Tn looking over the columns of the sporting page of your paper this week I notice some very harsh con- munications about the Nonpar- eil football eleven regarding game played December 2. of which I my self was spectator. As lover of clean and good sportsmanship l would like to pass my opinion on the game, and I am not a partisan of the Nonpareils, either. The game at Waterbury. December 2. was the worst ever seen on any gridiron, not barring the awful professional game out west, Thanksgiving day, in which Heston's leg was broken. Manager Louis Cronan of the All Waterbury football eleven is nothing sort of terror. After a scrimmage both he and Lendroth got into a mixup. Lendroth was punched while he was lying down and not being satisfied with this, another Waterbury player came to the rescue and deliberately kicked Lendroth in the head The second bad spell came with the Non pareis having the ball around the thirty-yard line. Thompson, the Nonpareil end. was called on for dropkick. After he had got the kick away Mahaney, Waterbury guard. broke through the line and deliber- ately caught Thompson right-hand swing square on the jaw, and Thomp- son. striking his head on the hard frozen ground lay unconscious for over an hour, the Waterbury team not offering water when one disgust ed spectator offered his house for emergency attendance. This is the place that the player in civilian clothes filled in the line, as there were only two minutes to play. and up tO tHdt tilue "dttIUuiy touiu uot gain around Thompson's end at all
 also was spectator at the St Thomas Cadet-Nonpareil game, play ed at the Rock, and if I do say it four of the visiting men were half drunk and would every few minutes rush to the side lines for smile" instead of taking water. Another remark passed down town. where I belong. was. Wait until Carson hits Waterbury, he'll get Killed" Carson got the tip and stayed wisely at home. Isn't that clean sport,
 Not alone do l beg you to believe my story. but read the Bridgeport papers about the Acorn and All Wa terbury game, played in Bridgeport, where a Waterbury player struck young Kehoe across the face with nose guard. almost causing a riot. and then they have the nerve to look for sympathy from the New Haven public.
 am not an admirer of the Non- pareils. but lover of good clean sport. I can give the names of the All Waterbury men who slueged if necessary. A. BOHAN.