Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-30
THE GRIDlRON
PLAYED AGAIN
 WITH NO SCORE <
All Waterbury and Acorns in Another Nothing to Nothing
 Battle.

champion of the state is no nearer settled than it was before yesterday as the third and final contest between the All Waterburys and Acorns at State league grounds yesterday af- ternoon ended without score, as did the two previous games. The game was not very fast and was not as good as the other games played by these teams Neither side could gain any material degree and not once during the contest did the wis itorss make first down. The home team made the necessary distance twice, once when Lou Cronan skirt ed the end for about eleven yards, the other occasions being when a forward pass by Sheehan to Bagley to Cronan netted about twenty.
 The Acorns, on the other hand, out kicked Waterbury, Francis Hoffman booting the leather in excellent fash ion. Especially were his kicks no ticeable in the second half, when he had the wind with him and his long spirals were difficult to handle.
 The Acorns came within an ace of scoring in the second half when "Yack' O'Brien tried a drop Kick from the twenty-five yard line. He had tried drop in the first half, dur ing which period Hoffman had also attempted a place kick, but both were blocked as the Waterbury play CTS tore through. But in his last try O'Brien's line held fast and the little quarterback took plenty of time. He sent the ball off neatly and there was an appalling silence as the leather sailed straight through the air for the goal posts. But it was not des- tined to go over, for as it neared the cross bar it swerved trifle to one side and hit the right cross bar. It was very close call and Waterbury was lucky to escape.
 Although Crowley. Acorns' star tackle. was not in the game, as he had been on the sick list, Duhigg, who was not with the team on the last trip to Waterbury. and Rock, the Villanova player, were in the line up of the Park city team, and both played a snappy game. Rock espe- cially was hard man to watch, and once after breaking through he in tercepted forward pass tried by Waterbury and started for Water bury's goal line, but was brought to earth by the feet-footed John Hayes, who nailed him after fifteen yard run.
 In the latter part of the second half 1t looked for a moment as if the AcOrns might score, as with the ball on Waterbury's eight yard line in the possession of the home team, a punt was attempted. The pass was made to Daily, but 1t was poor and the player in his eagerness to kick 1t let 1t fall to the ground, but had the presence of mind to fall on 1t. But he jumped to his feet again and made another effort to boot the pig skin. and this time the Acorn players landed on it. But Referee Zemowski, who. by the way, made an excellent official, vast improvement over Mr Levine. declared the ball was dead when Daly fell on it and it stayed in Waterbury's possession. A moment later Daily kicked to the thirty-yard line, and as he did so the final whistle was blown.
 The Acorns kicked of and Water bury brought the ball back about five yards. From that time on until the finish of the first half the game was a kicking contest. as both elevens found it useless to endeavor to make the ten yard gain in three attempts.
 After a rest of few minutes the teams were again on the field, and this time Waterbury booted the leather to the Acorns. At this point the longest run of the game was made. and it certainly was a pretty one. 0'Brien caught Hannan's boost and made double pass with Kecko, who ran back through the broken field for about forty yards before he hit the ground