Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-18
THE SPORTING NEWS.
 THE GRIDIRON
  AGAIN THEY PLAY A TIE GAME, All Waterburys and Acorns Do No Scoring-~Result, of All Other Games.

For the second time this season the Acorns and All Waterbury participant ed in a no score game yesterday, ,neith- CT eleven was able to roll up single point at Rockville in the afternoon. Waterbury almost sent the ball over the line in the first half but were held for downs on the Acorns one yard line just as the whistle blew for the end of the first half. It was a mighty close call and the Park City eleven was tickled to death when the whistle of the timer was heard. AL though parts of the field were inches deep in mud, nevertheless the game was well played and was by far the most interesting to the spectators of any game this season. There was considerable rough play and on one or two occasions it was really dirty foot ball. Umpire Joe" Bowling of Bridgeport at length became of the opinion that the slugging would have to stop so when he caught Tim Sul- livan of Bridgeport, and Hoffman of Waterbury mixing it up, he chased both to the side lines. Sullivan has the reputation of being very rough player. Hoffman said that the Acorn man tried to give him the boots. y The loss of Hoffman made big hole in Waterbury's lineup while Sulli- vans place was we'll filled by Shearon. Consequently the sending of the players to the side lines aided the visitors considerably
 Because of the slippery condition of the ball due to the wet and muddy field, there was considerable fumbling in the first half. For the first few minutes of the game it was a con- tinual scramble for the ball and on several occasions the players hugged an armful of mud instead of landing firmly on the ball. As in previous games the teams were evenly matched and there was not much difference between them except towards the end of the first half when Waterbury by a well directed attack carried the ball to within yard of their opponents goal line. If they had not been a trifle too anxious at this stage of the game, they might possibly have made a touch down. Walter Legge, quart erback of the local team, had the candles shining around his caput yes | terday, as his end runs were the fea- ture of the game. When he got going he went very quickly and the Bridge port ends found him very elusive. In a broken field his lodging was pretty to watch and gained for the home team many yards. Even the ever watchful and always get him Kecko was passed by Legge three or four times during the game, but it must be said that the little Bridgeport end was boxed in by two or three men Even at that towards the end of the game he figured out the play and playing a wide end downed the Wat erbury quarterback before the big gains of the early game were dupli- cated. Legge also punted well after Hoffman had been sent to the side ] lines.
 1 The back field did not shine as in previous games. but this may be due to the failure of the line to dc it's share. The secondary defense oi the Acorns had no trouble in stop ping the Waterbury backs, even though they got by the line, which they seldom did. On runs around right end Captain Reilly of Bridge port almost invariably broke up their interference and downed the runner often for d loss. It was almost the same as regards Bridgeport who found it very hard trying to make their dis. tance. It was pretty much old style football, although Waterbury worked the forward pass twice for gains and Bridgeport once. The first time the forward pass brought the ball tc within about fifteen yards of the Acorns' goal, but Bowling said that Hotchkiss was of side SO the bal was brought back and Waterbury penalized , yards. On the very next line up again the forward pass wa. tried and Legge's throw was got by Reilly after Hoffman had touched it Bridgeport's pass went through three hands. It started with Finn. went back to Reilly who sent it straight into Kecko's hands. It was good fol about ten yards.
 All Waterbury. AcoTns. ] Reilly .... DUnlgS Left End