Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-19
THE GRIDIRON
THEY PLAY LIKE
 LOT OF STARS
All Waterbury Made Good Ys'tsr' day and Defeated Tbomaston
 --BrookIyns Tied.

The All-Waterbury football team to convince their admirers they were a little out of form last Sunday when they played the Tor Winsted aggregation, went at Thomaston yesterday afternoon at Rockville in such manner that the visitors after the first few minutes Of play did not have chance, going home defeated by the score of II to 4. Although there were only two new men in the lineup for Water bury the team played game far su.. perior to a week ago, the attack ana defense being such as to stamp the eleven one of the best in the state. There is no question If Coach Bagley keeps his. men up to the form. dis played yesterday the All Waterburys will this season again in all proba- bility be the state champions.
 Why the play of the home team seems all the more icreditable was their "come back, ability. Thomas ton, sanguine of success because of their victory over the Acorns and thinking Waterbury was not in the best of form, played the home team off its feet in the first couple of min- utes and in less than three minutes after the whistle was blown Beards- lee had sent drop kick between Wa terbury's goal posts. But the tempo rary advantage of the visitors only served to touch off the explosives that were in Waterbury's storehouse and when the reserve force broke out Say, guess it wasn't bad.
 Although the boys from the village were in the best of form and were prepared for slashing game, they found it impossible to stave of the savage attack of the Waterbury backs who ploughed through the line again and again. Tanner, Nolan and Joe Bagley. with Thompson at quarter, made back field that proved classy combination, and when a yard was needed one of these players seldom failed to make 1t. As for the defense it was good to look at. Before the Thomaston forwards had scarcely time to get started the Waterbury men were smashing through the, line and in the second half continually threw Thomaston back for loss. The secondary defense seemed to be in every play yesterday and the man. ner in which the visiting aggregation was piled up augurs well for the suc- cess of the All-Waterbury team for the remainder of the season.
 Ed Tanner at right half for Wa terbury again demonstrated that he l is the best halfback seen around here for some time. For advancing the ball and repelling attacks he is in a class by himself. He knows the game and the way he goes about it is sure to bring results. But right here let | 1t be said that Schildgen and Good ing made some good holes on the left side of the line yesterday.
 | Nolan at fullback, outside. of the first play when his failure to use his head was indirectly the cause of Thomaston's score, played good game at full, while Thompson al quarterback did we'll indeed. In fact
 the, entire team played. the kind oi football that it is hard to beat. Thom-
 aston kicked off but the ball rolled
 across the goal line and it wal
 brought back. Beardsley again boot.
 ed the leather and the ball went sail. ing over the line into the arms of the
 Red Giant. Nolan did not know
 whether to touch it to the ground ol
 run it back. He finally decided to dc
 the latter but he had delayed so long
 that he went out only about two
 yards from the chalk mark before ht
 was dropped. Waterbury could no,
 gain so Joe Bagley kicked. The punt
 was sent too high and Thomastor
 started right in to do things while
 300 of their rooters present were wild
 with glee. They found it trifle diff ficult to make much headway but
 with the ball about fifteen yards iron the goal line Beardslee dropped back
 for try at goal. His line held likt
 a rock and the quarterback sent tht
 leather sailing sQuately between ths
 uprights, a very pretty goal. Int
 four points looked big at that time
 But Waterbury received. the ball or a punt when Thomaston was held or | the first two downs began a system
 attic attack which culminaed in one ol
 the neatest plays of the game ant
 scored the first touchdown for tht
 home team. With the ball about nine
 yards from Thomaston's goal line
 Waterbury, had. eight yards to make
 on the third down. Thomaston wal
 confident of obtaining the ball but
 somebody on Waterbury's side cer.
 tainly used his gray matter for tht
 forward pass was tried, worked beau J Aif,.II.r f,nr,a Ina Do nla,r to o,. ft.<.