The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-01
BRIDGEPORT HIGH
 SUFFERS DEFEAT
Colors Lowered to New Britain in First Heme League Game by Score
 of II 10 6

! Britain High by the score of 11-6 after one of the bitterest battles ever fought out between two school teams on a local gridiron. New Britain came here with the intention of wiping B. u. s. of the map. but according to Captain Dave Dunn of the visiting school boys, the local aggregation was the scrap piest and Eamest bunch his team has dope on what the local followers ex- pected- Bridgeport travelled to Middle town a week ago Saturday and tied the High school team of that burg O-0: this week prior New Britain was in Mi0dletown and won by the over whelming score of 4l-0. Figuring out | those results the local followers could expect nothing but q bad trimming. That their expectations received a big jolt was clearly shown Bridgeport was outweighed ten to fifteen pounds to the man. but that did not put a stop to the ardor of the local lads. It may be stated that had Quarterback Savage and Halfback Hurd been drill ed more in the art of handling punts. the score would have been a A low estimate on their inability to catch the kicks lost Bridgeport something like POO yards. On the other hand. these two men. especially Hurd. made up for this deficiency in their offen- sive work Hurd was like an eel. easily evading the New Britain tack lers. while Savage ran his team like a veteran. In the main, the work of Fullback Mccarthy of the locals shone out above all the rest It was to his credit that the ball was kept in New Britain territory during the first half. while in the second it was his strong line bucking that scored the touch- down for Bridgeport. Left Halfback who did the most to spoil the locals chances. ne was seconded by Captain Dun, who played fuilback. The visit prs won the toss and chose to have the ball kicked to them By using the forward pass to advantage and skirt ing the B. H. s. right end they rushed the ball we'll into dangerous territory. Bridgeport Draced. and the ball was given to them Using Mccarthy re- peatedly the ball was advanced into New Britain acreage. Bridgeport had chance to do something, but a fumb-e resulted, New Britain regaining the ball The half ended with the score O-O- Starting the second half. New Britain kicked off to Bridgeport. The locals had the ball we'll nigh the visit ors goal line when they lost it on downs The kicking game was resort ed to by both sides. At this work New Britain had the decided advan- tage as their back field men knew how to handle the punts. Lee. however. outdistanced Dunn in the length of his kicks, but the New Britain men re- fused to drop the ball when 1t fell into their hands. While in midfeld Dunn kicked to Savage on the ten yard line Savage fumbled and a New Britain man fell on the pigskin on the five yard line Dun was worked three times through center. pushing the ball over. Dunn kicked the goal Deter imitation marked every move of the B. H. S. boys From the kick off they worked with might and main From the center of the field. by line plunges and mass plays the ball was worked to the ten yard line The yards were few at a time. but Br'--~Dort man. rad rn each time. Mccarthy was pushed over for the touchdown The large crowd went wild and rushing for Mccarthy carried him all over the field on their cheering and routing when B. H. $. was more than a factor on the football field. The heavier men on the visiting line however, proved too much for the worn out by the constant line plunges and it was easy work for the visitors to run up another touchdown The grit displayed in those last few min utes of play by B. H. s. will always remain in the minds of the spectators. while New Britain. with nothing on B. H. S. but weight, will always con- 'sider the locals factors. The score: NEW BRITAIN. BRIDGEPORT. squires.. Thomas. Cunningham. Noren R. F.
 Derby ...--..---.-.-..--.--- Johnson Brink -.....--....-.-.-..... Huntington
 R. G.
 MOllander -----..-.- -------.-- helcnert
 C.
 brunbaum ..--.--.-------- Della Naile
 L. G.
 NJ. Johnson -.--.-,1;---..'.'...'. Lee
 l.. T.
 James. Schaele Malcolm
 l.. E. M. Johnson -----.......----- Savage
 Q. B.
 Cn1mDerlaln -----.----.--.-..s. huTu
 R. H. B.
 L. H. B. Dunn McCartny
 F. B.
 Referee. Smith. New Britain.
 Umpire, Rowan. Storrs.
 Timer. Hubbard. Meriden.
 Head Linesman. Donnelly, Bridge port @
 Time. two 8 minutes halves.
 Touchdowns. Dunn, Gibney and Mo Carthy.
 Field goals. Dunn and Malcolm.
 Saturday at Middletown. Hartford High won out 33-3. This was the only other interscholastic league game play ed. At New Haven Naugatuck High pulled out d victory. 11-5. Next Satur- day Bridgeport High will entertain