The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-06
ARMS ELEVEN
and CLEES IN
DRAWN BATTLE
(By WAGNER.)

football game here was at New
field park yesterday. There were SO
many spectators that they overlooked
the playing field and the contest had
to be stopped in the beginning of the
fourth period. At that time neither
the Remington-Arns nor the Wash
ington Glees of New Haven had seor-
ed. So the state football title still
hangs in the balance.
! The crowd was so large that it sim
ply swamped everything. In the first
| half the police were able to keep the
! rooters back but during the interrnis-
sion the fans swarmed on the gridiron
and when hostilities started again it
was impossible to clear the entire
paying surface. Then to further
compIicate matters the Glees. near
the end of the third period, were sent
back almost to their goal line by a
penalty. The people rushed up from
the other end to see the excitement
and after that the size of the playing
field gradually decreased. When the
Arms started toward their opponents
goal line in the last period the crowd
] had encircled the players and as it
seemed useless to make further efforts
to put the people back, the pastime
| was declared over for the day.
AS for the game itself little can be
said in it's favor4 Most of the time it
was dull. Both teams were strong on
defense so most of the playing con-
sisted of line smashes which rarely
yielded either side more than a few
yards. The Glees were easily the
! strongest team the Arms met this
year. They were well drilled in every
department.
The Arms had more of a punch.
They gained more ground and were
able to batter down the line but the
4 ha oh To
prevent the locals from marching
along for q. touchdown. There was
| more kicking than is usually seen in a,
professional game because each side
found gains difficult and resorted to
the air route to keep out of danger.
Open play was seldom seen. The
G1eSs tried several forward passes.
one of which was caught by Johnny
Nag1e just before the first half ended.
1t was lucky for the Arms that time
was up for the ball was then deep in
their territory The Arms tried only
for two passes without a bit of sue
cess.
On the whole the ball was handled
very cIeanly.z The Arms made only
one tumble but that was costly as they
Host the leather when they were APP
preaching the GIees' stronghold. The
i G1ees didn't make a tumble that could
| be observed.
From the start neither team had
much advantage. The Arms kicked
off and, after trying three downs with
out making much progress, the G1ees
punted. The Arms hit the line for
two first downs until they were set
back for Is yard penalty. After
that it was battle of the 1inemen
with neither team able to open up
much territory.
The best chance the Arms had to
fscore was in the third period. An
i Arms player seized kick on the
IGlees' 10 yard line and as a penalty
was imposed upon the visitors they
had to kick from behind theip own
4 line The ball sailed only about rs
yards. but the locals were not equal to
the task of advancing the oval and
were themselves forced to punt.
| Shortly after that the crowd put an
/ end to the sport
| Moshier did not get a chance to
shine and in fact was generally spilled
for a loss on his end runs O'ReiIIy
and Eddie Reilly broke through the
line for good gains and so did INK
ISeeley. On defense Flanagan and Nc
Cornack were powerful. Rosenpanny
was strong at guard while browne was
an active center. Howie Baker did
well at end
For the G1ees. Moose Miller, Clyde
Waters, Johnny Magic and Cahi1l
starred F.. Stuhlmann also distin-
guished himself. The lineup:
Washington Glees. Rem-ArIns.
Nagle - y i E7 s F1ura
L. f.
Malone ..-... richardson
Maneene Mccormack
1fcLoughlfn ..s..--.-..-- browne
Miller ....-....... Flanagan
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