Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-25
ACADEMY. MEETS ST0N|NGT0N TODAY

At the Academy conpis this aft ernoon the rejuvenated Acadamy foot ball teams will meet the q StoH3ngton High school team in one of the most hotly contested games of the season. Two weeks ago these two teams met and Stonington came out victors of. a 13O game The iocai team felt that this was a bad set back and are out | to clean up the deefat by running up a big score. The ic.cry over West erly on Tuesday has put new life and l confidence in the local. eleven and | they have spent the remainder of the week in the hardest practice of the season. Big B1l Ccnnors. formerly guard of one of the teams that played Cupid Blacks navy team has been assisting Coach Mckay in bolstering up the line. This has been the weak spot in the team but the hard work that they have been through this week ought to show up when stheycline.g up for the first scrimmage. McNan ara, captain of the famous Academy elev- en of 1s g has been putting the tackles and ends through the fine points of playing their positions
 Captain Sup1icki will not be able to get into the scrimma ge-z today, In the last few seconds 1of, the Hartford game last Saturday Suplicki sus stained making a tackle. An x-ray showed that the bone was broken and this will mean that he will be out of to- days game and possibly for the Bulk eley game at New London next. Satur- day.
 Coach Mckay is having a hard time filling Suplicki's place at. left guard but has three good men to ~fiil in Crowell looks promising for the posi- tion and may be alternated with Co., meau between gu>rd and center. Both men have been tossing the ball
  Croker. another husky, has been shaping up well in the guard posi- ton, but an injury has kept him on the side lines the latter part of the fine game at tackle and has shown steady improvement since his initial contest at Storrs. The other tackle is covered by the veteran Ray Wilcox; side of the line have been countedsfor losses to the other teams. Wilcox is one of the heavyweights of the team and misses very few tackles. Morgan the big guard has been working hard in using his weight and strength on the defense. Both Young andt O. Chase will start the game at the end positions and their work in games and practice warrants their value in stopping any of the long end runs that Stonington launched in the first game between the two schools. Young's star work in last Saturdays game has made him a fixture on the team
 Coach Mckay has been sdriIlings the baclcfeld in carrying. the ball and de veloping a driving force to- goa-with their natural speed.
 Wilcox the hero of the Westerly game has been given a few new plays in which to use his rushing ability. Ringland is due for some spectacular open field work while Read, his run ming mate at half back is a fast man on s<irting the ends. Both Whitney and O'Neil have been g doing gacd work at quarter, but the choice for starting the game may fall to Whit ney. He has been picking his plays very well in practice and is quick to pick the weak points of the opposing team.
 Stonington's team is rather light this year but makes up for that handicap in the set of fast backf1cld men and a pair of good ends. Shee- han at quarterback has done very good work this year in running the team and carrying theball.
 The Academy eleven is determined 10 win this game and is going to battle from the first whistle. The team has