Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-17
FLYNN SHINES
AS ~TOTTENvILLE COPS
Big FOOTBALLLl.B BATTLE

gion football team, of TottenVille,
annexed its most important victory
Of the season, on the TottenVille
field, yesterday afternoon, by down.
ing the colors of the Roosevelt Field
Club eleven, of Carteret. The final
score of this encounter, q grudge
affair, was 1877.
T~ottenville's representatives. man
aged by Augie Thomson, former
Dexter star, and coached by Archie
Wilburn, established a new record
for the season by winning yester-
days game. The legion pigskinners
were not beaten this season. They
opened by playing a scoreless tie
game with the Uniteds, of Stapleton,
and following that encounter they
won something like eleven in a row.
The trouble in booking this contest,
makes victory all the more sweet.
AS anticipated, a good sized crowd
turned out from various sections of
this county and Staten / sland, and
the spectators were treated to a good
contest mainly through the efficient
manner in which Tom Walsh, a
Central Board mar from Stapleton,
handled the contest. Walsh was
boss" every minute of the time the
game was in progress.
During the first quarter, periods of
twelve minutes duration having been
decided on, the going was nip and
tuck. The visitors kicked off and
after the ball exchanged hands sew
eral times, and a number of slight
gains were made by either team, the
period ended with the ball on Tot
tenville's fcrty-five yard line, in the
possession of the home team.
Flynn Shining Light
Billy Flynn, of this city, one of the
fastest men ever seen on a gridiron
in this section. was the "big gun"
for the legion eleven yesterday after
noon. The William street speed
merchant was here, there and every
where. His position was right end.
The home players succeeded in
making gain after gain through line
plunging in the second quarter and
after they had reached the Carteret
fifteen yard line, Referee Walsh
penalized the legion representatives
for excessive use of their hands, the
ball being taken back to the thirty
yard line. Tottenville booted the
ball to the ten yard line after being
unsuccessful in making gains on
other plays, and the visitors after
falling to make needed gain on
plunges, also resorted to booting.
The ball was received by Totem
VILE on the fifty yard line, Flynn
| going for a trirty yard gain. Line
plunging was resumed by the home
team and finally the bali was lost
on the four yard line. Carteret
booted the ball back to the forty
yard line, Flynn receiving it and ran
for a touchdown. sliding cross the
line. The legion missed the chance
for the additional point.
Tottenville kicked off in the third
quarter, the visitors receiving the
ball on their own forty yard line.
Zullo made a twenty-five yard enc
run after a fake attempt to forward
pass, and shortly after, II. Sullivan
made n thiry-five yard advance on a
line plunge. Polly hurled a forward
to Mesick for Carteret's six points,
and Walker made the extra point.
Carteret kicked off again and al
though gains on line plunges and end
runs were made by Flynn, Brown
and other members of the legion
| eleven, the visitors continued to lead
the quarter ending with the ball on
the two yard line. In the third
period, Price made a good play in
recovering a tumble nea the WISH
tors goal line.
Early in the last quarter, the
home team took the lead on a touch
| down after making the slight gain.
Carteret's defense held like a stone
wall for n time. After the touch
down, the Tottenville team again
missed the chance for the extra
point.
Tottenville kicked off and after
the home club intercepted a forward
pass, the march was started for
the third touchdown and final score
of the game. Both sides booted the
ball several times during this period,
and Tottenville made gain after
gain, on line plurges and a forward
pass, Flynn receiving the latter.
! Gross went across for the last six
points, the visitors defense again
holding for a time. Thomsen's team
was penalized a second time just be-
fore making the third touchdown
and just before the last kickoff
another ten yard penalty was i'm
posed.
Although there was ONE loose
playing on both sides, the men on
the two teams performed creditably.
Flynn, Brown and Hansen starred
for the V%ictors, while Mesick played
fba host for Cartaref