New Britain herald., 1927-10-03
WESLEYAN LOSES
 TO CONN. AGG|ES
MiddletoWD Eleven Tightens Up
 in Crucial Moments
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NlddletoWn. Oct. 3-Playing 8 hard game against a team which was undoubtedly superior in all de- rartm"OtS Of tn" game. Wesleyan went down 10 2 l9 to Q defeat at the hands ot the Connecticut Aggie football team Saturday afternoon al tn" Middl"toWu field.
 O. interest 10 those watching the development Of the Wesleyan squad VAS tn" tendency of the wearers of lh" Red and Black to tighten up dt h" crucial moments and the super Ipr work Of q line which was rid dl"d to pieces by stcam roller t'olhy team the week before. Wes- l"Nan'S line showed the effect of considerable coaching and gains were reluctantly given through the first defense.
 ConncctiCut's farmers Were schoi ul"d 10 win tn" game from th" start of the first quarter and the decisive victory is q distinct feather in the hat of th" helmet Wcarers from Storrs. They earned the victory they obtained and all honor for hard lighting team with q crushing at tack may be laid at, their feet Pre- dictions for q winning season were cast about freely after the first eX- hibilion Of the Agg' S work and the issue of the gar was never in doubt after thr first touchdown was ground out o1 q struggling Wesley an team.
 Wcsleyan's forward attack show cd itself brilliantly throughout the first quarter, in fact, Coach Bill Woods charges carried the attack throughout tho opening session against a team which was threat "ned 10 hn carried off its feet with the startling display of over head work which marked the first two frames Of the game. One" the Rcd and Black deserved touchdown when series Of forward passes brought the ball to the Aggies gates where Tetley and Osborne failed to make il first down on the four yard line. missing the required dis lance by two inc3-es.
 Straight foot ball, combined with a few stunt plays which left NcS- layan standing in it's tracks. gay" the upstate farmers their scores, The heat combined with evenly matched lines, made q slow gam" out Of the fray and only on a few occasions when warriors of the separate squads broke away for runs of 20 and so yards did the stands come 10 their feet. For the most part the teams battered each others lines in a desperate attempt 10 wear down 1h" cohorts ot in" Rcd and Black and the Aggi" standards. To- wards tho end, after a suporhuman effort which brought favorable com rn"nt from both supporters and the enemy alike. Wcsl"yan's line began 10 yield yardaee, but for th" great or part of the day the first dcfensc of the NliddletoWn university ac- quilted itself admirably.
 Held scorcloss in the first quarter, the Aggics used the second fram" 10 rip out touchdown through the right side of the line, getting away for 1 yard run over the last white line Another in the third quarter sent WcSloyan'S hopes dnindling and when d pass from Tctlcy to Osborne in in" last quar- fer fcll into the arms Of an Aggio player who scamper"d away from all the rest for the third score, tho game was over.
 B2g gg Osborne. Tetley and Sillo- way. besides the line which worked together for the first time in many moons, gained the hOmors for the MiddlotoWn team. Trtley, last years star. seems in q fair way 10 be dim med this season, evidently finding it difficult 10 get away for the long runs that marked him for a star Inst season. Al the art Of hurlinc passes his eye and arm work to- E"thcr as perfectly as usual and the