The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-27
CROSBY DEFENSE DEPENDED UPON
 TO UPSET WILEY
Seasonal Record and Ex- perience in Favor of
 Wildcats Tomorrow
By ], F. B.

Dy Js Cs 0s
 Tomorrow morning Crosby and Wilby come together ct Hamilton park. The game is set for 10 o'clock and with good weather conditions, one of the biggest crowds ever to turn out for this Thanksgiving at- traction should be on hand. The reason for the big turn out this year lies in the fact that for the first time since 1892 Wilby looks like prospective winner. In 1892, exuber- ant Wilby rooters had the game won weeks before it was played. When it was over a weak Crosby team, playing inspired football, had em. erged with 8 6-8 tie. Once again, Wilby looks like a winner. Publicity agents, letter writers from Grove street, are all convinced tha tthis is the year, but there are plenty around town who refuse to be led by the batter of these scribes. .Wilby has a good record, winning five. tieing one and losing one. Good enough, but when one goes over the list of opponents, the list is not irn- posing. There is not a single out standing team on the Wilby sched- ule this year. Time was when vic- tories over Naugatuck and Torring- tonwould have been significant, but not today. This Wilby team has done fairly well what 1t has been asked, but enough was not asked. The Green may prove able to down Crosby, but they will have to prove 1t on the gridiron, and not by the pen of Palooka Pete.
 Veterans
 Wilby will have seven men on the field tomorrow who faced Cros- by last year, while the Blue will be able to produce but three. This should be an advantage for Wilby. Experience counts on the gridiron as elsewhere, and Wilby has the pull here. This advantage in veteran material, and season marked by five victories in five games, consti- tutes the basis on which Wilby sup- porters have ther claims to super forty over Crosby.
 Partisans of the Blue scoH at Will by's pre-game bally-hoo. The pulp licity agent for Wilby concealing his identity unde rthe name of Nutmeg Pete, and affecting hayseed dialect has been addressing letters permiscuiously to all the pa- pers, ridiculing the "Bluebells" (who smashed Wilby four out of five times last year, extolling the Wildcats, and addressing himself to the Old Grad. His line is amusing, if one has the time, but has nothing to do with football. He revels in long words, reminding one very much of Disraeli's description of Gladstone. "A sophisticated rhetrician, ir1ebri- ated with the exuberance of his own verbosity, and gifted with an egotistical iinmagniation that can at all times command an inter rnifl- able and inconsistent series of argus ments to malign an opponent and glorify himself"
 Good Defense
 While Wilby supporters have been claiming the universe, Crosby has claimed nothing, but it is fact that those closest to the Crosby team will be surprised if Wilby wins. In spite of its impressive record, Crosby is far from set up. In six games against Central of Bridgeport, Torrington, Bulkeley New London, Naugatuck, Danbury and Norwich, the Crosby goal line was crossed but twice. Central scored a long pass which should have been easily knocked down. Norwich scored on a 60-yard run-back of 8 punt, after the ball carrier had been tackled, but broke away. Knowing the defensive strength of Crosby, followers of the East Main street institution, concede nothing to Wilby. They figure that Wil- by's 46 points in six games against weak opposition is not indicative of great scoring power. They do not expect Wilby to cross their goal line. The only doubt in their minds is as to whether Crosby can find a scoring punch themselves. If Crosby scores, the game is in the bag, is the attitude of Crosby root CTS. Well, it looks like ball gamel