The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-18
BOROUGH GEMS
 SHOW POWER IN 55-O TRIUMPH
Stamford Pros No Match
 for Naugatuck; TuCkey Scores IS Points

NaugaCucK Gems showing crushing attack that rolled up eight touch- downs in their game yesterday with the Stamford pros, local football fans are already claiming the state pro" title for the Gems and believe it would whip any other professional team in this state.
 The Gems showed lots of talent and Q variety of plays in whipping the Stamford eleven yesterday at Recreation field by a 55-O score. Stamford never really threatened and could do nothing by line plays and were only occasionally success full on passes.
 Undoubtedly, the star performer for the Gems was Dick Tuckey, Naugatuck young man who could not be stopped for any length of time. "Dick" scored IS points him. self and his long runs assisted in many other scores.
 Early Start
 Shortly after the game started Tuckey broke through the Stamford line and straight-armed several be- fore he was tackled, making 40 yards. A few minutes later Hihara leaped in the air to hurdle the goal line for Naugatuck'S first score with Tuckey drop-kicking for point after touchdown.
 % Hihara later turned in nice run after Tuckey had made 30 yards in another burst of speed and Dick crashed over for the second goal, again drop-kicking to make 1t 14-0. Soon after this Tuckey was removed from the lineup temporarily.
 During his absence Kennedy was the shining light, his burtsts of speed amazing the spectators. Af- ter long run by Kennedy Beloski shot over for the next score with Kennedy's try for extra point fail- ing.
 Soon after this with Kennedy shaking off many tacklers to make long runs, the blonde-haired and smiling young man crossed the Stamford goal line and with Stam- ford off-side on the try for point after touchdown, the score was 27-O in favor of the locals when the first haR ended.
 Machine Rolls On
 Hihara and Tuckey picked up yardage for the Gems as the second half opened and Starling scored on a pass from Hihara, with Tuckey again drop-kicking successfully for the extra point. When Stamford got possession of the ball 1t tried 8 pass which Tuckey grabbed from the air on 0 dead run and sped to the one- yard line before being tackled. in a pretty run. Bartolinski then took it over. The score became 41-0 as Tuckey drop-kicked the extra point Naugatuck then kicked to Stam- foed and the ball apparently was rolling toward the goal line. II seemed certain to go over so the Stamford players did not try to down 1t. However, when it rolled over the goal line Tuckey fell on 1t and 1t was ruled Naugatuck touch- down as the ball had touched a Stamford man before passing the line. Tuckey then added the point after touchdown.
 Soaraz tailed the final score for Naugatuck in the final quarter with Kennedy, whose fine runs had placed Naugatuck in scoring position, mak- ing 8 point after touchdown. The local line played very well and the main weak point about the Gems seemed their forward pass attack They did not need it yesterday how ever.
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 Left Tackle
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 Center
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 Right Guard
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 Right Tackle
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 Right End
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 Quarterback
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 Right Halfback
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