The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-17
Maugy Grid Pros Sign Leary As PLayerzC zCoaeh
MAJOR LEAGUE TEAMS BOOKED
 AS OPPONENTS
Curtain to Be Lifted at Recreation Field Sun-
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Naugatuck, Sept. 17.--Professional football will be introduced to Nau- gatuck this coming season and for the first time in the history of the Rubber Town, big-league teams will cavort on the Recreation field. The news that Naugy will see "big time footbalr has been enthusiastically received by fans throughout the lower part of the Naugy Valley and from the comments heard on all sides, the venture will have the sup port of all the pigskin parade.
 Business Men Backers
 Football has been dead in the Rubber Capital for some time and the movement to revive the buried king of autumn sport can be traced to the civic pride of a group of Naugatuck business and professional men who are cooperating in the promotion of a classy Sunday enter tainment for their ellow-townsmen. This matter of civic pride is no pub licity gag as this group of men who intend to promote football here, are interested in placing the name of Naugatuck right back at the top of the football heap among the cities of Connecticut.
 Naugatuck was always known as the sporting center of the state but in recent years, the borough which gave Capt. Ray Dubois to Navy, has fallen by the wayside and towns like Danbury and Bristol have swept by to take the spotlight while the borough has gone into football de- cline. Years back, Danbury and Bristol were never in it" with Naugy and 1t has been very irritat- ing to townsmen to see these neigh boring cities grab all the spotlight. The group of men who will act as angels for the local aggregation are determined to put on the field a team that will produce, and money has not and will not be spared to do this.
 Help Promised
 From this groups viewpoint, this is a sporting proposition and they will be pleased merely if the local Pros can take the measure of clubs like the Trojans and the West Ends. The men behind the scenes are all football minded. They have engaged the services of Eddie Leary, former Georgetown speedster, as player coach. Leary has been in touch with Coach Steve Owens of the New York Giants, General Manager Jack Espey of the Washington Red Skins and Lou Little, Columbia coach, and has asked them to recommend play CTS to him. Owens has promised to aid the local club and when he cuts his large squad he hopes to place some of his younger stars in Nauga- tuck for further seasoning. It is hoped Espey will also fall in line and on top of this it is possible the Red Skins will come here later in the season for an exhibition game with the Naugatuck Pros.
 Talbot Helping Out
 Judge Joseph E. Talbot and Atty. Thomas Weary wil lact in an ad- visory capacity to Leary and Ed Curley, demon publicity man, will handle the direct business affairs of the club. This is a ten-stroke as Curley is without a rival when it comes to handling the reins of a pro-club as he is the one who brought the original Four Horsemen from Notre Dame into the profess sional limelight. Curley is busy lin- ing up a stiff schedule and he prom ises to release later in the week, just who will be the opposition when the curtain is lifted Sunday, September 26, at the Recreation field.
 To Use Little System
 Leary, whom Lou Little classed as superior to many an all-American, will show his sped in his home town for the first time in his career and he is determined to show the caliber of football which earned him na- tional fame. Coach Leary's first move was to announce that he will use the Little system, sprinkled with a Notre Dame flavor and because of this type of footbal, he has been very reluctant to sign the average college player. But he has prom ised that the eleven which will take the field in the opening game, a week from Sunday, will meet with the approval of all lovers of foot ball. Speed and deception will be the handspring of the local attack and there should be plenty oi thrilling plays pulled off at the Recreation field from the start un