The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-01
Second Crosby WiLby Grid Contest Ruled Out
Crosby Wiby Between The Acts Game Comment
BY JOE NOLAN

It was the 17th meeting and the 18th return match between the Crosbys and the Wilbys, putting them practically in the same class with Helen Wills and Helen Jacobs The pre-game betting odds fa- vored Crosby, but Wilby was getting lots of support-most of 1t moral :. The Wildcats were pointing for this contest despite all that Emily Post has said about bad manners.
 Up to yesterdays game, the local experts were mentioning the Wilby end zone in the same breath with Broadway and And Street as the busiest crossroads in America But the Big Green played plenty of heads-up football, and their sup porters went out of the Stadium saying, well, Wilby won 13-13."
 Of the 10000 odd spectators who witnessed the battle, apparently g. 999 converged on the entrance gates s minutes before game time. The result was the finest jam in Water- bury since Ma gave up making pre- serves :. While the game was still in the diaper stage, fullback Dave Holmes, Crosby's sepia speedster, sifted through the line on reverse from Joe Margolis and went over standing up {. Mancini converted, and 1t began to look like '"The Smearing Of The Green
 But the Leemen struck back with the rapidity of lightning, and marched down the field with Jack Brickel and Ernie Salvatore provid- ing the impetus .. Salvatore finally carried over from the 2-yd. line, and the Wildcats were back In the ball game.
 Tn the second period. the Blue and White carved out a touchdown With relentless efficiency -. They piled up first downs with Bill Mancini, Joe Margolis. and Dave Holmes Juggling the pigs pajamas, and Bob Roland doing a swell job on the heavy duty blocking Mancini carried over, and when the Crosby captain got up from the bottom of the pile he was ready to go to the cleaners, pants. jersey and all There was no further scoring in the first half, and when Bill Schofield's charges trotted off the field for the tea interval, they were several par asangs ahead of the Green.
 The high school band, augmented by four ctirvesome flag-bearing maidens, took over during the inter- mission The musicians halted .n the south end zone while drum major Frank BrIce decided whether he should run the trumpet section in single or double wing formation.
 After a scoreless third quarter Wilby's Kruse, a thorn in Crosby's side all day. tailed for the Leemen. and the point after touchdown was successful. throwing matters into a tie . And if you've ever been thrown into q tie, particularly bow tie. you know how unpleasant that can be {. Incidentally. 1t was at this time that the longest run of the game was negotiated, by a Leavenworth student who ran around the field twice on a good- will mission.
 Wilby kicked off. and Holmes took the ball all the way back into Wildcat territory before he was pulled down -. It looked Ike Old- Holiness Week again On the next play Mancjni battered his way town to the Wilby 19 yard line .. Wilby was trying hard to give the Blue and White another score. but Crosby would have none of 1t .. They lost the ball on downs. and the Crosby cheering section was a place of blasted dreams "where shadows shut the stars out and the leaves tumble down.
 From here on. Crosby f,'mbled and Wilby recovered The second time on the Blues Award line :. At this point. the Crosby boys need ed alot of things. but what they needed most was a fon-ageression pact . Piunges by Salvatore. Duncan. and Overton gave the wildcats possession on Crosby's l-vd marker But the sand in the hour glass ran out on the gallant Wilby boys and they had to settle for a i3-13 deadlock .. Like Abraham they just couldn't enter the Promised Land.