The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-09
ROUGH TACTICS
KILL FOOTBALL
AT BIG HOUSE
"TOuch'' Game at Atlanta
Federal Prison Mis-
Named

Atlanta, Ca Jan. 0-(UP)-
ThereIl be no more football at the
Federal penitentiary here unless the
boys refrain themselves from
shocking out the halfback's bridge
work.
The Albanian, magazine written
and published by the prisoners, an
nounced abandonment OF the cell
house football league. Sports Editor
Darwin Scott told the story.
1.-THE four-tean football league
which was organized the first Of
the season has been abandoned,
Several Of the boys have been In
quiring as TO the cause OF the above
action, 30 here's the Information
"The league was formed with the
understanding that the boys were
to play touch football. In addition
to the regular uniforms for touch
football, including pants, shirts,
shoes and socks, cur recreational
director discovered that he had
large supply Of shoulder-pads and
headgears stored away from the
season OF 1897. He issued these as
an added guard against injuries.
80 with all this equipment for
protection, the athletes made the
sky the limit.
Rivalry Goes Rampant
"Much rivalry was created among
the cell house teams and the crowd
was going wild with excitement.
These games resembled q Tulane
L. s. u, Kentucky Tennessee,
v. p. I.-V. M. I. affair. We really
saw some high class football, but we
will admit II was pretty rough.
TN one Of our games, everything
was going along pretty smooth
mean rough-untu the warden (Jos-
eph w. Sanford took Bitsy Grant
ATLANTA tennis starr and his troupe
down from the tennis courts to sec
O touch (?) football game.
1T happened that the o cell
house Bulldogs were In the last
o. rter Of o scoreless tie with the
A cell house Wildcats. OF course,
there's 40 use to tell you what hap
pens when o bulldog meets q Wild
cat. This occasion was no except
Ion.
"'Jeep' Castle, the sped merchant
from Big Sandy Valley In Kentucky,
grabbed the ball from center and
started on O wide end sweep. Swede
Harhart, the big l90-pound tackle
from Tennessee left his feet to make
O pretty flying tackle to bring the
speed demon down TO earth.
"After the whole team piled on,
you can imagine the warden's en-
barraSsment when Bitsy Grant turn
cd and said, Is that what you call
touch football?'
Incidentally, the captain Of the
@ cell house team has found his
bridgework which someone knocked
down his mouth during one OF the
games.
Warden "Our Guardian"
"Tellows. I tried to persuade the
warden to permit these games to 60
on Il was enjoying 1t because I had
o ringside seat and II wasn't any
skin of my face) but he fears
some Of the boys may receive O per-
manentt injury. After all, he's our
guardian while we're here and he
says he doesn't believ any mother
would approve Of her son playing
In o game where everything was
used but blackjacks, knucks and
clubs.
I'VE did gather this much from
the conversation; II the boys who
have played football before, and
know how to protect themselves
from injuries, will prepare and get
into perfect condition, ! believe the
warden will approve football for
next season under these condition.
An effort will be made to secure
outside officials to keep the game
under control. At any rate, 1t Is up
to u.s."