The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-12
AS I SAW IT West Haven 6, Crosby 4
BY WINNIE MALoNEY

In the first period of yester. days game, ! was under the i'm. presslcn that Crosby suffered c terrible letdown from the Naugatuck game In which think they showed up very well.
 But in the first period the only thing of any interest was the first down scored by No. 16 of West Ha- ven on an end run. While in the second period w. II. showed up again with Q nifty end run which when followed through gained them another first down; the second in the game. Also during the second period West Haven was penallzed twice 6 yards), while Crosby's pen- alties were quite c decrease from the Naugatuck game in which Crosby was penalized ct least eight times. This might be due to the fact that Coach Schofield must have given his boys quite talking to concern ing them. During the later part oE the second period Q gain of about 10 yards was made by Crosby, her first re&el gain of the game. This play was executed by CroSby's star, Tony Lombard. The first and only touchdown oS the game came when No. 10 of West Haven made a 20 yard run putting his team into scoring position. This play was fol-. lowed through by another Weet Ha. ven player which resulted In Q touchdown. With this the half ended.
 At the beginning of the third quarter No. S7 of Creeoy was car. Tied out with Q broken ieg. the first and only casualty of the game. An. other stroke of bod luck hit Crosby when q pass heaved by Lombard was intercepted by No. l0 of West Haven, who ran the ball about I2 yards. Later on in this quarter, Lombard scored about I2 yards for Crosby. This is the first time in the game that Lombard showed that he was the same boy that played against Naugatuck. When this play was made the crowd went wild with delight for tho first time In the af. ternoon. Later In this period West Haven was penalised l6 yards (rea- son unknown, too far away). This period ended when Crosby scored by tackling Q West Haven player be. hind his goal after c very bad center play. In the fourth period H,cm. bard again gained ten yards for c first down which again seemed to make the crowd come to life. Later Crosby made rally in the last of the fourth and brought the ball up to West Haven's 2 yard line, second down, 2 to go. I thought Crosby could make 1t but the West Haven inc could not be penetrated. Crosby scored once again in the last minute of play, again by Q touch- back. The score:
 Sssssy @s.s Haven ven, :. 9 g 3 q:
 This was the last score of the game. This game in my opinion proved that Crosby's chances to beat Wilby are gone. The whole Crosby line did not seem to be the same, But do have to hand 1t to them for not receiving one penalty yester- day afternoon. But I will have to give credit where credit is due. No. ls of West Haven is the best player I have seen in 6 long time. As Q matter of fact this team had a very good defense, and a good enough offense to beat Crosby. They have a pretty good team. While for Crosby all can say is they didn't get the breaks. Tn ending I say her chances with Wilby look pretty dim. I also mo- ticed that West Haven with her small cheering section could be heard clear across the field, while Crosby could not be heard at all. Why was yelling my head off do not know. I certainly would not call yesterdays showing good sportsman ship. A team needs your sup- port. while you also need theirs to hold your head high.