The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-21
WILDCATSPUT PERFECT RECORD
 ION THE LINE
Crosby Problem to Stop Salvatore, YarnelI; Kick.
 off at 2P. M.

With the 0iHnky~BucceSe1ul AeaV~ enworth- -Hamden High school foot ball game out of the way, the ate tention oe football fans in this city and vicinity now centers upon the annual Crosby-Wilby grid classic set for tomorrow, Saturday after noon at the Municipal Stadium. Wil- by, undefeated all season and SCOT. ing exactly 100 points more than It's opponents in seven games, l3S toi00, is a prohlbitlve favorite to defeat Crosby, which, however, may come up with an unexpected performance, as might easily happen when the two city rivals meet for the mythi- cal championship.
 Tn connection with the game, scheduled for 2 D. m. there is the following communication from J, Francis Roland, of the Crosby focul. ty; local press relations man for several years where Crosby sports are concerned. Says Mfr. Roland:
 Now that "the sound and fury" of the Thanksgiving Day game has subslded, the football fans of Wa. terbury will turn their attention to the city high school championship game between Crosby and Wilby, which will be played Saturday after. noon At 2 D, m. at the Municipal Stadium. The game will Do the 18th between these great rivals, and with both teams possessed of strong elevenS, 6 real football game should result tomorrow. Tn spite of the fact that the game is not being played on the Thanksgiving holiday as has been the case since 1924, Q great crowd iS anticipated, c crowd that will be turning out to see high class football and not merely to get up an appetite.
 WlIby Unbeaten
 The game Saturday promises to be one of the greatest between the rivals. Wilhy boosting an unbeaten record is undoubtedly one of the three or four strongest teams in the state. To morrow the Wildcats will be in there battling to give Coach Jim Lee Wilby's first unheaten sea. son. To date the Green has whipped Gilbert, AnSonia, Naugautck, Strat- ford, Commercial, Leavenworth and Torrington. Tn defeating these seven teams Wilby scored i34 to their opponentS'S 8. averaging i9 points to less than five for the op- position. These figures prove i'm. pEessIvely that Wilby has 6 scoring machine and that 1t is strong de. fensively.
 Crosby'S record Is not SO i'm. pressive. In seven games Crosby won two, lost three and tied two. The victories were over Leaven- worth and Central. Naugatuck and Norwalk were tied, and the losses were to Ansonia, TorTington and West Haven. Three losses tend to dim CroSby'S record, but the fact that the Allsonia defeat was 7.6 afafir, the West Haven Q 6.4 defeat and the Torrington loss a le-i3 count, 1t can be seen how small c margin separated the winners from the losers.
 No Punch"
 Crosby's weakness this season has been the lack of a scoring punch inc side the 1o-yard line. Tn all three games lost, Crosby had first down inside the five yard line and didn't cross the goal line. This weakness will have to be remedied If Coach Schofield's club is to whip Wilby. The Crosby coaches are well aware of the teams tendency to bog down when the goal line is reached, and they may have devised some fancy running and passing for that area tomorrow.
 Defensively there is no choice be- tween the teams. Both have good lines. Only Tcrirngton succeeded in crossing CroSby's zeal line more than once. Leavenworth scored twice on the minutes. The first came as the result of an interference penal. ty very close to the goal line, and the second the result of an intercep- ton of a pass which should never have been thrown. Defensively then, the teams are e standoff.
 The battle will be decided by the backfield. Wilby has two great backs in Captain Ed Salvatore and Pete Yarnell. Salvatore, the cap- tain and fullback, is a powerful, plunging type of back. Yarnell is a speed merchant who is likely to break up any bal lgame by one of his flashing runs. Crosby also has a pair of flashy backs in Lombard and D'Augostino. This pair has gained plenty of ground all season and may give Wilby many unpleas- ant moments tomorrow.