The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-16
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 Waaerburya grldlron classlc wlll be played at the Municipal Stadium thls afternoon at nsiS when Crosby and Wllby meet for the aard time slnce the two schools started their athletic rivalry ln ie1a. fn Che past D Crosby has won ia games and lost seven and their have been four ties. rodays contest is liable Co be as hard fought as many of the games In tho post.
 Thas far thls season Crosby hes won only two games out of the six they have played by beating Naliga. tuck and the Abbey Prep school og Silnehufy and they have dropped games to Torfington, Taft, Hartford Bulkeley and West Haven. Wilby on the ether hand hes copped four out oe seven contests played this season hy beating Nallsatuck, Gilbert Com- flaerciAi and keavenwUrth and has been beaten hy plainville, Torrington and Mlddletown.
 Both schools held pep rallies last week and put their tickets on sale for the game on Thursday and Fri. day respectively. ft was reported Authofitatlvely that the advance sale had passed the 1000 mark with ad. vance sale tickets atlll Co be had ct BierneFe Sport Shop on East Main Street until noon time today.
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 In ieas Crosby whipped wilhy, Si to c, scoring once in the first period. once in the second, once ln the third and twice in the final period while Wllhy tallled their lone score in the fourth quarter. But despite the way the 'ss game went Wilby, on the basls of their record this season, are expected to beat the Ivy gridsters ~ho have not fared too we'll this year.
 In Jimmy Ahrens, the Wildcat halfback, Coach Tom Purcell hes one of the best broken field runners to be seen in thls vicinity in the past few years. Atrens has very appro. pFiateiy been nlcknamed the "Oal. loping Ghost" because of the speed he hes displayed ia the Wilby games all season. Open up e hole in the op. posing line for this boy and he is touchdown bound. Frankie Dateile of wilby, on the other hand is Coach Purcell's endurance runner. By that 1 mean he is the man who can reel of the necessary three and four yards for c first down whether t be through the opponents line or around the ends. He is fest and very deceptive. Tn Don Belknger wilby has one ce the best scholastic aerial artists in the btasiness. When he throws a pass 1t really connects with the receiver and K it isn't good for a substantial yardage gain you can't b,Ame the passer. These three boys pens the good defensive work of Tommy Brown. Bobby Smith and Blil Darlington in the Green and White forward wall are al expected to give the Wildcats thair margin of ' ,toEy eodAy.
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 Dn4saaa taaa edee elaa3 why has on the bass of shslr record 0rushyites point os1k tlaAs t is vegy possible that there may bo 6 wzrpFsse in store for the Green and White when Chick McWilllam4 Bernie Isawlor, Johnny Whate end Mex Barone team up in the Ivy hackfleld today. Any time . game is considered Co be . tradition al rivalry. fans can expect to see . good ball game.
 Coach Jimmy Lee has been prep ping his charges in the fine points of aerial offense end defense al this week in practice sessions at the Sta- dilm and also has rigged up some defensive maneuverH which he hopes will stop the touchdown aspirations cf Jimmy Ahrens. Tn case he Is pressed the Ivy mentor wiil have Johnny Kelley. Joe Macary and Mark Margiotta in reserve for back field duty.
 The way things look now this can be anyone's ball game but personally we favor wIiby by seven points and brother we've got our fingers cross ed, The probable starting lineups follow:
 CROSBY WILEY Russ Hansen .... Harris Knight
 Left End
 Doug Topshe .... Billy Darlington
 Left Tackle
 Jimmy ward ... .... Don BTsnner
 Left Guard
 Gene 0ilhooly ..... Jimmy Bowler
 Center
 Win CAlo ,..... Tommy Brown
 Right Guard
 Nick CAsertano .... Bob Smith
 Right Tackle
 Johnny FlamEnia .. Duke Sullivan
 Right End
 Bernie Lawior ...,. Don Belanger
 ouarterback
 Chick Williams ... Prank Datelle
 Right Halfback
 Nick Barone ......... Jim Ahrens
 Left Haifback
 Johnny White ...... Jerry Becchia
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