New London High School - Whaler Yearbook (New London, CT)

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12 BULKELEY NEWS intercepted many long runs, which would probably have lead to a defeat for us. Donnelly, May, Law-ski, and Redden starred for Bul-keley. The score : 6-6. One of the most agreeable and unexpected surprises came to the Stonington High School team when they defeated Bulkeley on Nov. n, by a score of Bulkeley-Stonington 13-0. We were handicapped in this game by the loss of Donnelly, who was unable to play. In the first quarter McCastor, one of Bulkeley’s best defensive players, received a broken leg. The loss of Donnelly and McCastor, the condition of the field, and some of the decisions of the Referee, was more than Bulkeley could stand. On the nth day of November, “Chick” Stanley and ten other fellows defeated Bulkeley in a hard fought contest. Up to the third quarter there had been no scoring for either team. Bulkeley-N. F. A. Several interesting plays were witnessed in this period. Capt. May seemed to have taken a sudden trip through the air in an airoplane, intercepted a forward pass, and carried it for about 35 yards gain. In this quarter was when Stanley was “Stanley.” Through terrific plunges he succeeded in carrying the ball over the line. He added one more point by kicking the goal. In the kickoff that followed, N. F. A. advanced into the Bulkeley territory. On the first down N. F. A. tried a forward pass, which was followed by two more. All three of them were intercepted by Bulkeley’s fast end. Then one of the prettiest drop kicks ever witnessed in this section for some time was seen. Stanley was on the edge of the gridiron, and 45 yards from the goal, when he made the sensational play of the game. The rest of the game was played without further scoring. Score: N. F. A. 10, Bulkeley o. Nov. 25th, 1916 is the date on which the players of Harvard, and Training School were both met with disagreeable surprises. The one way that the Bulkeley-Training Training School players compared with the Harvard players, was that both teams were sure of a victory over their great rivals. Af-the kickoff the Bulkeley eleven marched down the field until they lost the ball on Training School’s 20 yard line. Stearns punted back up the field. Again the parade up the field was started. Bulkeley in two rushes was unable to get a touchdown from Training’s 2 yard line. But on the third onslaught the bull-dog spirit of Training seemed to weaken, and Bulkeley crossed the line. May kicked a goal. Score 7-0. In the second quarter there was no scoring. But in the third quarter Whitcomb and Donnelly skirted the ends for 10 and 15 yard gains. Donnelly finally ran around the end for a goal. May kicked a goal. Score 14-0. In the last quarter Redden’s terrific line plunging was the cause of his crossing the line for his second touchdown. Whitcomb’s end runs, Redden’s line bucking, Donnelly’s running back of punts, and Mal-lon’s great headwork were the features of the game.

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BULKELEY NEWS 11 On Sept. 30th Bulkeley played a practice game Bulkeley-Alumni with the fast Alumni team. After a hard fought game, the Bulkeley boys won from their older brothers by a score of 6-0. In a one-sided game between Choate and Bulkeley, Choate beat us by a score of Bulkeley-Choate 38-0. The Bulkeley players seemed to have fallen down before their heavier and more aggressive opponents. On the kickoff, the Choate quarterback ran for a touchdown. This must have discouraged our football players although they put up a brave fight. But the onslaught was so terrific that the Bulkeley braves could not have hoped to cope with it. On Oct 13th the Bulkeley team journed to Westerly. The rooters who went with the team witnessed one fine game Bulkeley-Westerly on the part of our players. The players are to be commended on the way they played the game. If it had not been for the weather and bad field, Bulkeley’s victory would undoubtedly have been better than 20-0. Owing to heavy rain on the morning of Oct. 20th, Manager Miner was thinking Bulkeley-Stonington of postponing the game with Stoningtou. However, as the weather cleared, the Stoningtonites came. Better for them had they not come, for in the combat that followed, the lads from the country were completely smothered. The final score was 45-0. On Oct. 28th, Bulkeley met with another disastrous defeat at the hands of the New Haven High School boys. Bulkeley was badly crippled in Bulkeley-New Haven the first quarter by having all of the regular backfield men injured. The bull-like rushes of “Pete” were mostly to blame for our defeat. The score was 62-0. About 800 enthnsiasts gathered on the N. F. A. grounds Nov. 4th to see the two great rivals clash. It was “some Bulkeley-N. F. A. clash.” In the first quarter Donnelly carried the ball over for a touchdown. May failed to kick a goal. In the second quarter nothing happened. At the beginning of the second period, the N. F. A. players started, determined to even matters up a little. The third period was the hardest fought of the game. Several substitutions had to be made for both teams. Britton, our husky freshman, received the most serious injuries. The N. F. A. warriors were coming down the field slow but sure. After a terrible fight they forced the ball over for a touchdown. All now depended on Stanley of N. F. A., who was to try to kick a goal. As he poised himself for the kick, it was quoted around the sidelines that he had never missed a goal up to that time. But alas ! even the best of us fail, and Stanley failed to uphold his reputation. End of the third quarter : Bulkeley 6, N. F. A. 6. In the fourth quarter neither side scored. In several instances in this quarter, Lawski, by his quick and clever defensive work,

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BULKELEY NEWS 13 The results of the season : Bulkeley 6 Alumni o “ o Choate 38 “ 20 Westerly 0 “ 45 Stonington 0 Bulkeley 0 New Haven 62 “ 6 N. F. A. 6 “ 0 Stonington 13 “ 0 N. F. A. 10 “ 20 Training 0 V Louis Harshowitz ’15 is now attending Massachusetts Institute of Technology at Boston. William Harshowitz, a student in the medical department at Harvard, was home for the Christmas recess. Frank Harshowitz is now completing the academic course at Clark College, Worcester. Walter Barrows, star guard of the Dartmouth College football team, spent the Christmas vacation with his parents here. William May ’12, Fordham College football star, is now completing his course at that college. Raymond F. Sullivan ’15 is taking the academic course at Yale University. William Corcoran ’15, a student at Yale University, spent the Christmas vacation with his parents here. William Norbert Hill ’16, is now a student at Wesleyan College. Harold H. Hull ’16, is attending Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy. William Dunham ’13 has received his appointment to West Point for standing highest in the competitive examinations for this district. Mr. Dunham will take the entrance examinations next spring. William J. Murray ’15 is studying dentistry at the University of Maryland in Baltimore. John Satti ’15 is taking the medical course at Rhode Island State College. Robert Keeney ’16 was one of the Amherst freshmen who held their annual banquet at the Mohican Hotel about a month ago.