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

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THE TEAM THAT LEAD OLD BULKELEY TO VICTORY AND CHAMPIONSHIP Top row-Davidson, MacMahon, D. Cassara, Bent, McCraw, Jimal, Sisson MacCarthy Murphy. Middle row-Howard, Britton, mgr., T. Cassara, Fitch, capt., Birmingham. Maclnn.s, Ryan. Bottom row—W. Chapman, Farrell, Nelson, Dray, Kiely.

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BULKELEY NEWS 21 Joe Maclnnis, our all-round athlete. Joe was here, there, and everywhere in every game and succeeded in spoiling many of our rivals’ defensive and offensive plays. It is with the greatest of pleasure that we announce that he has been elected captain of Bulkeley’s 1920 football team. May he pilot as victorious an eleven as the one of 1919 and again bring to Bulkeley the “Championship of Eastern Connecticut”. The schedule was as follows: Bulkeley 6—Stonington 0. The first contest of the season was held October 4 at Plant Field. The visitors were the braves of Stonington High. The game being the initial one did not have the pep and vim of its followers. However, it proved to the school that she possessed an eleven willing to flight for her honors and meant to retain them. After three quarters of hard scoreless playing in the last period by a series of aerial plays Bulkeley succeeded in crossing the goal line and won by the score of 6-0. Stars for Stonington were: Sheehan and Pepper; for Bulkeley, Fitch and Birmingham. B 0 Bulkeley 13—Windham 0. October 11. Our second game was even a more decisive and encouraging victory, beating Windham High at Plant Field by the score of 13-0. With the kick-off, Bulkeley started her drive and before the first quarter was completed Joe Maclnnis circled the right-end of the up-State boys for the first touchdown. He then kicked the goal. The second quarter was spent in hard fighting within the 40 yd. line. In the third quarter Windham reached our 2 yd. line but with a stone-wall, bull-dog defensive, she was pushed back for a loss on every down. Again in the last period Quarterback Birmingham went through guard for the second touchdown. Maclnnis failed to kick the goal. The game ended soon with Bulkeley on the long end of 13-0. Stars for Windham were: Sumner and Ellison; for Bulkeley, Ryan, Maclnnis, Howard. B B Bulkeley 19—Windham 0. October 25. On the 25th of the month a large aggregation of local rooters, including many from W. M. I., travelled up to Willimantic to witness Bulkeley again conquer Windham High to the tune of 19-0. The Orange and Black did most of the offensive work and never throughout the game was her goal shadowed. The touchdowns came in the first, second, and last periods. In the last period MacCarthy, our fast left-end, intercepted a forward and ran eighty yards for a touchdown. Bulkeley showed her superiority in all phases of the game working many shift and pass plays, mixing in sev-sral line pludges and end runs. The stars for Windham were: Sullivan and Sumner; for Bulkeley, Farrel, Maclnnis, Fitch, McCarthy. B B