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which they received. They were penalized ten times for a total of 115 yards, six of which were fifteen yarders for unnecessary roughness and for holding. Braintree scored their first touchdown near the close of the first period. A punt by Leary had put the ball on Braintree ' s 40-yard line. On the next play Braintree was penalized fifteen yards for holding. However, with twenty-five yards to go for a first down, Rogers threw a pass to Nelson, who was downed on the 50-yard stripe for a first down. Erickson then gained five vards through centre, and Nelson picked up twenty yards, putting the ball on the Weymouth 20-yard line. On the next play, Meehan broke loose around left end, and carried the ball over for a touchdown. The second touchdown was made in the second period. A pass thrown by Al Wilder was intercepted on the Weymouth 13-yard line. A minute later a Braintree back carried the ball across the goal line, where he fumbled it. A team mate recovered, and Braintree chalked up six more points. A forward pass was com- pleted for the extra point. In the third period Weymouth ' s line braced, holding Braintree scoreless, and at the same time enabling the backfield to pick up a couple first downs. Shortly after the opening of the final period, Braintree intercepted a forward pass, which again paved the way for their score. The touchdown was scored on a pass from Rogers to Dacy. Thereafter Weymouth fought furiously to score a touchdown, but the closest they could to the goal line was the 25-yard marker. In doing so they completed two passes. One (Wilder to Tibbs) was good for four yards; the other (Wilder to Batchelder) was good for twenty-two yards and a first down. The game ended with the ball in Weymouth ' s possession and in Braintree ' s territory. The kicking of Spike Leary was exceptional throughout the game while Tibbs played a great game at end for Weymouth . The lineup : WEYMOUTH BRAINTREE Tibbs 1. e Shea DeLorenzo Westfield Kelley 1. t. Walker Blake 1. g Shores Quirk Christian White c. Rowson Munroe Goodspeed Pray r. g. Peters Munroe r. t. Jordan Hunt Sumers McNeill r. e Hanson McKenna Spiess Al Wilder q. b. Hart Johnson 1. h. b. Munroe Batchelder Nelson Bedford Rogers O Connor Sears Hunt r. h. b. Meehan Arnold Dacey Art Wilder Erickson Leary f. b. Cronin Nelson evmouth vs k vs. PI Y mont li Weymouth gave Hingham something to worry about when they put up their best defensive game of the season, to hold Plymouth scoreless and earn a to tie. The game had two outstand- ing features : the fine defensive work and the wild passing of both teams. In the entire forty-eight minutes of play only four first downs were made, each team having two to their credit. Weymouth made both of their first downs on passes. One, from Wilder to Bedford in the second period, gained fifteen yards and a first down on Plymouth ' s 40-yard line. However, this was the best Weymouth could do, for two plays later they fumbled, and Plymouth re- covered. After losing this opportunity, Wey- mouth tried to even things up, and threw Ply- mouth for a twenty yard loss on the next two plays. Intercepted passes played a large part in the game. The tide of battle changed back and forth, as first one team intercepted and then the other. Neither side seemed to know where their passes were going when they were thrown. At the end of the game the two teams were tied in this department also, as each team had inter cepted three passes. In the last period Weymouth tried desperately to score a touchdown. After Al Wilder had run a punt back fifteen yards, Tibbs reached into the clouds to pull down a pass which was good for a first down. On the next play Johnson gained five yards. O ' Connor then faded back to throw another pass, but was unable to get it off, and was tackled fifteen yards behind the line of scrimmage. A pass (Leary to McNeill) ot the fifteen yards back again, but on the next o ' ay another wild pass was intercepted by Ply- mouth. A few minutes later, just as the final REFLECTOR ...19...

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w eymouth vs. Dedliai Weymouth met its fourth defeat of the sea- son at Dedham. From the opening whistle, it was evident that Weymouth was outclassed, and that the best they could do was fight to keep the score as low as possible and perhaps score a touchdown in doing so. Their attempt at the former was fairly successful, as they did very well in holding the powerful backfield of the opposing team to three touchdowns, one of which was a gift and totally unearned. How- ever, because of frequent fumbles and bad breaks, they were unable to score a touchdown, and the final score was Dedham 18, Wey- mouth 0. The Dedham linemen looked like old men compared to the Weymouth boys, and they proved to be just that in experience too. They continually broke through, to smear the Wey- mouth backs for losses; and, as Coach Kilroy ' s offensive is built for speed, their running attack was useless, because they were boxed in on every play. Paglucia, the powerhouse of the opposing backfield, repeatedly ripped open the Weymouth line and plunged through for first downs. For Weymouth, White and Batchelder, back- ing up the line, were the stars. Johnson and Arnold were the best ball carriers. WEYMOUTH McKenna Stowell Tibbs DEDHAM Backus McNally Hertig Morse Kelley . . . Tirrell Munroe DeLorenzo Cote White Pray Quirk Hunt .... MacNeil Johnson ( ) ' Connor Stewart . . Leary Hatchelder Al Wilder Arnold Art Wilder O ' connor t Toti g. Hibbard Vitalli McDonald c. 1. h. r. h. Cole Mucciaccio Magoni g. Hemming Conant t Doe e Newell Tully b Hazzard b. b. f. b. Brody Avery . . Welch Burns Mariana Pagluccia O ' Brien W eymoutli vs. Braintree Weymouth paid a neighborly visit to Brain- tree on Armistice Day to decide upon the su- premacy of the two schools in football. They returned with the firm conviction that they were second best, although Braintree had a tough fight — as they always do against Weymouth, lr was Braintree ' s objective game of the season, and some idea of the fervor with which they fought may be seen in the number of penalties REFLECTOR ...18...

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