Milford School - Typhoon Yearbook (Milford, CT)

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B C. LOWER SCIIO0L SIX-MAN FO0TBALL The six-man football innovation was introduced to the Milford Lower School with considerable success. A rather late start in the season accounted for the fact that the Midgets had a light season, of three games. The flrst, with Fairfield, they took by a score of 39-O. The fast running attack of Pearson and Fegreus behind a stubborn line made this victory easily accomplished. Milford then saw a much more formidable foe in the Woodbridge Country Day School, at whose hands they received two 18-6 defeats. Although a scoreboard comparison between the two games would show no difference, Milford, after being scored upon at will in the first game, showed a much stiffer resistance in the second match and even threatened to turn the tide. However, Woodbridge's comparative giants of strength and build counterbalanced the Milford efforts, terminating the Midgets, schedule with one win and two losses. Robert Danahy captained the team and led the line in his position at center. The line bulwarks were supported by Bloom and Morris who alternated on left end, while Platt and Wulfeck shared right end. The backfield contingent was composed of Bernard Tommers. quarterback, and the halfbacks, Dick Fegreus and Richard Pearson. Earl Lambert and Edward Obert substituted in the line. The team was ably coached by Mr. Gill.

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SIX-MAN F00'I'BALL Six-man football, which in the last few years has been very popular in the Mid-West at the smaller schools, has gained somewhat of a foothold in the East. Along with several other schools of Connecticut, Milford has included it among its inter-scholastic sports. As the name implies, six-man football is a variation of regular football, having only six men on the team and being played on a field four-fifths the size of a regular gridiron. The scoring is the same for the touch- down and conversion in both games, but four points are given for a field goal in the new game. Milford got off to a late start in the sport and, consequently, had only two games. They were both with the Fairfield Country Day School, and in the second game Milford showed vast improvement and enthusiasm in the sport. In the first game Fairfield came out victorious after a hard encounter against a fighting Milford team. Gene Frechette scored the only Milford touchdown on a lateral from Bob O'Neill after a kickoff from Fairfield, which had just scored a touch- down. The score remained six-up until the third quarter when the visitors tallied twice for a total of eighteen points. Thus Milford lost its first six-man football game, eighteen to six, but did not think of letting it remain on the records without attempting to redeem itself. A return match was arranged with Fairfield, and, after some extensive practice, the defeat was avenged to the tune of nineteen to nothing. ln this game both the defensive and offensive play showed tremendous improvement. The hrst score was the result of a nice pass from Ted Gumpert to Jack Farris, which enabled jack to race triumphantly over the last stripe. After some excellent defensive play, Steve Cuomo twice carried the ball around end after the team had moved within scoring distance. He also scored one of the conversions by way of a pass from Gumpert. So ended a short, but satisfactory, season of six- man football.

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