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This setback in its initial appearance of the year only served to give the Milford team more fight and drive. This was proved by the results of the two games directly following the Collegiate battle. The Red Devils, recovering quickly from their defeat of the previous Saturday, unleashed all their fury on a sadly bewildered Abbey eleven. Milford scored twice in this game on short passes to Al Tingley in the end zone. When the smoke of the battle cleared, Milford possessed a well earned 13-O victory. With only a two day rest, the varsity encountered its traditional rival, Cheshire Academy. In this con- test, Milford completely overwhelmed its opponents, taking command of the situation during the entire sixty minutes of play. The Milford team scored early in the game when the entire Red line swarmed over the goal to pin down the Cheshire ball-carrier for a safety. Minutes later, a long Milford drive was cli- maxed by a Willcox buck into paydirt. Mandrow's pass to Viscount in the third quarter ended the scoring, as Milford won easily, 16-O. Three games in one week proved to be too much for the team, and on Saturday, November 13, the high-flying Milford eleven succumbed to a very powerful Admiral Billard squad in New London. The sailors, led by their All-State back, joe Bettencourt, humbled the Milfordians, 32-0. In that encounter, Bettencourt raced 60 yards, 20 yards, and 6 yards for touchdowns, and passed for another in the one man show. It was the worst trouncing suffered by the Red Devils in many years. Shortly after the Admiral Billard defeat, it was decided that the team must be strengthened. Due to the very strenuous schedule remaining, which con- sisted of at least two games per week to be played, a drastic step was taken. This was the merger of the jayvees with the Varsity into one large squad, which would, of course, play as a single team in all its forthcoming games. This step made it impossible to distinguish the jayvee games from those of the Var- sity, and therefore, the respective records of the teams at the close of the season cannot be determined. All that can be said is that the football squad finished its schedule out successfully. One of the high spots of the season was the Varsity second win in as many encounters over Cheshire. Starring in Milford's 12-0 victory were Mandrow and Viscount. This victory proved Milford's supremacy over Chesire, it's ardent enemy, and more than made up for the losses suffered during the earlier part of the football year. Several other games were played after the second victory over Cheshire, but these all served as an anti- climax to the season. In the final game of l948, against Eastern Military Academy, the Milford team asserted its power as it had never done before. On the first three plays of the game, the Milford eleven drove 85 yards down the gridiron to a score as Viscount crashed over. Before the dazed E.M.A. team could recover from the shock, Milford scored once more, this time on Roper's buck from the one yard line. Both teams scored once in the second 35
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VARSITY FOOTBALL Left to Right: lst row--Dello Russo, Corda, O'Hara, captain, Vath, Grunwald, Jeppesen, Tingley. 2nd row-Viscount, Mandrow, Roper, Willcox, Ehler. FOOTBALL SUMMARY The 1948 fall term saw the Milford varsity football team bring to a close a rather successful season. Throughout the year the boys on the squad showed the fight and spirit expected of them, and they were able to subdue most of the strong elevens pitted against them. The team, ably coached by George Schaeffer and Bill Murphy, salvaged a very respectable record despite the few setbacks suffered early in the year, ag ,lsi V lf '.'i , A ' .i 1 1 ittt ,tte V t V, itt ,t., ,. . - ' tii' -'c-' KV' , , ', V V Vl'VV , ., . K V. tf V Aeesi . V was ' if Ks fsarxg V . A, way! fa ' ' W e 'K', VL .., -:K ,V .XT V K 'Vs, if' il N ef ., if ??Ef'ig gig f iv i ti- V . . VV Vk--masti. N A , H V., if tVVi exif' at , K i fV,:. K K i',. K, ,.,,, . K - 'K 1 of :fe Q' Y V e ,fi . ' '1' 3' ,'-K 'K f-:iw Vf The season got off to a very late start due to the fact that the tirst two games on the schedule were cancelled. After some time, when the first varsity game finally was played, the campaign moved along at a rapid pace. Almost every week thereafter the Milford eleven clashed with some other powerful squad, not always emerging victorious, but never failing to display the kind of agressive football which marks a good team. The first game of the year finally was played late in October. Although defeated by Collegiate, a strong- er and very much heavier team than the Milfordians, our men looked very impressive in their debut. Had it not been for the tremendous weight advantage held by the Collegiate team, the tables might have been turned. Because of this, however, Milford was never able to really starr rolling. When the final gun sound- ed, the score stood: Collegiate - 19, Milford - 0.
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half, but the Milford lead was never in danger. The hnal score stood: Milford-20, E.M.A.-6. Because of the fine brand of football displayed by most of the members on the squad, no one player can be pointed out as the star of the team. However, a few of the boys were particularly outstanding in the team's success. George O'Hara, captain of the squad, showed fine line-play at guard, as did his counterpart, Ronnie Grunwald, and Vince Corda greatly bolstered the Milford forward wall at the left tackle position. Eddie Vath, center, who played al- most 60 minutes of every game, and Al Tingley, the left end, were instrumental in all the victories of the year. Bill.Roper, who brilliantly quarter-backed the team out of many difficult situations, also aided in no small way with his passing. Fleet Pete Ehler's many long end runs, along with Roy Mandrow's bucks over center, left the opposition in a daze. But by far the leading ground gainer of the season was the powerfully built left-halfback, Joe Viscount, who, time and again forced his way over the goal for touchdowns. Many others, too numerous to mention, played great ball, and without many of these boys the team could not have gained as much success as was enjoyed. The season came to an official end with the annual football banquet on December 15, 1948. It was there that the members of the various squads received letters for their services on the gridiron. All in all, it was a good season, considering that many more games were won than lost. 1. V. FOOTBALL Left to Right: lst row-Nemtow, L. Cohen, Klevansky, M. Ross, R. Doolittle, Jaffe, Blate. 2nd row+-Kann, Robbins, Naigles, Minkoff, Waldstein, H. Cohen. 3rd row-Peck, Barrows, Debrovner.
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