Plainfield High School - Hermiad Yearbook (Central Village, CT)

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26 The Hermiad clear cut and decisive, 22-0, tended to instill confidence in the boys and in the school. This victory was the first that Plainfield had ever Won on the football gridiron. The game with Bartlett High at Websterwas exciting from the kickoff' to the final whistle. Williams went over the line for a touchdown before six minutes of the first period had elapsed. He then kicked the goal but a question of offside deprived Plainfield of the point. In the second period Bartlett scored and kicked the goal. The game was a spectacular one to witness, the ball going from one team to the other. Plainfield outrushed and outgeneraled the Webster team. The value of the game was that Plainfield showed that she had a dependable, hard playing team. October 10 Plainfield met and decisively defeated Norwich Free Acad- emy 19-0. The feature of this game was the playing of Allard and West. West, behind perfect interference, went over for a touchdown, Williams kicking the goal. In the third period Williams intercepted a forward pass and Dorrance giving' interference ran fifty-five yards for the second touch- down. This was the final blow to N. F. A.'s hopes and Plainfield rightly felt jfubilant in taking the game from her. An intersectional game between Plainfield and North Attleboro was played November 10. Plainfield playing good ball was able to hold her op- ponents to seven points. In the first period North Attleboro carried the ball to Plainfield's one yard line where she was held for downs, an example of the wonderful power shown by the Plainfield team. In the, last two minutes of play North Attleboro scored on a fumbled ball, one of her players falling on it over the goal line. October 20 Warwick defeated Plainfield 6-0. The Vlfarwick team though outweighed played great ball and deserved the victory. October 27 Jewett City came to Moosup to play. The score 83-0 in favor of Plainfield tells the story. November 3 Plainfield played Willimantic. This team was by far the best P. H. S. met, and Windham emerged victorious by the score of 31-0. , November 16 Plainfield went to Putnam where, working like a well oiled machine, she easily won 92-0. The last game of the season was played November 26 against Killingly. Great school spirit was shown at this game, more than half of the student body and a large number of townspeople attending. Plainfield showed the better team work and by far the better physical condition but lost the game by one point, 12-13. The past season has been a very successful one. Under the leadership of Captain Williams, Plainfield had a football team that will long be remem- bered. It is impossible to mention anyone in particular for each and every boy worked loyally. The record speaks for itself. There is glory enough for all. Although losing Williams, West and Dorrance as regulars and Briggs, Butler, DeMoranville and Sherman as substitutes Plainfield has a nucleus of strength for a powerful team in A. Gallup, Allard, J. Gallup, Tyler, Zvingil- as, Wallace, LaFavre and Hutchinson.