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Winthrop received a break in the third period when a Deacon center went heavenwards, scaling over McClure's head for the goal. Winthrop recovered on the 20, but could not dent the Deacon line. Pete Wentworth, Kirkland left and, broke up the interferers, while Thompson drove in to grab the runner on the final running play...
Throughout the first half, the Winthrop backfield, hindered by the loss of Rich Weller and Johnny Butler, was ineffective, with the whole Deacon line, notably Dave Grey, Norm Polansky, and Jerry Hall breaking in. The Kirkland backs were equally helpless against the Winthrop forward wall...
Kirkland's backfield of Earl Foster, Roy Moore, Jack McClure, and Al Silverberg is the Deacon strong point. No serious injuries will hamper the Deacons, but whether their feet backs can penetrate a strong Winthrop forward wall is the question which may determine the outcome of the game...
...fighting Eliot team almost upset Kirkland's apple cart, when it forged down to the Deacon two yard line in the final stanza, but was unable to score. A double pass play beginning on the Eliot 40 when Don Brew tested a long one to wing Bill Eyler, was stretched out down to the Kirkland ten on a sweet lateral from Eyler to Johnny Grant...
Kirkland was slow in getting its running attack started, with Winthrop guards Sam Binnian and Dick Eustis blotting out several Deacon line plays. In the last quarter the Deacons made ground when Don McSweeney traveled the ends for good gains...