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...Bellboy's one man backfield, Johnny Felmouth, did not dress for the first half on account of a slight injury, but since the game was tied up at 0-0, he put on his uniform, and was sent into the fray. The Lowell score came soon after the start of the second half, when, after driving down the field from their own 25 to the Bunny 7, they were thrown back for a ten-yard loss by Bill Barnes, Rabbit linesman, and then held for downs. However, Leverett fumbled a few plays later, and then the Bellboy candidate...
From there, Dick Sorlien carried the ball into the Promised Land. A pass, Sorlien to Felmouth, chalked up the extra point. The second Lowell score came at the end of the game, when the Rabbits, with their backs to the wall, decided to try a pass on fourth down. It failed, so the Bellboys took over on the 12, Felmouth again advanced the ball into scoring territory, this time to the 1, and here Sorlien again drove it over. Bob Axtell, the right end, booted the ball for the conversion...
This score was the spark the Bell Boys needed. Uncorking a furious passing attack, Captain Johnny Felmouth to Dick Sorlein, Felmouth to Bob Murray, and Felmouth to Sorlein again, they carried the ball from their own 35 straight down the field, crossing the Puritan goal on a final pass from Felmouth to Sorlein, back again and threw the winning point With the score 6 up, Felmouth dropped on a pass to Sorlein, sowing up the game...
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