Word: mastadon
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Bayard Robb, Lowell pitcher who made his debut in the circuit yesterday, held the losing Elephants down to five hits, and allowed no walks. Eliot's Dick Saul (regularly the first baseman) did a reasonably good job of smoothing over the Mastadon pitcher-lack, but the Bellboys tapped him for eight safeties...
Meanwhile three other dual meets found Dunster, Kirkland, and Winthrop taking Adams, Eliot, and Leverett. The Deacon-Mastadon splashfest proved to be a nip and tuck battle which found Kirkland waterboy's turning in a fast 1:52.8 in the final 200-yard free style relay to win the meet...
There were no individual stand-outs in the Bellboy-Elephant fracas, with Lowell making consistent gains on the ground and Eliot clicking on short passes. The black-shirt line, however stymied the Mastadon running attack and the Eliot men had to resort to the air route for any substantial gains...
...line charges of Jerry Glynn, Kirkland rolled up considerable yardage on the ground in the opening stages of the game, but the Mastadon line held in the clutches. A second period pass interception put the Deacons deep in enemy territory, and Glynn's long punt return set up a 25-yard touchdown drive culminating in Joe Kameese's line plunge for the only touchdown...
Pass interceptions told the story in the second half in halting the Mastadon offensive, as Eliot mixed up passes and running plays in an effort to score. With Bob Critchton on the aerial receiving end, and Dave McGiffert and Tener Eckle-berry slicing off some sizeable gains through the line, the Elephants threatened but failed to dent the Deacon goal line...