By Jim Dunne

The initial, abbreviated season of the Norwich Y Giants continued on November 16, 1947, when they hosted the Vestal Veterans at Alumni Field. Norwich had lost to the Syracuse Valley Athletic Club, while they were victorious over the Syracuse Stars and the Little Falls team. The Y Giants continued their winning ways with a 19–0 shellacking of Vestal. Leading ground-gainer was Jim Kelly, who also starred defensively, along with Fran Spadaro, Dick VanDeusen, Jack Lee, Bill Currie, Bob Conron, Babe Barnes, Ang Natoli, and Walt Tracy. This game also marked the first appearance of Don Crittenden, who had just completed his high school season. He started in the backfield, along with his brother Bob and the Kelly boys.

The next game for Norwich was at home on November 23 against the Syracuse All-Nationals, winners of the central NY semi-pro title and undefeated for the last two seasons. In that 2-year span, the Nats had scored a total of 301 points, while allowing only 15 to be scored against them. The account of this game is presented here in the original colorful prose of the legendary Perry Browne.