Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-24
THE FOOT BALL PLAYERS.
The Columbia-Layfayette Game--Thanka
givings Day PrOgram

| Auo OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Game--Th0nko.
givings Day Program.
| The best game Of foot ball that has been
played in this city this fall took place at Cap
itol Park Saturday afternoon when the Layfay-
cite team defeated the Columbias By the score
OF Is to L. Over thousand spectators, many
Of them ladies, turned out to see the sport and
they were well repaid, for they saw the home team
give the visitors hard and steady fight even If
they could not play winning game. At the
start it looked as though the Columbus would
have things all their own way. Butterworth
started of with u good run for twenty yards
and then Cash got it and struggle ensued.
The Columbus kept the ball, however, and on
the next rush broke through Lafayette's line
and scored touch down. Butterworth failed
to kick the goal. This was the last score of the
day for the local team, but the college boys
started in and piled up eighteen to their credit.
While the individual playing OF the Columbus
Was quite as brilliant as that of the Lafayettes,
their team play was hardly as good, and this
fact had more than anything else to do with
| their defeat
The Kendall foot ball team played with the
team from the Naval Academy Saturday after
noon at Annapolis. Both teams played hard,
| sharp game, but the middies we're too much for
| their opponents and came off the yictors by a
score of "a to 0. In the first half a safety, two
touch downs and two goals gave score OF IA.
and this was increased in the second half to "a
by two touch downs. from one Of which goal
was kicked.
THANKSGIVING DAY GAMES.
Thanksgiving day has gradually become the
day of the year for great foot ball games all
over the country. The chief of these, Of course,
is the Princeton-Yale game in New York or
vicinity, but Thanksgiving day will see a game
IN this city that will rival it in local interest
There is bad blood and has been for some time
past. between the Georgetown College foot ball
team and the Columbias, and the simple an
nouncement that the two are to meet in deadly
combat at Capitol Park will be sufficient to
raise interest to fever heat. and all the foot ball
enthusiasts that are not at Eastern Park. Brook
lyn, will be at Capitol Park, Washington. The
| two teams tried to have game on the college
grounds, but it ended in general row. The
| coming game, which is to be for the District
championship. will be on neutral ground and
the referee and umpire will be imported from
out OF town If possible, and everything will be
done to have the contest decided on its merits.
Harvard has been trying for fifteen years to
defeat Yale in foot ball, and on Saturday she
succeeded, in the presence Of &c, 900 spectators,
the score being IL to 6. The game was ayed
at Springfield, Mass. and special trains were
great victory for the crimson and was vocifer-
| ously celebrated. Other games en- Saturday
resulted as follows: University of Pennsylvania.
II: Lehigh. ii. Swarthmore, 80; HaverfOrd, O.
rutgers. %; Manhattan A. C., 0. Syracuse
University, 8; Rochester,. Orange A. c., %;
New York A. c.. 0.
The two most important games for this week
will be played at Brooklyn. where the Uniyer-
sity Of Pennsylvania will meet Wesleyan on
"Wednesday, and Yale will tackle Princeton on
Thanksgiving day. The following arc other
interesting games for the week: Wednesday,
University of Pennsylvania VS.. Wesleyan. at
Brooklyn. Thursday, Cornell vs. Lafayette, at
Elnlira; Lehigh VS.. Cadets, at Annapolis; HAM
ilton VS.. Syracuse. Mt Syracuse; Union VS..
Rochester. at Rochester. Friday, I.ehgh w.
Johns Hopkins, at Erltimorc. Saturday. Le-
high vs.. Columbia A.C.. at Washington N. Y.
A. c. w. S. /. A. G.. at New York.