Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-11-26
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The Games ON Saturday at New Castle an,
Newark.

Inc Games ON Saturday at New Castle and
Newark.
| Special Correspondence Gazette and Journal.
NEWARK, Nov. 23.-The Delaware Col
lege football team closed its season here
on saturday, with victory over the Short
lldge MIDDAY Academy team. During the
season the college team has played nine
games, one of which was Il tie. OF the
other eight games, the home team won five
and lost three; the teams which they
won from being Delaware Field Club,
Warren Club and the Y. NJ. C. A. teams Of
Wilmington, Washington College and
Shortlidge. The three games lost were to
g. Johns College, Haverford College and
Shortlidge, the tie game being with the
franklin team of Baltimore, captaincd by
Poe. Strange to say, Shortlidge had just
returned from Baltimore, where it also
played tie game with Franklin, so that
the result of Saturdays game could only
logically have been tie, with those minor
and major premises known.
The game opened on the Pie field in the
presence of 400 or 500 people, many of
them being from Wilmington, Elkton,
delaware City, Media and Chester county.
The iirst few minutes of play showed the
teams to be pretty well matched, and there
were many brilliant plays. The team
work OF the visitors was admirable, much
better than the collegians, though the
latter won the day by their superior end
running and interference. Early in the
same Delaware did some pretty centre
rushing but the visitors soon overcame
this by working with great success their
very clever " whirl' trick by which they
bound themselves together in a peculiar
way and then instead of making Il centre
rush, they would whirl around us ii ON d
pivot until the man with the ball would
extrcate himself from the mass and have
clear path ahead.
Brown of Shortlidge did the finest work
ever seen here, all their points being due
TO his sharp play and head work. Although
hurt four or livetmes he each time puckily
continued, Delaware twice waiting over
1--WE minutes for him to recover, He enjoys
the distinction Of having three broken
bones ill his body, two ribs and nose,
besides split ear and other injuries, sts-
tanned in games this season, but he never
falters i'll his work. For the home team
X, Martin, Hosslnger and Plumb did the
best work. In the middle of the last half
Brown got the ball and made futile touch
down after the umpire. Handy, had
called out down for Delaware, the ball
being then not in play. The visitors OBJ
lected to this, and while discussing the
matter darkness came on and the game
was called, the score being IA to II in favor
OF Delaware. The men lined up as follow:
Delaware Col. Positions Shortlilae Acad.
Stevens.... left end ....... CARPENTER
Marvel .......a-. left tacklc... Bockius
Shillinder.. left guard. ...... Bushong
Edmonson. centre. Miller
kothWell right guard. ...... Mallory
Plumb...... right tackle....... Stuart
iiookhammer. right end. Cook
TOSS, .-........qu quarterback. Porteriied
X. MARITIME. left half-back. .... .Jessiip
Armstrong. right half-back. Brown, capt.
Hossinaer, capt. full-bacl. ........ .Jobson
Touchdowns-Brown (2), Martin, Plumb
and Armstrong. Goals-Jobson (2), Ross.
AT NEW CONTRADICTORY FoRTHEY. NJ. q. Il.
FOOTBALL TEAM-A CONTEST FOR sATUR-
DAY.
The New Castle football eleven PLAYED
It's llrst game on Saturday at Battery Park
before q crowd Of 6U0 spectators. The on
posing team was the Y. NJ. q. A. of Will
mington, and the contest resulted in a
victory for the latter BY score of s to o.
Munden Of the Y. NJ. G. A., made two
touchdowns in the first part of the game
after lively contest In the last half the
home team held their own and the visitors
were unable to score. The members Of the
New Castle team were highly commended
for their good work in their initial game.
The teams were lined up as follows
Y. NJ. Q. A. New Castle.
Southland. ....... Left end. Lancaster
Fonlk. ......... Left tackle. Beatty
Green.......... Left guard. Weggenman
Lawson. ......... Centre. Booth
Munden. Right Guard. ...... Taylor
Pierce. Right tackle. Hoffman
Groves. ......... Right end. Wise
Hare ...,...... Quarter back ...... Rodney
s " s,ahsni Half backs .wb ipPtiEk
Hail.. Full back. ....... Wilson
William H. Hoffman, Of Wilmington,
aud j. NJ. Davidson, of this city, acted as
referee and iimpirt respectiveIv