The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-30

touchdown, but no more. Score-Brown
20; Dartmouth, 4. Thanksgiving Day at
Adelaide Park the M. I. r. eleven were
defeated after spirited game. A phenom-
email goal kicked by Ma,teson from near
the 5ss side Lire , WAS feature Of the sssRsd ssHsd
their way down the line for solitary
touchdown. ecsrs-Brown is, NJ. ]. I. 4.
The Thanksgiving game brings 10 an
end q series of football contests whose re-
suits are most hattoring to college OF
the size ana athletic history OF Brown.
over all ths Institutions of It's class, and ITS
defenders have given the great university
teams Q hard rub for victery.
The Varsity eleven, rs determined by
the later games, has the following make
sp: hsttsson, right cad; Mott, right
tackle; Smith, right guard Coombs,
center; Thayer, left gusrd; Emory, LETT
quarterback; Hopkins, right halfbaek;
Robinson, left hsltbaek; Mccarthy,
full back; substitutes, Chaos aud Asines,
eafs; Locke, tackle; Lancey, guard;
FultE, Owen, Shead and Watson, backs.
Suoh is the composition OF the best
football team Brown ever put on the neld.
Statistics OF the players show that the
average weight OF the team is 40 pounds;
average weight Of rush line i76h pounds
and the average weight OF the backs Is l59
pounds. The com mbined weight OF the
three center men Ia GOO ponnds. The
average age of the eleven Is exactly II
years and the average height Is fees Do
Inches.
A review of the football history and
criticism of the individual tai
ent OF the men making mp
the personnel of the team discloses
some interesting information to the lover
Of football. katteson, right end Is
Providence man. He played on the eleven
OF the University Grammar School for
three years. His first year at Brown In w,
he played as quarterback and was acting
captain after Prowbriege was injured.
Illness kept him out OF the game entirely
last year, and this year he has played
as end and subqusrtsr. Age is
10, height 6-l0, weight loo.
tsckler. At kicking goals he has no
equal In the team. In the position OF
Of quarterback he is very accurate In
passing the ball.
Mott, right tackle, is = good all around
player, one of the most conscientious
workers On the team. He is hard, sure
tacklcr, and forces himself into the inter-
ference. He Is Green Mountain boy of
% years OF age, 8 feet high and displacing
16S pounds.
Smith, the giant guard, played the game
for TIVE years at BrocktoR.
Three years at Brown are also added
to bis record, the frst year as guard and
center, and as right guard ever since.
Smith doesn't allow anyone TO juggle him
around. He frequently breaks through
the liRe and tackles; Is moreover seen to
advantage In his interference. He towers
up feet inches, is 20 years old and
weighs 210 pounds.
Combs, the stubborn center, Is q man
from Maine. Last year he played center
and the same for this season. He Is ex-
treHsly strong In defensive worA, hold
ing his place as II rooted there. On the
offensive he fellows tho ball In excellent
style, and often slides around to
the end and tackles. Re Ia "a
years cid, stands feet In his stockings,
and weighs 200 avoirdppols.
has nlaYed ON the University Grammar
School team, and lives in Pawtucket.
Lack of experience Is the only hindrance
kespinR him frem being clsssed
as one OF the best center men
playing the game. He has an amount of
grit seldom found In a man of his heigh
Pushes the leather for good gains when
ever entrusted with II and Is hard and
sure tsckler. His age is 1s, height feet 2
inches, and weight 100 pounds.
Emory, left tackle, IS another of Names
hard -meated sons, joining the team the
same year with Coombs. Nott and Emory
arc a pair OF tackles hard 10 beat. Emory
ig conscientious worker, aggressive
in tackling, handles his man with little
mercy, and can always be depended on to
break up interference; % years of age, he
stands 3 feet 10 inches high, and weighs
164 pounds.
Denison, left end, played for time on
the Worcester Academy team. He is