The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-30
FIRST OF THE SEASON
THREE FOOTBALL GAMES PLAYED
IN THE EAST YESTERDAY.
Harvard %, o; Yale Al,
Trinity o; Princeton ''Tigers' and
Scrubs 40, Lafayette o.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Sept. z9.-The Harv-
ard eleven opened the football season on
the new gridiron at Soldiers Field by de-
feating Dartmouth 2 TO o. The teams lined
up as follows:
Haryard-Emmons, left end; Hallowell,
left tackle; Monahan, left guard; F. Shaw,
center; j. Shaw. right guard; Gould. right
Beale, quarter backs: Brewer, half back;
Wrightington, half back; Gray. full back.
Dartmouth-Lakeman. left end; Abbott.
left tackle; Bowies, left guard; Cowles, CEN
ter: Hun. right guard: Little. right tackle:
Folsom right end: Mccormack, quarter
back; Mason, half back; Dodge, half back;
The weather was warm and the field
dusty, but Captain Emmons started a hot
game, which Dartmouth returned, and
carried the ball over after a ffteen-yard
rush, just before the close of the first half.
Harvard lost the ball several times in the
and Captain Little's men gained about sew
enty yards through the Harvard lines.
beautiful running punt of fifty-five yards.
which landed the ball on Dartmouth's ff-
teen-yard line; The crimson men took the
ball from Dartmouth three times on downs
and j. Shaw captured a Dartmouth tumble
for Harvard. Score at the end of the first
Gray opened the second half with a sixty
fve-yard run for a touchdown. Brewer
and Wrightington each landed a touchdown
center and tackles. Brewer kicked three
goals and did his usual work gaining
ground, and Arthur Brewer did great tack
showed up well at the Harvard center, and
Lakeman did good tackling for
Summary:
score-Harvard, %; Dartmouth, o. Touch
Observation-Disclosures CD, Gray, Brewer.
Goals-Brewer, 8. Referee-Moyle, of Yale.
ympire-D.- w. A Brooks. of Harvard.
Linesman-Ward.
Yale, A; Trinity, O..
HARTFORD. Conn.,, Sept. 29.-Yale
Trinity in a ~listless game of two fifteen
minute halves by a score OF Al to o, on the
college campus this afternoon. The teams
lined up as follows:
Yale-L. Hinckey, left end; Beard, left
tackle; McCrea, left guard; Stillman, cen
ter; Brown, left guard; Wnitcomb ard
Hickok. right tackle; Greenway and Boss,
Thorne and Marks, half backs; 1erems and
Reddington, full backs.
LETT Tri taty7e PsSfaidg ief left !. end on Merlin.
ter; A. Langford, right guard; Buell., right
tackle; C~oggeshall. right end: Bartholomew,
half backs; n. Langford, full backs.
Trinity won the toss. but Yale by a sue
"a to .; The Yale players exhibited no
the eHIIe Sdthe. III the second nalI
Captain Hinckey played, with Hickok at
right tackle. Boss at end and Morris quar-
ter, Marks, half back. and R~eddington, full
back. Dewitt, Beard and Marks PLAYED
well. Trinity held Yale's line with consid-
cradle hrmness. There was no mass play
and only one man, III. Langford, was in
observation-disclosures. 2; Thorne, 2; Beard.
g; Marks, 2; Morris. Goals-DeWitt,
Thorne, Reddington, Hickok. Umpire
Lake, Of Harvard. Referee-Adee, of Yale.
Princeton, 40; Lafayette, O.
PRINCETON, N. J.. Sept. 29.-The
Princeton football eleven opened the sea-
son here to-day in a one-sided game with
Lafayette. After scoring twenty-five points
Captain Trenchard placed the scrub team
In the field and 1t succeeded in running 1t
M to a total of forty. The playing of the
Tigers was the best ever seen here in
an opening game and was heartily applaud
ed by the 5000 spectators The abolition Of
fhe mass plays removed, to a great extent,
the dangers OF the game. The teams lined
up as follows:
Princeton-Cockran and Smith, right
ends; Lea and Andruss, right tackles; Tay-
Riggs. %centers; Wheeler. left guard; Arm
strong, left tackle; Brown ana Thompson,
left ends; Trenchard, quarterback; Morse
and Tyler, right halls; R~osengarten, Bar
nett and Dorr. left halls; Tyler and Sloan,
full backs.
right tackle; Reinhart, right guard; Jordan,
center; Dobbs, left guard: Reeder. left
~tacfle; Gardner. left end; Sigman, quarter
back; Walbridge, right half; Barclay, left
half; Strader. full back.
Referee-Phil King. Linesman-Spicer.