The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-18
FOOTBALL TOMORROW
ARTILLERY TEAM WILL OPPOsE ONE
Of THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY.
The Chicago Athletic Team Contains
Men Who Have Made Regulations
in Leading College EIevens.

The game Of football between the Indian
apolis Light Artillery eleven and that Of
the Chicago Athletic Association, to be
played at the baseball park tomorrow aft
ernoon. is attracting a great deal of atten-
ton. and a large crowd is expected to at
tend. 1t will be the opening Of the foot
ball season in this city. and the strength
Of the Artillery team. which has games to
play with the colleges of the State, can be
estimated. The two elevens are composed
of much Of the same kind of material-fne
players, who have not the time for train
ing that college players have. 1t is said
that the center of the Chicago team is the
strongest in the country, outside Of the
four Eastern universities. The center of
the Artillery team is regarded as exception
ally strong. The average weight of the
Chicago eleven is about 19 pounds, While
the average weight of the Artillery is sew
eral pounds more. 1t will be the Artillery's
first game. while Chicago comes down with
considerable practice and a number of vic
tories. The Chicago team is under the
management Of H. s.. Cornish, for many
years with the Boston Athletic Club. The
eleven is composed chiefly of the star play
ers of the colleges and universities who
have finished their college days. but still
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team has the reputation of playing clean
ball, SO no slugging may be expected. for
the Artillery eleven has eliminated such
tactics from its play.
r. b. Camp, the captain of the c. A. A.
plays right end. He is an old Pennsyl-
vania player, weighing 10 pounds. w. +.
Slater plays right half. He played three
years with Illinois University, weighs 142
pounds, and has the reputation of being
one of the hardest men to tackle i'm the
an old cornell man, having played full back
there for two seasons. He weighs Isl
pounds. Ralph Hoagland. a substitute at
quarter and half back for the c. A. A. He
weighs Isl pounds. Aldrich, an old Purdue
man, will be with the visitors as a substi-
tute quarter back. A. Stevenson is probably
the best known player on the Chicago
team. He is the giant who used to go
through other lines for Purdue, sometimes
carrying three or four men on his back. He
is regarded as the best center rush ever
seen anywhere. He weighs 202 pounds, and
his work against the Eastern Universities
stamps him without a peer. L. NJ. Thomas.
right guard for c.. A. A, is not a college
man, but is a good player. His weight is
given at 1873 pounds. DIN Mccormick. The
man. and Weighs iss pounds He
is a hard worker. D.. Stone, at left
end, is a new man, but the company in
a good player. He weighs us pounds. w.
H. Thompson is also a find of the C. A. A.
He is excellent on defensive work, strong
plays an left en' t ana we's ". e. G REuanas; w he
plays right tackle. is a Michigan Univer-
sity man. He is the Splinter of the team,
and a great hand at carrying the ball.
His weight is given at It's pounds. J. r.
player. who began the season with the
Northwestern. He weighs 164 pounds. J.
+. Ryan. OF Wisconsin University, weight
1874 pounds; c. b. Coffeen, of the Univer-
c. ID. Blaney. of Franklin and Marshall
College. weight 115 pounds, are with the
team. There are fifteen men in all. The
The Artillery team is strong also, and if
its players have been able to get in condi-
ton a fine contest is sure to be seen.
For the Artillery Loose. at one time with
the Oberlin College eleven. is center rush.
He weighs 210 pounds, and is a good play
er. Dwyer, weighing 200 pounds, who
played with the Harvard freshman team,
is right guard, and Johnson, at 210 pounds,
is left tackle. Joss, who played with Ann
Arbor. and who weighs 100 pounds, is
right tackle. The combined weight of this
center is Ions pounds, or an average of
209 pounds to the man. The average
weight OF the eleven is rs pounds. and no
one of the players is carrying any SUPER
p player, IS right end, and Harry DIN, for
meriy of the Annapolis eleven, is left end.
Al Somerville, who played right half back
for Butler two seasons age, is right half
back. and Sam Patterson, of the famous
old Purdue team. is left half back; Don
Scott, a former player with the University
of Illinois team, is fun back. William Hall,
who played last year with the High
School team, Is quarter back of the team.
The game will be called yat 3 o'clock.
and the street-car company will run cars
as to the baseball games.