The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-12-03
COMPARISON OF The men
, U. r. Players Have Advantages Over
the Local Men.
WHERE THEIR STRENGTH LIES
II Is Mainly In the Years Of Expert
cnso That Most Of the Varsity
Men Nave Had Upon
the Grldiron.

Nhe great Pennsylvania VARSITY
Foot Ball team-a team that has no:
met defeat in the last two years-will
oattle with the Scranton Bicycle club
eleven at the Base Ball park Friday
afternoon. What will the outcome be:
AS is usual before a big game. a COM
farison of the men who will participate
will not be amiss.
in drawing comparison between the
two teams .on one point, and possibly
three, Scranton will show up equally
as strong as Pennsylvania. AS this
point, the center. is vital one on a
team, the battle between the giants
should be carefully watched by the
spectators. Lou G. Cleveland. OF Scran-
ton. ana Alfred Bull, of Wilkes Barre,
will be pitted against each other.
Cleveland's POS pounds and six years
experience will be decided advantage
over the Wilkes Barrean's 175 pounds
and four years experience, but will this
be offset by Bulls well-known science
or will II be discovered that Cleveland.
unaided by experienced coaches, has
solved the mysteries of this all impor-
tant position? If he has, then, with his
mis- additional weight, he should have
Bull at his mercy.
Connery and Zang will oppose STAN
-1ard and Woodruff in the order named.
Here, again, 1t Ia thought that Scran-
ton will not be far behind for Stannard
IS only a fair guard and in last years
game, Connery had very little trouble
with the Pennsylvania man, and on twU
occasions made an opening through him
large enough to drive horse through: :
while on the other hand Stannard failed
TO get through the giant Connery in che
whole game. Woodruff played oppo-
site Gilbride last year. but If he ex-
poets to have as easy time this year.
ne will be much mistaken. for Zang
Is the most aggressive player on the
Bicycle team: he is full Of vitality; he
does not give his man any rest until
the call Of time. Woodruff will have a
slight advantage in weight and wind.
but Zang Is a natural foot ball player
and combined with an unusual amount
of strength will make the big Pennsyl-
vania guard hustle throughout the
game.
Among the foregoing the game will
be battle Of the giants and 1t will he
wen WOItu tNc PIASc VI duHiioSioh W.
watch these six men fight for supreme
acy.
At right tackle, Wagonhurst should
have the best Of 1t. He Is larger and
heavier than Allen, and is considered
one Of the best tackles that has ever
played with old Pennsylvania. At left
tackle Scranton will be again out
weighed and ut-classed-Farrar, 100
pounds, three years experience under
a good coach, VS.. Coggins. 1S0 pounds.
one years experience, no coach. But
the Scranton tackles are plucky boys
and will play so much harder when
they find themselves pitted aginst such
strong men.
Boyle and Dickson, ends. against
Decker and Owens, ends. Scranton
ians who have watched the defensive
work of the Scranton's ends. know
what they can do. Getting down the
field on punts is their weakest point,
while the Pennsylvania's ends are
noted for the way they kept Brewer
and Dunlop from gaining in the Har-
ward game
Colbert, Minds and Brooke are nearly
perfect, two of them being chosen on
the picked all-American eleven for "94
and 95." OF the trio playing back Of
Scranton's line. only one man will come
anywhere near being in their class.
Posner will not be able to make the
gains that Minds will, still his $50
pounds of avoirdupois will make quite
an indention in U. P.'s line.
POsner is the surest man on the
Scranton team to advance the ball, and
q large amount of the work will. fall
on him during the game. Thayer and
Foster will be simply outclassed in
every respect by Brooke and Colbert,
though, should Noakes play, Brooke
would not have a sure thing by any
means In the kicking.
At quarter back, Williams will have
an advantage over Walsh, If for only
the reason Of experience, as Williams
has played that position for three years
and Walsh has not as yet played there
e. year. In tackling it's an even thing.
So now 1t may be asked, how, with
SO much against them, can the BIZ
cycle boys score? The answer is, IL
Scranton's wedge-shaped interference
is better than the tandem interference,
which is used by the Pennsylvania
team, then all Of Pennsylvania's in
dividual advantage, would be over
balanced by this one fact.
Cornell used the tandem interference.
1t was asked of Cornell man at re-
cent Scranton game, what he thought