The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-09
|GAMES on FOOTBALL
New Jersey A. c. Beaten in
Brooklyn by an I'm
fair Referee.
THE CRAIG-O'NEIL BATTLE
Both Men Eager for Tonight's Con-
test-Local Team of Hand
ball Players Won From
Harrison.

ball Players Won From
Harrison.
The New Jersey Athletic Club lost its
game Saturday at Eastern Park, Brook
Ign, to the Irving Club after a hard bat
tie. It was one of the most exciting
games played at Eastern Park his sea-
son. The victory was gained by a huke,
and the Justice of the decision of the ref
cree in allowing the play which won the
game was disputed by the New Jerseys
and a large part of the spectators. The
New Jerseys had possession of the ball on
the Irving's 15-yard line when the latter
entered a protest to save themselves from
defeat that 1t was too dark to play. The
New Jerseys were oEtpiaying them at the
time and had rushed the team from the
So-yard mark of the New Jerseys steadily
back toward their own goal line, and with
four minutes or more to play there was
every assurance of a touchdown. The
Irvings were forced to continue, however,
az the crowd yelled, play ball. They
We're determined, however, to prevent a
score If possible, and resorted to a mean
trick to carry this out. No sooner had the
lineup been made and before the signals
had been finished McLeer, the left guard,
grabbed the ball from the centre and ran
around the line for a touchdown. The ball
had not been handled by Simmons, the
New Jersey quarter back, at all and con-
sequently was not in play. This made no
difference with the referee, who declared
he had seen the ball in play and fumbled
in the air. There is not the least doubt
in the minds of those who saw the game
but that the New Jerseys are a better
team They outplayed the Irvings easily,
and throughout the greater portion of the
game the Irvings were on the defensive.
In the first half the battle ragged mostly
in the Irvings' territory. The New Jer-
seys forced the ball to within seven yards
of the line. only to lose it on downs. The
Irvings worked the double pass very pref
tily fer a gain of S5 yards. Neither side
scored in the opening half. In the second
the New Jerseys played a much more ag-
gressive game and pounded in the line
for big Results. The New Jerseys kicked
off, and after an exchange of punts Sim
mons got possession of the ball, and from
then until a touchdown was made the
visitors never lost the pigskin. Whyte
made ten yards in the line. Barclay shot
the end for seven. Whyte plunged on the
centre for four. Ward gained a tackle
and a quick NOV of Barclay recovered
the ball on a tumble, and made four
yards before downed. Ward reeIed off a
yard. Whyte got three at centre and
Ward circ1ed the left end for seven yards,
and the ball was put In play on the Irv-
ings' t1ree-yard line. Couch bit off two
yards of the distance, and on the next
lineup, with only one yard to go Barclay
shot over the line under the bar for the
first score. Whyte kicked a pretty goal
and the score was Go.
Irving kicked off and Simmons gained
ten yards before he was down. Whyte
was forced to kick to save his distance.
Irving made a gain of five yards and rat
tied off seven. more. The next play was
a pretty one, and the ball was carried into
the New Jersey ground by a crise cross
and a run of IS yards. The ball was car
ried to the ten-yard mark, and by fine in
reference Drakely made a run of the
right end for a touchdown. Mckenzie
kicked the goal and. the score was 6
points each.
New Jersey kicked and Irvings returned
1t. Simmons fumbled the ball and Drake
ly picked it up, and with two men hang
ing to him gained 10 yards. The ball was
fumbled and Barclay fell on it. There was
no gain and Whyte made a poor kick.
New Jersey held hard and got the ball on
downs and by steady gaine pushed the
ball up the field at a fast clip and reached
the 15-yard mark with the result already
mentioned The Irvings by the decision
of the referee won by 10 to 6, but the New
Jerseys do not feel badly over it, as the
game with an impartial referee to decide
it would have been won beyond question.
The teams were:-
Irving Positions NJ t n