The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-09
FOOTBALL GOSSIP.
what the Players Find to Talk
About.

The coachers at Princeton are greatly
disappointed over the poor showing made
by the team at Easton against Lafayette,
and the practice yesterday was of a list
less nature. The scrub showed up sur
prisingly strong and the varsity was
unable TO advance the ball except by an
occasional end run, the scrub centre be-
ing seemingly invincible to the varsity
backs. All the backs fumbled badly n
their slowness in starting caused the loss
of many yards. Tyler was tried at left
guard today in place of Edwards, Hide
brand going to Tyler's place at right
tackle. 1t is evident from the showing
Edwards made in the game with Lafayette
that right guard needs strengthening
badly, and the eoachers are trying every
maj for the place. Strong played a good
game at left guard today. Smith has a
oaoiy injured foot which will keep him
out Of the game for a week yet.
steadily for It's game with the St. George
Battalion of New York, which will be
played at Weehawken October IS. The
Bramhalls have also arranged to play the
Thanksgiving Day,
Tomorrow the New Jersey Athletic
CLUB viii line up against Manhattan Col-
onne, in the afternoon. 1t viii be the
iirst game on the club grounds this sea-
son. Captain Walter Masterson has got
ten together a splendid team, one that
deserves the support Of all football en-
thusiastS.
stevens Institute is in shape for the
game TO be played tomorrow afternoon
on the grounds in Hoboken with the
Young Mems Christian Association of
Orange.
One of the strongest football teams of
the year is located at Elizabeth, and the
Work OF fhaA aloUan This unnr mill 49,
doubtedly put the organization in the first
rank, a capable rival of Orange. The
team this season is made up Of men who
with college eleveus, including such men
as Langford, who captained the Trinity
College eleven last season and played
backs who ever donned the canvas jacket
for Brown University and who played
such a brilliant game with Orange last
season. will play left end. Demon
Pittsburgh, n Crescent Athletic Clubs
and who is we'll up in all the fine points
OF the game, will be seen at left half
back Armstrong. the mighty right guard
who played with Pennington and was on
the Elizabeth team last season. is a play
er whom many of the colleges have been
~endeavoring to get, but without avail.
Among the other men trying for posi-
tons on the team are Allen, Schaefer,
Chandler. Wood, Hall, Stillman, Vaughn.
Mise, Knapp, Bliss, King, and Hoover.
Hughes, who played such a brilliant
game at tackle for the Crescents last
season. will be seen on the team before
the season is over. He has not come out
as yet, having been laid up with an at
tack of malaria.
The Orange Athletic Clubs football team
have been putting in some hard prac-
tice under the electric lights on the
Oval for the past two weeks, in antici-
patton Of a hard game with Yale on
Saturday. Last year the wearers of the
Aar7r.6a-lic cfranandcd In rno,i.- 10 osn
to Yale's "a, and this year they will en-
deavor to do better than this. The
Orange team will line up. as follows
Collamore. left end; Sutphen. left tackle:
right guard; Marshall (CaptainC. right
tackle; Hopkins. right end; De Hart.
quarterback; Cunning, right half-back:
Maynard OF Brown, left half-back; Bird,