The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-21
GAMES ON THE GRIDIRON.
Much activity Among the Line
Breakers and Rnshers.


Breakers and Rushers.
There are not as many mid-week games
scheduled for today as usual. The most
prominent will be-
Princeton VS.. University Of Virginia, at
Rutgers vs.. stevens Institute. at New
Brunswick
Tufts VS.. Massachusetts, Institute of
Technology, at Medford.
University of Pennsylvania vs.. Amherst,
at Philadelphia
Yale Us. Wesleyan. at New Haven.
Brooklyn Latin School vs.. Belmont
Athletic Club. at Prospect Park.
The students Of Stevens Institute are
interested in today's game with Rutgers
at New Brunswick. and a large number
will accompany the team on its journey.
The members are not very hopeful Of sue
cess, as Rutgers is superior to Stevens
this year in football. The Hoboken team
win put up a good game nevertheless,
and Rutgers Will have to fight hard for
The Jersey city Heights Field Club
has October 81 open and would like to ar
range a game with an out-of-town team
averaging under 40 pounds. Address
George Middleton BIT Bergen avenue.
1t is said on good authority that RaT-
vard in the game with Princeton will
adopt a method of attack that has never
been tried before this year. Only one
other college has used it successfully so
far.
The olympic Field Club accepts the
challenge of the Universals of Brooklyn
for October 81 game to be played on the
~latter's ground. VIII the manager of the
Universals please send his address to
Philip Hussa- 6S7 Bergen avenue.
The managers of the Elizabeth A. c..
and the Staten Island Cricket Club have
made arrangements to play a series of
three games, the first to take place at the
the second to be played al the cricket
club grounds, New Brighton, on November
Il. Neither of these, teams has been de-
feated this season.
Field on Thanksgiving Day between the
Orange A. c.. and a team of Pennsylvania
kickers including the great full back,
Brooke and Carl Williams, last years
The Cyclones would like to arrange
games with teams averaging between 100
and 1876 pounds for November IA and q.
Oct. "A. Roseville Rarnblers. at RosevjIie:
81. Englewood A. c., at Englewood; Nov.
s, Alva A. c., at Bayenpe: :, -Clevelands,
at Bayonne; rs. Jersey City F. c.. %,
Olympic A. c., at Bayonne. For games
address f. W. Bennett, 100 Nassau Street.
oey~mittee of University A. c. mem
bers will, as usual, assist the college man
1ers in handling the YaIe-Princeton
game The seats will be disposed Of as
they We're last year. Each college will
receive a certain number. and after they
nave Oe91 TAKEN The rest Will be SolQ
to graduates on the application system.
The general public will have TO depend
upon admission tickets emitting the hold
er to stand behind the low fence to be
erected around the gridiron.
The football team of the Olympic Field
Club VIII play a team from the Oriental
Field Club on Saturday afternoon at
Marion.
Boxing in North Bergen.
Final bouts in the tournament of the
North Hudson Athletic CLUB will be de-
cided this evening at Frech's Casino in
West Heboken. Exciting sport is prom
ised and the contests will be of a lively
order. All the men to compete are clever
and the matches viii not be won without
a hard effort. The entries in the sAnals
win be:-n0 pound class. Tom Harmon.
Nonpareil A. c., Herbert Monnafeid,
Pastime A. c.. 120 pound clasp. Boyle,
Hanover A. G., J. Quinn, w. S. A. C.;
j.. Tucker, p A. c.. w Far. w. S. A. G..
1870 pound class. Burns, w. s.. A. c.,
Jack Mumfard, w. s. A. c.. and y.
O'Brien, P. A. c..
Plenty of Hard Fighting at the
Bohemian Club.
The Bohemian Sporting Club enter
tanned the usual number of spectators