The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-11-18
FOOTBALL IN CINCINNATI.
The Famous Carlisle Team of
Indian Players will be There
Thanksgiving Day.
A Short Personal Sketch of the Great
Players who have Distinguished
Themselves by Their Remark.
able Powers.

the world will play against the Univer
eity of Cincinnati football team, Thanks
giving day, at League Park, Cincinnati,
Ohio The Indians rank fifth of all foot
ball teams in the United States and are
coached by the famous w. A. Bull, the
noted Yale drop.kicker. The Indians
bave created sensation by their fierce
and fast playing in all the Eastern cities
In their games with Yale, Harvard,
Princeton, Pennsylvania and Cornell,
they have been enabled to run up big
scores against these clubs, some of whom
have never been scored against by any
team outside of the Big Four.
Among the players who will be on the
Indian team at League Park, nine differ.
ent tribes are represented The Chip
pewes, Senecas, Oneidas, Tuscororas, Ki
owas, Pueblos, Omahas, Stockbridges,
and last, but not least; the Nez Perce
tribe of Idaho and Snake River Canyon.
To give the western people better idea
of the players as they will appear on the
gridiron against the Cincinnati Univer
sity team, short sketch of the Indian
braves is given below:
Bemus Pierce, the captain, belongs to
the Seneca tribe OF New York, weighs
over 200 pounds, and is over six feet in
height.
Martin Wheelock, left guard, belongs
to the Oneida tribe of Wisconsin, but
formerly of New York. He is over six
feet in height and weighs over 100
pounds.
Frank Scott, who succeeds Morrison
at right tackle, is six feet in height and
weighs about 100 pounds. He has play
ed guard on the second team for two
years and promises to make an excellent
tackle.
Hawley Pierce, left tackle, is brother
of Bemus Pierce. He is taller than bis
brother and weighs over 100 pounCs
Artie Miller, right end, belongs to the
Stockbridge tribe of Wisconsin. He is
about feet, 8 inches in height and
weighs 160 pounds.
Edward Rogers, left end, belongs to
the Chippewa tribe of Michigan. He is
about the same height and weight as
Miller.
Frank Hudson, quarter back, belongs
to the Pueblo tribe OF New Mexico He
is the smallest man on the team and ia
feet, 8 inches in height and weighs l30
pounds.
Jacob Jamison, left half back, is from
the Seneca tribe of New York. He is
about feet, 8 inches and tips the scales
at 17O pounds.
Isaac Seneca is from the same tribe
and is about the same in height and
weight.
James Metoxen, the full ball, comes
from the Oneida tribe of Wisconsin, and
is wonderful plunger. He is about
feet, 8 inches in height and weighs over
$50 pounds.
Frank Cavou, Omaha tribe, is some.
what lighter than the other backs and
Is very fast man. Last year he alter
mated with Seneca at half back.
David Mcfarland, Nez Perce tribe, is
something like Jamison in build and is
fine back. Last year he slternated
with Jamison and Metoxen.
Mitchell has played full.back on the
second team and is very promising
man.
With the exception OF Scott, all have
played before.
They have already made themselves
prime favorites in Cincinnati and a great
crowd will in all probability witness
the contest on Thanksgiving day. The
University team will have to work hard
to make showing against the big fellows
and an afternote of the Tiger-Indian
battle comes from the New York Sun:
The Indians have learned one bit of
foot ball which they were ignorant of
before this year. Last fall Bemus Pierce.
the big captain, was the only member
OF the team who could punt. Metoxen,
too, tried it, but was not much of sue
GEES. This season, however, both
Pierce and Metoxen, play the trick well,
while Hudson, the quarterback, has
developed into an expert drop kicker.
The only weakness preceptible in the
kicking of this trio, through, is a tend.
ency to hurry because OF fear that the
Expressing line will break through and
block the kicks The red men have no
trouble about physical condition. They
can stand the wear and tear of foot.
bail match with remarkable fortitude.
No matter how hard they are tackled,
they leap up az il made ofiIndian rubber
Walter Caup, in Harper's Weekly,
praises the Indians thusly: "The Car
Isle Indians have demonstrated conclu