New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-26
mass MAYS in the line Brown scored twice IN ne
Hri baH and Wesleyan once in the second haii'
4 VICTORY FOR ORANGE.
THE ELIZABETH ATHLETIC CLUB DEFEATED
AFTER A HARD sTRUGGLE-LTTTLE
ROUGHNEss AND \ GREAT
III, Al OF OPEN PLAY.
DEAL OF OPEN PLAY.

Orange y J.. Nov % (SpeciaD.-The question OF
| football supremacy between the Orange Athleuc
| club and the Elizabeth Athletic Club which mas
been an open one for TWO years, was setueo touaS'
when the Elizabethans went down IN ueIea. ~ Il"
score Of to T. after one of the most herceiy -co"-
! tested games ever played in New-Jersey'
! Tho two teams have played several remarkaDle
| games in the last two years. on Election Day
| 1896 on Orange Oval and again later IN tne se"so
| on Manhattan Field they played ues' Inns 20.
| the Election Day game also resulted IN ue' anu !
was decided TO play another game to-day 10 settle
the championship This record which Is almost VII,
| rroooaorte8 attracted large crowd 10 orange oval
to-day and when the whistle blew for play TO peslh
| there were at least four thousand people III '"o
seats and surrounding the Enclosure EVERY PEI %"
| in the throng was Z partisan. The orange anu e
| % .ba homo team was hardly more prominent IMAM
the blue and white OF the visitors. though IL so'.'
GO 20 every house in the Oranges had contributed 10
~. crowd OF spectators A taly-ho ladeh WIN
| enthusiastic 'rootors" who had driven over Ho''
Elizabeth was the centre OF the snort shaPpS ''U'
| cry but in all parts OF the field there were NO.
wanting small bands who insisted that Salnah was
C.. tn ,rar first in peace and first IN the hearts or
| the F. A. c." As foil TO this parody on inc oiu
patriotic motto came at frequent intervals '"e "N
! monitor. Break EN- up, Orange.
! The game on the whole was a cleah one "s
several players on both sides were usqua"''" ~
/ fighting These instances, however. were rare ana
| ,be,. resulted entirely from enthusiasm. not oau
feeling Orange played an open game relying i"o,'
on puntng than on running to ADVANCE inc Dl''
The work OF Ransome in this respect WIS ESP
| c,orv good With two exceptions his punts were
| M, remarkably well. and when individual playing II
considered he did to win the victory ina" "S
ono on the Orange team. Elizabeth's play. on the
other hand was more Of the mass order' IN runs
around the ends and In breaking through inc me
she far excelled her adversary. though her uee"se
was somewhat weak 40, <r-o
Considerable delay was occasioned by the ia''u''
10 tho ofHcers Of the contesting teams TO select the
referee and the umpire. Frank Coyne' the ord''sc
cantain declared point blank That ne "ou'u NV "
cent Josh" Hartwell the old Yale player WHO '','
heen mentioned for referee. HartweH' IL was sd!n'
| treated the Orange players with severity at inc
rioo,ion Dav game and much ill-feoling grew out
! Of his work at that time. After long parleE'.
however, Coyne agreed TO have har'"''' AZ ."
referee in the first half. and as umpire IN 'le S'
ond Frank Morse. Of Princeton's 90 team was
,ronre I'm the first half and referee In the sccohd
| Orange won the toss and chose the ball! Mohot
kick pIaced the sphere on Ezabeths tweniy-hN'-
ward line where Knapp picked IL up anu ~ VVuhm5i
it back FIVE yards when ne Was r1shes carried the
ball to mdiied. At this point or thc natuc ~ -
Two sturdy PLAYERS seemed TO be the maihstay o.
the visiting team. and they were used IN vver r
conceivable kind OF play TO push 'g ,nr wa. yul-
nerabe spot, and through this part OF tle ''At
Cobb repeatedly went With Vatylne ,Scr four and
again eight. Knapp was then sent AT thf 5 Cnhb
spot, and he gained three yards, WIN
was catching his breath for another eHqn HHfh h
The hall on Oranges thirteen-yard me; o0,LD
dashed through centre a,r tor u5 S the BAN was with
in I'VE yards of Oranges goal line. WIN te a., as
carried forward for gain Of two ana hz SD
tocbdown after eleven minutes Of hard fast play
in which the 6a was K RS|sr ,h e goal and the
on the lineup Mohor's kick dropped into knapps
/ before Knapp was thrown by Wharton. Bro ana
Cobb were sent at centre without result ana tnSn
Bird puned to Oranges forty-gard me r wmcrd
| Ransome fumbled the ball and schaeher droppsl
on t. Cobbs attempt at right end was nni M ~
Wharton singlehanded and after couple OF ili-
ures Elizabeth lost the ball on downs Inc t9 ,i
Of the ab ball 80 nG 3Ge heads Within
other minute the sphere went to Elizabeth. Knapp
made and B4d plunged through the centre
eight yards Rush succeeded rush unI IN, the r gt,I
| abeth contingent in the stands screamed them
| selves hoarse. Oranges defence at TINS time was
I ponents from gaining. After four downs the ball
went TO Orange and Rahsome drove S an iar hnck
with punt. which was promptly returned by K.h-
| some Birds tumble lost the ball for Elizabeth
and Ransome went around left end for twelve
| yards. and followed this gain WITH q punt % I
PSced G law P3 When en- tine called for the first half
| After ten minutes rest the struggle began again
t teq bali Back i've yards Several attempts at Ez
! abeth's line proved futile, and Shields dropped
sSSk for ah Pdp9 the ba Ss the wrong
and Elizabeth bsr works. vent o 1a No on downs
exchange OF blows between Hopkins and Mohor
at this point resulted IN the latters disquaihcau
Bull Went to centre and ziegler to right end Shields
and Ransome gained e.even yards around flllaD
saueht. shelds's punt to Bird on Elizabeth forty
| yard line sent Oranges hopes upward with a bound
! ized Elizabeth ten yards for offside play. the APP
plause was deafening Ransome then TOOK flr S
offsde play. Ziegler disabled In the next line
and coyRe tSSn MS wds ordered to ~" punt
| ball came to him quickly, and before the Eliza
beths Vineyard line Bird seized the sphere, 6pt
fumbled. and Whartoa dashed into him caught
| the ball on the bound and carried II over for a
| touchdown. Marshall kicked the goal, thus giving
the aysG'aSe na by TWO H Up to play and
| Elizabeth started IA with vigor to make another
was returned with interest by the redoubtable Ran
some Bird replied IN similar way. ana Ransome'
fair catc6 His free kick sent The ball 70 Ella Eliza
beths tweniyyard ne he, cobb ganed eig9t wards
ty-fve-yard line where several efforts were made
these Koehler and sunmersgil resorted-t to fstcus,
and both disqualified Kyle replacing the
ropGr S a9 and DOWN the d on puns by Brd
Ransome until 1t landed on El!zabeths twenty-yard-
scrimnag@ and M the next Lineup. Cobb, Of Eliza
h94 to fye 70 o9gen Smh the on a
pS[cep h ana hsy MADE a several eyer
ten yards. and holding. few minutes later, re-
suited in bic Losing the ball. n punt
bright and early. and the Elizabeth fullback was
| doWned before he could advance step. Knapp
worked around left end for sixteen yards. In tho
| following lineup Orange secured the ball u
| tumble, but lost It almost Immediately for holding
! on the line. The struggle was now In the centre
OF the field and the play was fierce. Elizabeth was
| gradually forcing Orange back, by mass plays and
! plunges, into the line. and there imminent
danger Of an addition to the visitors score. when
| time was called.
Tho lineup was az follows:
| Orange. Positions Elizabeth.
KSensr .I Ter; end H52gkn,
Vaughan I<.it guard Iawlof
MohOr (BuD Centre
Wharton Right guard ..........F Smith
Right tackle
Bul rsai