The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-22
E~X-goLLEGIATES WON.
Defeated tEe Hoboken A.. A.. fn a
Hard Game Yesterday.

Yesterday afternoon a game of football
was played on the st. George Cricket
Grounds, Hoboken, between ex-collegiates
of this city picked from several strong
teams in this vicinity and the Hoboken
Athletic Association, which attracted a
great deal of interest and a Grove of
about three hundred people. 1t was an
interesting game, aside from some strenu-
GUS kicking from both teams. The Hobo
kens have played together all season and
did some very clever work, and although
beaten are deserving of more credit thar
the result would indicate. The teams were
very evenly matched, and had it not been
due to d blocked kick the e~x-collegiates'
team would hardly have scored. They
played steady football, and in the first
half had the pail most of the time. Small
gains were made, but were not consecu-
gained the lost ground and had the baH
on downs only to forfeit without any
gain on their part. The Hobokens were
not the success in like kicking that the
Jersey City team was, and failed to get
the ball in the ex-coilegiates' territory at
all after the kickoff The. ball was soon
pushed past the middle of the field and
down the line. Hoboken gained posses
sion of the ball on fuInbies, and twice
punted II, but the local team quickly re-
gained the lost gorund and mad the ball
to the 15-yard mark. 1t was carried by
centre plays four yards, and was lost on
downs. The ball was passed to Mcbride,
the Hoboken half back, for . punt, the
kick was blocked and the ball rolled over
the line, and Lyons, Of the ex-collegiates,
fell on it for a touchdown, and DoWneS
kicked the goal. No further gains of any
Importance were made in this half, and
centre.
In the second half Hoboken played a
much faster game, and by -preconcerted
effort gains the Jersey City teams line
cut holes through which Mccarthy and
McGovern made their distance several
times. The ball was on the e~x-colleglates'
40-yard line when Mcbride skirted the OPP
posing teams left end for a run of TWEEN
ty-five yards. On the next play Mccarthy
made three yards at tackle, but on the
and the club had four yards to go on the
next pass McGovern was nailed Tor a loss,
fourth down. They made within a foot OF
the distance, and the ex-collegians took
the ball when a score seemed almost sure
for the Hobokens. On the pass Hanovan
quickly punted the ball up the field, and
the game socn ended with a score OF 3 TO
0 in favor of the Jersey City representa-
tives. The playing of Brown, Lyons,
Downes and Cur1ey were the features in
the line for the winners, and Tierney
Keane back of it. For the Hobokens Des-
mond, Let's and Seymour played cley-
erly, while Mcbride and Mccarthy made
speedy backs. The full teams were:
Ex-Collegiate-Brown. left end; Kelly,
left tackle; Lyons, left guard; Libbert,
centre; Downes, right guard; Hanovan-
Curlev. right tackle; L. Sullivan, right
end; Moe-Hayes, quarter back; Tierney,
left half back; Keane, right half back;
Hayes-Hanovan, full back.
Hoboken-Dorsey. left end; Let's, left
tackle; Hendrickson. left guard; centre.
Desmond: right guard. Seymour, Golfer,
right tackle: Buck, right end; Smithson,
Quarter back: Mcbride. left half back
McGovern, right half lack; Mccarthy, full
Touchdown Lyons. Goal = Dowres.
Points scored-Ex-CoIlegiates, 6; Hobo
kens, O. Umpire-M. Sullivan.