The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-18
KICKING The BALL.
Saturdays Games Gave
the Players Lots OF
Experience.
NEW JERSEY A. c. LOSES
Stevens Institute Defeated in
Brooklyn-FinaI Game Of
Baseball-Games on
the Alleys.
NEW JERSEY A. c. LOSES

the Alleys.
Saturday was another busy day for the
foot ball players. many interesting games
were decided and the local clubs TOOK q
prominent part in the serimmages. The
principal games were by the New Jersey
Athletic Club. Stevens Institute, Has
brouck Institute. n Hoboken High
School. Each of these met with defeat.
In the game between the New Jersey
Athletic Club and the Orange A. G., at
the Orange Oval, New Jersey was badiy
beaten. The Orange men were pounds
heavier than New Jersey and after the
Arst serimmage in which the Bergen
Point eleven made steady gains of over
80 yards, the home team had the visitors
on the defensive. They were unable 10
make any Roadway against the stonewall
front presented by the ..ieur de lis" team,
who lin this advantage made hole after
hole through the New Jerseys, and were
repeatedly forced to their goal line, where
the Team gave way TO several touch
downs and a final score of % TO 0. Big
Wharton of last years University OF
Penn. team. made a formidable player
for Orange and made the most OF the
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charged with disastrous fumbling and
lost opportunities because of it, when
gains might have been made. After the
first half both New Jersey half backs
were out Of the game and the team was
weakened considerably. The players
wele;-
New Jersey-Masterson. left end; Couch,
left tackle: Heck, left guard, Page.
ze-+oo t~,yrterla srsoht c,aar 6 HNnsfOn.
tackle: HOLSTER, right end; Simonds.
quarter back, Barclay, left half back;
Ward. right half back; Whyte, full back.
orange-Koehler, left end. Williams,
left tackle; Laveon. left guard; Mohor,
centre, Wharton. right guard; Marshall,
right tackle; Coyne. right end; Kemble,
Quarter back: Stevens, left half back;
Brown, right half back; shields, full back.
Stevens Institute opened its football sea-
son Saturday at Eastern Park, Brooklyn,
where q lineup was made with the crack
~Iryings. and the result was not at all en-
ceuragsng. Stevens was beaten y 10 ..
rh= team IS NOT as strong as the STU
| dears expected. The line is not heavy
enough, and The team is slow IN COMPARE
son with that of former years. The
eleven played a good defensive game, bur
N6IC pOoily O1l ia cs
backs were not quick enough in starting,
and failed in making gains that might
have been obtained by quicker passing
and line bueking. 4 large number Of the
students saw the game, and although not
expecting the eleven to win were hopeful
of a score. The team lined as follows
lrvina-Simonson, left end; McLeer, left
tackle: Wall, left guard; Robertson, cen
tire. OsBrien, right guard; Burger, right
tackle; Romig. right end; Cardee, quarter
bert, right half back; Burt, full back.
Stevens-Stanley, left end; Mefriam,left
tackle; Percy. left guard; Lunger, centre;
Tack, right end: Scott quarter back; Apc.
pleton, left half back; Jennings, right half
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Kirby. Ltnesmen, Murphy and Davis.
Saturday afternoon the Jersey City
Field Club. whe beat The Latay ns
TO New Rochelle TO play the Huguenot
Athletic Gu in their enclosed. grounds
The grand stand was we'll filled while
field. The average weight of both teams
The j G. F. c. kicked off and managed
TO obtain the ball on the H. A. c. Is yard
line. On the second down of the J; C..
F C.. George Middleton, who was play
ing right half, twisted his ankle so that
the game was stopped for a few min
ules.
W B. Brlster. who was playing left end,
took his position then as right half. and
Middleton tried to play on the line On
gained Six yards. Middleton was forced
10 leave the game. as it was impossible
for him to play. Then. without any
j G. F. c. started TO play again. 1t look
ed as if it would only be a practice game
for the Huguenots, but the j. 9. r, q.
who play clever team work. gave them
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were also handicapped by the unfair
Huguenot officials. Once in the first and
again in the second half, the J. Z. r.. =.
had the ball on about the Huguenet's
ten-yard lire. when they We're penalized
! Il yards for foul lacking, which in both
cases was rank Injustice. but they had
no officials TO act for them and had TO
The Huguenots made their first touch
down in the first half on a tumble by
the j. G. r. c, 7 h ]. c. F; e. were
then mad clean through and took sucn
a brace that by repeated gains around
their ends and through the centre they
finally pushed Shippen. their full PACK.
over the line for q touch down, and W.
score 6 TO 6 1 the FIRST half. In the Sec
ond half the Huguenots put IN three new
players and after about ten minutes
play the Huguenots tried their GUARDS
back play aud made another touch down,
bur failed to kick the goal.
With FIVE minutes 10 play, the }. G. r.
| o again furCeG TINS II. - - OunH
field 70 their ons yard line and With fully
Two minutes TO play we're allowed 70
lins up for another try at goal, but be-
lar. the j. c.. F. c. could snap the ball,
ina was called. This was a perfect
steal and even after proving conclusive
IL that such was the case. they still re-
fused 10 play. In fact, all through the
same Jersey City received the worst of
iii the decisions. With q full line up
and one Of their own officials there is
10 do,bt hut that they would have won.
Hnw,ever with everything against them,
the j. c, F. C. were only neaten~by ~
There wac considerable wrangling and
sl,ae!ne IN the game between the Bel
mont A. and Pratt Institute teams at
rhe Prospect parade grounds saturday
afternoon. The score: Belmont A. =, 4;
Pratt Institute. Q. .
Terry and Nelson distinguished them
4. q. and the Viking F. G, Of Bayonne,
81 he Prospect Park Parade grounds yes
terday afternoon. The score: carlyle a.
G.. s: Viking F, c. Q.
The football team OF the Twenty-third
Branch Y. NJ C. A. was defeated by the
Newark Field Gu on the latteres GROUNDS
SATURDAY.. The score was s to 0.
In a spirited game at Elizabeth Satur-
day afternoon the Battin High School de-
kfeated the crack Hasbrouck Institute
| eleven Of Jersey City by a score OF Y to O.
Two thousand persons were disapgolnt-
ed Saturday owing 10 the Newark root
bah Association failing to put in az APP
p~earanee for it's game with the Mount
/ Vernon eleven.
The Pacific A. c. of Brooklyn met the
/ Hohoksn High School A. A. at HOboken