The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-29

score Of "a t05.
The practice on Franklin Field termin-
ated yesterday afternoon in sudden and
abrupt manner. Desilver, who had been
playing right tackle in Outland's place
and putting up fine game, got the ball
for run around left end. BY good in
reference he cluded all the scrub players
except Shower, who brought him down
with great force by sharp tackle. In
some manner De silver's ankle received
SO serious an injury that he was unable
to rise. The afternoons work ended
and he was carried to the training house
under the scrub stand, where DR.. J. Will
liam White made a careful examination
Of the injured member At first it was
feared that his ankle had been broken,
but a more careful inspection disclosed
no fracture of the bones, but that his
ankle had been dslocated. The injury
is almost as severe as sprain, and will
keep De Silver out of the game for prob
ably two weeks, and possibly he may
be unable to play at all again this season.
This fall, as last fall, there can be very
little question but that Pennsylvania and
Princeton out-class both Yale and Har-
yard in foot ball.
Wharton, Heftlefinger and Uppen-
heimer are three of the players the
Orange A. G.. football team expect to
play against the Elizabeth A. c. at the
Orange oval next Tuesday.
Coach Woodruff, of Pennsylvania, has
invented pair Of pneumatic foot ball
trousers.
Princeton defeated the Elizabeth Ath-
letic Club foot ball team yesterday by a
score of - to 0. The Princetonians ex-
pected a hard struggle, but no one
thought that the Tigers stone wall
would be shattered, the backs downed
behind their interference, and the ends
circled with such ease.
The Harvard eleven gave miserable
exhibition of foot ball yesterday against
the Newtown Athletic Club, scoring only
% points, when, considering the weak
ness Of the opponents, the crimson
should have scored twice that number.
A story is going the rounds of foot ball
men as to the methods of a certain West
ern athletic club in securing talent. As
it was a difficult matter to secure big
men for the centre positions, the captain
of the team looked the police force over
and finally picked out strapping Irish.
man. The latter was induced to put on
football suit, and after receiving a few
instructions, he was placed at centre
rush.
"There's one thing, Mike" said the
captain, before the play began, "and
that is, don't slug! Just play the game"
"All right, begob!' was the reply, and
the game began. There was no trouble
for at least ten minutes. Then the OPP
posing centre rush hauled off and landed
heavily on the coppers neck. In the
twinkling of an eye, the big Irish manlet
out war whoop and smashed his OPP
ponent in the mouth. Other players
separated the combatants and they struck
no more blows during the half. When
time was up the policeman rushed up to
his antagonist and sticking out his chin,
he shouted defantly:
"Begorra, and it's yer turn now to
punch, but may the Hivins save yer
when l take another crack at yer spal-
peen face" But the other fellow
wouldn't fight, whereupon the Irishman
danced for joy and said:
"What tickles me is the way I'll fool
me wife. She says ter me this mornin',
says she: Mike, yer'll be kilt intirely,
and come home cripple And here I
am, goin' home as fine as silk, widout a
scratch" The cop is still playing centre.
This is the time Of year when "news'
is sent out from the various big colleges
that the star players are all crippled and
that the varsity elevens are SO weak that
defeat is cinch. This 'threadbare
scheme to throw opponents off the scent
has been worked SO much that whenever
the graduates Of these different uni
versities read these inevitable reports
they merely laugh. 1t is therefore safe
to say that the terrible things that are
said to have happened to various star
players at Princeton, Yale, Harvard, and
other, universities will not result in the
permanent retirement Of the players in
question.
Not long ago the report was sent out
from New Haven that when the "Giant
Heffeltnger" put his foot ball toys on he
tossed Yales new guard, Cadwalader,
about like rubber ball. This, it has
been learned, was done to compliment
"Hefi' for his kindness in coaching the
team, and also to keep Cadwa!adcr from
having swellcd Uranium; but Yale men
are now saying that llcffelfnger was
comparatively easy mark for the new
man, for the veteran was all out Of con-