The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-09
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BOSTON, Nov. s.-The toughest game OF col.
logo football on record was played on Jarvis
Field, Cambridge, between PRINCETON and Har.
ward, in 1880. This game put n stop to football
between Princeton and Harvard for several
years. In IL sport" Donneliy was ruled Off
tho fold for knocking oIt Harry Sticl;ncy,
Harvard's great right tackle. ten DAYS Don.
molly was called q brute and Stickncy an angel.
Then n change came over the football world and
while Donnclly still retained his title Stickncy
got n new one. Ho was a brute md Billy
Rhodes OF Yale was an angel, Tho In
side history of the matter has never been
given TO the public until now. That 1t is posi-.
bio to give the story now is due TO the fact that
Harry Stickncy has just arrived in the States
from Mexico, whore he has been for several
years. lie had planned TO 20 to the Klondiko
/ with a party Of New Workers. As luck had 1t,
one of them became Ill, the party was broken
up, and Stickncy came East TO sec his friends
| and relatives. At first Mr.. StiIkncv was avcrse
TO dclv!ng into ancient history, MS he termed it,
but finally he told It all.
1.-THE Ranc in which Sport Dohnclly was
ruled OFF the field for fouling me" said Mr..
Stickney, was played on Jarvis Field. at
Cambridge, some time in November, 1889, be-
tween Princeton and Harvard. While 1t may not
have been the most famous game ever played,
1 IL ~ Noo NhS Aohht SSN ~ ~ ~
tors and strotchers were in constant demand. I
was playing right tackle for Harvard and
Cowan was at left tackle opposite me. We had
q little fellow named Crosby holding down
right end, and this brought him against Sport
Donnclly, who made his initial appearance at
that time as a member of the varsity team OF
Princeton.
"Cowan was Princeton's great running tackle
and they depended on him to make all theiI
-. &, l-l l--. -.
ting through tho limo and stopping Cowan
snake Ames, the captain, called Cowan ant
Donnelly back OF tho line for II consultation
did not have time to do much figuring.
After tho consultation Princeton changet
her tactics. and sent Donncliy against nc fot
n chancc to yet in one of his runs. and IT worke'
b beautifully. Cowan took tho bail. and, at tn,
signal. DOnnclly showed me up against lcrr.
Trafford, Harvard's famous old guard, thu
allowing Cowan to get through. lie made
something had to be done, and done might,
quickly ut that. Crosby. who was playing end
elbow on him freely. Crosby was only u it'll
fellow, and we used him. simply on account o
his ability to sprint. hoping that he might &c
down on n Kick and do some good W rk.
figured it out that the only thing to do to pre-
vent Cowan from making his gains was TO &c
Donnelly out of the game, and his sufstitut,
II waited until the next play. Cowan too
the ball. and in an instant Donnclly was on m
with n rush. measured the distance and who
he was almost up to me l made a stage fall an
t crowd d h slISdrV viii, fhlO indignasion and Doonneii
was called a brute. You never saw such excit,
ment in your lie, and all the while i lay ON tn
; think Of it l made q poor play. because / kcI
Z on kicking one leg. Trainer Lathrop came rusl
| ing out with a strctcher and blankets and leane
/. over nc nnXiously.
; Tim ali right I said; its only a fake. Dol
j., T 1clG killing Crosby and he'd better be of I'll
"Lathrop took in the situation in an instan
and began rubbing me as IL his life depended 9
it. In the meantime the Indignation of tn
injured angel, heferce Harry Beecher though
;. the field. After a while l recovered, and Il
5 game went on. t the end of tho frst half v
. our men went dead and Princeton won on
That was all there was TO it; Our men we
= How poor old Donnelly did get roasted f
never touched me. For a while was an injur
s Innocent; but ten days later the tables we
n turned on mt and l got just as bad g. roastin
y when I was just as innocent as Donnelly was
IS We pisysd Yale, and this brought me OPT
d site Billy Rhodes, Rhodes and l were togelh
tion on the football team. | was chosen. IN
forgotten all about the matter, but it seems tn
u and Yale l made a run in the last half with t
. enil. wa ! sn ncccce1eeddes ID IL getting through hhod
!, IS i naa ON %a the aaI erSan Sai Wrisisalinss: t aien aa't trying SaGs:
!" gain n few inches, when Rhodes came up a
kicked me; and it hurt, too. Imagine my 81
" prise when Rhodes limped over to q bystandi
player, ncur Umpire Ned Pease. and said:
I've got to leave1the field. Stickney h
kicked me-
"Peaso promptly ruled me out of the gan
when, as II matter OF fact, / WAS the iniur
@. party. Rhodes walked up to me and remurkC
G. I've got even for that old grudge at Exeter.
"Knowing that ! had been ruled off, ! simI
- gave Rhodes n good punch in the eye. and /
e. crowd. thinking that that was the reason W
IN j had to leave the game. went after me MS ha
IL as it haa gone after ponnelly. Then ! becol
the brute and Rhodes the injured limo e
80 Thomas Wentworth Higginson of Boston cal
O. rushing through the crowd and asked me VIII,
lie had struck Rhodes. / told him the exact ia,
O. and he did not have one word of reproach.
~ .Stickney ia probably the oldest active footb
IL player in the United States. He has been al
ID every season SINCE 1884. He has coached I
I'd Olympic Athletic Club of San Francisco, I
ID Boston Athletic Association Club, and the L
versity of Wisconsin Club for two years.
ot organized tho famous Worlds Fair tooth
iie team, which contained moro famous play,
IL than were ever before together in one team.
" that team Donnelly and Stickney played
ID gether and buried the Ratchet.