The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-30
FOOTBALL POPULAR.
1t Leads at This Season in
the Outdoor Pas
times.
SATURDAYS BIG GAME
Lots of Interest in BowIing-cIubs
Are Forming-The h G. W.
Race Meet.
SATURDAYS BIG GAME

The Catholic Club will play theft first
football game on Saturday on the Pacific
Athletic Club ground on Johnston ave-
nue.. The club has gathered a remark
ably strong team together, the most prom
inent that has represented this city in
the history of football. The manager is
DESTROYS of making the game attractive,
| ard as there is a great deal of interest
in football here there is no reason why
| the Catholic Club should not receive the
| support necessary to enable them to con-
tirue in the line in which they have start
| ed. The games will be played on the Pa
| ciic grounds until the season is finished
and some unusually strong teams will be
presented from time to time. In the open
ing contest the Catholic Club will line up
against the team of ST. Peters College,
which is one of thes% strongest that has
| represented the college in football. They
are doing some great work in practice,
ard expect to win. There is a great rlv-
airy between ST. Peters and ST. Mary's
representatives, and the game will be
well worth witnessing. The Catholic
| Club will present a number of well known
college players, and in<the practice that
| ildS DCClt AoltC tlIAo "ONh
been coached by Joseph Farmer, Johnny
De Hart and Eugene Kinkead. The backs
are quick at starting with the ball. and
the line will be a blockade to help them
eff. Good interference is presented, and
as a whole the Catholic Club eleven will
be deserving of a large attendance on
Saturday. Their efforts should be en-
Outraged, which will place the game on
as a popular a position here as in the
other cities of the State. The kick off
will be made at falf-past three O'Clock,
and the ground can be reached from
either Pacific avenue or Grand street lines
OF trolley cars.
The football season will be well begun
in this vicinity on Saturday, when every
team of prominence in the collegiate or
athletic sphere will ~inaugurate their series
of games. The Iron Cross. Club of st.
I Johns Guild will begin their season and
visit Bayonne for a contest with the
Viking Field Club. They have arranged
an exceptionally strong list of attractions,
and among the clubs that will meet them
together with the open dates the team
is anxious to fill are the following
Oct. 2, Viking Field Club, at Bayonne;
Oct. 9, Madisons of St. Peters College:
| Z III, OpSn, OSI. - Ian
of Newark, at home; Oct. 80, open; Nov.
2. Echo Field Club of Crawford, N. j., at
home: Nov. 6, East Orange Field, at
East Orange; Nov. 10, wadsworth Field
Club of Van Cortlaadt. N. Y, at home;
Nov. 20. open; Nov. %, Roseyille A. A, at
Newark; Nov. q. open.
The Puritan Football Club has com
pIeted its lineup and the members are
engaged in hard practice. The games Will
be more interesting than last year, as
the club has a more aggressive eleven.
The makeup is:-W. Hannigan, centre;
R. Lilienthal. right guard; B.. Bork,
left guard; w. Schroeder, light tackle;
D. Hanley, left tackle; H. Koenig, right
end; E. Russell, left end; ]. Clarke,
quarter back; coach, V. Lane; left hall
back. C. >Blanc; right half back, +.
Koenig; full back. They are anxious to
hear from teams averaging 50 pounds, and
managers viii please address John Clarke,
No. GIG Willow avenue, Hoboken.
The Rivingtons of Hoboken, are the
strongest junior team in that city and
have won prominence or the gridiron in
seasons passed. The club has a fine team
this year and the men are playing fas'
football. The lineup is:-Murphy, centre
Pustkuchen, the right guard; Mills OF
Frost. right tackle; Wehrner, right
centre: Thomas, left guard; Stephens oil
Halloran, left tackle; Let's, left end; G
Perry. quarter back; NelleT, left hall
back; c. Perry, right half back; Canning
full bach and captain. They have
: scheduled six games tor this season Sc
7 far, among them one OF election morning
with the second Hoboken Company, Boys
} Brigade. at the Cricket Grounds, and ont
on Thanksgiving morning with the Huo
son A. A. at the same grounds. me las
), named were beaten by the Riverlngtons
! after a very interesting game las
! Thanksgiving Day by a score Of IL to ..
: vices of that noted left tackle, Juar
: Halloran, and great things are expected
of him, as his peculiar style of play
promises to be surprisingly successful.
Yesterday. University of Penn. had
hard struggle Washington and Jeifer
son College, and it was not until tn
: second half that the team scored. In th'
/ meantime the Washingtons had tailed !
touch down. In the final half Pennsyl
vania scored IS points the Washington
being unable to increase their record OF 4
4 Yale opened its season yesterday witt
the usual game With Trinity and won Q.
a score of 10 to 0.
The Princeton varsity and scrub train
ing tables were started yesterday. Tn
following men were taken to the 'varSit,
table in the osborn clubhouse:-Booth
!, centre; Crowds, Armstrong and Edwards
Eguards, Hillebrand and Holt. tackles
Palmer. Poe and Baird, quarter backs
d Bangard, Kelly and Reiter. half backs
e and Wheeler and AyTes, lun paehs
table. The first injury of the season wa
/ sustained this afternoon by Poe. 1900. !
) promising candidate d9r guar, na 2 35 u
9 attempt to dodge a tackle. .
t This city will be represented in tn
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