The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-13
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MUD
Poor Condition of the
Ground Interfered In
No Way With the
Playing.
HARD LINE BREAKING
Lots to Interest the Followers Of
the Pastime-Games on the
Bowling Alleys.
HARD LINE BREAKING

West Side ground was played in mud, bul
this did not interfere with the playing
and the member on both teams put up q
fast game and did some fine tackling. The
players were the representatives of the
Academy and Harrison Field Clubs. The
former were considerably lighter thar
their opponents, but what was lacked In
weight was more than balanced in skill.
The result was in doubt all the time. The
great feature was the beautiful run by
Ryan in the second half from the Acad-
emys' 1o-yard mark to the goal line, aided
by the best of Interference. TIL absence
of goal posts made this part of the game
lacking, and the result was won on touch
downs alone. In the beginning Academy
had the ball, and in the kick off Jones
caught the pigskin on his 20 yard mark,
and ran Is yards before he was tackled
by Healey. On the line UP Shaw found a
hole for six yards. and by constant
pounding at the centre and guards the
Harrisons forced the ball to theAcademys'
10 yard line, where it was lost on a fun
ble- The Academy did some great line
breaking after this, n with some pretty
runs around the ends the ball was pushed
to the Harrisons' 5 yard line, and in the
next play Murray went over for the first
Touchdown. The game continued harder
than ever after this, and the Harrisons
made their weight tell. Vicious backing
sat the line made it waver, and the Acad-
emys were unable to hold, and after get
ting near the line Shaw made a run of
Is yards for a touchdown. which tied the
score. In the second half the teams
played a hard game, and neither were
able to make any Roadway. The weight
began to wear the Academys out, and
they were beaten back, and when a
touchdown seemed certain the ball was
fumbled and the Academys got it. On
the very first lineup Ryan went around
the end for his sensational run and a
touchdown, which won the game. In the
kickoff the Harrisons sent the ball to the
Academys' ten yard line, but Murray
punted it back, and when time ended the
ball was on the Academys' 30 yard line.
The teams were:A
Academy F. C.-Bell left end; Healey,
right tackle; Franklin, right end; Storer,
quarter back; Anderson, left half back;
Ryan, right half back; Murray, full back.
son left tackle; Terry. left guard; OlBrien
centre; Watson, right guard; Murphy,
right tackle; Ennis. right end; Cummings,
4adhtSi OoSht pulteI, ltll. Hail DdCh,
Shaw, right half back; Jones, full back.
Toucndowns by Murray-Ryan and Shaw.
Points scored-Academy, s; Harrison, A.
Umpire-F. Manning.
"A game between the Myrtles and the
Jersey. Field Club created lots of interest
yesterday on the Central ground. 1t was
the first game of a series of three. They
are rivals and played a creditable game.
Both teams We're well drilled, but the
Jerseys We're the better trained and able
to stand the speed. In the opening half
Egan made. a run of % yards, aided by
Bald and Dickson, for a touchdown. Just
their way through the Myrtles for good
gains, and the backs, by fast rushing.
made gains of 10, Is and 20 yards, and the
bah was carried over the touch line for a
touchdown by Smith. In the kickoff the
ball was sent to the Jerseys five yard line
and was kicked back by Harris. After
20-yard line, and again Harris returned
the ball, gaining every time the teams ex-
changed kicks. The Myrtles We're unable
the Jerseys gainedsground rapidly. When
on the l0-yard line the ball was fumbled
and rolled over the goal line, where Davis
fell on it, but it counted as a safety, and
the half ended with a score of 6 to 4 in
favor of the Jerseys. In the second half
the latter increased the score 4 points,
and the game ended in a victory for the
Jerseys, by 10 to 4. The lineup was.-
Myrtles-Bald. left end: Dickson, left
tackel; Marion. left guard; Merritt, cen
LIZ, 0dChSOH, IlSuL GUARD, FnlllDS. right
tackle;- Davis, right end; Wilson, quarter
back; ]. .E-vis, left half back; Egan, right
half back; Ha1sey, full back.
JerseysnWodds, left end; yernol, left
atckle; Bannon, right end; Nevins. quar-
right half back; Harris. full back.
~Touchdowns by Egan, Smith and. Kerr;
goals by Halsey and Harris; points scored,
INVITES, &; Jerseys, 10. Referee, M. Brady.
L u / l. M0TT1S0n
The Byron Athletic Club has organized
a strong football eleven, which viii be pre-
pared to make as good a record as last
year. The team viii have its annual re-
ception at Columbia Hall, November l.
The Carteret Football Cub desires a
game w. with all clubs averaging 125 ponds.
games preferred. All communications
should be sent to H. Willett, No. Is Grant
avenue.
The Jersey City Field Club have Sat1r-
day open and would like to play any
team giving a suitable guarantee. Mana
gers can address George Middleton. No.
3T7 Bergen avenue.
The New Jersey Athletic Club will visit
Orange Oval this afternoon for a game
wit hthe Orange Athletic Club.
The leading games to be played today
by the crack teams of this country are
University of Pennsylvania VS.. Univer-
sity of Virginia, at Philadelphia.
Phillips Andover Academy vs. Brown,
at Andover.
Princeton VS.. PennsylvaniaAState Col
lege. at Princeton.
Harvard VS.. Amherst, at Cambridge.
Wesleyan VS.. Tufts, at MiddletoWn.
Orange A. c.. VS.. New Jerse A. c., at
Orange Oval
st. Marks Academy vs.. Boston Latin
School, at ~Southboro, Mass.
The Carlisle Indians, from all accounts,
have another strong eleven this year.
They have been coached by several Yale
men, including Billy Bull. this season,
and they are rapidly getting fit for their
hard games. On Saturday they will play
princeton at Princeton. The game bids
fair to be the most important of the year,
and the Tigers will be compelled to put
| their most powerful eleven in the field.
Tigers by a score of % to 6. but they were
the only football eleven. barring Yale,
to score against the champions during the
entire season.. A week from Saturday the
red men tackle Yale at the Polo grounds,
New York. in what may turn out to be
a battle royal. 1t will be remembered
hat the Indians were beaten by Yale.
not meet Harvard this year, but they will
run up against Pennsylvania and also
take a Western trip toward the end of
the sason. They have been especially
trained this year to keep in prime con-
dition all through the schedule. Last year
they were a trife stale after meeting
Princeton, Yale and Harvard. and did not
keep up to their remarkable high standard
set early in the season.
Because of wet grounds the Catholic
Club eleven did not practice at Baldwin
Park. but did light work in the gym
nasium.
Orion. New Officers.
The Orion Rowing and Athletic Associa-
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