The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-30
FOOT BALL GOSSIP.


About 10 o'clock last night the Villa
Nova football eleven arrived in this
city, coming on the Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western railroad This
| afternoon they will meet the st.
Thomas college eleven.
Villa Nova has an excellent record
this season, having played an exceed
ingly strong game, under the guidance
! of Captain Richard Nallin and Man.
ager NJ. V. Munley, the former OF
whom is Scranton boy, and the lat
ter from Avoca. Early in the season
the team met Lafayette and was de-
feated by score of Is to O., This score
is surprisingly small when the fact is
considered that Lafayette has also de-
feated the elevens representing the
University of Pennsylvania and Cor
nell, and probably has the strongest
team that ever strobe the eastern grid
iron, wearing the Lafayette colors.
In that same game remarkable work
was done by Joe Weir. Villa Nova's
quarterback, and the same aggressive
and brainy player that captaincd the
champion st, Thomas team of last
year.
st. Thomas, however, does not cx-
pect TO be overwhelmed either by the
record or playing of the Villa Nova
boys. The local team will be made up
of an exceedingly fast, strong aggrega
tion of men, and while they will prob
ably be outpointed in the scientific part
of the game, it is more than likely
that the st. Thomas weight and Drawn
will make itself felt before the second
half is over In all events the game
will prove an interesting one from the
spectators point of view, and ought
to draw a big crowd to the grounds.
a great crowd was present at the
Delaware and Hudson depot last night
to welcome the Villa Nova football
! eleven, as it got off the train. All of
st. Thomas college team was there,
and the din, produced by yells and
horn blowing, was sou.Nthirg trcmer-
dous. The college boys are a rugged,
sturdy looking crowd and will prob
ably give St Thu. - hardest fight
that the latter has yet gone UP against.
Captain Nallin, when spoken to by a
Tribune man, said that his men were
not ir the best of condition, as two or
three of the players are injured, and
the team has been out Of practice for
|, some time. Eighteen men, however,
came along, and the team which will
go into the field this afternoon will be
far from a weak ono. He spoke in 4
very modest manner of the eleven and
its expectations for this afternoons
result.
After the ST. Thomas boys had
howled themselves hoarse by vocifer-
ously cheering for both their team and
the visiting eleven, they INDUCED in a
tOrch-light procession and continued
to make things lively for some time.
This afternoons lineup will probably
be as follows:
Villa Nova. st. Thomas
McFadden, Foley center ....,McDoanell
DAILY .......... right guard .Langan
Heizer, Donahue. left guard Mcdonald
EaEan ........ right tackle ...... .Keelehcr
Nolan ...,....,. left tackle ..McGouldrick
Bonner Mccain. right end .,...... .Keefa
Munley ........ left end ........ Hannahue
Weir ......,. quarter back ........ Forbes
Nallin, cap right half back. Kirkwood, can
Kane. Bagley left half back. .NIcAndrew
Cullinan ........ full back .....W. O'Horo
The game starts at o'clock sharp,
and all arrangements have been made
for the accommodation of a big crowd
The scranton High School eleven, to-
gether with Eoodly aggregation Of
| followers Of the gold and blue, leave :
this morning at $40 O'clock, on the
d., L. and w. road, for Binghamton,
in special car.
This will be High Schools last game,
unless another contest is secured with
the School of Lackawanna, and the
boys are determined to win IT. The
champions of the Parlor City are one
Of the fastest sets of players that have
visited Scranton this season, and have
already defeated High School by a
score of TO 0. TIE local boys, how
ever will play their hardest and ex-
pect TO return with the laurels Of VIC
tory enciTcling their brows.