The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-10-07
SPORTS and
SPORTSMEN
Stevens Preparatory School
Beaten at Football By
Newark High School.
NEWS OF THE WHEELMEN
McDuffee Breaks Records
With the Bowlers-Jer-
sey Chess Club
NEWS OF THE WHEELMEN

Newark High School eleven came 10
Hoboken Thursday and lined up against
Stevens Preparatory eleven, at the p.
George Cricket grounds. It was an
Interscholastic League game and attfact-
ed 4 large crowd. The teams appeared to
be very evenly matched when they hrst
appeared on the field for practice. Il
anything the Stevens boys seemed to nave
a little the best of the weight There was
no wind of any account and the con-
ditions were excellent. Bigelows OF New
ark, kicked off to Stevens fifteen yard
lines, where Adams caught 1t and was
tackled after he gained four yards, When
he was downed. Stevens lost the bah on
downs. Then by a means of line punch
ing and era plays the High School backs
Brought the bah to Stevens five yard Inc,
where they lost it on a tumble. Stuhr
punted to the centre of the field, where
the Newarkers got the ball and shortly
after lost it on a tumble in a scrimmage-
The High school again got the ball on
e kick and failed to advance 1t enough,
so Bigelow punted to Stevens twenty-five
yard line. Stuhr returned the punt and
the ball was again in High School terrle
tory. The ball was then advanced 10
Stevens i've yard line where High School
humbled and lost the ball. Stuhr at
tempted to buck the High School line,
hui was backed over the line for a safety.
Time, 9 minutes 20 seconds. H. S., 2; S.
r., 0.
Stuhr kicked to High Schools twenty
yard line and Biegelow caught 1t and I'M
der excellent interference made twenty
yards. Then the Stevens line was bucked
with great success. Fifteen yards through
the tackle and then twenty around the
ends andSchwin went over for a touch
doWn Bigelow kicked the goal. Time,
Us minutes % seconds H. S., s; S. p, o.
In the second half Stuhr kicked to Lord,
fwho made ten yards before thrown down
Wreeland punted the ball on Stevens
khirty-fve yard line. chwin ran twenty
yards around the end and repeated his
performance at the next line up for a
touchdown. Bigelow failed to make good.
EcorAHigh School, 10; Stevens Prepara-
tory School, 0. Time, I'm.
Shortly afterward Bigelow and Schwinn
took turns at playing solitaire. and the
latter landed the ball once more behind
the sticks, Bigelow kicking goal. Time,
aim. IS. Score-High School. IS; Stevens
Preparatory School, 0.
After a short scrimmage the ball was
forced to Stevens two-yard line, and on
the next attempt Bigeaow was shot
through for another one and kicked the
goal. Time. 1Sm. 27s. Score-High School.
rs: Stevens Preparatory School. 0.
The ball was on Stevens five-yard line
when the whistle blew. The line-up:-
High School. Position. Stevens.
Lyon..----1 Centre IVAN Tyne
yreeland Right tackle..-.....Adams
Gorlies-Skinner Left ackle.-.... Stanton
Astley-Martin-R Right guard. Mead (capt.)
Keilar.-..--...Left guard. .......... Fisher
Sehwinn tcapt). Plight haiti. ". Allen
Smith,. Quarterback .Britten
Lord--.......-.. Fullbaek .............Suhr
Kriden-More'se Sc. Left ............W White
Right end..-.....Gramsch-
(Ingham)
Two halves of twenty and fifteen min
utes respectively. Referee-Mr. Perry,
Stevens. UmpiretMrs. Johnson. Rose
vile Football Association- Llnesmen-.
stevens. Timekeepers-Mr. De Wolf, of
Newark, and Mr.. Stevens, of Stevens.
Stevens Institute eleven plays its first
game today at Newark against the New
ark Athletic Club. The local team is very
strong this season and is expected to
make an even better record than that of
last season.
The football season at st. George
Cricket Grounds. Hoboken, will be start
ed tomorrow afternoon by the game be-
tween the Carteret Field Club team, and
the Volunteer A. c., of Harlem. The
game is scheduled to begin at three
O'Clock.
The Carteret is composed of players
from several of the local clubs, and con-
tains a sprinkiing of college and athletic
club players. The squad, numbering
fwenty-six men. are managed and coach
ed by Oscar C. Aubut. Some of the best
players to be found in this vicinity have
focked to the Orange and Black, and UNI
der the strick training and hard practice
of the past three weeks a really credit
able team has been secured. The team is
captained by Tommy" Byrne. the plucky
little quarterback on last years Catho-
lie Institute team.
OF those who are practicing in the
squad, Wehrfritz. Halloran, Boyce. Ryan,
Clerkin. Cabell. Higgins. Hudson and
Capt. Byrne nave gained their experience
On many hard-fought battles on local
gridirons. Burt is a Princeton man, Mil
der and Prinzinsing are from Fanwood
College. johnson from u. of Penna., I