The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-15
SPORTING NEWS.

The foot ball event of the season
will take place next Saturday after
noon when the high school teams, OF
Willamsport and Scranton. will battle
for the state inter scholastic cham
pionship. The High School team is
materially strengthened by the addi-
tion of Arch Brown and James Horan
to the team. These two men will both
prove towers of strength, and by the
acquisition of them the eleven will
present en- entirely new appearance
when it files on the field.
John Malta, who has been playing
guard on the team was formerly the
High School center, and in 1897 was
chosen as the center of the all Lacka'-
wanna county eleven. fe will be
seen in the old position again Satur-
day On either side of him will be
the strapping guards, John and James
Horan. The two tackles will be Ar
thur Shultz and Ed WeisSenfluh.
Harry Vaughan, the High Schools
hard working player, and fast footed
McHugh will guard the ends.
Gene Tropp will play quarter back
and most of the punting Of the game
will be done by him.
Behind the line the High School
is almost invincible. Captain Clar-
ence DE Bow is one of the fastest half
backs in the county, while his dough-
ty running mate Arch Rrown. will un-
doubtedly get around the ends and rip
up the line, in the same manner that
he won so many games for the School
of Lackawanna. Oliver Williams, who
has been playing half-back 50 far this
season, will be stationed at full back,
and is expected to do great work.
George Harrington and Ben Eynon,
who have been playing on the team
all through the season. have been dis
placed by the new arrangements, but
may get into the game before it is
over. The game is expected to draw
the largest crowd ever seen at the
park, and it probably will.
Another eventful game of the season
will take place on Wednesday, Novem-
Der %, when the strong st. Thomas
eleven will join issues with the High
School. st. Thomas has a very strong
team, and 1t will doubtessly be n
very fierce game.
The merchants of this city are TAX
ing great interest in the game for Sat
urday, and by Offering prizes are doing
their best to spur the boys on to play
great game. FlOrey g. Brooks offer
q complete head-harncss to the run
ner making the first touchdown. Jo-
mas Longs Sons offer a handsome
sweater to the man playing the best
game, and Alex. Dunn will give a
necktie to the player putting up the
best all around game
Charles Colbert, of the city, is play
|. ing a great game at end on the Du-
| Quesne Athletic club team at Pitts
/ burg. This eleven is one of the strong
! est aggregations of players on the
| gridiron and the fact that Colbert
! shines as he does. among such gal
! aXy Of stars, stamps him as one Of the
| finest players that ever booted the
| pigskin. Pesides Colbert. WagOnhurst
! and Jackson, old University Cf Penn
! sylvania men, are on the team, and
mons, who played with Brown Univer-
sity in 1897. and We're then regarded
| as two Of the fastest backs in the foot
ball world. Nearly every man on the
team was formerly a star player on
one Of the larger university teams, and
so far this season, the eleven has not
met a single adversary against whom
! it has not rolled up an overwhelming
| score