The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-11-21
ON The GRIDIRON
Field Club Defeated
Richmond A. G. at
Cricket Grounds
Sunday.

mond A. C lined up on the formers grid
iron, St. George Cricket Grounds, Hobo
ken, Sunday. for the most interesting
game of the season. The game was a fast
one from start to finish and it was either
side up to within the last ten minutes Of
the second half.
Hudson kicked off for the Carterets In
the first half n the ball was carried up
and down the field until the referee blew
his whistle for time up, when the bail
was practically in the middle of the field.
McKenna, of the Richmonds. sent the
ball to the Carterets 25-yard line on the
kick off of the second half. when it was
caught by Byrne, who. with magnificent
interference and good lodging. carried the
ball to the Richmonds' 45-yard line; the
Richmonds then took q brace and the ball
went to them on downs. but only to be
returned 10 the Carterets on downs. The
Carterets then tried two end plays. but
lost three yards in the attempt. Tn ball
then wers to Wehfritz, who made a mag
niicent dive through tackle for II yards.
fast playing the Carterets at last
landed the ball over their opponents goal.
Hudson doing the good work. 1t was then
brought out for a kick and Johnson sent
it sailing over the cross bar, as pretty a
kick as has been seen on the cricket
grounds this year.
At one time in the game the Carterets
lost the ball on a tumble and 1t was
caught by Van Dam, of the Richmonds,
who started down the field for a touch
down. He, however. was quickly over
hauled and dropped in his tracks by Hig-
gins. Higgins made a grand sprint to
catch his man and in doing SO saved the
day for the Carterets.
Hudson did some fine line bucking, con-
tinually making gains through the Rich
monds' guards enc tackles.
Johnso of the Carterets did some fast
playing. being all over, SC to speak, at
once.
De Garcia of the Carterets is one of he
best ends in Hudson county, as he gets
his man every time and is generally re-
membered by the way he tackles. De
Garcia only weighs 1872 pounds.
Casey showed his ability as a Splinter,
making some very pretty flying tackles.
Van Dam Of the Richmonds did some
fine work. However. the star playing for
the team was done by McKenna and Nc
Namara.
The game was the c~leanest and fastest
one played on the cricket grounds. and
the Carterets are more confident Of their
victory over the Jersey City Field Club
than ever. The line-up:-
Carteret F. C. Richmond A. g,
Higgins WelfS
Right and.
R-yan-Enright ................. Brinkerhoff
Plight tackle.
Fitzhenry-Halloran ....s......-... Turner
Right guard.
Van Grindle
Centre.
Mcclure
Left guard.
wehfritz ..........s.....s. Van Dam, J.
Left tackle.
Left end.
Byrne OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Reddy
Quarterback.
Right haifbacK.
u''' Left haifback.
Standardization McKenna (Capt.)
RefereelMr. Costello. Umpire-Mr. Cos
tello. Score-Carterets, 6; Richmond, A.
c., O..
The game of football to be played at
the Knickerbocker Athletic Club Carni-
val, on Thanksgiving Day, viii be most
sensational. The opposing teams will be
the c. r.. Kickhams, holders of the Am
erican championship, n the famous
Barry team, champions of New Jersey.
In order to insure victory the Kickham
team has been strengthened by the adj
dition of the Brothers GUAM, the stars of
the Bowercrowe team of Tipperary. win
ners of the All-Ireland championship three
years in succession. Four players Of the
Kilmacow team, winners Of the Af-Ire-
land championship Of 1887, have just ar
rived from Ireland and will play on the
rush line Of the Kickhams. Each player
stands over 6 feet 2 inches without his
shoes. one In particular, named Fox, has
a record Of punting the ball 100 yards at
o. challenge match in Dublin. The only
thing regretted by these players is that
the arena OF Madison Square Garden IS
not large enough to give q prope exhibi-
ton of kicking. The Guam brothers. with
this star four, helped out BY such cracks
Is o'Meara and Buckley. should. n the