The Jersey City news., 1899-11-13
SPORTS And
SPOR I TSMEN.
Knickerbockers Beaten at
Football BY Duquane--
Bramhalls Lose.
WITH THE BoWLERs
Cycle Racing at vailsburg
Club Day Handball- Ten
mis- Club News

The Knickerbocker Athletic Club eleven
went to Pittsburg Saturday and lined up
against the Duquane Athletic Associa-
ton team in the annual championship
game. The Cherry Diamond team was
beaten to standstill by the score of AZ
to O. They were showed and mauled all
around the field by the heavy brilliant ag-
gregation that has fooled every team 1t
has met this year and never suffered
defeat at the hands of any but the very
best.
When the Knickerbocker team arrived
at the field they were very nicely received
and looked able to play the games Of their
lives The report had gone around that
the Knicks would claim the championship
Of all athletic clubs if they won and the
home team were determined that vic
tory would not be carried home by the
visitors under any circumstances. Their
determination led them to play the hard
est game they have put up this year. The
backs tore big strips of ground off at
almost every try. Centre rushes were as
successful as end plays for the Pittsburg
cracks and they ripped the visitors up IN
good shape In the first half three touch
downs were scored and in the second half
27 points were scored while the team from
this city were being tossed about at the
will of their conquerors. The line ups-
d g. and A. G. KA. c.
Left End
Wagenhursf Left Left Tackle. Tackle '''''.'' s'ssA
~ Left Guard.
Jennings ...... r,nt.a .........- cornei
Smith ...... ....s..... 3. -. .wishart
Right Guard
Winstein Right Tackle. 'Hosnes
Dickson -.'... Right right End. End. :. -Aandisy
Williams ...... ...... -. I'D. Casanova
Quarter. ehonar
Left Half.
~ Full Back.
Timers-Buchanan and Cornish. Linesmen
Wintring and Lynch. Twenty-minute
halves.
The Brighton Field Club of Harlem.
came to this city yesterday and defeated
the Bramhall Field Club eleven. at the
latter's grounds before large crowd of
enthusiasts who cheered the teams on to
10 their best. The game was an excel
lent one and was well fought to the end.
There was a little weakness and not
enough ginger in the Bramhalrs play in
the early part of the game and 1t was
during this stage that the visitors got in
their fine work and scored the winning
points Play had been going on only
short time when Comstock tore big
gap in the line of the Bramhall eleven
and got through and over for touch
down. A few minutes later Grimly sue
ceeded in crossing the line. After this
the Bramhalls got in and played their
regular game 1t was then shown that
the teams were pretty evenly matched
as there was no more scoring and the ball
remained in the centre of the field most
Of the time. The line up
Brighton f. c. d0). Bramhall 3. G. (W.
ForSyt1e. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .....--..--tatuna
Left end
Buckley....... =. .aci,,a ....-.-. .Dinswah
t1.rrs+ Lett tackle John Brown
Left guard
Irving. .....,... .-...... ............... .Nagle
Centre
Right guard
= 90 = : = Right tackle
Walsh....... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Wllllams
Price ... 80. -. ~ .-.... .CaYanagh
Left half-back
Grimly Right haif.bacK sA''l
Full-back
Referee-Edward Thornton, Umpire
James Murphy. Tinekeepers-A; RooneM
and f. Newman Linesmen-H Mulry
and D. Forsythe. Touchdowns-crlrniy
and Comstock.
The Carteret Field Club drew large
crowd yesterday to the st. George Cricket
grounds. where the team was scheduled
to meet the ST. Nicholas Field Club of
New York City, but the latter team did
not show up and there was no game
After waiting for an hour the local aggre-
CATION gave up hope to the disappointed
crowd that there would be no game.
The Olympus Club of Greenyille, jour-
neyed to Staten Island Saturday and
defeated the strong Staten Island Field
Club In an exciting game of football by
a score Of to @. The Olympus team is
iubilant over the victory, which they
claim denotes their ability to cope with
any first class team
The average weight of the Staten Island
team is one hundred and sixty-five
pounds, The Olympus Club made up for
the disparity in weight by display of
science and grit which landed it win
ner. One of the Olympus members said
that the Staten Island Club was so dis
heartened that 1t forgot to pay the usual
guarantee.
CLUB DAY HAhDBALL.
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