The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-12-05
Snortiup Notes.

The Mount Holly team did not have a
game of football on Saturday, but may
meet the Linwood team again next Satur
day. The latter club is well pleased with
the reception it receives in Mount Holly.
Burlington's basket ball team is winning
all the games it enters. 1t is strong ag-
gregation The game last week with the
Pennsylvania Bicycle Club was fiercly con-
tested but the Burlington boys came out
victorious. Games are played every Tues
day night.
A team from Mount Holly went to Penn
berton on Thanksgiving day to play the
team of that place. 1t was good game.
The Pemberton boys only need the in
struction of a good coach to put them in
the front rank of football. The Mount
Holly team was reinforced by a college
boy who was expected to do great things
but he was handled numerically by the
other side. Mount Holly got the ball into
Pemberton's territory in the kick off, but
it was soon pushed back. The score was
6 to in favor of Pemberton Frank Du-
rand was the referee.
The Columbus football team went to
Pemberton on Saturday to play the team
of the latter town. Considerable time
was spent in discussion over the eligibility
OF some of the Pemberton players, the Co.
lumbus manager claiming that the other
team had been padded for the occasion.
1t was decided, however, to go on with
the teams as they appeared on the field.
Pemberton clearly outclassed it's rival, GO
ing through the centre as if it were
paper. The score was % to in Pember-
toms favor. When the last halt was near
ly over and when Columbus was closer to
the goal than it had been for some time.
'Gabe" Smith, one of the heaviest PLAYERS
on the Columbus team, fell and sprained
his ankle, and the referee called the game
Three hundred people assembled at the
grounds of the Mount Holly football team
on Thanksgiving afternoon to witness the
contest between Mount Holly and the Lin
wood Field club. The game was adver-
tised for three o'clock promptly, but the
visitors did not all arrive on time, although
number of them came up the night be-
fore. 1t was four o'clock when referee
Harry Cross blew his whistle and the
game began in earnest. In a short time
one OF the Linwood men was laid out on
the ground and there was call for a doc
tor. 1t was discovered that the player
had broken his collar bone. He retired
from the game and in less than ten minutes
there was another call for a physician.
This time Linwood man had his lip cut
open. He sat down for the rest of the
game. Play went along for time when
there was crash that was heard all over
the field The heads of two players had
come together with great force This re-
suited in another Linwood man taking
seat on the bench, and play was DELAYED
until the other fellow, a Mount Holly man,
got his head tied up At this point fe-
male went on the field and called to one
of the players on the Mount Holly team
and ordered him to get out of the game.
First thing you know" she said,
you'll have broken head and don't pro-
pose to keep you all winter" The young
man meekly walked off. The first half
ended without either side scoring. In the
second half the Mount Holly team started
off with a rush and it looked as if they
were going to win with ease, but the Lin
woods were game and prevented the home
team from crossing the line.