The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-03
THIS COUNTY'S
CRACK PLAYERS
MAKEUP OF ALL-LAtKhW ANNA
COUNTY ELEVEN FOR 1900.

COUNTY ELEVEN FOR 1900.
Foot Ball Stars Will Shine No
More Until 1901, and Usual
Team Picked at the End Of Every
Season Has Been Chosen by The
Tribune--The Two Vaughans, Kel-
liner. Weissenfluh. Langan, Hag-
gerty, Farrell, aendall, Tropp.
McAndrew, Hadgins. Members.
The close of the foot hall season every
year occasions the choosing of all-col-
lege teams OH the big g,idirons. and the
picking of a representative eleven from
the local PLAYERS The task this year
is not an easy one. The School of the
Lackawanna. which in former years
has always put out one of the strong
est elevens i'll the county was this year
represented by an aggregation so weak
that it fell an easy victim To High
Schools second team.
The elavrns who present recruits for
the all-Lackawannn county team are
'''' hliii'N'' i'iSli '''li''I' '' D''i'''iN
Indians. Factoiyville and the Thir-
tecnth regiment. Of these. st. Thomas
alone was stronger than last year. The
others seemed all to be younger, lighter
and raWer than the teams of 1899.
Captain Tropp did wonders with his
High School youngsters. but the alb
sence from ii of last years veterans
could not hut be noted. That pair Of
giant guards. fioran and Malta the
two fleet half!)acks. Dri'ow and Brown,
hardy Schultz, the tackle, We're all
missing.
Factoryvile also was weaker. Rich
ardSon. the mighty. sunnyhai,ed half
back. was gone and so were the ma
jority of tie husky giants who last
year made Keystone Academy one or
the most formidable aggregations of
players in the county.
CARBONDALE INDIANS.
The Indians. of Carbondale. were only
a little weaker. and Lackawanna. as
has already been said could not be
considered in the same class with the
other teams. The Thirteenth regiment
had good ina ateria to draw from and
put on the field Il good team one which
in 1901 will keep 'em all guessing"
practice enough. and after the dsas-
trous defeat by 81. Thomas. lost heart.
The st. Thomas team. while composed
of many of last years veterans, also
had plenty Of new blood to inject gin
ger into the team work. and AS a re-
suit easily proved the premier local
team. a match between ST. Thomas
and the High School would have proved
Il good one, ana there was a generally
expressed wish for such Il game. The
college men would have been too heavy,
however. for the liaht High School men.
and unless thc latter scored by goal
kicking it is very likely that they would
have been banked, as Tropp and Weis-
entuh are the only men who could be
depended upon to gain ground.
In choosing an all-county team the
majority of places necessarily go to the
st. Thomas men. as every player on
the team proved himself throughout
the season 10 be n star in his position.
In beginull@ at the ends. Johnny
Vaughan. tie stockily built little Sen
ator' of the ST. Thomas team. is un-
doubtedlE the first man to be consid-
cred His work during The year was
uniformly excellent ana in the games
against Wyoming Seminary and Ford
mann NolictSt ilt uiN tSI't'lillN llIlt NofN. |
He was down the field under kicks. in
grayhouni,ke style, and inevitably
downed III" catcher by hard. vicious
tackles. When given the hail t~ run
with. he generally gained. and made |
several brilliant daShes during the sea- !
son.
MANY FAST MEN
There were many other fast men |
-
played part of the year with the high |
school would have made Il strong bid |
for the place had he continued in the |
same until the end of the season. His |
defensive work was much better than |
last season. and he ran as strong with |
the ball as most of The local half |
backs.
For the other end there are likewise |
many candidates. Harry Vaughan. of |
the High SCHOOL, Manley and Emmett |
IiirkWood, of 81. Thomas; Adams, of !
the Thirteenth and siaag, of keystone. |
all played splendid games. Manley and |
kirkWood played exceedingly strong |
games, but Manleys work was only |
seen III tWo games in this city ana |
kirkWood was unfortunate in break
ing an ankle early in the season, |
which put him out of the race. Spec
tacular and brilliant work in two or
three games cannot be taken us fair
criterion, and it is no shame 10 either
of these sterling players that the fact |
that they had no large opportunities to
distinguish themselves relcgates them
10 the second team. Harry Vaughan,
whose hard. steady work throughout
the entire season did so much to
strengthen the High School. will be
sGiVcn this end, which his splendid de-
fCnsive work and hard line bucking
earned him,
For right tackle, Jerry keliher, of
st. Thomas, looms up foremost. \
splendid line bucker his offensive work
equally strong. Time after time this
season has he broken through his man
and downed opposing backs before they
could get fairly started. Eynon Of the
high school, also played a good tackle,
and Finnigan, of the Thirteenth. did
well.
Anthony and Joseph Mcdonald, of st.
Thomas, and Weissenlluh. of the high
school, appear for left tackle, each of
Them strong on the defense and IL fierce
offensive player. The post goes to the
high school manager, however. His
lme-bucking during the season Was the
finest seen Al Athletic park with the
possible exception of the work of
Thomas against Fordham. and his de-
fensive tactics were also of the first
class,