The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-25
FORMER STARS OF YALE DEFEAT
PRESENT DAY PLAYERS.
GOAL NOT ONCE IN DANGER
Remarkable Skill Exhibited by Old
Players Who Only Show
Lack of Training.

an extraordinary character was wit
messed by the Bicentennial club at
Yale field this afternoon when a team
composed Of the most famous stars
among Yale's former players, lined up
against the substitute university
eleven. Despite the fact that they
we're u~ndisciplined and unconditional
the veterans outplayed their younger
rivals from start to finish and dur
ing the contest the stars goal was
never in danger, while the old timers
succeeded in making two ~toucndowns,
both of which were converted into
goals. The score in the first half
stood: Stars ~; second eleven O..
The game was played Immediately al
ter the. regular scheduled game be-
tween the Yale Varsity and Bates
and all of the 10000 spectators re-
manned to witness the old football
against the new.
At the first lineup for the kickoff,
there was a ~bewildering array OF
stars. Every former Yale player Of
prominence who had returned for the
festival was in football tog and all
were lined up in a sort of dress par
ade for the kickoff.
Walter Camp, the dean OF Yale foot
ball, was captain. Lined up with him
were: "Pa' Corbin, Gordon Brown,
Heffelfgnger, Burr, Chamberlain,
former captain and tackle; Fred Muir
ply also an old captain and tackle;
on the ends of the line were josh
Hartwell and Louis Hinkey, both
peers in their positions. Behind the
line were Vance" Mccormick, for
mer captain and quarterback and Ely
another crack quarterback. In the
haHback field were McClung, the cap
tain of the famous team OF VI;
Brink" Thorne, another captain ano
halfback; "Broncho" Armstrong anc
Al Sharpe. At fullback was Butter
worth and the plunging Perry Hale
Other former noted players Q:
prominence on the field and on thu
kickoff line were Harry Cross, {
guard; Chadwick, a tackle, n Cut
ten, a center.
Walter Camp kicked off amid tire
menduous cheering. The kick was
short one and the college runner wa
quickly downed. The star team wa
then reduced to eleven players VIII
lined up for the first scrimmage a
follows: Left end, Hartwell; lei
tackle, Murphy; left guard, Heffe
finger; center, Corbin; right guar'
Gordon Brown; right tackle, Bul
Chamberlain; right end, Louis hin
ey: quarterback, Vance Mccormick
left halfback, Brink Thorne; rlgl
halfback, McClung; fullback Butte
worth.
From the moment of the first scrlr
mage it became evident that u
same surprising skill remained in tt
great players who had often brougl
victory to Yale. Although they We
soon putting, they were still IN eve
nlay with a fire n dash Whl'
amazed the spectators. Pa" Corr
at center was the same great cent
as of old. Heffelfnger at guard to
his way through the players and IN
the thick of it like a locomotlN
Gordon Brown was a counterpa
Chamberlain and Murphy at I
tackle positions were just as stur
as ever, while at the ends Jos
Hartwell and Louis Hinkey delight
the crowds with the consummate t
tics of the end rushes. AT quar-
Mccormick was the same master
general. McClung on his trst os
for the end resorted to that thrill
lodging which made him a mar
in the early '90s. Brink Thorne '
the same hurdling, plunglng imp
able half. And at fullback But
worth brought back the days when
football world was astonished at
mowers as a ~line-backer and long,
kicking fullback.
The old players soon began to
the effects of poor condition., n
ever, and substitutes began to &C
on. Corbin gave way to Cutten,
Cross, Chadwick, Armstrong,
sharpe and Hale went in one by
In spite of their best modern 1901
the college team could not score, .
ever. and the final score stood a.
to O in favor of the stars.
Foruer Preaded Guilty.