The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-20


a loss of IS points. The value of one
man never seemed so great in football
before.
The annual game between Brown
and Dartmouth, scheduled for Satur-
day, may be postponed to Thanksgiv-
ing Day. Brown is especially anxious
for a postponement as its team is Sc
verely crippled.
Angel. one Of the Columbia foot
ball squad, has only one hand. His
right hand was cut off in an accident
several years ago at point just below
the elbow. Angel tackles viciously
and is a good lineman.
Cornell and Pennsylvania will sup
ply the biggest of the Thanksgiving
Day football attractions. Columbia
beat Pennsylvania II to 0 and was
beaten by Cornell "a to 0, Scores con-
sidered, it looks easy for Cornell
Teams from Yale and Harvard
bridge. Jennings, the former Dart
mouth player who was declared M
eligible for the varsity eleven, is one
of the Harvard Law Schools backs,
Tech got all the honors that were
possible for a team that didn't win a
game. Next season the manager may
ARRANGE at least one game with team
that will give Tech an opportunity to
corral it's first victory for several sea-
sons.
Worcester Academy has definitely
decided to quit football for the present
season and in doing so, the best sea-
son for several years is ended. Worces-
ter Academy stands at the head of
New England preparatory schools in
football.
Brown attempted to get Dartmouth
to agree upon 25-minute halves for the
annual game when the understanding
| has been, that 35-minute halves be
played. There is evidently fear on the
part of the Brunonians that the Han
over men will be victorious.
The fact that the Columbia team
usually goes down hill rapidly in the
closing games of the season has re-
suited in a demand on the part of the
students for a football trainer Coacn
Sanford says that one is unnecessary,
but facts don't substantiate him.
University of Pennsylvania is gain
ling an unenviable reputation in college
athletics. u. of P. is said to have
furnished Harvard with the informa-
ton concerning Fullback Weymouth's
long term at Bucknell and then noti-
fed Yale that Cults, Harvard's stan
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The meeting between Princeton
and Yale caused the Yale coaches tc
invite all kinds of gloomy stories tC
keep the Elrs from becoming over.
confident. Coach Stillman told the
wearers of the Blue that it would be
necessary to play so per cent better
football to defeat Harvard.
Terry McGovern was offered 6
purse of $4,000, with $500 for expenses
to meet Ben Jordan or Jack Roberts
before the Adelphi Club of LondoI
next spring. McGovern accepted, blu
has been notified that the club hai
withdrawn its offer alleging that Teri!
did not answer quickly enough.
George II. Brooke, the former Penn
Isylvania fullback, now a football critic
for Philadelphia paper, says tina
those who pick Harvard to win because
Yale. was able to score but II points
against a weak team, should wake up
Brooke picked Princeton to win. He
says that Harvard has barely a chance
against the Blue.
Saturdays game will decide the
Eastern college championship. Yale
has downed Princeton and Pennsy was
easy for Harvard, Unlike former
years, with the possible exception of
last season, there will be no doubt In
the minds of football experts regard
ing the championship team provided
Saturdays score is not a tie.
The honors that Worcester High
failed to get in football may. be re-
gained in track athletics, but this will
not be easy. Last spring in the inter
scholastic games, Academy had a
| team of untried performers, but enough
! points were scored to insure several
! point winners this year and Coach
Donovan is sure to bring out a star or
1 two.
Massachusetts Basketball League,
the new organization which Fred H.
Sawyer of Hudson sprung as a means
whereby he could prove his executive
ability, is already lettering, and this
after but one game has been played
Pawtucketville A. C. Is reported to be
ready to drop and in South Franz
ingham chance to enter Massachu-
sets Central League is wanted. In
Monday nights opening game in Saw
yers league, the Burkes defeated the
Cambridge institutions by a score Of 10
to 10.
james Franklin, for many years
owner and president of the Buffalo
baseball club and president of the
Board of Aldermen in the Pan-Ameri-
can city, died at his home in that city.
tending the meeting of minor league
magnates in New York in October Mr..
Franklin was seized with heart trouble
but he had since been active. Election
day, while pulling the lever on a vot-
ing machine. Mr.. Franklin was again
attacked and the illness that followed
proved fatal
Saturdays game marked the 25th
annual meeting of Yale and Princeton
upon the gridiron. Times have changed
in those 25 years, and with the change
in times have come changes in the
style of play and rapid forward ad-
vancements. In the first annual match
each side was allowed 20 men, and the
players were not allowed to handle the
ball at all Kicking and batting the
ball with the hands were the only
means allowed to drive the ball toward
the opponents goal line. Gradually the
style Of play was changed and the
number of players reduced. The method
of scoring also underwent a change as
is shown by the following scores: 1876.
Yale 2 goals, Princeton 0; 1886, Yale
touchdown. Princeton 0; 1896. Prince
ton "a, Yale 6. OF the % games PLAYED
since 1876 Yale has won Is and Prince
ton has secured Q, with a tie score in
1881, when neither side was able O.
score a goal, a touchdown or a point
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