Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-11
Football Notes.

Herbert L. Spencer Of Duluth, M rni!.,
Naval Academy Football lealan ioi
season. He plays let !.
~ I-,i,,ersitv of Michigan Athletic As
sonin,;on nettcd s25 600 proht on the l9o'
foothaU season, enabling them 70 pa! d
dsbt Of 5000 which existed on sept. l. tiie
result of Improvements on FeLIy neio'
IL no,Ieee athletic grounds. and nave Il
~. ,Ssn1oe balance for further improve
ment of Ferry field
| vale took no action. Saturday. in refer
.nce 70 Socker football. No attempt has
been made to introduce the sdiie d. a.
and no representative was sent TO the m
torcoIlegiate meeting in New York. Yale
men are satisfied with the present game
of football. Seeker football may he start
ed at Yale if any men dre found who
wish to play.
.oason of the Wellesley High school
which was closed Thanksgiving day. the
much priced wv was, Saturday, award
ed to the following players: Adams,
Tarnham Marshall, Seagrave Gallagher,
Icrges, r Shepard. =. Shepard, Theis,
Putnam. German. Brooks and Bryant
Preston Bryant was announced as captain
of next years football team.
While playing football with q number Of
companions on I.eslle'i field, Wellesley
Lower Falls. Saturday afternoon. Louis
f. Connolly, II years old, son OF Mrs "A.
II. Connolly, had his right leg broken
Newton hospital. where an N-ray eXaml-
nation was made. The break. occurring
above the knee, is believed at the hospital
to be Il very serious one, and the ooy
may lose his leg.
Cart. Dillon Of Princeton's football
team, emphatically denied. SATURDAY
night. that he had stated in Philadelphia;
Thursday night, that Pennsylvania anu
Princeton would resume football relations
next year He said: II have never made
such Il statement and to my knoWledSe
Pennsylvania and Princeton now arc no
nearer resumng relations than they have
been for several years past. III TACT.
neither university has taken the initia-
tive yet The matter has not been dis.
cusscd by the Princeton authorities and
if it is to be discussed L have no idea how
they will view it.
Edwin White, manager of the Yale foot
ball team, announced. Saturday evening.
that Yale football receipts for the yea
have been over $4,000. (which breaks all
former records. The number Of tickets
for the Yale-COlumbia game was $500. FOR
the Yale-rrinceton game 29.144. and for
the Yale Harvard game 5000. This num-
Der of seats at 81 each means 4 return
of s15S4sS. of which Yale receives one
half or $19244. TIE minor games were
largely attended and brought in over
$1,000 of which Yale receives one-half. The
Brown game brought in $500. Football
never before attracted to many people
as it cid this fall.
Thu athletic beard of Amherst college
at Il meeting, Friday evening. voted the
football a. to the following meu: Har-
old II, Crook 'O7 of Seattle. Wash: Frank
r Crook '06 of Seattle Wash. John a.
Gildcrslecve '0S Of Matituck. n. y: Henry
S Osborn OF of feedding. CT: Roswell a.
Bryant 90 of New York City; Verne =.
Priddy '0S of Ffndlay, o.; Maxwell c;
Shattuck 'OS of Wellesley Hills, Clifford
r. Lewis 06 of West Somervillc. John II.
Hubbard % of Hatfield, William W. Xii
bourn 'O9 of Fulton, N. y; Raymond y.
Lcadhetter '0a OF Lestershirc. n. y. p.
w. Cornell 09 of Scranton. Pr. George
Burns OF Of BrockpOrt. n. Y, was chosen
assistant manager of the football team
DIR. J. William White. chairman of the
athletic committee of the University of
Pennsylvania, has made public the cor
respondence he had with Commander Hal
sey of the Navy. and Captain Pierce of
the Army. with reference to the transfer
of the army and navy football game to
Princeton. The University of Pennsylva-
mia authorities. on account of the annoy
anCc connected with the distribution OF
| tickets" requested in 1903 that an article
should be added to the original agree
ment allowing each party to the agree
ment to dispose of the seats assigned to
| it in a manner selected by it's representa-
| tives; provided. that in case of the sale
| of seats. the net proceeds shall be d-
Vided between the army and navy SOcie-
ties that are endeavOring to care for the
widows and orphans of those officers and
| men who have died in the two services.