The Baltimore County union, the Towson news. (Towson, Md.) 1909-1912, 1909-10-23
HILLMEN DOWN TOWSONS
A Scrappy Battle, in Which the
Locals Put Up Stiff Fight.
Manager Fox as
Linguist.

u0 usually COufCISCo ihs hOWoiN oiSO
gave vent to said language in decidedly
emphatic manner. The delay also caused
Fox's best men to stay at home last Sat-
urday, and in all probability caused
Towson's third defeat. Up until P. M.
Friday everyone thought that there
would be a game at Highland Park,
Towson, with the Barclay Athletic Club
eleven, heretofore strong and reliable
team. Just as Manager Fox was strug-
Cling, with varied contortions, into his
overcoat to depart from his Office there
was series of reverberating b-r-r-l
b-r-r-r-'s emitted from the jang-
ling telephone bell.
"Hello - in Howard's suavest tone,
in expectancy of brand-new client to
his fast-growing list.
'This ZIG Mr.. Fox ?" traled voice
from way out somewhere.
"Y-a-sr'
And the conversation which came out
of the Intervals of the little walnut frame
and was transmitted through the cord
to one of Mr.. Fox's tympans was of a
nature to set his brain, likewise his
tongue, in a most bewildering whirl.
The manager OF the Barclays was tell
ing the manager of the Towsons that he
would not find it convenient to be at
Towson on the morrow with his squad to
indulge in the most interesting pastime
of scrambling the eggs the Towson chaps
had had for breakfast.
X-tr-Y-bz-l-z-z-z-*-t-zip
zipl t-r-n!' The sentence wound up
with lower case en-" Luckily, none
of the tail-end of this maze of adjectives
got over the wire to Jingle the ears of
the lady operators at the Towson ex-
change, but it did brighten little drab-
colored mouse which had been feasting
on pile of chestnut hulls in the bottom
of the waste basket, and it scuttled off
with much rustling behind a big stack
of legal documents. The receiver was
hung up with bang in its appointed
nickel crotch.
This is what has caused Manager Fox
to blossom out as linguist.
"Jud" Mealey had been dickering
since the previous Tuesday with Tow
sons manager in an effort to land a
game with his "Hilltoppers' on the
date scheduled with Barclays, to be
played at Mount Washington. This was
Fox's opportunity, and he didn't lose a
fraction of second in getting JUDI
on the other end of the wire. However,
it was announced at Mount Washington
that there would be no game, and as the
moving-picture man over there was sick
everybody ate an early supper and went
to bed Saturday afternoon. Agame was
finally arranged at the last minute and
Fox sent out hurry-up notices to all of
| his men and full team turned out with
couple of subs; but it wasn't the team
that bucked the Walbrook line week
or so ago. The two "Toms" were sadly
missed, but-well, they're handicapped
to some extent. Anyway, that's the re-
port. A new man turned up, and so
did some of the Hillmen's line when he
showed his bony shoulder up under their
dinners, and rather than have him move
their corned beef and cabbage "a inches
| - fn oir ord fhou
straightway lay down before his vicious
onslaughts and let him parade with the
ball over them-well, about "a yards at
time. For a little fellow he was a
"hoss"-just ploughed through that line
for keeps. This kind of work will not
last, though, when there are ten yards
to go instead of five, and so Towson
could not get behind the posts with the
leather, even though every man strained
his muscles to get it there.
B. Bruff appeared dazed and bit
wobbly from kick on the head in the
early part of the game, but he fought
gamely until about the last two minutes,
when he retired on account of other
injuries. "Kunk" Jessop was right
there, too, and broke through the line
for long gains. Parks played beauti-
full game on the defence, getting several
tackles behind Mount Washington s line
for losses of three and four yards for
that team. Edelen also broke up plays
around his end and stopped their swift
backs for losses, at one time getting one
of their halves when he was ten yards
back of the line of scrimmage. Tow
sons line held like stone wall, but
when it was third down and about ten
yards to go for the Hillmen they would
work forward pass for good gains.
Towson played straight football, line
plunges and end runs being their sole
source of play. Not once did they work
forward or an on-side kick, while
Mount Washington made all their large
gains by just this kind of work. Their
touchdown was made in the first 10
minutes of play by G. Lamont. who,
after the ball had been carried from mid
field to the three-yard line by repeated