The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-16
ODD TRICKS TURN
TIDE in FOOTBALL

During one OF Michigan's mid-sea
son games In 1909, while the score wa
ia tie and both elevens were on tip
& toe for the slightest advantage, fac
:. tor appeared that for few minute
threatened to throw. the whole con
test out of gear. That factor was Abe
Il tho pet dog Of tho Delta Kappa Epsi
lon fraternity men, who. dashing GU
i Into the field OF play. from the sidc
lines, reached tho Immediate scene O
action just as Michigan fumbed th,
&ball In IN scrifnnlagc.
Instantly Abe seized the thongs O.
tho pigskln with his toeth and start.
ed at top speed across the grldiron
Ihe players on both teams Joined II
tho laugh with the spectators while
tho referee and four or five assistan,
managers headed Off the dog.
Although there are some who may
regard tho case as one OF sheer odd
ness rather than OF humor, there was
certainly grain OF the latter at least
In the last game Of football played
between Princeton and the University
q OF Pennsylvania. On each OF these
elevens was player-and good ono
at that-named Rosengarten. Tho
men were brothers who. peculiarly
enough. had selected different alma
matters.
When the game began the men
knew only the fact that they were
lighting for the gridiron honor Of
their respective universities and their
ties of blood were completely forgot
ten. As result, when each scrim-
mage was disentangled by the OIL
Gals. the brothers Rosen garten were
disclosed at the very bottom Of the
heap pressing each others faces In
the soil with anything but brotherly
feeling 1t was to the fight between
these two mun during this game as
much as to any other one thing, that
the break In athletic relations between
the two universities was due.
With the score a tie in the Trinity
Amherst game last year, Trinity had
the ball Oh Alnhersts ten-yard line
with two yards to gain on the third
down. The field judge (the third Of
fclaD, believing quite naturally thatl
Trinity would make line play, took
a position close UP instead of remain
ing at distance down the field, where
he should have been.
Instead OF making a line play. how |
ever. Trinity started run around
Amhersts right end and the latter
player. in attempting to get the man
with the ball, collided with the field
judge who was close by. AS result
Of the collision, both the official and
the Amherst player were hurled to
the ground under the feet OF the rush
ing teams and the Trinity man scored
a touchdown. The dispute that fol-
lowed was one OF tho most picturesque
accidents Of the season.
TaussiE, the referee in a recent |
State game, was
twice sucked into the tide Of scrim-
mage and buried in the mass Of strug-
cling players, and the referee OF a |
and Jefferson contest two
iears ago carried black eye for sew
sral weeks as a result OF having lost
his balance on a slippery field and
laving fallen into the vortex Of the
lighting pile.
In the annual Yale-Harvard game
n 1893, one of the Harvard mon had
.lmost every stitch of clothing ripped
rom his body in scrinmage and had
Q be wrapped in blanket until hei
ould be provided with a new pair OF
ANTS and jersey, time being taken
ut for the necessary repairs. 1t was
u the early COS, too, that the Harvard
eVen appeared on the gridiron With
creased pants, from which attenlpt ted
ackles slipped like water.
II was in the course of a ThanksgiY-
ls Day grldiron battle between the
University OF Pennsylvania and Corr
ell on Franklin Field In the nineties,
18th the lido OF victory lowing strong
in favor of the Red and Blue and
q oh NJ ny ,,aF Ia
ouchdown growing smaller every {
,inute. that Beachanl, the Cornell cap
ain, called his team aside and planned 1,
fake "dissension." Accordingly, |,
hen Cornell got tho ball and lined
p for play, the tackles protested that
ne quarter buclS had given the wrong
lgnal. the right huff back suggested i
hat it DO changed to the reverse sig
al the full back argued that it was
orrect, and the rest of the eleven be-
an lighting verbally among them-
elves. d
This caused endless and unrcpressed
among the Pennsylvania
layers, who began playing in list
,ss manner, knowing that team that
'as lighting against itself could do
othing against It's opponents. Tho
was kept up for two plays,
nd when the Pennsylvania players
ere sulnclently of their guard, Boa chs
N shot through for a touchdown. M I
AT st. Vincent's College, inIlllnois. liz
nc OF tho biggest and strongest men {
Tho came out TO try for the football Ii
'am a few years ago was from the
9untry districts. When 1t came to :
leer strength. this nlan--his name was
a wonder. but In the mat i
II of remembering the lnanoeuvres \
nd principles of the game he was Just
lie reverse. The coach, however, was /
! need of strong men, and decided to-
Sc White on tho varsity because Of
Is physical power {
White was not destined to hold his !
lace for long. III tho first game OF,
10 season, and ON the verySflrst play,i
fter one of his own team had caught. +
40 ball on the kicl-off and was head
az down the field for a. long gain Y t
White dashed among the players; broke T.
y the interference that his fellow y
layers had formed around the runner,
nd tackling the latter, threw him In ! !
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