Evening journal., 1911-12-05
IMPERIAL
FINISHES WELL
Delaware Football Champions
End Season With Coed
Record
PLAYED GAME UNDER
MANY DIFFICULTIES

Day had a successful season in every
way. Imperial made a grand show
ing for their first year upon the grid
iron.
The 1911 season opened with the I'M
.perial club electing Jack MCGOWAN as
amanager MCGOWAN is the Inter City
league baseball umpire, and also man
-aged teams in all branches OF sport
lin previous years. Furman G.. Cole
was elected assistant manager The
first move was TO hire football
coach and Managers MCGOWAN and
Cole engaged George F. Barr, of villa
Nova College for the place. Barr is
known as one of the best football full
backs in the East, having played full
-back on villa Nova College for four
+years Il was during Bars strides
there that the University Of Pennsyl-
wanna defeated villa Nova l6 to 6.
Some time ago Barr's name was on
-the score board for touchdown
against Penn. He also made touch
downs against Carlisle Indians, Navy
aud Princeton.
Building the Team.
The first football player to be sign
4ed was Edward Tucker, who proved
big factor in helping to organize the
Imperial team. Tucker played center
son the Orange team for three seasons
and has outplayed his opponent at
every stage of the game. The team
was lucky in having several exper-
-ienced men who have played several
Seasons on the Orange team.
They were Sam Snitcher. Ed. Tuck
er Ernest Warburton, Alfred Byrne,
ed. McAleer and Kyle, but when the
first game was TO be played McAleer
and Kyle could not get in the lineup,
as Kyle was called away on his new
position with the P b. and w. Rail-
road Company, and McAleer received
an injury to his knee during a prac-
Zee game. which kept him from
taking part in any more games.
Snitcher was another big factor in
bringing the Imperial out on top by
his clever punting. Snitcher was a
member of the Orange team for seven
years. and is still as good as he was
the first year he started. This year
Snitcher was made an offer to coach
, college football team in Virginia,
hut he could not accept the offer on
account OF his position here. The
other men signed by Managers Nc
Gowan and Cole we're Jack Woods, of
the T. $. Battleship Idaho team,
where ne played for four seasons /;
Lee Schriner, Bucknell College boy
Harry Mccall, who wore the Tre-
mont colors, and who also played on
DreNcl Institute, of Philadelphia
"Chief" Jefteris. a member OF the old
Parkside team; Shelly Fairchilds and
Charley Wcigandt. who played with
the Waverly Field Club. Of Philadel-
phia' Stetser, who played with
Svarthmore College, and former
Orange star; Husky" Welsh and
yellow" Adams. who played on the
old ST. Hedwig's team; Billy Ray
mond. a parkside and Lincoln star;
Harry Kane. another parkside boy;
and Dick Christy, who came from the
Wilmington Military Academy.
Barr Factor.
With these players signed the
teams season looked like a big sue
cess. Mccall working out at quar-
terback was shifted to end. This left
the quarterback position open, as
3farry Kane had not been signed at
Shat time Within three days before
the game with tho battleship Indiana
feam was TO be played Imperial was
without a quarterback The team man
Hgers then got next TO Coach Barr
and persuaded him to play which ho
did. and the way he ran the team was
great They defeated the Navy team
and after the game Barr was elected
captain
The next game was with the u. s
Marine team of League Island, Inn
perial defeating them l6 to o. In this
game Barr was taking the ball through
h. h. s..s H..
put him out of the game for good. This
proved a hard blow. Alferd Byrne was
elected captain TO succeed Barr, and
as the team was again in the need of n
quarterback as the big game with
R.Nerton was drawing near, Manager
McGowan signed Harry Kane who un-
der Barr's coaching soon rounded into
q fast quarterback and made good
from the start
The next game was with Riverton
and as they played Orange a score
less game for three seasons a great
battle was looked for Imperial went
in the game with crippled team and
at the close the score board showed a
scoreless game. Jefferis and Stetser
were out of this game with the in
5uries they received in the Marine
game. Barr was also out of the game.
The next game was with the Waverly
Field Club. champions of Pennsyl-
yania. Waverly won by the close score
of 6 to 5.
Then Camden came here thinking
they would throw it into Imperial. bnt
went back to Jersey with a IL to 0
defeat
AS Riverton wanted another chance
10 play off the tie Manager MCGOWAN
gave the Jerseymen another game cr
their own grounds which Imperial
lest 10 to o. One touchdown was
scored on a fiuke
The last game was for the cham.
pionship o. Delaware with Patty Len.
mons Fort DUPONT soldier boys here
ON Thanksgiving Day. The gam,
caused lots of interest here. Botl
teams practiced hard for the game
Fort DUPONT drew first blood by tn,
kicking Of a field goal by Carl Viii
Hams, the famous Indian. who hal
Splayed for several seasons on tn,
Carlisle Indian team, but II was
different story In the next half Che
Jeneris received the kick of and rai
for ten yards and with the interfer
ence OF Wood, Welsh, Kane and JEFF
ferris Captain A Byrne ran the nj,
skin over for touchdown, defeatinl
the blueooats by the score Of 5 TO
thus winning the championship o
Delaware. Captain Byrne was IN
hero of this game.