Evening journal., 1911-11-24
VILLA NOVA ON
IMPERIAL LIST
Biggest Game Of Local Season
to be Played on
December z
TO RIVERTON TOMORROW
FOR ANOTHER HARD ONE

Captain Al Byrne ran the Imperial
football team through a hard practice
last night in preparation for the big
game tomorrow with the Riverton-
Palmyra team at Riverton, n. j.
Riverton won the championship title
FOR New Jersey champions a few
weeks ago and previously fought
Imperial "A scoreless game az Union
street grounds. The team will leave
for Riverton on the 12.4O O'Clock
PENNSYLVANIA railroad train.
Fort Dupont will @ the attraction
here on Thanksgiving. The dupont
game has caused lots of interest here
as it was TO have been played on last
Saturday. but was declared on on
account of wet grounds. The game
on Thanksgiving viii be for the cham
pionship of Delaware and both teams
have been working hard for the
honor. The game should attract the
largest crowd of the season Man
accr and Captain Patty Lemon says
Uncle Sans blue coats will surely
take tho state title back to Delaware
City. but Captain Byrne and Manager
Jack MCGOWAN thinks differently
They don't see whore DUPONT or any
other team i'm the East has a limo
that can hold Imperial with such
men as Harry Mccall, Dick Christy
and Charley Weigand playing the
ends. Aclams and Sam Snitcher, Of
Orange fame. playing the tackles, and
Earny Warburton and Sheldon Fair
childs at guards. led Tucker. who
has been playing center all season
without a tumble, is sure to hold his
own against any center man wearing
p football suit. The back field rs
composed of five good experience men.
Captain Al Byrne. at fullback, has
shown the local fans that he is the
best back field man since tho time
of the old Warren Club. Jack Woods
is another good man. both in carrying
the ball and tackling. Woods has
played on the best teams i'm the United
States Navy for the past four years.
'Chief" Jefferies is another man of
whom great things arc expected in
the coming games. Husky Welsh VIII
get in the back field Welsh is ono
OF the best tacklers on the team.
Harry Kane. at quarterback, is the
find of 1911 season. When Coach Barr
was injured the first of the season
Kane took his place and made good
Billy Raymond has also made goOC
IN The games that he has plaped in
Billy can go i'm and play any position
on the team. and with this great line
up Captain Byrnc and Assistant Man
-ager Fgrman G.. Cole thinks the sol
der bgys VIII have another story {
tell when they get back TO the camp
fire at Fort DUPONT The game o.
THANKSGIVING will start az 2.30 o'clocl
villa Nova Coming.
On Saturday. December .. Manage
MCGOWAN will give the local fans
chance TO see a fast college team pla
here. Coach Fred Crolins, of bi
league fame, who has won moro pen
nants than any man in the country
having managed a team in the Tri
State League, Connecticut Leagu,
New England League. New York Stat
League and North Carolina League
was here yesterday and closed a dea
With Managers MCGOWAN and Col
for the villa NOya College team q
play here II will be the first bi
college team to appear here since tn
day that villa Nova defeated Jes
Frysinger's Wilmington team over tn
bridge in 1903 Villa Nova has bee
playing all of the big college team
this season. including Penn Stat,
University Of Pennsylvania. Bucknel
Princeton University. University q
Wisconsin, and last Saturday played
scoroless game with the Pttsburg
University team. Captain Frank Nc
Cormack. Of All-American fame, wi
be seen at center Mccormack goe
with Connie Mack next season as
catcher. Big Bill Flanagan, who wi
play a tackle has signed a Bosto
American contract.
Joe Curley, the big 24O-pound tack
viii also be seen iu the lineup. Cul
ley already this season has been mer
toned as an All-American man fC
the 1911 season.
With such stars as these IN N
game the grounds should be packel