Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-12
Charley Brickley, Sensational
Field Goal Kicker Of Harvard,
Was Always Star on Gridiron

his four years at Everett. He soon
became known as the best school
boy back in New England.
Charley readily measured. too,
with any school boy back field man
in the East. His diversified tai
ents included everything within the
line of academic and esoteric foot
ball. He tore through the line with
the power of d locomotive. He
eluded the ends and skirted by the
secondary defense in wonderful
bursts of speed.
On the defense he proved a stall
Wart. Rarely did he fail to nail his
man when the secondary back was
called upon to get the man with
the ball. after the end had smashed
the interference.
But he did not rest his fame as
school boy entirely on this. He
studied kicking. He became a mas
) ter like Billy Bull, the famous punt
er and kicker of Yale. But Brick
ley did not care so much about dis
tance kicking. He mastered the
art of kicking that scored.
AS a drop kicker he excelled any
back in the East, even when in high
school. His drop kicks often went
40 yards. Sometimes he even over
topped the crossbar with the ball
from distances that ran from 40 to
90 yards. In fact, he was a verita-
Die Pat O'Dea as an interscholas
tic star.
Thus did his four years at Ev-
erett hold for him the future prom
lses that We're fulfilled when he
beat Princeton with his cunning
loot, In interscholastic circles he
brought Everett to the pinnacle Of
champion by his dashing. doughty
ana daring efforts. His runs around
the end made Someville, Medford
and other high-c class schools bite
the dust.
HIS course at Everett finished.
BrlckIey went to Exeter for two
years to prepare for Harvard. AT
the latter preparatory school
farm for Harvard, to drop into
the Vernacular of baseball-Gus
Heigler, 'the noted Pennsylvania
football player, was the coacb The
lame of Brickley had been embla-
zoned before Charley's arrival in
the New Hampshire town where
Exeter academy is seated.
He SiIy.
eleven. Andover is Exeter's great
est llvaL Both were founded nv
the Phllllpses, and the feeling be-
tween the two academies on the
field of athletics is of the keenast
sort.
Mahan Stops Him.
Inc yearly contest between the
Two brings to the gridiron where
the game is staged a crowd that
i8Chs none of the luster of bic
college game. Numbered amoro.
'he alumni of Andover and Exeter
are some of the greatest footbau
payers who ever donned the mole
skins. ii'oie
but to return to Bricllley. He
maze the eleven. Then came the
Jay ol the great football game he
tween the keen rivals three wears
ago Andover had found Nan,asis
LOT Brickley. She found if in "a
uie Mahan, recently elected can
tam OF the Harvard freshmen and
WHO VIII be varsity material nev+
season. '''' 1ieAV
Buckley had Exeter's bonos
pinned in his prowess and ~
power Of his boot But she reck-
oned without Mahan. Andover
pIaSed for Brickley. She ignored
the fellows in the back field H.
she spotted and espied him every
time Charley would start an az
run He would be smothered whnn
the END and secondary backs. often
d pair OF them, would pile on hin,
peIl nell and together.
HIS star went into the desoo,,a
ahcy IN that game, while Mahan's
reputation scintillated. Two wears
ago TINS was the same: BricJ1lav,s
Exeter reputation was shattered
one year ago last September bo
entered Harvard. He. made tbo
freshman team. was elected its cap
tam and scored most of its pointe
me Harvard Youngsters trimmed
Yale and Princeton, and achieved
Lde ehVlable record of having one
OF the greatest teams in the history
OF the Crimson freshmen.