Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-13
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 a 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 a
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
lance 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
~ yards. Sometimes he even over
topped the crossbar with the ball
from distances that ran from 40 to
30 yards. In fact. he was a verita-
bic Pat O'Dea as an interscholas-
tic star.
mus did his four years at Ey-
erett hold for him the future pron-
lSes that We're fulfilled when he
peat Princeton with his cunning
loot. In interscholastic circles he
brought Everett to the pinnacle of
champion by his dashing, doughty
and daring efforts. His runs around
the end made Somerville. Medford
ana other high-class schools bite
the dust.
his course at Everett finished.
Bflckiey 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
AelgIer, the noted Pennsylvania
football player. was the coach. The
Tame of Brickley had been emilia
zoned before Charley's arrival in
the New Hampshire town where
Exeter academy is seated
he easily made the academic
eleven. Andover is Exeter's great
est rival. Both were founded INV
the Phillipses, and the feeling he
tween the two academies on the
held OF athletics is of the keenest
sort.
Mahan Stops Him.
The yearly contest between the
TWO brings to the gridirop where
the game is staged a crowd that
lacks none of the luster of bio
college game. Numbered amoro
me alumni of Andover and Exeter
are some of the greatest foothau
players who ever donned the mole
skins. ''io4e
OUT TO return to Brcklev. He
mace the eleven. Then can,o A.
day of the great football game be-
tween the keen rivals three wars
ago Andover had found A Ner,e.,s
LOT Brlckley. She found if in I'd
oie Mahan. recently elected can
tam of the Harvard fresbpoo,, -
VINO will be varsity material nax+
season. iieAl
Briekley had Exeter's homes
pinned in his prowess and Tho
power Of his boot. But she recl,
oned without Mahan. And ,ver
played for BrickIey She ipnored
me fellows in the back field, Rut
She spotted and espied him every
Time Charley would start m end
run He would be smothered w,ar1
the end and secondary backs often
par Of them, would pile on him
peH nell and together.
His star went into the descend
ahcy in that game. while Ntabap,s
reputation scintillated. Two wears
ago TINS was the same: Bricklev,s
Exeter reputation was shattered
one year ago last September no
entered Harvard. He made the
freshman team, was elected its can
tam and scored most of its points
I"e Harvard youngsters trimmed
Yale and Princeton, and achieved
the enViable record of HAVING ,,,o
OF the greatest teams in the history