The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-11-25
1912 FOOTBALL
BANQUET ABOUT
TO BE ENDED
eentraf6 Cleveland Tech. and T.
of D.-Loyalo Games
Thursday
ARMY-NAVY GAME is
ON TAP FOR SATURDAY
Football History is Made When
Harvard Chokes
Yale
Bv RALPH y. YoNKER.


at an end. The coffee and cigars are
ready.
Only a few days and the banqueters
will sit back and listen to some eulo-
gies OF players, some panning OF
coaches with losing teams, some All
American dissertations. and numerous
rumors of Michigan's returning 10 the
Western Conference. Then It will be
all over for another year.
The dessert that is 10. be served TO
Detroiters consists OF the Central
High-C Cleveland Tech game at the D.
A. c. grounds. Thursday, Thanksgiy-
ing Day, and the u. or DeLoyola
game at Mack Park.
Western meets Adrian high school
at Adrian.
The Michigan Aggies will be the
biggest team in the state to play.
meeting Ohio State at East Lansing.
In the east, the big whoops are from
the indians and Brown. who meet at
Providence, and Cornell and Pennsy,
who meet on Franklin field, Philadei-
phia. On Saturday, the annual Army
Navy struggle is scheduled for the
same field.
Football history was made Saturday
In New Haven. when Old Eli went
tumbling down before Harvard
score of points, including two touch
downs and two field goals. gave Har-
ward victory bigger than she had
dared even dream OF before the game
Prophecies were smashed to smith-
Greens. The dope had Ii that Har-
ward would win by one or two field
goals. Thus Ii Is that Harvard is
more than delighted over the victory
because with IL came the touchdowns.
Not for years has Johnny been able
TO cross the Blue goal line.
Charlie Brickley scocrecdc ~ Of the
points. He got the second touchdown
and kicked two field goals. Bob StoreE
picked up a loose ball and went 30
yards for the first touchdown. Hard
wick and FELTON, kicked two goals
after the touchdowns.
Only In the last quarter was Yale
dangerous. Then she plowed down the
field to Harvards eight-yard line where
she stopped and Harvard took the
ball.
There has been kicking galore on
Yales coaching methods and these
kicks have become swifter since the
defeat Of Saturday. All along there
have been those who have contended
that Pumpelly should be made regu-
lar backfield man. II was he who
marched over Harvard Saturday. sup
porting, apparently, the contentious or
his friends.
Saturdays game in Detroit failed
TO show anything very interesting I'M
less it was the Herald-Adrian clash
The unprecedented action OF Adrian
In refusing to play the u. OF d. and
meeting the Heralds, an independent
team, here instead. aroused much an
tipathy to the Adrian methods. but
the game was the best In the city
fromla standpoint OF excellent foot
ball The college won from the in
dependents.
The next day, yesterday, the
Heralds took on the Erin Braghs, Z
good team from Cleveland, and held
them to III tie, despite the fact
that one OF the Heralds' best men.
Lagrue, broke leg. O'Neill. one Of
the Erin Bragh's guards. broke q col
lar bone.
These accidents are deplsrable for
they will give chance to those who
dislike professional football to insist
that the game becomes to strenuous
for a civilized sport.
Eastern high had an easy time with
Western, as was expected. running
up % points. The game was 90 one
sided that the big crowd In attend
ance was disappointed.
A novelty In football was the game
at the D., A. G. grounds where the
Flint Deaf f-Mmtes succumber before
Les Clark and his Central bunch,
81 to O.
/ There weren't many upsets Satur
day. The Chicago Maroon Glooma
suffered q reversal OF form and beat
Minnesota 10 the position OF runner-ul
in the conference. TO That was the
biggest dope-spilling fest
! Nj. A. G. beat out its scrubs and
freshmen only In the last few mo
ments OF play, H-ls.
The Army and Navy had pleasah
preparatory scraps for their big gamS
Saturday. The former wailoped Syra
cuse. 2s TO Z. The latter toyed will
New York university. 39-e.
Dwight Harwood. picked as Aim.
A. A. quarterback, made four down
and kicked goals enough to beat Tn
KAzoo Normals easily saturday. Haf
wood made AT the points for his team
Hiscunsin prevented It's title
western conference champion from be
inE soiled aEHH by downing ioAsz
easily. 2S to 10.
The windsor team Il the ehampio
aggregation In the city league follow
ing sanrday's and sundays contests
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