Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-21
.JERSEYITES LIKELY
TO Be IN BIG GAME
Former Barringer and Peddie
Stars in Brown Lineup
Against Cornell.
POLO GROUNDS THE Scene

Gridiron stars who got their early
training in New Jersey preparatory
schools are in the Brown University
football squad which will play its
first game in five years at the Polo
Grounds. New York, on Saturday
against Cornell. Brown has remark
ably fast opponents of the new type
of football. Raymond B. Ward, a
sophomore at Brown, is rated by ex-
perts as one of the best linemen of
the year. Ward is the varsity left
tackle and has been so active In the
open game that he has won recognt-
ton from the experts because of ex-
treme speed in getting down the field
Ward was an all around athlete at
Barringer High School before enter
ing Brown. He was a baseball,
track, wrestling, hockey and football
star and since enrolling as a col
legian has extended his versatility to
swimming, winning a "B'' for his eff
forts in the water.
Peddie Institute has supplied three
of the varsity gridiron squad. l.. II.
Norcross, who was a football, base
ball and basketball hero in the
Hightstown school, has been estab-
lished as a backf1eld dependable a
Brown in his first term at the pic
turesoue college on the hilltop al
Providence. Norcross Is a brilliant
running halfback and an effective
man at either end of a forward
pass.
Tackles Are Pride of Brown.
Browns aggressive tackles are the
pride of the coaches and two former
Peddie institute players. Pierre e.
Teets and Kenneth Sprague, are
among the first flight of candidates.
Teets is TT. 2A in. tall and weighs
1877 pounds. He is powerful lines
man and rugged defensive player.
Sprague Is one of the best known
Brown undergraduates. He was
president of the freshman class last
year and had previously served as
class president at Peddie. Because
of the wealth of exceptionally strong
tackles Sprague has been kept from
a regular berth, but he is capable
first string substitute.
Mark Farnum, Providence boy
who pairs with Ward as a regular, is
considered one of the best tackles In
the Eastern colleges. lie is ''19s-
| FOUNDER" and the heaviest man on
| the squad, but Farnum has the speed
of an end and football instinct that
makes him one of the most effective
men Brown has had on the gridiron in
recent years. Farnum is only eigh-
| teen years old and freshman. He is
just six feet tall.
| Gordon is sprackling's ProteEe.
In the kicking game Brown has
Ralph Gordon. a protege of Earle
Sprackling, former Brown and ALI
American quarterback, who is now an
assistant coach at Brown. Gordon
comes from Cleveland, and in his
| first term at Brown has been estab-
lished as tho best punter since the
days of Russell Mckay, whose spe-
cialty was aiding in beating Yale
Gordon Is rated by the coaches as the
equal In punting ability of any player
in the Eastern colleges. and he alst
shows consistency in his drop kick
ing. A goal from the field against
Wesleyan from the forty-two-yard
and he is likely to be called or
against Cornell.
New Jersey has long been linked
with Brown Uniyersity's achieve
tments in sport. Newark has supplied
three former football captains o.
Brown in Esd Schwinn. Victor
Schwartz and Donald Pryor. The
alumni from this State have beer
active in support OF Brown and thu
cheering section of the Polo Grounds
on Saturday will contain many Brown
men who have helped to make grid
iron history.
Fred w. Marvel, supervisor of ath.
letics at Brown University, is II
charge of the tickets for the cheer
ing section, but the public sale Is
through the offices Of the New YorS
Baseball Club, 200 Fifth avenue, New
York city: the Tyson ticket agencies
and the Polo Grounds on the day OF
| the game,