Newark post., 1915-10-06
FOOTBALL SEASON
OPENS WITH VICTORY
Delaware Men Win Out In
Close Game

made a good start for the 1915 sea-
son on Saturday when they defeat
ed the strong P. M. c. team by the
score of 7 to 6. The game was
played in Chester. Each team
made one touchdown but P. M. c.
failed to kick the goal. Both the
student body and the alumnus OF
the Blue and Gold was we'll repre-
sented at the game.
The result of the game was an
other demonstration of the able
coaching of Coach McAvoy. 1t
was the general opinion that Del
aware would have hard game
and many thought the chances
were that the locals would meet
defeat. This was based largely on
the fact that Bill" Hollenbach,
the former Penn star, is coaching
P. M. C. this season and he has
had much longer to get his team
into shape than McAvoy.
The result, however, entirely
changes the opinion of all who saw
the game. Delaware started off
with a dash from the first kick off
and outplayed their opponents at
almost every stage. The score
does not begin to tell just how bad
the blue and gold defeated P. M.
C. On at least two occasions Del
aware by consistent line plunging
worked the ball to their opponents
five yard line only to lose it on
fumbles on the plays that would
no doubt have meant other touch
downs but for the fumbles. More
work will no doubt remedy this de-
feet. Delaware throughout the
game showed indications of hav-
ing been much better coached
than P. M. &.
Every Delaware player did his
work we'll but the individual work
of several of the team stood out
especially bright. Captain Handy
by his great line plunging furnish
ed one of the features of the game.
Try as they might P. M. c. could
not stop the big full back and time
after time he smashed their line
for gains of from 5 to IL yards. 1t
was Captain Handy who took the
ball over for a touchdown in the
second quarter.
Fidance also put up star game
His open field running with the
ball and his tackling were other
features. Lowe, the new back
field man, also showed up we'll ano
will no doubt improve with more
practice. Taylor put up a consis
tent game. He was slightly injur'
ed near the end of the game ant
Chester Smith finished the game
Marston and Myers, both new
men at the end positions, played
with a snap and vim that earned
them many admirers. Although
small men for the positions the.
more than came up to expecta
tions. A slight injury to Marstol
put him out Of the game in tn
second half and Smart finished a
end. Croft also relieved Myer
near the end of the game.
Crothers, the hard working cen
ter, is another Delaware man VIII
played a crack game. His defer
sive work was of great assistanc
to the Blue and Gold. In Weldi
it looks as though Delaware hs
found an extra good tackle as bot
he and Ernest Wilson did goc
work. The guards, T. Wilson ar
Newton, also did their share
bringing the victory to Delawar
For P. M. c. Campbell did tt
best work although Segal ar
Townsend also played hal
game.
Both teams scored their touc
downs in the second period. Del
wares score was the result of Ii,
plunging with Handy doing t
bulk of the work. A few minut
later P. M. C. also scored as t
result of forward pass caught
Horlacher who made a touchdoy
after a long run.
P. M. C. made what gains tn
got on end runs and forWa
passes. They were much mo
successful in the latter play tn
Delaware. P. M. C's. big bac
were unable to find any holes
Delaware's line and with few
ceptions were compelled to kl
before making a first down.
Next Saturday Delaware pla
Haverford at Haverford and t
prospects look good for anotf
victory.
The lineup of Saturdays ga
follows:
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