New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-25
Eleven
Victor in Close
Football Game
Haughton Soldiers Defeat
Camp Upton Boys by
Score Of 7 to 0
By Fred Hawthorne


Long Island, yesterday afternoon, al
the Polo Grounds. by score Of 10.
Lieutenant Paul Roth, of the 306th
Infantry, Camp Upton, who played al
quarterback for his team, was seri
ously injured in the last period, dur
ing desperate scrimmage. An ambu-
lance surgeon from Harlem Hospital
was called, and DR.. Lesson said Roth
was suffering from possible fracture
of the skull and badly lacerated right
eye. At his own request, Lieutenant
Roth was removed to the Seney Hospi-
tai. in Brooklyn.
II was Minot, the former Crimson
star, but now an officer in the Nation
al Army, who scored the winning
touchdown. just after the secohd
period began, after thrilling dash for
sixty yards down the field. The score
resulted from fake kick formation
on the Camp Upton 4O-yard line, and
Palmer, the Camp Devens fullback,
kicked an easy goal.
That was the only damage done in
the scoring line during the bitter hour
the two teams fought il out. but the
boys in khaki from Aver, Mass, played
better football, and might have added
to their total had the breaks Of the
game gone with them.
Haughtor VS.. Click
Percy Haughton had coached the
eleven from the Massachusetts, en-
campment, and Frank Click. Princeton
quarterback and captain of the 1915
Tiger team, was the guiding spirit OF
the Long Island OUTFIT. In the last
period, when Camp Devens was ham
mering fiercely at the Upton line and
threatening to score another touch
down, Click went in at quarterback
himself, replacing Roth.
In a desperate effort TO score, the
former Princeton leader directed a
series Of forward passes over the Camp
Devens line. Several OF these were
good for substantial gains, and few
minutes before the game ended Camp
Upton advanced the ball to the Camp
Devens 15-yard line. following two
penalties Of fifteen yards each imposed
by Referee Langford when he caught
the New England team interfering
with forward passes.
The feet-footed Minot again came TO
the rescue. This time he snatched a
long forward pass from Robinson and
dashed away toward the far distant
Camp Upton goal posts. The runner
wriggled and lodged through the maze
of Upton tacklers for fifteen yards be
fore ne was brought down on the 30
yard chalk mark. The whistle that
sounded the end of the game blew a
half minute later.
The team from Camp Upton appar-
emily outweighed the opposition con
siderably, but the extra poundaRe ala
not prevent the boys from camp
Devens from tearing gaping holes IN
the maroon line. Clicks men. on the
contrary, found il like bucking the
Hindenburg Line when they sought 20
batter their way through Haughton' .
first line trenches.
Line plunging was not often resorted
to by either eleven. but many forward
passes were heaved, and punting duels
between Minot, Swartout and Palmer.
Tor Camp Devens. and Blair and CLICK,
for Princeton. made the game a sensa-
tional one 70 watch.
Some of Minot's kicks were good for
fifty yards, and Coolidge and whitney
the ends, were quick as forked light
ming in getting down the field under
these. They usually dropped the man
who caught the ball dead in his tracks.
Several times the Camp Devens ends
were waiting on either side OF the
Upton man before the latter had even
got his hands on the pigskin.
Goliath Hard to Stop
Goliath, for Camp Upton, was hard
man TO stop once he had gathered head
way. and it generally required more
than one tackler TO stay his course.
Blair was likewise q power on offence
and defence, and his punting was above
Roth kicked off for Camp Upton a:
the start Of the game. Coolidge catch
ing and running the ball back TO the
Award line before he was stopped.
After two Intellectual bucks at the line
Camp Devens resorted TO kicking
game. and Camp Upton did the same
thing when smashing tactics failed to
nroduce results. Goliath was dong
most OF the kicking for Upton at this
stage Of the game.
After Goliath had kicked off to Rob
inson on the 45-yard line Mlnot took
the pigskin on a fake kick formation
and began his sweep for the other end
Of the field and victory. Twice he
warded off tacklers by splendid use OF
the straight arm repelling tactics;
Three times he squirmed and wrlggled
ont of harms way just as opposing
tacklers were closing In on HIM.
The last Camp Upton man 10 attempt
N head off the flying left haiioack
chased Minot for ten yards, and almost
f"rced him out Of bounds at the To-
ard mark. He was unequal 10 tne
49, however. and the former crimson
nIsver trotted over the last line aho
piacsd the ball exactly midway De
iween the goal posts. Palmer sent II
sonsrelv over the cross bars. score
ann Devens, I; Camp Upton. ..
OI @nnnany I. Of the 307 Infantry. camp
ro,on went through a series OF eN,
..ppSeJ order drills on the ,greensward
S.fore the game and again between 'ne
palyss and the snappy manner ~
nSt. ,he "thin brown line OF eroes
"nI s,osd the evolutions aroused the
p 80. 20 storms Of applause
The lineup follows;
camp p-rens. P9~inon- amp op 'Hay--
whitney -. Ia T ............. B,sdir
lgoss l. g. SIel.
Nlgslt' s+''t-'' n D. .....,.--.-.. - DsffL
Coolidge ....'''''''' "A r ......... Hirschmsf
-............,.. ~ sbanl>l Al
Bsr-on .............' ~ '-''''...'...1--- ROT
Robinson ..........tt 49,. Ri.i
Mind ............. l. ~ ~ ''..''.'..'.. ca