Evening journal., 1918-12-05
MAY PLAY FOOTBALL
ALL this MONTH
This is Harlan Plan if Pres
ent Good Weather
Continues
RIVERSIDE COMING
FOR SATURDAY GAME

With the scheduling OF the River
side eleven. OF Riverside. N. j. for
game here Saturday afternoon, comes
the announcement OF the Harlan football
management that they will continue to
play on through the month OF Decem-
Der and up to and including New
Years Day II good weather continues.
The only thing that can keep them
from playing aside from other unfor-
seen accidents is q heavily snow or
ioe-covered neld. according TO Manager
Joe Condor.
By this announcement II can be seen
that Harlan considers Itself now In
mld-sesson, which Is no more than
right when II Is remembered the great
amount OF time lost on account OF the
influenza epidemic. Only four games
1.-TWO victories, one draw and one de-
feat) have thus far been played. One
OF the main reasons OF continuing the
season, Manager Condor states, Is that
including Riverside there are several
teams that the Harlan players are
anxious TO meet. Among the elevens
the Front and West street shipbuilders
still have hopes OF clsshing with are
Hog Island and another game with
League Island.
Connected with the meeting OF River
side by Harlan, Saturday, is a little
story which traces It's way back a
couple OF years In Wilmington's sport
history and Is the reason why Man
ager Ccndon and most OF his players
were so pleased In being able to Sc
cure a game with Riverside. Two years
ago, when the Chesrook champions OF
Delaware were going az the top speed
OF their four years OF successful foot
ball, defeating everything In sight, they
tourneyed to Riverside, N. j., and en-
gagged the eleven OF that place. which
Is the same team which will play here
Saturday.
The score at the end OF the game
stood q to O. and It was In Riverside's
favor, but 1t does not half tell how
greatly Chesrook was crushed. Despite
the game battle which they put VI, II
was the worst defeat Chesrook ever
suffered, and they have not gotten over
IT,
Two years ago Joe Condor, now man.
sger OF Harlan, was manager OF Ches-
rook; Jack Dayton, now captain OF Har-
Ian. was a member OF the Chesrook
eleven, as was Mat Donohoe, Emile
Kemske and several others now on the
Harlan squad. They have long awaited
the opportunity 10 avenge that terrible
lacing received two years ago, and II
Is likely that Riverside has never met
more determined squad OF gridders
than the one which will oppose them
In the Harlan eleven Saturday.
Coach Billy Martin Is putting his
men through some hard practices and
tough scrimmsges this week, all OF the
men having fully recovered from their
hard battle with League Island on
Thanksgiving Day. Too much credit
cannot be given for the showing which
Harlan made against the Navy YOrd, for
they faced By DicksOn's first team In
the first threequarters OF the game.
This same eleven has defeated some OF
the best college and service elevens In
East and South, trouncing the Charles
ton Navy Yard in their latest game,
27-7. In the Thanksgiving Day game
Harlan checked such formidable play
ers as Pard Pearce, Simmer Haehl,
Geabsley, Crosseto, and It was only
through a fluke, a touchback, that
Dickson's men won out, for they were
outplayed at most stages Of the game.
No mention has been made previously
or the fact that Harlan played prac-
tically the League Island FIRST team
on Turkey Day, but such was the fact,
and the men mentioned above, who
have been stars against all OF the col
lege teams they have played, were not
allowed to shine so much by Harlan.
They expected to win by a big score,
but went away sadly disappointed aside
rom the several scares that Harlan
threw into them when they were with
In an ace Of scoring.