The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-11-29

led by Thorpe.
was the backbone OF the University
OF Ohio team. Harley, by and
through his wonderful ability to
play football, made that school a
real factor in Western football.
Brickley, Of Harvard, made great
team greater by the extreme
cleverness of his ability to boot
field goals. Barrett, of Cornell,
In 1915, was the direct Gauge Of
Cornell being rated as one Of the
greatest teams Of the country,
some say the greatest.
Tk1en came Kipkie, OF Michigan,
and RED" Grange, of Illinois, who
male football history for their re-
spective teams. Kipke never starred
in exactly the same manner aH
Grange, but his work was equally
affective, Grange Is the star OF the
Illinois team, also the star OF
VAstern football. The entire llli-
nois team works to add more glory
10 this red-headed flash.
Yes, Il can be said that Hinkey.
Of Yale; Hare. Of University OF
Pennsylvania; White, OF Prince
fon: Dalton, OF Annapolis. Ecker
eaII. Of Chicago; HestOn, Of Mtcnl.
eaTI and many other star players
Contributed toward making great
teams greater.
ALAMO Staag, who put It over
an ~Red'' Grange and the Illinois
team. personally coaches the Uni
,wnrsitv 81 Chicago football squad,
Although at the head OF all arm
letics carried ION at that scnOoi.
Alonzo Stagg was chosen az one
Of the players to I'LL piacs "
walter Camps all-American team
OF 1889. This was the first year
Mr.. SaInp selected his famous team
and It contained such famous ones
as Heffelfinger. Gill, stage y
Yale; Cumnock, Cranstin,S Lee, OF
Harvard; Ames, Chanting, roe
George and CowaTl, OF princeton: .
'Red' Grange. standing on nls
7.yard line. caught the pall kicked
off by Michigan after the wnisue
warned both sides that hoStillues
were opened. The first fifty yards
Orange had fine interference. ~
the last forty-three his aids were
scattered and the red-head had TO
20 It alone. Ninety.three yards y
some run and especially so against
a team like Michigan, Wnlcn q
built on speed lines.
Listen to ttisl Sprackling caugnl
the ball on the Indians KICKOFF
ana landed 1t safely behind the
Carlisle goal line after q sprint d
100 yards through the entire indla a..
eleven with practically no iiterferE
ence.
This happened in a game playSo
between Brown and the carlisle
Indians, which took pace On ZIG
Polo GROUNDS, new AOrh' ANV'e'
Der 90, 1903.
Oranges runs Of %. 90: 90 ana
a In the Michigan-1HinOas game
n the greatest record In nunACor
Of long spirits In one game ~
one player in the history Oh
football. Walter Camp, tne
games greatest historian anu
expert, In 1880, while Playing
with the Yale team IN game
against Pennsylvania, reeAeu OIL
two runs Of 30 and 90 yards
respectively.
-, !. $3.50
, Z. I. Bliss. OF faie' N c
against the Universlty OF Fennsy. !,
vanla. back IN 1879, $500
sensation by pulhng OH TWO runs
OF 95 and IS yards IN TWO pIays'
Dillon and Thorpe, or Carilsle; EcK-
ersall and Steffin. OF the UnlVer-
SIty of Chicago; Heston, OF Mlcni-
gan; Sprackling, Of Brown; McCaa,
Of Lafayette; Boynton, of Williams;
OF any other of the famous rec
ortl,n1akers in this line did any
thing that approached Oranges
performance.
Long runs in football. are about
as scarce as no.hit games are in
baseball. AS a rule these sensa-
o ~U - uns yIava. hut fAw times
~ W. o.raa,. ~ the twe1tv.two
n - Mls 49, 49, , 49, * raaI
p.asess , NV ,a n =, .o 800 ~ ona
nls u ~ "a yA go se,,, - ~
sver lepsa'!u ~ A ~ ~ = 80
Doys WAC .yunlpeu ,o sne 80.
csIcie Dy stepplns s snaousn = nUs.
TIE tleld Ior iOO.yaro SpIlht
Eyer recoroeG aho,nss run SnIt
even approached the one Wnicn
glorined their respective names IN
IootpaI history.
lin. Erehart, of Indiana, Eckersall,
Of Chicago, Coleman, Of Wisconsin,
L. ara Ren povrto, ~ yvi,I,a ,,as
I5u S1 e Chicago; RIshsrds9a
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