TEETZEL, HALF-BACK.
Englewood High-School, Chicago.
Another one-sided match was that between West Division and North Division, in which the Northerners routed the Westerners, 42-0, in 20-minute halves. West Division seemed to go to pieces in the face of the excellent team-work of North Division. Johnson, the N.D. left half-back, made a number of good runs, assisted by interference. On the whole there was little individual play, the men working well in concert.
LINDEN, END.
Hyde Park High-School, Chicago.
It was doubtless a surprise to Oak Park to be defeated, 44-0, by Lake View. Oak Park's centre was lamentably weak, and the Lake View men went through it repeatedly, and when they got tired of bucking the line they travelled easily around the ends. Evanston defeated Manual, 28-0. Manual had no team-work at all, and was defeated principally on this account, although Evanston had little trouble in making holes between guard and tackle on both sides of the line.
In the game between Hyde Park and English High, Hyde Park made a touch-down at the very start. Then followed a series of fumbles, first by Knickerbocker of Hyde Park, who caught the kick off; then by Sullivan of English High, who secured the ball and made a good run, only to lose the leather to Hyde Park again. This incident was the cause for a display of bad feeling and ill-breeding, and, worst of all, of unsportsmanlike instincts.
The English High players refused to accept the decision of the referee, and left the field, subsequently protesting the game; but, very fortunately for the good name of the Chicago League, their protest was not sustained, and the game went to Hyde Park, as it should have.
In the Inter-preparatory League the initial games were between the Princeton-Yale and University schools, the latter winning, 10-8. This game was much closer than any played by the Cook County teams, although the contesting elevens were not made up of such good men, but were more evenly matched. Fumbling was plentiful, and gave Henneberry, one of the University School half-backs, a chance to make a 40-yard run.