The schedule of games for this fall's championship season was arranged, and the first contests will be held October 31. In the Northern Division, Hartford Public High-School will play New Britain High-School at Hartford, and Norwich Free Academy will play the Connecticut Literary Institute at Norwich. On the same day, in the Southern Division, Meriden High-School will play Hillhouse High at Meriden, and Bridgeport High will play Waterbury High at Bridgeport.
The Bridgeport team will no doubt be very strong again this fall—Smith, centre, Wheeler, guard, Goddart, quarter-back, Deforest, half-back, and Delaney, tackle, being in school again. The Hartford team is expected to develop into a strong eleven as the season grows older, but it was defeated, 22-0, by Williston in its opening game a week ago. The Meriden High-School has the strongest eleven the school has ever seen. New Britain will be very strong, having the full eleven men of last year back in school again this fall. Hillhouse, Norwich, Waterbury, and the Connecticut Literary Institute are all weak.
The Englewood High-School, of the Cook County League, played a game against the Chicago University eleven on September 23, and held the 'varsity men down to twelve points. The school team played an excellent game, and showed some fine defensive work. The University made a goal in the first half after twelve minutes of hard play, and they got another by a fluke just before time was called. In the second half the University men were unable to make any headway against the Englewood lads, and time was called with the ball in the middle of the field and in Englewood's possession.
Other games of interest that have recently been played in the Cook County League were Hyde Park H.-S. against West Aurora H.-S., in which the former won, 4-0. The teams were pretty evenly matched, and Pingree of Hyde Park made the winning touch-down by a run of thirty yards, having secured the ball on a muff by the other side. The North Division team played an eleven of graduates, and defeated them, 12-0, but a few days later, on the return game, the graduates came out ahead by the same score.
John Freter, Yonkers, New York.—If the ball, being kicked, passes the line of scrimmage and is not stopped by an opponent, any one of the kicking side can pick it up and run with it, providing he is on side. Of course, to be on side he must either have been behind the ball when it was kicked, or he must have kicked it himself, or he must have been put on side by the kicker.
J. D. Williams.—You will find just the information you want in the chapter on "The Middle Distances," in Track Athletics in Detail.
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