Indoor Lacrosse Makes a Grand Hit (December 1890)

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Title:
Indoor Lacrosse Makes a Grand Hit (December 1890)
Description:
The New York Herald published “Indoor Lacrosse Makes a Grand Hit” in 1890. The article describes the second night of the Staten Island Athletic Club’s “Monster Carnival,” held at the newly-opened Madison Square Garden. It begins with a detailed and energetic description of one of the first indoor lacrosse games, which was enthusiastically received by the crowd. Next, the article briefly describes indoor track races. The author then describes the very first indoor football game: a match between Springfield College and Yale watched by an audience of twenty-five hundred people. The final section lists the winners of the track, lacrosse, and football events. Springfield College's football team, known as "Stagg's Eleven," was comprised of W. J. Kellar, James A. Naismith (inventor of Basketball), J. P. Smith, D. W. Corbett, W. O. Black, W. H. Barton, W. C. McKee, F. N. Seerley, Amos Alonzo Stagg (the captain), A. E. Garland, and W. H. Ball. Yale fielded a team of five varsity players, two substitutes, and a group of Yale graduates. Springfield College, at this time, had less than fifty students from which to draw. Stagg was the only experienced player on the squad and found his team outsized by an average of twenty pounds per man. While Springfield College showed true courage and pride, they ultimately lost 16-10. The newspapers called Stagg’s team the “Stubby Christians” and commended them for outplaying the giants from New Haven. For more information on Amos Alonzo Stagg, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/661
Creator:
New York Herald
Date:
December 1890
Format:
Documents
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Series:
Rare Books Collection
Subjects:
International Young Men's Christian Association Training School (Springfield, Mass.)
Springfield College
Springfield College--Alumni and alumnae
Springfield College--Faculty
Springfield College--Sports
Springfield College--Sports--Men
Springfield College--Football
Gulick, Luther Halsey, 1865-1918
Naismith, James, 1861-1939
Stagg, Amos Alonzo, 1862-1965
Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y.)
Football
Athletic clubs
Sports
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/5264
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Publisher:
New York Herald
Language:
English
Identifier:
stagg-newspaper-article