Football in the Garden (December 13, 1890)

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Title:
Football in the Garden (December 13, 1890)
Description:
This newspaper article ("Football in the Garden") from December 13, 1890 describes the athletics exhibit sponsered by the Staten Island Athletic Club and housed at the recently-opened Madison Square Garden. Twenty-five hundred people attended the football exhibition, which was a match between Springfield College and Yale and the very first indoor football game played. Springfield College's 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 Springfield College squad and found his team outsized by an average of twenty pounds per man. In a great contest, Springfield College showed true courage and pride, but ultimately lost 16-10. The newspapers labeled Stagg’s team the “Stubby Christians,” commending the team for the surprise they gave everyone in attendance and how they outplayed the giants from New Haven. For more information on Amos Alonzo Stagg, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/661
Creator:
The Sun
Date:
December 13, 1890
Format:
Documents
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Series:
Rare Books Collection
Subjects:
Springfield College--Sports
Springfield College
International Young Men's Christian Association Training School (Springfield, Mass.)
Springfield College--Football
Springfield College--Sports--Men
Kellar, William J.
Naismith, James, 1861-1939
Smith, John P.
Corbett, David W.
Black, Walter O.
Barton, William Henry
McKee, William C.
Seerley, Frank N.
Stagg, Amos Alonzo, 1862-1965
Football
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Extent:
2 pages
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/8836
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Publisher:
The Sun
Language:
English
Identifier:
specimens-printed-matter-1890-91-football-in-garden-12-13-1890