Hopkinson's best work was done by Captain Heard. He played quarter-back,
and filled the position much better than he has filled his old place at
end. He backed up his centre in fine style, and ran his team better than
any team has been run this year. But he left his end very weak. It was
there that Boston made their surest gains. Besides Heard, Martin did
invaluable work for Hopkinson. He not only played his position
acceptably, but his running with the ball was Hopkinson's surest play.
Hallowell at end was again impassable. The watchful, earnest game he
plays is bound to earn him a place on the Harvard 'Varsity some day.
Maguire played Boston's best game, though he lost two good chances of
scoring in the first half by miserable fumbles. But his work for the
rest of the game was faultless. Daly played a good game at quarter, and
Teevens at full-back made steady gains through the centre. Boston's
interference got started more quickly than it ever did before, and the
whole team played with more vim.
Boston Latin surprised the other schools by defeating Brookline on the
21st. The score was 6-0. Boston played its best game of the season, and
Brookline its poorest. It was Brookline's first game for two weeks, and
in consequence they played carelessly and loosely, only getting together
in the last few minutes. Brookline's centre was lighter than Boston's,
and it was there that Boston made its steadiest gains. Brookline's ends
were very strong. Only once in a while did Boston force them for any
distance. On the offense, Cook, Aechtler, and Seaver did the most
effective work. Aechtler runs hard and low, and is a most difficult man
to stop. Seaver ran from his position for repeated gains. For once,
Boston Latin got together and started in to win when the game began. It
has been a favorite trick of theirs to wait until the game was lost
before showing any good offense work. But they beat Brookline in the
first five minutes by the aggressiveness they showed. They realized that
they might yet win the championship, for the game they lost to Cambridge
has been given to Boston on a protest.
[Illustration: Underwood. Schoenhut. White. Flavel. Pearson. Miles.
Tomison.
Patton. Brockie. Reany. Hurst. Hamilton.
Lear. McCarty. Wiseman (Capt.). Perkins. Newhall.
GERMANTOWN ACADEMY FOOTBALL TEAM.
Champions of the Inter-Academic League of Philadelphia, 1895.]
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