The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-10-27
SLUGGERS AND KICKERS
Two Football Players Pummeled
Each Other in Hoboken.

A stubborn battle was fought on the
football field yesterday at Hobeken. The
opposing teams were from Stevens In
They are evenly matched, and from start
to finish both sides were kept in motion.
The game was played on the st.
Georges wicket grounds. The rain had
made the field slippery, and the visiting
players moved cautiouly at first. They
quickly forgot the danger of going down
heavily as the Stevens boys were too ag-
gressiye, and glided over the ground at
the top of their speed. With no thought
of tine danger of falling with only desire
to get the bali down to che goal of their
rivals. They got it there, too, and made
the prints that gave them the victory.
1t was in the first half that Stevens did
their clever work. The familiar trick of
passing the ball to the tkar and then to
a player free from the ehemy. The ball
was accurately passed and caught and
passed and repassed until the runner was
s'downed" Thrice was the Stevens
runner sent to the grass with the ball
under him.
The third time it was only a few yards
from Trinity'S goal time After an ex-
citing struggle the ball was passed to
Strong, who succeeded in driving it over
the goal, and Stevens secured five points.
They were in luck. They held the ball
from the start.
Trinity then made beautiful rally and
kept the sphere in the centre of the field
until the call of time.
When play was resumed for the second
half the tackling and lodging of the
Trinity boys was superb. They made the
Stevens players assume the defensive. 1t
was fierce struggle. The Stevens
fought desperately to get the ball into
the territory of the enemy, but failed en-
tirely One of the feet footed Trinitys
was always on hand to snatch the ball
as it was descending near the centre and
back it went into Stevens lot.
Steadily the ball was forced toward
Stevens goal. They had almost secured
touchdown but the agile Trinity run
ner, who was making for the line, was
thrown when five yards from it and
Stevens secured the ball.
1t was passed we'll, but the player
to whom it was sent muffed it and be-
fore he could recover it one of the Trinity
boys had secured it and darted for
Stevens goal.
He was .'downed," and so successfully
that the ball went flying into the arms Of
one of the Hoboken boys. He hurled it
out but the catcher dropped it, and one of
the Connecticut team snatched it and
line. Four times did the visitors get
almost to the goal line, but could not get
the ball over it.
They still had it uncomfortably close
when time was called, and the victory
was Stevens-by five to nothing.
In the exciting struggle two of the
players lost their heads and mistook the
game for scrapping match. They went
into give and take smuggling match in a
style that would have delighted the
lovers of knocking and mills.
The sluggers We're Wildman, of Stevens,
and Yound, of Trinity. They were dis
qualified. Griswold received a severe
shaking up during tough tackle.
Stevens team was composed of Phelps,
right end; Winshot, right tackle; Wild
man, right guard Hall. centre; McKen-
void, left end; Captain De Hart, quarter
back; Raphiel, right half back; Hale,
left half back; Strong, full back.