Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-11-28
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The Friends school and Delaware
College Reserves Struggle an the
Mud.

The Friends, school and Delaware
college Reserves Struggle IN the
Mud.
II a visitor to Newark had reached Home
wood Driving Park Mt dusk Friday evening
no might have realized In part the contu-
sion that must have prevailed At the Tower
OF Babel. Such a jabbering, qusrrellng
tumble OF sounds could not be- heard this
side Of a monkey house In a geological
garden. Aud all this hubbub was raised
over decision In game OF football
played by the Friends' School eleven aud
the Delaware College second elevens.
Il was in the second half OF the game.
The college team was playing a very ag-
gressive game, and was using It's heavier
rush limo In pushing the ball through the
centre In successive PUSHES until the leather
was within eight or ten yards OF the
Friends goal. The college boys had scored
one touch down, and another one was I'M
minent, when the play was made that re.
suited IN the dispute. The bail was passed
back by the college snap-bacK and thrown
by the quatteT-o back to one OF the hRlt-
ba ks, WAC fumbied It, and allowed the bali
to pass him. 1t rolled some four or five
yards back of him, Paul Brinton, q Frlends'
School rusher, had broken through his op-
ponents' line and grabbing the ball on the
bound, ran almost the entire length OF the
tisld, scoring a touchdown and tieing the
city, allowed the play and the touchdown.
Umpire L. +, Martin Of Delaware College,
decided that the ball was not In play, as hs
, had decided one OF the Friends School o n
side. Both men stuck to their decisions,
and thus the game ended. Martin claimed
to have acted impartially In the matter,
while tho Wilmington boys maintained that
he would not have rendered such decision
uuless the play Ia question had been made.
| They not only claimed the game rs q tie at
to 4, but Insisted that they had the i'd
vantage, rs they would have had try at
| goal. Aside from the technlcailtIss In
| yolved 1t was a brilliant play on Bslnton'5
part, aud he received the unanimous praise
| OF his comrades.
The game was interesting from the start
and was hurd.fought and even contest
| II rainel both before and during the prog
ress OF the game, and the field was varit-
able qusgmire, After the first scrimmage
| or two many OF the boys could hardly have
| heen recognized by their own mothers.
Tbs mud was = bic drawback to long runs,
| although the Friends half-b6cks dld some
! very elsYar playing. The Friends had tho
! ball ~ the start, and gained five yards with
| the w tfleg. Then successive PUSHES adj
| vanced II further toward Delaware's c3al
when they lost the ball on four downs. Tho
college lads brought the ball back, aud
! with Soma effective blocking with their
| AuSAA tAA4N bLN q E9sNd PRAt VI wv " ANo1a
| they put the ball 10 their opponents terri.
| tory. There tha contest ragged fast and
| furious, whom Kirk Rlattin. who had played
a good game from the start. pushed hts
| way through the mass of struggling boys
amid the plauiits OF 100 college lads VINO
| lined the fi4lt and Kept up shower OF
| comments throughout the game, ~ goal
| resulted. II wsa nip AND tuck contest
and neither side had increased the scoTe
| when time was called The college boys
/ played stronger game In the secoad half,
4 and 1t looked Ike Il sure victory for them
| uhtil Rrinton rlaie his lucky run.
The teams we're composed as follows
1 FrieRds' seEooi-Hushers, Constable, Briu.
| ton, Devou, Spruanae, Evans, Buck, Ggaeff
! quarter. back, Wales; hulf.backs, H0lcomh
and Cause; full-bark, Bailey, Delaware
| College Resatyas-Rashers, BookhRmmar,
! F-aus, Edmuuison, Springer, Ei-, mac
seEz,e, Handy; quarterback, May; halt.
bacEs, K. Martin and Clemson; fll-back
! Ross