The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-21
ROUGH AND TUMBLE,
Naval Officers and Civilians PLAY
Foot. Ball.

Scientific football was exhibited to a
fashionable audience at Central Park yes
teiday afternoon. The ladies present out
numbered the men and showed as much
enthusiasm over the ludcrous movements
on the field as their escorts. The ground
and lofty tumbling INDUCED in by the players
out-ghosted the widest "ghost-dance" that
ever struck terror to the hearts of the ranch
ers around the bad Lands"
The most exciting spectacle was when
sand spattered cadet would emerge from
forest of legs and attempt dash for goal.
With rlb-crunching hug from an antagonist
he would double up in heap and squirm
on the ground like worm. Then the
other twenty-one players would make a
matched roof on him with their bodies and
evince mad desire to squeeze the lite out
of him. This sort OF thing occurred every
few minutes and kept the spectators cheer
ing and laughing.
The first game lasted thirty minutes and
was won by the naval officers. At the out
set the civilians played the stronger game,
but were soon pushed back to defend their
goal. The finish was greeted with "Wah-
hoo-wahs" from enthusiasts on the grand
stand. At the end of the first half the
Charlestons had scored ten points by two
toucbdowns and goal. Catlin was by far
their best player.
The Charlestons won by their superiority
In the ru,h-line, for they played hurricane
game. Nearly all the work was done in the
rush-line until the second half, when the
civilians became accustomed to the heavy
body checking of their opponents and
changed their tactics to brilliant dashes and
runs at the Charlestons' goal.
This change threw more vigor into tho ap-
plause from the grand stand. The San
Franciscans were weakened by the absence
of their regular right quarterback, although
Tobin proved himself power against which
the majority of the seamen could make no
leeway. Sherrard's and Taylor's lightning
dashes were good support to Tobin, and
resulted in ending the second half with a
touch down and goal, or points, for the
San FTauciscans. The game ended, there
fore, in a victory for the Charlestons by a
score Of 10 points to 6.
captain of the Charlestons paralyzed the
San Franciscans by directing his men in
nautical language. Let go the jib'' and
Port your helm" were samples Of the or
ders given the seamen during the game, and
the civilians were all at sea over the strange
to them signals. Naval Cadet f. p. Nc
Gruder acted as umpire and +. Eichbaum as
referee. The names of the teams are as
follows:
Charleston Team-Naval Cadet A. W. Catlfn,
full back; Ensign G. N Hayward, haif.back ;;
Ensign Z. Churchill, quarter back r Naval Cadet
Z. i: Voselgesang, center; Assistant Engineer
II. w. Jones. right guard; Naval Cadet A.
Gartley, lett guard; Naval Caaet r. E. Carney,
right tackle; Assistant Surgeon George Roth
ganger, left tackle; Ensign 2. McGnnis, right
end; Ensign, W. s. Burke, lett end.
San Francisco Teani-J. b. Sherrard, left end
+. Frck, left tackle; G. Howard, left guard; NJ.
Taylor, center; N. O'SullivaD, rear guard; b. N.
Rickets right tackle; q. j. Wellington. right
end; j. Tobin, left half f. Taylor, right hall ;
Roy Gallagher, full back; S. Howard, quarter.
back and captain.
About o'clock King Kalakaua appeared
in a carriage. accompanied by the Consul of
Hawaii Mckinley, Aid-de-Camp Colonel
Baker, and Chamberlain Colonel McFar-
lane. He was driven around the square and
was given position before the grand stand.
A number of gentlemen surrounded the car
riage and gave him the benefit Of their
knowledge of the exciting game. lie showed
much interest in the amusing tussles, and
no doubt concluded that tho burn ing sun at
Hawaii would preclude the Introduction of
the rough-and-tumble sport among his sub
jects. Admiral Brown of the Charleston
and his fell0w-officers were also prominent
among the spectators. The gate receipts
will add over 500 TO the Charity Fund of
the Woman's Exchange.