Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-01
That's What the Washington-Jeffer-
son Boys Said About Their
Football Game,
AND THEY ALL LEFT THE FIELD.
The Local Association Team Of Kicken
Lower the Colors of the Cham
pions From Mcdonald.
SOME LIVELY GAMES IN THE EAST.
The Leading College Teams All Are victcr-4sneral
Baseball News Of Interest

The game of Rugby football between th e
f. E. GYMS and washington-Jeferson Col.
lege teams at East End Park was of short
duration. After two intervals of play
broken by continuous wrangling, and dur
ing which the GYMS scored IA points, the
visitors withdrew finally from the field,
amid chorus of ieers from the crowd and
copious shower of stones and mud from the
boys.
1t would be rather difficult to account for
Washington Jeferson's dissatisfaction.
From all appearances everything was done
to please them, even the majority of their
friends present and the partisans from the
college being unable to see sufficient reason
for their refusal to continue the contest.
The Fun Started.
The game started, the Gyms having the
bail, with furious run by Proctor for Is
Yards In the next play Martin repeated
the act around the left. 1t was this sort of
play, so different from their own deliberate
stvle, that seemed TO disconcert the visitors
from the commencement. 1t was so effective,
in fact, that in exactly ten minutes the
GYMS, through fine run by Martin. made
touchdown. Fry failed to kick goal, ap-
parently on account of high wind.
At this iuncture Observation-Disclosures
withdrew from the field, claiming indis-
criminate slugging prevented them from
PLAYING their game. After thinking over
the matter in the omnibus for 20 minutes,
however, they agreed tc return and play it
out, if the umpire, MIR. McCauce, was re-
moved. This was acceded tc, Mr. Joseph
McCance, q brother of the other, taking the
honor
The ball was then carried out to the 25-
ward line and in few minutes rushed in
goal again by the Gyms, Fry succeeding in
the goal kick this time. Westinghouse Jeffer-
son having the ball at center, tried the V
trick but failed to gain yard and on the
second try lost the ball by miserable fumb-
ling.
Made Another Touchdown.
Again the GYMS went to work and within
FIVE minutes the ball was again across the
line, although Fry again failed to kick
goal. Again the visitors retired, this time
for good and that without giving any clear
reason for doing SO, some of the players
giving one cause and others different one
ana so forth. To every one present, the
crowd numbering fully 800, nearly one-half
being ladies' there did not seem to be any
legitimate excuse Tor the college gentle
mems action, exec 2t disappointment at being
so heavily over-matched. Mr.. Livingstone,
an Eastern gentleman. acted as referee.
There is no desire in this account of the
game TO blame either side for unfair nlay.
The visitors, many of whom gave indica-
tions Of having been in contact with some
body who hadn't much respect for an cp-
ponent's features, claimed that the Gyms
INDUCED in the
Unfairest Kind of Singing.
from start to finish. or until the visitors
could no longer stand it. On the other
hand, the Gyms claim that there was no
slugging at all, and that the Washington
Jefferson were so badly beaten from the
start that they lost heart and left the field.
One word of comment may be necessary.
Football is now more popular in Western
Pennsylvania than it ever was, and il may
develop into one of the most popular games
of America if smuggling" or blackguardism
is kept from it. 1t is unfortunately too
true that in the majority of cases contest
ant in a Rugby contest is never sure of
coming out OF the game with his limbs un-
broken. The game can and must be carried
on without the tiger and pugilistic element
or spirit. There may or may not have been
undue roughness in yesterdays East End
game, but il is a fact that there is a tendency
among Rugby teams TO knock opponents
down by hook or by crook. Those who
have the game in charge must see that this is
stopped, because the class of people who go
to see a Rugby football game don't go to see
blackened eyes, broken noses and disjointed
limbs