Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-26
The two teams lined up as follows

| ward. Full back. ...... Clarl
The game was played on the big field back o
| the college buildings. There was not much O
crowd OF spectators for the threatening
weather scared away most people. Still Their,
were number of young men and boys from
Kendall Green and the High School who stool
around the field and applauded good plays.
There were several High Schoo. bows playinf
| on tho Duponts.
The game was to have begun at II o'clock
but there was long delay caused BY the fail
ure OF the Duponts to put in an appearance
IL was nearer noon when time was called fol
| the hrst hall. MIR. Denison Gailaudet was the
referee and Mr.. Lindsey Denison the umpire
THE FIRST HALF.
Duponts won the toss and took the ball and
the Duponts the south goal. BY good rush.
line work the Kendalls went half way down the
field on the trick. By main strength and
weight they carried the ball over the line
within two minutes Of the beginning of the
game Hubbard made the touch down and
Ward kicked pretty goal, making the score c
TO U In favor of the kendalls
Play was started in the center of the field with
the ball in the possession Of the Duponts
They were outplay ed and could make no ground
with the ball. Clarke kicked after three downs
and the ball went to the kendalls. Robbins made
good gain through the line. The Duponts
got the ball but on three downs were forced
to kick and it went to the Kendalls who made
steady gains by good rush line work. Duponts
got the ball in four downs and Mcdonald made
ten yards by a fine run around the right end.
but the kendalls got the ball and Ward made
one OF the prettiest runs Of the game, carrying
the ball down within forty yards Of the Du-
points line. He was tackled and bis leg was sc
badly hurt in falling that he was obliged to re-
tire from the game. His place was taken by
Tilton.
The Kendalls continued to make gains by su.
perior weight Duponts got the leather on a
.
obliged to kick up the field. They got
the ball again IN few minutes and when
1t was passed to Male he showed it under
his arm, and eiuding all the Keudalla
made splendid run around the left end and
carried 1t more than half the length of the
field and up to within yard Of the Kendalls'
goal line Church was pushed over the line.
Clark kicked goal, tieiug the score at all.
when the ball was put in play again the
college boys started it toward the other end OF
the field. but lost on a tumble. Clark kicked
but the Duponts recovered the ball, and Clark
made another good run.
There was no more scoring during the first
half. and time was called with the play near
the center Of the feld.
THE SECOND HALF.
During the intermission the rain began to
fall, and continued through almost the entire
second half. In this part of the game the Ken
dalls made two more touch downs. from both OF
which goals were kicked, thus adding IL more
to their score.
The Duponts started of with the ball and
made q good gain to begin with. but they were
compelled to kick and the Kendalls got the ball
at their thirty hve-yard line. A succession of
short rushes and good runs carried the ball
into the center of the field.
The Duponts got the ball on four downs, but the
kendalls recovered possession Of it on q block
kick and kept going on up the field with it, 1,
was within fifteen yards of the Dupouts' goal
when the umpire gave the Kendalls 1--WE wards
for interference with their snapback. The
Duponts protested, but finally yielded the
point rather than stop playing.
Cowan, who had all along played remark
ably strong game for the Kendalls, making a
gain every time he had the ball. was pushed
over the line for the second touch down. Hub
bard kicked the goal and the score was ~ to 6.
The last touch down was also made by Cowan
within the last thirty seconds of the half, and
the goal, difficult one. was kicked by HUB
bard Score: kendalls, 10; Duponts, G.