Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-16


Messer. ..........- Forwards. De Zoucte
A. Martin. FORWARDS ....-.... .Gf1nthS
Kaufman. Forwards. .........-... Forbes
Day. forWhfuS. E. BaSSeLI
Williams. ......... Forwards ......... cannon
frederlcks.... ... forwards, ,..-....-- henry
Fenton. ..........- Forwards. ...ArbuclIle
fentOn ............ Forwards. .....traSSr
A. A. Messer. 80. Captain. g. w, Merewether
En- route to the Heights, the car contain
ing the football teams passed an ominous
looking vehicle resembling slightly a
"black maria" It was loaded with thirteen
unfortunates, being the jury in the Harris
murder case, accompanied by tiinty-
hearted bailiff, The front seat of the bus
was adorned with one and one-ninth men,
Cthe driver and q well-known tailor) and
out of the rear door big-hearted Jack Lee
hane looked with both eyes and was greeted
with frantic cheers by the Fort Worth and
Denver delegation. He responded in kind,
and then buried his face in an Irish linen
kcrchief to hide his grief at being debarred
from his favorite sport by the memorable
demands of the law.
CFort Worth had the ''kick-off" and lifted
the oval sphere well into the enemy's ter
ritory. There it met with a warm recs1se;
ton and was returned without delay to It's
starting point, where the play was both
sharp and quick Fort Worth then carried
the ball towards the Dallas goal, when by
fie rushing by the Dallas half-backs they
Worth's goal-line. BY the next 'scrin-
mage Dallas advanced the ball still closer,
bringing it within three feet of the line and
it was only by the hardest play that Dallas
was prevented from scoring.
By a sharp rally Fort Worth forced the
ball back towards the Dallas goal, when
time was called for the first half of the
game, in which nothing was scored by
either side.
After an interval of ten minutes play was
resumed for the second and final
half of the game, each side
nerving itself for the closing struggle
well knowing that the next half hour would
decide the match. The ball was promptly
kicked off by Dallas and returned by Fort
Worth, and after few minutes play Dal-
las kicked the ball behind the Fort Worth
goal line, where in self defense it was
touched down by the home team. After
this kickoff there was some lively scrim-
maging, which afforded much pleasure to
the spectators. The Fort Worth men were
a trife slow to tackle and hold the ball, and
soon it was forced toward their goal and
kept within twenty feet of it. Here Ar
buckle of the Dallas team carried the ball
over the goal line and secured the only
try in the game, which the Dallas
men failed to convert into goal. After
this event the play was very even until the
game was ended by the call of time.
After the return TO the city oOtn teams
repaired to the natatorium and deposited
several cubic inches per man of the pers-
piration and real estate that had been accu-
mulaled at the Heights.
The Fort Worth team has accepted a
challenge from Dallas TO play third match
in the latter city on Thanksgiving day,
Thursday the 26th inst
With a view to make arrangements fer
this match all members of the team, lovers
of football, and other athletic sports, are
invited to be present at q meeting to be
held this evening at the Texas and Pacific
ticket office, corner Third and Main streets