The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-02
MAROON ABOVE THE blue
Catholic Library Men Win the Great
Foot Ball Game.
THE SCORE SO TO o.


Score - Two thousand Spectators
Witness the Game-The Victory of
the Maroon Over the Blue-Connolly,
Banks and O'Byrne Led for the
Library Team and the Quicken
heimers and Rosenheim for the He
brew Boys-Another Game Jan. 10.
The colors of the Young Mems Hebrew
Association went down in a great defeat
yesterday afternoon when it contested the
foot ball championship with the Catholic
Library Association. The score was SO to
0 in favor of the Library boys.
The game had been so long talked
about that great interest was awakened and
nearly 2, 500 people went to the base ball
park to see the contest, the first of its kind
which has taken place in Savannah in the
last quarter Of a century.
The grand stand was packed TO overflow
ing and the bleaching board we're crowded
to an uncomfortable 1egree. In the field
hundreds Of pee ..e Jostled aga inst the ropes.
while mar others stood in buggies and
wages and on the top Of buses. The
f-hces were lined with small boys who, at
every opportunity, gave full vent to their
lungs by wild yells.
Inc ladies' were Ou5 IN FORCE. Nearly
every spectator wore the colOrs of either of
the teams. That Of the c. L. A. was dark
red, while the Y. NJ. H. A. was bright blue.
The red, however, seemed to be the pre-
dominating color.
A HARD PLAYED GAME.
IL was q great game and both teams
played for all they were worth. Probably
not a hundred people in the crowd outside
the players in the field understood the
game, but nevertheless they hugely enjoyed
the fine runs, knOck-downs aud rough and
tumble features. 1t brought back vividly
TO the minds of the mole contingent the
youthful days of rough aud tumble fights,
and every time the teams got mixed up in
grand mess the cheers and applause was
tremendous.
The Y NJ H. A. team, az everybody
could see from the start. was no match for
the {. l.. A. men. The latter were the
heavier, and played with more skill, show
ing better training. They never missed a
signal, while the Hebrew boys, if they ever
had any, seemed to forget them. The front
line Of the G. L. A. was like a wall, and
every time the Y. NJ. II. A. boys bncked it
they went down in an indiscriminate heap.
Nevertheless they played plucky game
The work OF Connolly, O'Byrne, Hogan
and Banks Of the Catholic Library Associa-
ton team was superb and to their scientific
maneuvers may bo credited the big score.
The Guckenheimer brothers. Rosenheim
and Myers of the Young Mems Hebrew As
ISOLATION did the greatest portion of the
labor for their team.
The game commenced few minutes after
3oclock, with Albert WHY as umpire and
Henry A McAlpiu as referee
THE LINE UP.
The players lined up as follows:
Frank Williams Left End Graft Myers.
Harry Blum Left Tackle Leon Rosenneim.
J. A. Goette. .... Left Guard a. Abrahams
T. Il. Hogan. Center "A. $ Guckenheimer, capt.
=. r. Wemyss Right Guard II. II. Cohen.
): b Williams Right Tackle. IA. l. Web.
WI Harty, Jr -. Right End, 49,. Leon Ferst.
Hugh Banks. Quarter Back A. S Cohen.
X. Q. O'BYrne Left Half Back C. l.. Iilienthal
J. B. Connolly capt. Right Half Back.
NJ g. Guckenheimer
A. W. Woolege. &C.. Full Back. 49,. Nj. A. Davis.
Capts. Connolly aud Guckenheimer tossel
up for the ball and the former won The
O. l.. A. boys then took the ball and the
y. Nj. H. A. the west goal The first play
OF the Library team was for the wedge, and
they went through the Hebrew line in great
shape, sending their opponents to the ground
IN heap and making gain of eight wards
Inc team made center run, getting ten
additional yards. Then O'Byrne grabbed
the ball aud made great run around the
left end for the goal. The Hebrew bows
SNNAAI0 hAAi AitsoAuAlNy DuJ " oJTuB ublQ TO
to the ball and made ten yards.
A dash through the center fol-
lowed, and netted the Library team
five yards. Connolly, at this
point secured the ball and made a mag
nifcent run for the goal, throwing the op-
posing teams tackles right and left and
secured touch down.
LILIENTHAL WALKED ON.
OByrne kicked for the goal, but he
missed it and the Y. NJ. H. A. put the ball
in play from the 25-yard line. Lilienthal
made run " eight yards. but was tackled
and laid out by Banks and had to retire
from the field, his neck having been
walked upon. The Hebrews lost
the ball to the G. L. A. in
four downs after some general piling UP,
knocking down and trampling Of each
other. The Library team took The ball and
bucked the center of the Hebrew line with
Banks for five yards. O'Byrne secured the
ball ana started on run for the left end.
The \. NJ. II. A. players tried to run him,
but OByrne sent them to earth as fast as
they reached him. and secured touch down.
The goal, however, was missed
The Y. NJ. H. A. players again started
the ball from the 25-yard line, but lost it in
a grand tumble to the G. L. A., Banks GET
ting it and making run to right center for
two yards, where he was tackled by Abe
Guckenheimer. Connolly followed Banks
with run around the right end and was
forced over the goal line, the touch down
not being allowed. because of the off side
play of Hogan.
a GREAT CHASE.
Back again the ball went to the Y NJ H.
A. on the l5-yard line. The team made
several rushes TO the ends, but each time
were met by the G. L. A. players, tackled
and rolled over the ground finally losing
the ball TO Banks who made run around
the left end for touch down.
He pointed the bali out, but tue c. L. A.
team missed the Catch and it went 20 the
Hebrews on the 15-yard line The C. l.. A,
with big John Goette and Wemyss leading
the rush, went through the center of the
opposing line with such effect that O'Byrne
got the ball and went over the goal line
from the interference Of the rush line
Banks brought the ball out and O'Byrne
succeeded in kicking goal.
The Hebrews then started the ball in plaV
from the center and Myers ran forward
with it, with everything seemingly favoring
his securing q touch down. but he was
tackled by Harry, and made only a gain Of
five yards. The Y. NJ. II. A., after a couple
of futile trials to break the e. l.. A. center,
fumbled the ball, and Blum captured it.
Goette and Wemyss then made two breaks
In the Hebrew line and Connolly and O'Byrne
took the ball back once around each end for
fifteen yards, making runs, which ELECTED
tremendous cheering from the spectators
After bucking the Hebrew center few
more times, time was called for the first