Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-20
GOOD PLAYING IN MUD.
The Allegheny Team Short Some OF
Its Star Heavy Weights. =
COLLEGE BOYS TOO WELL TRAINED
For the Eleven That Went Up Against
Them Yesterday.
FOOTBALL GAMES IN LOCAL FIELDS

st the A. A A. Park yesterday afternoon,
compared with the crowd that would have
been there had the day finished as pleasant
" as it started. Yet there were some 600
or 500 who stood in the cold and watched
the steaming. PLAYERS struggle in the mud
for couple of hours 1t was game light
from beginning TO end, though the A. A. A. s
regular team was not complete. Several
PLAYERS did not show up. Blunt failed to
appear until the middle of the first half
and then was not permitted to take his
place in the line until Hill who was in the
rush line, was injured. Neither Floy nor
Coates were present, but their places we're
filed very acceptably BY Rose and Gill,
the latter of whom made several brilliant
PLAYS
The Washington and Jefferson boys
lined up as indicated yesterday morning,
and thev made things lively for the A. A.
As Messrs. DAHL, of W. & j., and
Christy, OF Sewickley, acted as referee and
umpire The A A. AS took the ball at
the start, but after a small gain on the
wedge, McClintock tried to run around the
right end. The mud was too much for him.
He slipped one way, and the ball went on
until captured by w. & j., and then the
leather seemed to have a partiality for the
part of the field that had just been plowed,
and by the time there had been half dozen
downs, il was hard to tell where the player
commenced and the mud ended. Then the
w. & J. bucked for all thev we're worth,
and gained ground steadily. Several at
tempts were made to run around the end
bv Clarke. Fiscus and others, but everv-
where the 1.-the form of Ewing shot
through, and he brought down
the feetest runner every time. Ewing's
work yesterday was the most brilliant on
the ground. He tackled magniicently and
stopped many an attempted run by his
excellent work in this line.
W. and j. on the Aggressive.
The bali never was on w. & J. terri
tory from the opening until the first touch
down, when Clarke got around the A. A.
A right end and carried the pig skin to
the right corner. Two attempts were made
TO put the ball out for free kick, aid both
failing, the A. A. A. s took il to the center
OF the field. For time the ball STAYED
near the middle line. Then Fiscus ad-
vanced it 25 yards by neat run, and the
A A. A. s got it and brought it back, and
thus ii went back and forward until Clarke
again got past and touched it down in the
same place where he had previously landed
it. This time Rhen got try at the goal,
but failed and the score stood to in
lavOr of w. & j. Time was called with the
ball in the center.
The last halt was a grand struggle. The
W. & J. had the bali and they carried it
clear down to within 20 yards of the A. A.
\. goal before thev lost it. Here the Ale
gheny Angels took q determined stand.
Blunt whizzed around and pulled down col
lege boy after college boy, thus weakening
the strength of the DucSing octet. Ewing
sailed through the air, hung on to the waist
OF Fiscus and impeded the advancing CO.
hOrts, and Trees, Rowand and the others laid
down in the mud and formed an impossible
barrier. Then the Angels of Allegheny got
the ball and Blunt tried to skip W the field,
but he put his hand in the face OF an
approaching antagonist and the ball went to
w. & J. somewhere near the center.
CIarke's legs carried him around the left
end Of the Angels for q 15-yard gain and
then all the weight of the college boys was
thrown time after time on the rush line un-
til the 10-yard hne was again reached.
Stopped Them ust in Time.
The Angels were growing desperate
They sacrificed the last dry spots of their
suits, but they kept their toes from further
encroachment on their territory. The
Angels took the ball on the fourth down,
and alter small gains BY bucking, Valentine
few around and lighted in the mire at the
35-yard line. He was ably assisted BY the in
reference OF Ewing and Boden. Then the
Angels gave the college boys some of their
own medicine. They pill ed up in the mid
die, made way first for Blunt and then
Boden and gained 20 yards before they were
brought 10 standstlll and gave up the
ball to the college boys Clarke again ran
nd bo laff ond
pushed through the center and pulled down
the field clear TO the five yard line before
stopped.
Another mighty effort of the Angels gave
them the ball on the fourth down, and then
Rowand pushed through the center, gain
ing 10 yards. In the crush Anderson was
hurt, and Meloy took his place. Valentine
had clear way for goal around the right
end He few along, with plenty of inter-
ferers between him and the w. & J. s. until
he struck the mud and then his feet slipped
in different directions and he fell with a
sprained leg. He played on, however, alter
a short spell of rubbing, and W. & J. got
the ball on tumble. Fiscus tried to reach
the A. A. A. line, but Ewing was after him
like a shot, and downed him at the 15-yard
line Another determined stand OF the
Angels and they took the ball Blunt ran
around the lett end for 25-yard gain, and
gradually the ball worked its way to the
center, where it was when time was called,
with no score on either side for this half
Good Defensive Game.
It was constant effort on the part of the
A. A. A. s to prevent the W. & J.. scor-
ing and they played good defensive game.
In the first half the A. A. A. s once got the
hall to within few yards of the W. & J.
Voal. but it was quickly carried back by
The college boys This was the only ag-
pr.ssiye work of the A. A. A. Blunt,
alter he replaced Hill, did some good work
AT tackIipg and Valentine made one or two
good gains by runs Boden carried the ball
ahead through the center and Donnelly
cantured a runner or two, but Ewing out
nIaved them all and got onto the flyers in
ali shapes and STYLES, when missed tackle
meant a touchdown.
For the w. & j. Rhen caught a punted
hall snd carried it back like a streak OF
i;r-btninq- Clarke made most of the gains
he inns around the ends and Fiscus and
Freeman took the ball ahead several times.
T. vras noticeable that the w. & rs did
not punt for gains, preferring to depend on
the heetness of their runners and the weight
Of their rush line. The teams lined up as
follows during the major part OF the game:
W&J Posst.o1'' z. A. a;
1nvlts -. Left guard ..-.-.--..-.....R Rose
McEee -, Right guard. .....- KountZ
TiscHs '.,... Lett tackie-------....... Trees
freeman Right tacsie' d Blunt