Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-09

ing in form for the 15-mile race at Home.
wood which, if at all, will take place next
Saturday. The club runs are about over for
the season, and lately they have not been
| well attended. They seemed to grow into
disfavor, for some reason, until finally they
! have ceased. .. 60 .-
Tennis still draws out the players who
intend to keep up the game until the snow
/ prevents. There is enough movement in
the game to keep the players pleasantly
warm; in fact it is about the best time of
the year for. good, hard games especially
| if proper quarters are at hand for cooling
| off after play. One or two instances are
noted recently where players caught Sc
we're colds through improper care after the
| games were finished. 1t is a noteworthy
TACT that the ladies are as enthusiastically
attentive to the game as the gentlemen, and
| even the coldest days so far have not kept
| them inside.
There are in Pittsburg and vicinity about
| 80 football teams, most of which have been
fully organized and prepared for the
matches already scheduled and to be ar
ranged for later on. 1t may be said there
fore that football has taken firm hold on
the communitv. There is scarcely an in
zation but has its football team and many
of the surrounding towns have independent
organizations Some have already been in
the field in hotly contested games and
others will enter the arena not
later than Saturday next. The
season will thereafter be at its height. In
most cases the teams this year are stronger
than they were last, owing to the discovery
of new players and the return home of
-,
bibed q love for the game along with the
rest of the accomplishments found In insti-
tutions of learning,
There are various leagues and sub-leagues
in the field, an intercollegiate League and
the Western Pennsylvania League. The
majority favor the. Rugby game, while
few play nothing but the Association, and
the arguments of the enthusiasts prove con-
clusively that the Rugby game is the bet
ter and vice versa. 1t is impossible at
this time to give a complete sched-
by the various teams, for the reason that in
some instances there are dates yet to be
filled. but there will be more than enough
games in every week to satisfy the admir-
ers of the game. It is also impossible to
say at this time which is the strongest team
In the field, though it is admitted that the
Pittsburg Athletic Clubs team otherwise
known as the East End Gyms) stands In
the first rank, ii not the very first. Still,
team, the Western University, Washington
and jefferson or any one of the other 20
teams may prove unexpectedly strong and
defeat the Gyms. In order that an idea
of the respective merits of the teams may be
compared, the following list of members of
elevens is given:
Pittsburg Athletic Club-Center, Culbert-
son and Stevenson; right guard. Richey; left
guard, Lawleas and Boyce; right tackle.
Goeway and Kirchner; left tackle, Kelley;
right end, Phelan; LETT end, j. A. Aull; quar-
terback, G. E. Aull: right half back, Proctor
and Martin; left half back, Valentine; full
back, Dibert and Martin.
Western University Of Pennsylvania
Center, Meckling and Calvert; left guard.
Hill; right guard, Thomas; right tackle,
Trees; loft tackle. Neale: right end, T..
borden and Calvert; left end, DuBarryl
quarterback. Smycrss right half bSek, J..