Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-30
NAUGHT TO NAUGHT.
The Allegheny Eleven Plays
a Great Game With the
Columbia A. C. Team.
NEITHER SCORES A GOAL.
Washington's Crack Players Meet
Their Matches at Last
OUR BOYS CARRY SURPRISES
Into the Enemys Territory in Two Stub
bornly Fought Halves.
NEITHER SCORES A GOAL.
OUR BOYS CARRY SURPRISES
Into the Enemys Territory in Two Stub
bornly Fought Halves.
HOW THEY PLAYED AT THE CAPITAL
,rpoy 4, sr.rr CORRESPONDENCE

STAFF CORRESPONDENCE
WASHINGTON, Oct 29-The most inter
esting football game of this season, and
probably the most interesting ever seer
here was that PLAYED this afternoon between
the Columbia Athletic Club eleven OF thli
city and the Allegheny Athletic Assocla.
tion team of Pittsburg. At the end OF the
second half the score stood nothing to MOTH
ing. For two halves of 30 minutes esch
the two titanic masses of Drawn and muscle
struggled and battled over the lime ribbed
field in the vain effort to reach the goal
lines.
Every variety of play was resorted to;
the half backs were sent around the ends
time after time and then through the rush
line and failing to make reasonable gains,
long punts were made down the field.
Neither side, however, found it possible to
score For every Pittsburg Roland there
was q Washington Oliver Norman Nc
Clintock, the great Yale player of 81, cap
tanned the Three AS team, and at full back
put up beautiful game, kicking well down
the field and running like greyhound
when in possession of the ball
The Struggle Was Great
gheny, an er-Varsity player of renown, was
also pillar of strength while the rush line
was uniformly strong and heavy. In fact
the visitors had clearly the advantage In
weight, but 1t availed them but little against
the skill and good playing of their oppo-
nents Several of the Columbia men, who
have heretofore proven disappointments to
their friends, suddenly took brace on
themselves and played great ball
There was considerable criticism of Lees
umpiring on the part of the visitors Sew
eral of his decisions were decidedly favor
able to the c. A. c., of which club he is Q
member. During the first half some min
utes were lost upon several occasions while
arguing with Mr.. Lee over certain disputed
points. At the request of Captain Nc
Clintock q change of umpire and referee
was made in the second half, Mr.. Mccain
mon, of Georgetown College, taking
Mr. Lees place and Mr.. William Howell
succeeding Mr.. Church as referee.
Columbia Took the Ball
Columbia won the toss and took the ball,
and in consequence the A. A. 4. took the
west goal, making the Columbians face the
sun. Columbia started with the Y and
gained four Yards On the second down,
Burroughs fumbed the ball and Valentine
darted through the line and fell on it. Allie
gheny then started to carry the ball up
field toward Columbia's goal, but made no
headway for three downs
Then McClintock started on q sprint
around left end, but dropped the ball which
was picked up by Weaver, c. A. c., who
gained good ten yards before being downed.
On the line up, however, Rowan Jumped
through the line and fell on the ball just a.
it was put into play. Then McClintock
tried another long run around the right
end, but was tackled and downed by
Weaver, losing three yards. On the fourth
down the A. A. A. had lost ground and
gave the ball to Columbia. Seton, c. A.
C.'s new man, then made good run around
the left end, gaining ten yards. He re-
peated this on the next line up, gaining ten
yards more.
The Three AS Held Their Own.
Allegheny then held the Columbias back
for four successive downs and gained the
ball. Then Tor few minutes the visitors
made holes in the home rush line and ad-
vanced the ball to the center of the field.
Valentine went through the line repeated
ly. The game then held the center of the
field for the remainder of the half which
ended with the score 0 to 0.
The second half was far more interesting
than the first, as both teams PLAYED the ball
well into the enemy's territory. Columbia
soon took the ball from the A A. A. and
pushed by rushes through the center and
round the end by runs TO within ID wards of
The visitors goal Allegheny regained the
ball, however, and by successive long
punts by McClintock sent it down to Co.
luubia's 20-yard line. Here the two teams
struggled for several minutes, until Shields
sent the ball by long kick well back into
Alleghenys territory just as time was