Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-16
MINISTER'S VS.. CHRISTIANS
They Play an Exciting Game
of Football.
FIELD CLUB COLTS AT ELKTON
How Pennsylvania Scored Six
Against Yale.


The 200 spectators who went out to
Riverview Saturday to SEQ the eleven
from the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation play team from Upland, which
included several players from Grocer
Theological Seminary, saw one of the
most exciting struggles for supremacy
that has been witnessed here this year.
The grand style in which the Christians
played football was not only great
surprise to the large audience that
watched the game with un1agging
interest, but the home team were
amazed themselves. The minister's
brought much heavier men than the
Christians could possibly produce, yet
nevertheless the latter made gallant
fight and kept the Upland team down
to comparatively small score.
The Christian young men scored
touchdown from which goal was
kicked, while all the Upland people
could obtain were 10 points. The Up
land team averaged pounds to man
more than the home team, and it was
the superior physical strength of the
visitors rush line that won the game.
The work of the Christians behind
the line was admirable. The backs ran
well and tackled superbly. The rush
line, however, was unable to hold the
big stalwart team from Delaware county,
and several times the forwards were
through the line and OH top of the home
teams half backs before they were given
an opportunity to run with the pig-s5in.
The ministers rush line stood like o
stone wall when the Christians fire.
quently secured the ball for run, and
most of their gains were made by skirt
ing the ends. Lawson puntcd well and
Mahaffy was very effective at quarter.
Rice proved himself sprintel At every
opportunity, but for some reason he was
not given the ball as often as usual. lie
is one of the most promising players on
the Y. M. G. A.
The ministers had the kickoff in the
first half, while the home team had the
advantage OF the west goal. They bucked
the centre for large gains and for time
the home team was unable to hold them.
The ministers soon struck IL snag when
Mahaffy's men rallied to the situation,
and by playing more aggressive game
the Christians kept them from scoring
until the midst of the first half, when
Hulme went over the line for touch
down. Goeltz kicked the goal Play
was resumed and the home team worked
the flying wedge satisfactorily. Before
time was called the Christians had
crossed the line. In the second half the
visitors made another touchdown by
sending Brown through their opponents
centre. The try at goal failed, The
final score was Upland, 10; Y. NJ. G. A., 6.
In the second half Williams, of the
home team was injured. There We're
loud calls for Pierce, substitute, but
as Pierce did not answer, some one way
up in the grand stand shouted: "Pierce
has his clothes on" This remark was
greeted with laughter by the spectators,
many OF whom wondered whether
Pierce would be rash enough to appear
on the field without his usual wearing
apparel. Of course the informant meant
that Pierce had exchanged his jersey
and canvas knickerbockers for his street
attire, but the manner in which he
volunteered the reply to the call for
Pierce is open to criticism.
William S. Hilles had been an inter-
ested spectator during the forepart of the
game and when he saw that the progress
OF the struggle would be seriously inter-
fered with unless some one took Will
liams' place behind the line, handed his
shining derby to u friend and entered
Williams place at half-back recollec-
tons Of the time when he filled that
position on HaYerford College team,
occupied his attention, and some of the
great Delaware Field Club games also
lurked in his memory. Hilles entered
ilto the spirit of the game with all the
determination of his enthusiastic man.
hood, and had he sooner been called
upon the field, the local team in all
probability would have scored another
touchdown.
He made several beautiful openings
for Mahatfy and Rice, but for some
reason they failed to follow the opening
through the centre and skirted the ends.
Here they were invariably brought to
grief by the vigorous tackling of the
visitors. Time was called within few
minutes after Hilles went ON the field,
with the ball on the visitors 25.yard
line.
The officers who were assigned to
police duty on the field were Patrol
men james L. Scott and Simon Moran.
The former was guyed for the ungentle-
manly manner in which he pushed and
handled the crowd, and the verdict
seemed to be that the officer was too
''fresh." An officer should bear in mind
that he is not dealing with Trout street
FOUNDERS when detailed to keep the
spectators behind the line at a football
game. And the fact that the officers
city beat is confined to the "coast"
ought not to excuse him for unusual
roughness on the football field.
The Y. M. G. A. boys are elated over
their good work on Saturday and re-
joice that the visitors -were held down
to such a close score. The men lined
up as follows;
UPLAND. YIN. O. A.
burgess. .lett end... Wiel
Cullow.... ".left tackle. ....... Courtney
Terry-. left guard. ....... Greer
Plmm ..........,...,ce utre. ....,....., Schofelc
hwailow..,...... right guard. ...........hayel
Richardson. 80. right tackle Layton
Lord. right end. ....... .Wlllialni
Eohoheld. ....., .qurter-back. $50. .Mahaffy
Brown. LETT half-back. J. ........ kict