The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-10-09
A VERY GOOD GAME
OF Football Over Mt Martins Ferry sntur-
div AfternOOn

day Afternoon.
The Martins Ferry Y. NJ. @. A. foot
ball club made a good start on Saturday.
Its first game was played on the home
grounds. against Wheeling aud the
Wheeling boys were shut out, the score
standing 20 to O. The game, played
under the Rugby rules, was in halves OF
fifteen minutes each and was Witnessed
by large crowd OF both sexes: Many
persons were present from Wheeling
and other places.
c. G. Mitchell captained Martins
Ferry aud Ed Brock the Wheeling
team. The latter was short five players
and these were furnished by Martins
Ferry, they being Hal Watson, George
Springer, Martin Myers, Thomas Ed.
mundS and Ollie McAninch.
Martins Ferry was as follows: Ed
McAninch, centre; Jess Hipkins, right
guard; Ed Smith left guard; Thos. Will
liams, right tackle; Hayward Long, lett
tackle; Robt. Edwards, rightend; James
Sweeney, left ond; Q. @. Mitchell, quar-
ter back; Will Rogers. right half back;
r. q. Montgomery, lett half back; AL.
fred Davis, full back.
GeorgeNChessell was referee for Mar
tins Ferry and Robert Blackford for
Wheeling.
In the first half Davis captured the
ball and reached the goal line easily,
distance over forty yards. He also
kicked the ball over the goal with ease.
Points, 6.
Springer got the ball and made a nice
short run. Davis, in tackling him, got
n hard fall. Long did good work and
Montgomery. securing the ball, ran like
u deer from the centre toward the line,
Wheeling working hard, but Montgom-
cry reached the line in safety amid great
applause, distance forty-fve yards.
DAVIS failed to kick the ball over the
goal and Montgomery's fine work count
ed for only four points.
Hipkins was showed through the CEN
tire, passed the half backs aud shot over
the line. Edwards kicked and lost.
Points 4.
This time Rogers and Edwards made
good runs with the ball.
Martins Ferry worked Davis clear out
with screw V in the last half OF the
second and no made a good run, like
wise kick, and scored six points. This
finished the game, the score standing
20 to 0.
The last half of the second lasted thir-
teen minutes and Springer, Edwards,
Montgomery and Rogers all made good
runs with the ball and Long and
Sweeney worked hard.
Hal Watson covered himself with
glory in tackling Edwards and Davis
made three successful kicks out OF four,
good record for his first game.
The rushing OF Martins Ferry was
remarkably good and she played her
signals we'll. Her running and tackling
were clever, and the half-back was
great. Wheeling was squashed every
time they would try to pass the ends,
only one OF her men succeeding. For
light men Wheeling did splendid rush
ing, but aside from this no really clever
work was done. They have less wind
and meat than the Martins Ferry boys.
There was no genuine slugging, and
Harper. OF Wheeling, was the worst
hurt. For man with knocked-out
leg, Secretary Mitchell, OF the Martins
Ferry Y. NJ. g. a., holds on with bull
dog tenacity.
The large crowd enjoyed the game
and appiauded everything clever. Judg-
ing from the interest taken in the first
game and merely an exhibition one, it
looks like foot ball would be popular
hereabouts this winter.
Next Saturday game will be played
on the Martins Ferry grounds between
the home team and the Franklin Col
lege team, OF New Athens, which is said
to be strong organization.
Ernest Smith, of Martins Ferry, who
attended Lafayette college, is playing
great bail this season.