The record-union., 1893-11-13
A CUTE" LITTLE PAOTIME.
Athletes and Students Scramble for a
Football.
The schoolboys We're the Liveliest
Hustlers and the Referee Said
They Had Won.
"Ohl footballs just the cutest game.
Ii cannot be surpassed;
But yet ii really is a shame
To use men up so fast.n

To use men up SO fast.n
This is the manner in which young
lady OF poetical turn of mind concluded
her description of football game in
few verses penned to an acquaintance
who had not taken advantage of the op-
portunity to witness one Of the great col
lege games. It is agreed by all that foot
ball is the toughest of sports, and it does
seem a shame that the game cannot be
played without such risk of bodily in
jury.
The ladies who attended Saturdays
game in this city between the High School
and Athletic Club elevens viii heartily
concur in the sentiments expressed in
the last two lines of the poets stanza, but
they cannot say that it is ''cute' game.
There is nothing cute about a football
contest, and any one who doubts the
truth of the assertion needs only to see
an average match, let alone take part in
one of them. 1t is a test of physical en-
durance and agility, and it is a lucky
player who finishes game without carry
ing away menento in the way OF a bat
tered nose, scratched face or sprained
limb.
And yet people like to see games
element of danger that is coupled with it.
Saturdays contest was attended by over
three hundred people. Nearly all the
pupils of the High School were there,
and so were many of the teachers. The
Athletic Club boys, too, were out in force.
and there was quite pretty display of
ribbons to represent the colors of the re-
spective teams. The school boys seemed
small alongside their opponents, but it is
fact that their eleven weighed about
twenty pounds more than the Athletes,
on account Of the proportions of two
members Of the team, Birdsall and
Merkley. both of whom use the 203-
pound weight on the scales and then have
to slide the balance-weight along for
quite distance.
Play was called at 3:20 P. NJ. and August
Yoerk and Ed NJ. Sheehan were selected
to do the umpire and referee work. The
High School team won the toss and took
the ball, Captain Cole of the Athletes
choosing the eastern goal. The school
boys formed a Yale Y or wedge and
gained about six yards. There were two
or three scrilhmageS and finally the ball
was kicked and fumbled, and, Payne
seiZing it, ran all the way to the goal line
and made touch down. The try at goal
was failure, the ball being kicked wide
of the goal posts. The touch down gave
the Athletes four points. and they were
jubilant.
Both teams again lined up in the cen
ter Of the field, and then commenced
some real heavy work. The High School
did the better work in half-back running
and interference, and before the three
quarters of an hour were up they had
scored two touch-downs. which gave
them eight points. Both of their kicks at
the goal posts, however, did not count,
although one of them barely missed be-
ing goal.
High School team scored a touch down
and goal after a hard tussle and some
pretty work behind their line. This
gave them six points more and shortly
afterward they scored another touch
down, which increased their score TO
eighteen points.
Ia this half of the game the Athletes
came within a yard of scoring touch
down, bat lost the ball by not gaining
the requisite five yards in three consecu-
tive downs" OF course, just as soon
as the schoolbovs got possession of the
ball they passed it TO their full-back, Har-
rison, and he punted it out beautifully
into the center of the field.
One of the prettiest plays ever seen in a
football game was made about ten min
utes before the contest was over. The
High School team had the ball, and it was
passed TO half-back May, who deliber-
ately stepped upon his quarter-back's
shoulders ana started across the heads
and shoulders Of the mass of players. He
was walking right over them ali, but ac-
cidentally dropped the ball. 1t was
seized by Renwick. however, who
rushed forward with it and made gain
of over thirty yards. The play was
loudly cheered.
One of the features of the game was the
bucking work of Powers, the full
OF the Athletic team. His rushes through
the center were very effective, and if he
had been in better condition TO stand the
strain the Athletics might have made a
better showing. Cole played hard game,
but his interference was poor, and there
were but one or two good runs made by
the half backs of the Athletic Club.
The High School line was strong, and
their two end ruShers, IIoll and lEby, did
brilliant work. The schemers, however,
were Renwick, May, Bauer and Harri-
son, who played behind the line. Excel
lent judgment was used and they rarely
lost the ball without making big gain
by Harrison's effective punts.
When time was called at the end of the
second halt the High School team had
won by a score OF Is to T. and great
shout went up. Captain Renwick of the
High School team had his knee badly
sprained and was carried off the field.
The faces Of the rest of the players were
ornamented with scratches, and very
tired lot of football players left Snowflake