The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-06-24
The Picnic
a Great Success.

torical Society picnic yesterday wa
u very large, and the enjoyment Of tn
audience was complete. The program
| as announced was not carried out t.
the letter, but there was no lack o
, amusement. The main feature Of tn,
days amusement was the football
game between the Benedicts and Bach
elors. and in consequence the main par
of the spectators did not leave for the
grounds until o'clock. AS soon as the
train rounded the point the suns gem
ial influence was felt, and all looked
forward with the pleasantest anticipa-
tons for the afternoons amusement.
About 2:S0 the bachelors appeared on
the field and in a few minutes took
their places as follows: Forwards
Thompson, right wing; w. Trullinger,
right guard; Gibson, center; Mclean,
left guard; J. c. Carruthers, left wing.
Half-backs-C. Higgins, right F. Spit
tie, center; w. e. Tallant, left. Backs
G.. j. Smith, left, ]. Finlayson Jr, right
Goalkeeper. Burlington.
A few minutes after at signal from
Referee Gum, the Benedicts appeared,
and instantly there was roar from
the spectators. About as fantastic a
collection of costumes as was ever seen
at prize masquerade had been secured
for the occasion, and the men appeared
as If arrayed for production of opera
bouffe, rather than for participation in
game which requires perfect freedom
of action. The arrangement of the
team was as follows: Forwards-Bev-
eridge, right wing; Rathom. right
guard; Bartholomew, center; Bradford,
left guard; Thad Trullinger, left wing.
Half-backs, Robb, right; W. w. Ride
halgh, center; Weeks, left. Backs
j. Finlayson, Sr., right; Davis, left.
Goalkeeper, Adds.
The toss for position was won by
Captain Bartholomew, of the Benedicts
and he elected to kick with the wind,
or toward the hill. This gave the kick
off to the opposite side, and Spittle
started the sphere in motion toward
the goal near the grand stand, and
the battle began. For few minutes
some lively work was done, the Bene-
diets holding their own and forcing
the ball toward the opposite goal, by a
succession of passes from Rathom to
Bartholomew, and from the latter to
Ridehalgh, who held possession of it
and successfully lodged all opponents
until he had almost reached the goal,
where a tussle occurred, Smith, of the
Bachelors, finally getting the ball out
and returning it toward the center of
the field. The play continued with
varying results until the ball was
forced to the Benedicts' goal and rush |
ed through by Will Trullinger No
time was lost in kicking off again, and
the Benedicts played a rattling game,
Ridehalgh getting possession of the ball
in the center of the field, and picking
his way through the Bachelors until he
reached their goal and dextrously shot
the sphere between the posts. The
score then stood one to one, with half |
time approaching, but before Referee
the time for an intermission, Barthol-
omew made a succession of brilliant
plays, and being pressed passed to
who again reached the vi
cinity of the Bachelors goal, but was
stopped by Smith, who saved his team
from what seemed a certain score
against it.
Half time was then announced and
the players were given about ten min
utes to recuperate their energies Dur
ing the second half the position of the
players was changed, and then began
q hard battle. A good deal of charging
was done, and the almost innumerable
falls created no end of merriment
among the spectators. Most of the
playing was in the vicinity of the Ben
edict's goal, some of that team begin
ming to show the effects of the exercise
and weakening somewhat Several
claims of foul were made by the Bach
elors, but none were allowed, the ref
cree giving the benefit of all doubts
to the married men. About fifteen
before the call of time "side-
kick" was secured by the Bachelors
and Jack Carruthers, by "a neat trick,
deceived the Benedicts, who expected
him to drop the ball well out into the
field. Instead, by clever manipulation
of his foot, he dropped it fairly in
front of the goal, about six feet off,
and Gibson kicked it through. During
the remainder of the garee several Of
the Benedicts were 'groggy,,, being
pretty we'll tired on account Of poor
condition, and the Bachelors had things
pretty much their own way. Adds,
however, proved a most formidable bar
rier in front of the besieged goal, and
time after time saved his team from a
worse defeat. The game closed with
the score two to one against the mar
ried men, and while there was not SO
much united action as should have been
the case, it may be said that aall the
players did. their best to afford amuse-
ment, and succeeded fairly well.
The members of the Pioneer and His
torical Society were much pleased with
the result of the picnic.
NOTES OF THE GAME.
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