Bridgeton pioneer., 1893-11-16
A GAME OF ACCIDENTS.
They are Defeated by the Inst
tute Team and Three of Their
Wen are Very Seriously Hurt.

They are Dete ated by the Inst
tnte Team and Three of Their
Men are Very Seriously Hurt.
When the members of the Morris
Guards foot ball team left for their
homes In Atlantic City Saturday after
noon they were not only ceaten, but
generally broken up.
A big crowd of people was over on
the ground at one o'clock when the
game began, and it looked as If the
crowds would have joyous time. The
game began with the pig skin 10 the
possession of the Institute lads. Capt
Madden formed his men for a fl lying
wedge. AS he held the ball he faced
eleven big sturdy soldierly looking fell
lows from the City by the Sea. Capt.
Madden had in mind the gaining of
considerable territory with the first
run, while the Guards were equally as
determined to prevent the gaining of
a single foot more than necessary.
The word was given and the ball Is
touched In play. Like a solid wedge
the school lads start toward the west
ern goal. Like an avalanche the
eleven soldiers from Atlantic bore
upon them. Then a shock, a struggle,
then little gain for the Institute boys.
A little more, more yet, still more, and
when finally the ball is down twenty
yards have been gained.
Then the play is sharp aud furious
The ball is lost first to one side and
then the other. Each eleven endeavor
to rush the lines, and each make a
stubborn resistance. Still the Insti-
tute lads keep the ball in the territory
of the Atlantic boys, and slowly and
surelyIthe ball is getting toward that
Western goal.
See, Manguse gets the ball. Off for
a twenty yards run. Now line up
boys. A little rush, and it Is on the
line. Once again! Let this be su-
preme effort. Hear Capt. Madden CIV
ing the signs. There! Milford has
snapped the ball back to Madden. He
never misses it, and off it goes to Man
guse, and that earnest half-back gives
a mighty rush forward. Behind him
are the others, and over the line the
ball goes. The Institute has touch
down, and ruby and white fl aunts de-
family in the breeze. The fish horns
of the Institute young ladies make
sweet music to the hard working
players. That touch down counts
four. Can goal be kicked?
Wait! Manguse punts the ball to
Donnelly. He makes splendid catch
and Ayars carefully poises for the
kick. And the kick Is beautiful one.
the ball sailing directly through the
centre of the posts. Now the score is
Institute six.
But all this effort has cost somebody
something. Thus far the Institute
boys are in pretty fair physical shape,
but the Morris guards are In hard luck.
Three of their men have been dis
abled. One lies over on the side of the
bill with rib broken, another is nearly
ruptured, while still another is limp.
ing about with a sprained leg.
Still the game goes on, and the
Guards are proving themselves plucky
The Guards are now beating the In.
stitute boys down toward the east
goal, but the school boys are ready to
defend that goal at any cost. Now
Manguse gets the ball again. He
makes fifteen yard run, Ayars tries
the same thing but loses. Hear Capt.
Tolboldt, of the Atlantic city. He is
cheering his men on. bracing them up
to their work. Donnelly seizes the
sphere and off like the wind he makes
a run for twenty-five yard gain, but
the time for the first half is up, and a
ten minute intermission ensues.
The crowd is getting bigger and big
ger, and the excitement is pretty high
when the time for the second half is
called. The soldier boys have the ball.
They make formidable looking
wedge, put the ball in play and start
off. But they gain very little The In.
stitute lads make a ferocious attack
upon their opponents, and twenty
two athletes are writhing and twisting
themselves In an almost inextricable
, mass. From away down in the very
bottom of that pile of humanity comes
a sharp cry of pain and the boys
quickly disentangle themselves. They
find that genial Capt. Tolboldt is in
jured, re.hroken shoulder blade
; which was previously Injured In 6
game at Trenton, on Wednesday last
That ends the game. The teams leave
, the field, and the people are disap
, pointed. But the Atlantic City boy,
are justified, for already four of tn,
, men are seriously injured.
The game was not unnecessarily
brutal or rough, but 1t seemed tina
the accidents simply piled themselves