The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-10-30
sIxrgEv 10 NOTHING.
Martins Ferry whips stcubcnvillc Hand.
sumcly at Foot Ball

sumcly at Foot Ball.
Steubenyiie did not score one single
ooin. in the game OF foot ball on satur-
day, while Martins Ferry got three
goals and two touchdowns, making 10
to 0. The game was played on the
SteubenyilIe base bali grounds between
fine, heavy eleven, mostly college boys.
oil Steubonyilie and Alingo, and the y.
II. G. A. eleven Of Martins Ferry.
steubenyile averaged 10 pounds while
Martins Ferry was only I'D, the light
est, she shut out SteubenyiIle with the
large crowd OF spectators aud umpire
against Martins Ferry. The game was
hard fought
The game was called at $3.50, With the
ground in bad condition and Alex
Davidson. OF SteubenvilIe, umpire, and
George Che.seii, OF Martins Ferry
referee.
Martins Ferry started with the ball.
After tea Of Twelve minutes hard work
she made n touchdown by means OF Il
centre rush. Hal Watson scored the
touchdown aud failed to kick goal.
The second was a hard struggle. I'd
wards &c; the ball and started like
deer for the Martins Ferry line, and
ran into different spectators who were
inside OF the lines or he would have
safely made the line. Late" he scored u
touch down, but this was pronounced
IN of side play, and Martins Ferry was
put back five wards. The Martins Fer
riaas fought hard and Edwards made
his second touch down. Hn! Watson
kicked goal, and thia made the score
~ 10 Q. finishing the first half. IL this
hall, Long, oil Martins Ferry, made a
great play. stGubenyille had the ball
and Long made leap clear over the
crowd and dove down, capturing the
ball from her quarter back in an exceed
ingly clever manner.
he last half was a daisy. Neither
side made good gains, and the playing
beat anything ever seen in this neigh
borhood BY hard rushing and the
great work OF Gjertsen Martins Ferry
made the only score. Gjortsen scored
tonch down, and Hal Watson made an
elegant kick, making the total score 10
to 0, after which Martins Ferry gave
her yell in an enthusiastic manner.
Both sides iumbled and SteubenvilIe
put up good rushing, tackling and
tricks, and her playing wQa the hardest
that Martins Ferry has yet struck. The
work OF Ernest Findley, OF Mt. Pleas
ant, who was SteubenYille's half back,
was immense. Alex Sharp, Of that
club, was oil side every rush. The way
the spectators interiered was shameful.
and is a disgrace to Steubenville. They
crowded inside OF the lines, and in the
last hall four men and two boys actu-
ally got behind steubenviiio and pushed
to try to crush Martins Ferry, and
were pulled away by policemen, VINO
did not appear until the game was about
over.
Martins Ferry is sore at Davidson,
the umpire, who allowed everything to
60 with Sleubenville. He has consid-
cradle yet to learn about loot ball il he
did attend Yale one Whole year.
This makes the fourth shut out for
Martins Ferry and she has played only
four games.
The Martins Ferry eleven was as
follows: Right end, Hal Watson right
tackle. s. Marker; right guard, I. l..
Williams; left guard, Ed smith; lett
tackle, II. Long; lett end. G. G. Mitchell;
lett half back, r. Edwards; right hail
back, TIL. Gjertsen; full back, William
Rogers.
Next Saturday Martins Ferry will
meet Beaver Falls, one OF the best
amateur clubs in the country.