The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-31
How the SayannahianS Will Line Up
in TO-mOrTOW'S Game.


wav down, and win have plenty Of time
after their arrival here to get out to the
field. The game will be called promptly
at o'clock.
The Savannah team and the positions of
the players are as follows:
Left End-R, Harrison.
Left Tacl1le-F. Keenan,.
Left Guard-J. Coonihan.
Center-W. Scott.
Right Guard-J. Wyness.
Right Tackle. Cunningham.
Right End-C. Hunter
Quarter Back-B. Hipkins.
Left Half Back-W. e. Trenchard.
Right Half Back-L. w, Walker.
Full Back. F. McDonough.
Substitutes Alex Krenson, William
johnson.
TRENcHARD TO PLAY.
Trenchard's great playing in the latter
half of the Thanksgiving game is well re-
membered Had he been with the team
in the first half there is little doubt but
that that evenly contested game would
have resulted in a victory for Savannah,
and not draw.
Scott is a another acquisition, who, it
Is believed, will greatly strengthen the
team. Harrison, Hunter and McDonough
are old members of the association, who
will play with the team for the first time
Monday, and all three are cracking good
men.
Wyness, Keenan,, Coonihan, Cunning
ham, Walker and Hipkins the old stand
bys, are in good trim and as ready for
hard work as ever The team was prac-
ticing last night and showed up in fine
shape. Their friends have every conf
dence that they will win the game. With
good weather there is every reason to be-
heYe there will be large crowd in at
tendance
HOW 1T IS PLAYED.
Foot ball, to those who understand it,
Is undoubtedly the most interesting of all
athletics, but very dull and tiresome
when not understood. The people in the
northern cities have attended these
games for years, and while very few thor
oughly know the game, and all the minor
points, yet all can appreciate the general
play sufficiently to know whether their
favorites are winning. Most of the peo-
pie of this city, especially the ladies,
probably never saw game before last
Thanksgiving and the general complaint
seems TO be that they can tell nothing of
what is going on, and consequently do not
care to go to the game,
For the benefit of those who are not
fully posted on the game, the following
outline by a graduate of one of the large
colleges gives very good idea of the
points Of the game.
There are eleven men on each side,
seven of these are on what is known as
the rush line, and are spoken of as for
wards. The remaining four are backs.
The forwards are divided as follows: A
center, two guards, two tackles, and two
ends. The duty of these men is to keep
their opponents from getting through
when their own side has
the ball, and to break through
and stop their opponents when they have
the ball. The center stands in the mid
die OF the line On either side of him are
the guards next come tackler's; then the
ends. The center and two guards should
pc large, strong men; tackles not so
large, but more active, and the ends light
and, TOO, very active The backs are
quarterback, half backs and full, all of
whom are behind the line, and their work
consists mostly in carrying the ball for
ward and in tackling the man with the
Dali when he breaks through the rush line
The aim of the team is to advance the ball
INTO the enemy's territory, and prevent it
being brought into its own; consequently
some teams excel in defensive and some
IN offensive play. In foot ball phrase
ology, the former term means that a team
can prevent its opponents from gaining
ground, and the latter, that it can make
ground itself.
WHAT A DOWN Is.
A down means that the ball is stopped
and cannot be carried forward: then the
referee blows his whistle and there is
then a cessation of play, the ball is dead,
the usual method of putting the ball in
play from down is for the center rush
sometimes called snapper back, to push
The ball back with his hand to the quarter
back, who in turn passes it to the man
who is to run with the ball. In modern
team play when man runs
with the ball every available
player on his side assists
him to make ground by warding off the
opponents, as they cannot tackle the run
ner. When a side has held the ball for
Three downs and has failed to advance IL
nVe yards or has lost twenty, 1t must be
given up to the other team. The idea of
this rule is to prevent one side keep
ing the ball all the time. When team
sees it will be unable to gain the neces-
ally kicked, because it will be
LOST to the other side anyhow, and the
kick gives the side having the
ball possible chance of getting it, as the
man attempting to make a catch may
tumble and even if the ball is not FUN
Dled, 1t is advanced some distance by the
Kick. There is not much kicking done at
other times, as the side having the ball
mas great advantage, and the chances
when kick is made are that the ball
will be lost There are many ways of
trying to advance the ball The open
plays round the end are much prettier
ana more pleasing to spectators than the
mass plays. BY open or end plays, is
meant that the ball is carried around the
end OF the opponents rush line, with men
on the rush line and backs interfering.
The mass plays, which have only been
used during the past two or three seasons,
are harder on the players, and while they
are usually good for short games, it
wears men out. In forming those plays,
the men mass at one point, and BY their
combined weight and strength push
through the rush line, the man with the
ball being actually carried by the other
men.
There are three ways by which team
can score, a touchdown, safety-touch
down and goal from the field.
WHEN SCORE IS MADE.
A team scores a. touchdown when it
carries the ball over its opponents goal
line, the goal line being the line upon
which the goal posts are placed. There
are two of these lines, one al each end of
the field, extending its entire breadth.
A team scores a safety when it forces
Its opponents to carry the ball over their
own goal line.