The record-union., 1893-02-23
AHICOS BEATEN.
The University Team Was Too Much
for Them.
The Game Was Not an Exciting One
a Large Crowd Present
The Details.

The football contest between the Berke-
ley University team and the AMIGO team
OF this city attracted an audience of be-
tween 800 to 1000 people to Snowflake
Park yesterday.
The day. save for heavy gusts of wind
at times, was all that could be desired for
the sport and the ground was in fairly
good condition. There were some spots
on the ground yet moist, however, where
the runners frequently slipped, but there
was no complaint from this source.
1t was evident from the start that the
home team was greatly oYermatched, not
In activity or dexterity, but in weight
and strength, nearly all of the members
OF the University team being heavy men
and powerful young fellows compara-
lively.
Frequently, when one of the Berkeley
team got the ball, he could, by sheer
force of his superior weight and strength,
push aside or throw down a number OF
his smaller but fully as active opponents
and make his way 10 the goal, where had
the men beeh equally matched in size he
would have been stopped.
Although apparently aware that they
were greatly oyermatched, the AMIGOS
made faithful struggle and put forth
their best efforts in the contest.
To the ordinary observer who has not
acquired real or tancied interest in it.
the modern game of football, as it was
played yesterday, seemed merely trial
OF rough force and superior strength,
with little else to recommend it.
The sport" seemed far too painful and
dangerous to its participants to be COM
mendable or beneficial, and while
player may develop his lungs and
strengthen his muscles he is very liza able
to broken bones and permanent ininries.-
There is nothing in the game that will
ever make 1t popular as an amusement
Tor the general public. No doubt great
excitement can be worked up by rival
college teams, as the friends OF each be-
come strong parusans, but it is game
without amusement to the average spec
lator.
Probably great majority of those who
attended yesterday witnessed the game
for the first time, and last. They went
out OF curiosity, and came away dis
gusted. There was general expression
OF disappointment among those returning
from the park, and nearly half OF them
departed before the game was over.
a large percentage of those present
would no doubt be shocked at the idea OF
attending a sparring match, but it is
difficult TO see wherein football is any
more elevating and certainly it is not half
as entertaining.
THE FIRST HALF.
Yesterdays game in detail was as fol-
lows:
Berkeley won the toss and took the
ball. The team started off with a flying
wedge" making seven yards. Lining
up they sent their right-half around the
end for gain of twenty yards. In the
next scrimmage they gained nothing. By
'bucking the CENTER next they gained
ground until within five yards of the
AMIGO goal, when one of their men sud-
denly ran around the end with the ball
and scored touchdown" putting four
points to their credit. In kicking for the
goal they succeeded in adding two more
points to their credit.
Taking the ball back to the centsr, the
AMIGOS lost 1t on FUN BILE, and the Uni
versities Immediately formed in a wedge
and gained five yards. In the next scrim-
mage, however, they could not make any
headway. They then tried the 'criss-
cross" play, but failed. Edwards then
made clear run in touch. The leit-half
made run OF thirty yards, scoring an
other touchdown" They succeeded in
making another kick at goal. too.
Again lining up in the center with the
ball in the possession of the AMIGOS, the
latter made a clear kick across the field.
and as the Berkeleyites fumbled it the
fSacramentans got possession again and
scored touchdown" They failed to
Kick the goal, however.
Lining up, the Universities took the
ball and advanced it fifteen yards by
wedge play. By bucking the center they
gained five more yards. Then they lost
the ball by tumble, and the AMIGOS
sent Flint around the end for gain of
two yards. Cole, the Athletic teams Cap
tain, who was playing with the AMIGOS,
then began to do some work, and until
the close of the game worked like rro-
ION In h1fal -a1 fna i
three yards for the team. Again, on a
similar play, he gained eight yards. The
AMIGOS then brought their ends back
but could not advance. The AMIGOS then
tried punt" but as Berkeley returned
it nothing was gained, and they lost the
ball.
berkeley then made doublepass for a
gain of ten yards. In the next scrim-
mage the full-back fumbled the ball and
lost eight yards. Bucking the center thew
gained eight yards. Edwards, Berkeley's
halt-back, gained eight yards for his team
by pushing through. He ran around the
right and left ends successfully after this
and gained thirty-tive yards. The ball
was now within five yards of the AMIGO
goal, and the Sacramento players sue
ceeded in getting possession of it. After
an Intellectual attack on the Berkeley
center they tried again, and third time,
only gaining three yards. AS at least ii We
yards must be made in three downs, and
the Sacramentos had failed in this. the
ball was given to Berkeley. The latter
after one or two scrinmages forced their
way by main strength through the
AMIGOS center and scored a touch
down. They missed their kick at goal
though. The score now stood IL for
Berkeley and for the AMIGOS.
The AMIGOS took the ball to the center,
and, resorting to the lying wedge, gained
five yards. Lining up again, with the
ends back, Flint took the bali, made a
run around the left and then passed the
ball to another member of the team, who
gained ten yards. Several scrimmages
followed, adding three more yards. Then
on q punt thirty yards were gained, and
the Sacramentans still held the ball.
Lining up, they sent man around the
LEFT end, but he lost two yards. With the
ball close to the Berkeley goal, they sent
Cole around the end, aud d desperate
scrimmage followed, in which the Uni
versities held the Athletic man down.
Flint went around the end next and
gained three yards. AS the team had not
gained the necessary five yards in three
downs, the Universities took the ball.
s gain of eight yards was made by Ed
wards running around the left, and in the
next scrimmage he seized the ball and
outfooted the Sacramentans clear across
the field, and scored a touchdown.
Hyde, the Berkeley half-back, was in
jured in the last scrimmage, and the game
was delayed a few minutes.
Trying for the goal the visitors failed
The AMIGOS took the ball and started
off with the fake flying wedge, gaining
ten yards by the trick. The ball was lost
on punt. Then the Universities inau-
gurated q series of stubborn attack on the
AMIGOS center, and with their weight
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