The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-26
THE FOOT BALL FIELD.
Holy Ghost College to Play With the Vigil.
ants Here.

Holy Ghost College to Play With the vigil.
ants Here.
The game OF foot ball between pick.
ed eleven to sail under the colors Of the
Wheeling Athletic club aud the strong
Vigilants OF Martins Ferry has been
declared of and instead the Martins
Ferry aggregation will play the Holy
Ghost college team, Of Pittsburgh.
This is as it should be, tor one reason
the W, A. @. club would have made an
inglorious showing in front OF Vigilant.
OF last years eleven only three players
were ready to play and thea balance OF
the eleven was to have been made up OF
members OF the Washington.J eieraon
team and a pair OF iron workers Of
Wheeling, who had played the Rug by
game on the other side OF the big pond.
II the team could have trained together
and got the signals down pat" they
wonld probably have given the Vigilants
good tussle, but as this was not pos.
sible the W. A. 9. management very
wisely took up the Holy Ghost offer to
play here on Thanksgiving Day.
The game will be good one and will
furnish au exemp!ification OF two styles
OF play. Holy Ghost. like most Of the
college teams, plays a scientific game,
and on the other hand the VigiIants,
made up OF brawuy and heavy and
strong players, throw science 10 tho
winds and depend on mere strength.
IL Is notable fact that in whatever
games the Vigilant has played tho OPP
position eleven has always come Oh the
field much the worse for wear aud tear.
In fact, Vigilant plays one OF the most
vigorous OF games-the players take
chances yerging on and beyond rashness
and for this reason alone at least one
college team has refused to battle with
the Ohlo.sile boys. 1t can be seen,
therefore, that Thursdays game will DO
most interesting as giving an example
Of the merits Of the two distinct styles
OF play.
Of the records the two teams: Holy
Ghost is accounted one OF the best Of
the minor college elevens. Tho team
defeated Geneva and Geneva has de-
'featsi Wasb-JeiT. That Vigilant Is
strong there is no doubt, and the pecu-
liar style OF the teams play may win
the day. Tho Martins Ferry Y. NJ. @.
A. team, one OF the bes. In the valley,
has time and again refused to meet
Vigilant for q very good reason-the
latter would be almost sure to be the
victor.
The LinsIy Institute eleven will play
the Island foot ball team on the morn
ing Of Thanksgiving Day, Ia order not
to conflict with the Holy Ghpst-Yigi-
liant game in the afternoon,
Tho Harvard Yale game ended as the
prophets predicted-in the defeat OF
the crimson. However, Harvard made
better showing than was anticipated
by the impartial observer. Before the
game the betting was even that the
Cambridge boys would never break
through the line OF blue. Tint they
did is to their credit.
Notwithstanding tho fact that Penn
sylyania defeated Princeton aud that
Yale's blue was victorious over Har.
ward, there arc many who will pin their
faith and put up their spare aheckles
on Princeton when the latter comes to
battle with tho Yale crowd on Manhat-
tan field in New York. That It will be
tho Derby of 1894 college foot ball Is au
indsputable fact.
Il was the aRme old story at Martins
Ferry on Saturday. That crack eleven
OF Bethany college was defeated by the
Martins Ferry team by score OF 20 to
0. This il the worst drubbing that any
club has received in this vicinity this
season. Bethany was outplayed in
every way and was not in II at any
stage OF tho game. The local team
played a much better game than
bethany. While Martins Ferry played
rront ball, there was at tlmes U lack Of