Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-10-07
.THE Y. M. c. AS WON
IN YESTERDAYS FOOT BALL GAME WITH TIE
VISITING TEAM.
Tn, Score 70 to iO-Clsvsland Won the Ball Game
By Score Of 12 10 7-Racing at
MolndsVills Yesterday.

The first foot ball game Of the season
was played yesterday at Martins Ferry
By the Y. NJ. G. A. aud Beaver Falls
teams. The game was called at two
o'clock. In the toss-up Martins Ferry
got the ball, and started off by R punt
over in their opponents territory.
The Beaver Falls team got the ball and
made a short gain, when they lost 1t on
failing to gain five yards In three downs.
The home team now acted as the ag-
gressor and forced their way down 70
Beaver Falls five yard line. Here they
lost the bail and the Beaver Falls
team was given ten yards on an otf-side
play made By the Y. NJ. c. A. team,
The visitors lost the ball again on q
failure 10 gain. The ball was punted
TO the fifteen yard in the visitors terri
tory, where McAnnich got 1t. Here
Edwards, OF the home team, carried II
TO the FIVE yard line, and Ed. Mean
mich made touchdown, Sweeney
kicking q goal, making the score TO 0
in favor OF the Y. NJ. c. A. Beaver
Falls started of putting to the fifteen
ward line 10 the homo teams territory,
and By hard work forced the ball to
their thirty yard line. Here the ball
was passed to Gjertsen, who lost five
yards. The ball was then passed TO
Sweeney, who puntsd t. Gjertsen got
it and made gain Of 10 yards.
The ball was again punted by
O.. hry ha - a
the visiting team, who punted it back.
This ended the first half. the ball being
about where it started from. TIE sec
ond half, the visitors starteG of by
punting away down In the home teams
territory, where 1t was caught by
Mitchell, who made fifteen yard gain.
They lost the ball TO Beaver Falls on
the failure TO gain, whsn one of the Wis
iting club got the o9li and it looked as
though he would make a touchdown,
but GjertSen dOwoed him at the twenty
yard line. The visitors now slowly
forced the ball back or the
hone tsam goal, making
a touch-doxn, but failing 20 kick goal.
The SCOPE now stood 6 to 10 favor OF
the Y. N. G. A. with twenty-five
minCtes to play yet. The visitors
started the ball again and oy slow ef-
fsctive work got The ball to the home
teams thirty-fve yard line. Here
Barber of the Beaver Falls team got the
ball and made touchdown, Tyndall
kicking q goal.
The score now was 10 to 9 In favor OF
the visitors, with fifteen minutes left
90 play. The home team started the
ball again by & punt to the visitors
thirty yard line; here it was forced
ahead ten yards, when the ball was
passed 10 Jno. Edwards, who reached the
visitors five yard line. Ed McAnnich
made a touch down q couple OF minutes
later, ana Sweeny kicked goal making
the score II TO 10 In favor Of the home
team, with ouly half minute left 10
play in which there was not much done.
John Bloomfield, OF Beaver Falls,
who acted as referee In the second half,
gave such rank decisions against the I.
NJ. @. A. team that the spectators were
upon the verge OF mobbing him once
when he changed his decision in hur-
~. Both teams were about evenly
matched, the Y. NJ. c. A. were little
the heavier Of the two. The game
throughout was holly contested. Ernest
Smith acted as umpire, Jno. Bloomfield
referee aad WIN. Lewis timeSeeper