The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-10-18
TOYED WITH CRESCENTS.
Scranton's Heavy Weight Eleven Had No
Trouble in Preventing the Pioneer City
Bows from Scoring

ScTantOnS heavy weight Eleven Had NO
Trouble in Preventing the Pioneer City
Boys from Scoring.
The Scranton Foot Ball team simply
toyed with the Crescents, of Carbon
dale, in yesterdays game and won by
the large score of AZ to O.
The first touchdown was made BY the
Scrantons in ten minutes Connery
got the ball and plunged through the
ranks of the Crescents like a locomo-
tive. Decker kicked a goal very grace
fully and made the score to in
Scranton's favor. When the ball again
went in play the Crescents, assisted
by the loose play of the home team,
succeeded in getting the ball danger
ously close to the goal; but Zang's
superb tackling lost a touchdown for
Carbondale. Zang made a gain of
eight yards, and by splendid interfer-
ence the ball was carried to mid-field,
where McGouldrick caught it and per-
formed the star play of the game. run
ming forty yards to the left for touch
down. Decker missed the goal when
he kicked and four notches were
added to Scranton's score. Time 10
minutes.
Colbert and BoyIan Injured.
The next kick of the Crescents drove
the ball to the Scranton twenty-yard
line, it was kicked back and in mid
field the ball was tossed about for
time, Fred Colbert, of the home team,
and Boylan, of the Crescents, We're in
jured and had to be replaced with sub
stitutes. Posner carriel the ball
twenty yards to the right. Dan Gel
bert, with blood streaming from d cut
over his eye, dashed down the line
like deer and brought the ball to the
twenty-yard line Posner made an
other gain, McGouldrick assisted with
his splendid tackle work and Allen
gained touch down. A missed goal
resulted from a strong wind that car
ried the ball to one side. Score, 14-0;
time, Is minutes.
The next kick was returned to the
four-yard line and kicked back into
midtleld. Here McGouldrick performed
the great feat of making a gain of 40
yards. He was tackled by Walsh, OF
the Crescents, and injured so that it
was feared he would be obliged to re-
tire from the game. The ball was kept
in play for few minutes and Zang
broke through the center rush of the
Crescents for touchdown. Mr.. Col
Inns, the strong captain Of the Crescents,
disgusted the spectators by his Wrang-
ling. Manager Cahill told him bluntly
to proceed with the game or take his
men off the field. This had the effect
of cooling the impetuous and red-haired
captain, and he went on without further
ado. In less time almost than it would
take to tell how it was done, Scranton
secured another touchdown, the score,
| Is to 0. When the first half ended, the
ball was in play.
Second Half Play.
The second half began in this way
| Walsh caught the ball and started on a
| lively run, but was ably tackled by
| Walsh, of Carbondale. McGouldrick
caught the ball and made a gain of q
| yards. The Crescents at this poin,
missed the only chance of a touch.
/ down that came to them during the
game. Walsh caught the ball and had
a clear field and a good start for
| touchdown but he fell and in the play
that followed, Scranton got the bal
back to the midfield and scored a little
later on a touchdown by Mitchell
Score, 90 to 0. The remainder of the
game was loosely played and Scranton
had no trouble in rushing the ball tC
the goal whenever the players pleased.
The score at the end of the second
half was AZ to 0, in favor of Scranton
The features of the game We're the gooc
field play and tackle work of Walsh
and Boylan, Carbondale, and McGould
rick, d. Colbert and Owen Walsh, of the
home team r. j. Beamish was referee
Forbes, of Carbondale. umpire, ant
Boland, lineman. The teams lined W
| as follows: