The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-10-22
QUEER DECISIONS.
How Referee scudder
Helped Rutgers Defeat
the N. J. A.. C. Team
Saturday.
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do something to prevent the boys going
home with such a score, and so saved the
Rutgers neck by a grossly unjust de-
cision.
At the beginning the Jerseys seemed
afraid of their adversaries. There was
some excuse for this in the form dis
played by Rutgers in former games this
season. That team defeated Stevens by
a score of 20 to 0, and Stevens defeated
the N. ]. A. C. team 10 to 0 in one half
of twenty minutes duration. The fol-
lowers of both teams looked for a score
of 40 to 0 { against the Athletics. The teams
lined up as follows
n. ]. A. C-Masterson, left end; Leon
ard, left tackle; Evans, left guard; Lob
mans, centre; Mehrtens, right guard;
Tathem, right tackle; Roderick and
Farmer right end, Terry, quarter back;
Ellsworth, left half back; Davies, right
half back; Beaudine, full back.
Rutgers-Mason, left end; Seudder, left
tackle; Raining, left guard; Conover,
centre; Carpenter, right guard; Messler,
right tackle; Wamper, right end; Denise,
quarter back; Pool, left half back; Geo.
Ludlow, right half back; Gabe Ludlow,
full back.
Referee-Scudder, Rutgers 80. Umpire
Martinez, N. ]. A. c.
First half-Rutgers kicked off, New
Jerseys securing the ball. They could
not do much with Rutgers heavy line.
Still, both teams struggled with varying
success until Rutgers got the ball on a
tumble. Rutgers famous rushes around
the end failed to materialiZe. New Jef-
sey's guards were weak. Through these
the ball was showed to the ten-yard line.
From this point Gabe Ludlow scored a
touch down and failed to kick the goal.
Nam Tarcauc kipEaA off from the centre
of the field. The teams struggled with
varying success until almost the end of
the half, when the New Jerseys obtained
the ball on downs at the centre OF the
field. From this point the ball was showed
in two mastery plays to rutgers hfteen-
yard line, when time was called. 70
and Rutgers rushed the ball well up the
field. Through guard and tackle good
gains We're made by Rutgers. Fifteen
rushed the ball around that teams left
end for ten yards gain. Here he was
downed. but struggled to his feet and
deliberately handed the ball to George
Ludlow. 1t was touched down behind the
line by Ludlow. Referee Scudder would
not allow a foul pass. He interpreted a
FORWARD pass as a ball thrown forward
and claimed that it must pass through
the ain to constitute a foul pass. This
partial ruling was disputed, but had to
go, the referees powers being those of
a Gear. AS a sort of consolation he
called the ball down on the fve-yard line,
Rutgers bail. OF course it was immedi-
ateiy pushed over for a touch down.
~Le61ow missed an easy try at goal. From
this out the game had a Bergen Point
flavor, which was invigorating TO the local
rooters. The-New Jerseys guards and
tackles became anna at this stage
of the game and Rutgers was compelled
to try runs around the end. The kick
off sent the ball well into Rutgers ter
ritory. Here the New Jerseys got the
ball on downs. They were forced back
on fumbles, however, to the centre of the
field. A long punt by Ellsworth Melted
a clean twenty yards. Rutgers rushed
the ball back to the centre of the field
in two downs. New Jerseys rallied and
Davies, Masterson and Terry character
lied the play at this point. Ellsworth
got the ball on the first pass and ran to
within two yards of the side line and
almost into the crowd standing within
that line. Here he turned short and ran
in towards the goal posts, followed by
down. Evans kicked the goal. Referee
Scudder decided that Ellsworth had run
in touch, despite the fact that this was
rendered impossible by the crowd on the
ruling. He was backed up by every dis
interested person present. New Jersey
lined up, but Rutgers refused to play
and Mr.. Scudder would not reverse his
decision. There was but three minutes
more of play when this occurred. Half
an hours wrangle did not affect the de-
A " Liz Ol1AS oA4o SLPlCAA1 1LilS-
worth. The latter, though generally con-
ceding every point to his adversaries, was
too sure of his ground not to stand firm.
His run had carried the ball ffty-ive
yards, though he ran a full hundred or
more.
This is the first time the N. ]. A. C.
has had anything like a regular team
out, though some of it's men were miss
ing. Evans, who has been playing full
back in practice. played left guard. Beau
dine left right end to play full back.
COllch was present. but felt too i'll to
play at left tackle.
Rutgers had the same team put that
defeated Stevens so badly last Wednes-
day. They are all big, %strapping fellows
and seemed quite above the N. j. A. C.'s
class. Only three of that team are
heavier than 10 pounds and two or three
Both teams used the BaIliet snap on
Saturday. That play consists in centre
rush bounding the ball on the ground be-
i him so that the quarter ma Sc
cure it as it rises. It is very expeditions,
but can be used only by a steady centre
rush.
City Y. NJ. C. A. team Saturday on the
Greenville Y. NJ: c.. AS grounds on
a score of 4 to 0. The losing team viii
r~eorganize and meet the Y. M. c. A.
team next Saturday on the same grounds.
st; Peters College played Paterson
High School at Paterson last Thursday
and lost to the latter u to o. This is the
first game of a series, of three. The next
game VIII De played IN THIS city next
Saturday. On Thursday ST. Peters Col
1ege will play the Invineibles of Fordham
College, at Fordham, instead of on Tues
day, as previously announced in this
column.
Cornell made a splendid showing
against Princeton in Saturdays game at
Manhattan Field and scored 4 points to
the Tigers II. Princeton's play was dis
appointing. Although Trenchard had al
most all of his regular men in place., they
did not begin to put up the game that
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very slow in starting with the ball, found
little or no interference to help them
along, and did an unnecessary amount
of furnbling at critical points. The line
was also slow, made holes poorly, and
tackled too high. Riggs showed up poor
1y ait centre and Taylor didn't show in
his old form.
The Orange A. C. team made a gallant
struggle against the Sons of Eli on Satur-
day, but failed to score. Yale won by a
score Of "a to O..
The other games on Saturday resulted
as follows:-Harvar, 80; Williams, 0. Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania, Is; Crescents, 10
Lehigh, %; Indian School, II. Union, s.
Amherst, 0. Brooklyn Latin School,, -
Pratt Institute, Is.
Irving Football Club, s; Jersey City, F.
The Yale-Princeton game will, in al
cember 1. 1t is stated upon good au-
thority that Yale has agreed upon this
date instead of December 5, as first pro
posed, and has also submitted to Prince
ton, a proposition which, however, will
not be accepted. Yale's idea is that
the three biz college teams, including
her own, should be on an equal footing,