Omaha daily bee., 1895-07-21
from the race, Ailso then sailed over the
ASSOCIATION FOOr DALL GAME
Chan Gordons andy. NJ. c. \. Teams Meet
ut the Calhoun Picnic.

Clan Gordons and ". M. G. \. Teams Meet
ut the Calhoun Picnic.
That association foot ball Is rapidly be-
coming popul,Dc WAS evinced yesterday aft
ernoon at the9Clan Gordon picnic at Fort
Calhoun The mitch between Clan Gordon
and the Y. Mr9CfA. was the main feature
of the sporting ATTRACTIONS. The association
style of foot bhH"is OF Scotch origin and
many of the players on the Scotch side
demonstrated ahnufact that they had been
educated up tosthe game by the manner in
which they played Gray for the Clans
w5hheT mos 4SmRt on mmv hS s9a in
the center forward for the Clans, made sey-
eral brilliant attacks on the Y. NJ. G, A.
wry Readinger or the veteran Rugby
player, Pickering. Mcdonald. Gardners
really did the whole of the forward pay
for the winners, although Broatchie tried
hard to force the score and succeeded in
making the only point for his side. He
would not have succeeded then, however,
had It not been for Readinger foolishly
spending his time OH the forward line at
tempting to register a few points. Read
niger made splendid display at full back
and that is certainly his place, along with
fence. which yesterday would have been inn
pregnable had he remained in his place.
ikedheid Is new player, but shows great
has had. He will make an excellent half
back. The absence of Van Camp was
greatly regretted. Harry Wood in center is
keep his wings in their places. The no
ticeable feature in Jessops play was that
he attempted too much grand stand work.
He frequently held the ball instead of pass
Ing 1t to other players who had better
chance than he to score Evans, his part
ner, made some very pretty passes and sent
in several hot shots on goal which should
have been more rapidly followed up by
Wood. Parker was too timd when in pos
session of the ball and showed too great
anxiety to free himself of his charge by
Kicking Unfortunately among his oppo-
nents. On the whole the game was well
contested, and the time is not far distant
when there will be some hot contests in as
sociation foot ball in this city. 1t Is the in
game with great determination. In order
that the. game may be brought before the
notice of the people of this state an effort
Is being made to play several exhibition
matches during the progress of the state
fair with view of introducing 1t through
out the state. There is some talk of the
University club taking hold of the new
game. The fact that there is no sport in
Omaha during the winter months is to be
ueplored and association foot ball is just
the thing. 1t is very fast game and a
healthy one, and besides being easily un-
derStood by casual spectator, 1t Is very
exciting sport and Is a means by which
athletes can keep in good training for sum
NOR sports. Already there are enough play
ers in the city to make up four teams and
the number of players is gradually increas-
game can be payed are more favorable than
the Rugby game Players can take part in
their ordinary business clothes, there is
no pulling and hauling each other around in
the dirt and rough play can be easily dis
pensed with by the Interference of the UNI