The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-29
Line Up Of the Teams.

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and Aldinger also distinguished them
selves.
Line Up Of tho Teams.
At s.15 the game was called and tn
teams lined up as follows:
Wyoming. Scranton
Roberts. right end...........Decke
McDermott... .. right tackle. ..........Z Fam
Decker..........right guard......,;..Allei
Johnston ..........: center ....'ClsveIan
Observation-Disclosures Observation-Disclosures
Worthington. $50. left Owen,
Gendali. ........ quarter back........,Wals
Aidinger........risnt t na,f ha aSk'.". .F Foate,
smith .iuli back.....".;.Thays,
Umpire. DR.. STEIN. referee. John II
Brooks. Princeton. 90; iinesman, Kaapt
l Hymers BAN aseibert. Scranton. ant
Ralph NJ. Shaw, Wyoming Seminary.
Scranton won the toss and took thu
north goal, which was on the hudd!
end Of the field. Seminary kicked of
Thayer caught the ball on the twenty
yard line and passed 1t to Foster. wht
ran ten yards before being downed
Then Scranton went at Wyoming's enc
and tackled in whirlwind style II
five rushes carried the ball over for thu
first touchdown in just eight minutes
OF the eighty yards covered In this frs
fierce onslaught the first ten go to Eos
ter's credit; Ave to Aliens. eighteen tt
Posner's, forty to Fosters; five were
donated for off side play and the re-
mainder to Posner's. who made the
final plunge through the left tackle fol
the touch down. Fosters, run, was q
pretty one and his Interference was gu.
perb. Decker kicked goal.
Robertson was up with the ball on the
kickoff and tackled, Foster before he
could stir. Foster and Posner got stuck
in the mud and neither could gain. The
ball was passed to Thayer for a kick
but he fumbled 1t and q block resulted
Scranton recovered the ball, but In
laundering around In the mud lost II
soon again on q tumble.
An Attack BY wyoming.
Aldinger then began WyOming's at.
tack. He tried Decker's end, but could
not get across the line at that point
Then Smith attempted a drop kick, but
failed, although he came intentionally
close to making 1t. The ball was car
ried' out twenty-five yards and after
Foster had gained two yards Scranton
lost 1t on a tumble IN their thirty-yard
line. where q wholesale smuggling match
took place, which caused the officials to
call both captains aside and give them
a lecture.
On the next play Wyoming fumbied
duu OIL = INV
"Blondie" Cleveland, was found sitting
astride of the ball when the smoke
cleared away. Posner was called upon
for yards and contributed three. Allen
added one and Posner threw in an
other three. Foster. Coggins and Pos
ner kept pushing the good thing until
the enemy's territory was reached,
when Posner carried It, after a pretty
twelve yard run, to Wyoming's forty
ward line.
Foster bucked the line for six yards.
Walsh fumbled. but recovered and Fos-
ter broke through again for five yards,
being neatly tackled by johnson.
Thayer attempted a kick, but Fletcher
blocked the ball and Aldinger fell on 1t.
Aiuinger and Smith, by fierce plunges.
carried the ball I've yards. then
Smith and Robertson measured of four
yards apiece. Franz lined Scranton's
center. but was sorry for it the extent
Of two yards.
Scranton got the ball on q tumble.
Foster. .Posner, Allen and Fang each
made short gains around the ends, but
Foster lost nearly all the gained ground
In trying to dodge the wyoming backs,
who broke through the line and downed
him. Posner attempted TO recover the
lost ground, but couldn't, 80 Thayer
kicked the ball out Of danger and the
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Wyoming's ~thirty-yard line. Scran-
ton s; Wyoming 0. T
Second Half Of the Game.
At the opening Of the second half
Coggins kicked OF for Scranton, send
ing the ball to the Vineyard line.
Scranton got down the field In good
time and prevented the seminarians
from making over ten-yards Roadway
Scranton held them for three downs,
and compelled Smith to kick. Walsh
caught the ball on q roll at the forty
Vineyard line. and gained but five
yards before being downed. Their
three, five and fifteen yards were re-
spectively gained BY Cosgins. Posner
and Foster. d
Worthinston broke through and
forced Posner back q yard. Connery
and Foster made desperate efforts to
regain the lost ground and make up the
fve yards but the plucky col
and got the ball on downs.
Smith tried the center and was re.
pulsed with a loss. but Referee Brooks
measured them on q ten-yard present
because Fang was Off-side. Then came
the surprise Of the day. The 'semin-
airy backs pulled themselves together
and kept pounding at the heavy Scran.
ton line for steady and substantial
gains. Thirty yards was covered BY
the hardest kind Of Dlunging and div
ing, but the exertion was too much
for the three Dlucky little backs, and
after a final desperate struggle at
twsnty-nve-yard line they
had to give over the ball because they
iould not make i've. yards in three
trials.
Posssr stole Ten Yards. Z
Posner and Allen made M ten yards
batween them and then on . blun.kiek.
Posner stole ter more, when the left
tackle wasn't looking. Then the, bail
was carried by short rushea to Wyo-
rning's thirty.yard- line. where q bee.
Tine was made for the goal, the bal
being carried BY quick snappy rushef
through the tackles and ends, some
what After the following oedsf; Foster.