The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-21
TEAM SHUT OUT
Enable to Cope With the Brawoy
BOYS Of the Bicycle Club.
A HIGHLY INTERESTING GAME
Featured by Some Brilliant Work ON Both
Sidcs-n Home Team Played . Steady
Game and showed o Deter.
mined Spirit.

| Twenty-Five long -hatreo youths, ath'
letes possessed Of sufficient Drawn ant
grit to fight the battles OF their col
! try, waged a wal of foot ball on tn
grid-iron at the Base Ball park yester'
| day afternoon. Eleven of these rep
| resented the Elmira Athletic associa'
tion and the other eleven were Scranto
boys, who compose the Scranton Bicycl'
| club foot ball team. Scranton won by
a score Of 10 to nothing.
All day long up to the hour OF pia
a slow, drizzling rain was falling, n Q
| strong wind blowing, a very undesira
| BILE combination Of the elements, ordi'
| narily not conducive to good foot bal
| and worst of all a damper on the en-
| thusiasm of its devoteeS ana patrons
| This was not altogether true yesterday
for although there were not more thaf
| two hundred paid admissions, the quail
| ity of foot ball furnished was much bet
ter han ought to be expected under the
| adverse circumstances or weather ant
as a consequence there was no lack Of
enthusiasm.
The Elmira boys are a sturdy lot OF
| athletes and more evenly matched In
! size and weight than the home team;
however, the total weight of each eleven
is practically the same.
Home Players in Good Condition.
The lineup Of the visitors was the
same as when the Scranton team played
them in Elmira several weeks ago, with
the exception Of Pierson, who in yester-
days contest took the place of theiI
former full hack, Gordon, who recently
Joined the Orange Athletic club eleven.
The home players were oil in good
playing condition and continued so dur
ing the entire game. only one change
being made, and that at h beginning
nf tho coonnd ho1f whom StaQ1q nm left
end gave way to Owens. who had just
arrived on the grounds. While the
teams were warming up in signal prac-
tice before time for play was called,
the local enthusiasts, and they consti-
tuted the bulk of the audience. cheered
and yelled and rah, rah. rahed for the
home team, now and then reminding
them Of the standing tie game that e
listed between them since their battle
royal on the Elmira grounds.
Captain Connery won the toss and
very wisely chose to defend the north
ern goal. for the wind was blowing a
gale from that direction. Referee
Brooks called play at S.45 p. m.
Kicked 1t T~hirty.fivc Yards.
Elmira kicks the ball thirty-five
yards on the ground to Posner, who
fumbles, but blonde haired Cleveland
is just in the right place at the right
time to fall on 1t. Three yeards are
lost in a line play, but Foster imme-
diately circles Payne's enc for fifteen
yards. Posner loses three yards, Fos-
ter then loses the ball on q tumble and
Elmira secures II. Carroll carries the
oval seven yards around Scrant0n's
left end. then loses 1t on a tumble. Fos-
ter tries the right end. but loses three
yards. Noakes kicks to Elmira's goal
line, and the latter returns the ball by
a short kick out Of bounds. A Scranton
player gets there first and falls on
the ball. When brought within bounds
1t Is put In play on Elmira's fifteen
yard line. Scranton loses 1t on four
downs, however. Carroll advances the
ball five yards around Decker and then
gets five yards for off-side play. Pier
son starts around Steele's end, and be-
fore he Is stopped advances the ball
ten yards. A tumble. and two short
gains causes Elmira to kick, and again
1t goes out Of bounds. which was quite
usual owing to the. high and variable
winds. which were blowing almost a
gale during the whole game.
Fosters Clever Dodeing.
Coggins gets the ball after a lively
scramble, Foster, by clever lodging
and good interference. runs fifteen
yards more. Posner makes no gain.
The guards fall back, Posner gains
Ave yards. Noakes two and Posner
again four. Connery Is called upon for
a plunge and he does 1t successfully for
about eight yards placing within eigh-
teen inches Of Elmira's goal line. Fang
ought to be good for that distance,
thinks Captain Connery. and so he is.
He makes the first touchdown, and
Decker fails to kick goal, the first
failure by him out of about thirty trials
this season..
Elmira kicks Off again and Noakes
catches. and makes q nice gain of If
teen yards. Decker loses three yards.
Foster, who has been averaging about
fifteen yards In his sprinting. now
lengthens his stride and goes about
eighteen yards around Payne. White
plays off side and Scranton gets Ave
yards. Posner gains one yard through
left tackle. and Fang three more. Con-
merry brings h sphere five yards near
er Elmira's goal. Posner one. Foster.
tnree. then Posner again two more.
Decker fumbles when the ball ia on
Elmira's ten-yard line, and only thirty
seconds to play but Posner picks II III
The first half is ended and the score
Is Scranton, 4; Elmira, O.
scranton Kicked OFF.
Scranton kicks off in the second half
Decker tackles Carroll clean and hard
In the 25-yard line. Baker gains two
yards; Parsons one yard, and then the
ball goes to Scranton I'm downs. Pos
ner make no gain, Foster one ward.
and Coggins plunges through the line
for ten yards. Fang fumbles. A series
OF shor PUSHES by the backs places fhe
ball on the Elmira's 5-yard line. Pos
ner cut off W more and Connery goes
through the line for q touchdown
Decker gauges the wind a little better
and kicks a nice goal. Score, 100.
Elmira kicks forty yards to Noakes
who carries II back fifteen. Foster
makes two yards on an end play, and
Connery one through right tackle. Pos.
ner fails to gain, but Elmira is caught
on side and five yards are placed to
Scranton's credit. The interference
does not form quickly enough, when
Decker starts around Elmira's right
end n he loses two yards. Foster is
again good for fifteen yards Of gain
after a clever un.
Posner tries the end, but does nc
gain. Fang picks the ball I'D on a FUN
bic and gains three yards. Owens is
caught of side on the next line.up
n Elmira secures the ball. Carroll
fumbles and 1t is again Scranton's bali,
Posner makes n yard. Foster twelve
yards and Connery wades through the
line for ten more. Fang fumbles and
Elmira captures the ball, Payne fails
to gain, Carroll makes only oro-h.iI