The San Francisco call., 1895-11-24
First Half Ended With the
Local Eleven Two Points
Ahead.
ONE EXHIBITION OF sLoGGING
Morse's Run of IS Yards to Touch.
down the Longest and Prettiest
This Season.

The big and powerful men who compose
the team of football-players that repre-
sented the Reliance Athletic Club of Oak.
land yesterday at Central Park met and de-
feated the Olympic kickers in a game that
was remarkable for two things-a wonder
fuI run by Percy Morse of the Olympics
and wonderful fun bling by players of both
teams.
The Reliance boys had the advantage OF
experience, which aided them very materi-
allv; they were also of heavier caliber
than their opponents and that handicap
alone proved too much for the Olympics,
who could not muster beef enough among
their reserves 10 retard the progress made
by the Reliance players in a pushing
game.
Some of the Olympic players must have
been handling butter before they entered
the grounds, as tumble after tumble was
the order of playing, which caused many
of the members who witnessed the contest
to wish that the ball would make light
ming change from leather TO wax.
As the contest Wore on the Olympics i'm
proved in their style of playing, but it was
frequently noticed that very poor judg-
ment was displayed at critical moments
Wueu QuICkutSS anu accuracy were most
needed.
The Reliance played q good, strong
game, which they relied upon to win them
a victory. They frequently pushed their
opponents from end to end of the field,
and secured their t0uchdowns by actual
force. The only brilliant feature of the
contest was the run made by Morse
through the lines until he succeeded in
landinv the ball behind the sticks. Had it
nR MI Of
work the Olympic boys would have re-
ceived a fearful drubbing.
Oscar Tolle, who by the way is an excel
lent authority on all kinds of ball. could
not understand why the Olympic boys did
not change their bucking style OF playing
and accomplish a little end work.
why those Reliance boys will push
our men off the earth when they get
warmed up to their work." remarked the
great Oscar. why don't the o. C.'s get
onto themselves? They can run faster
than those big Oakland fellows, and can
surely beat them if they only rely upon
their feet to accom- plish some of the
work"
At this juncture Billy Kennedy, super-
intendent of the Olympic Club, happened
to come along and after taking a good
look at the crowd he asked Tollie what he
thought OF the people of the present day.
"What you mean, Bill?" queried Tolle.
"Well, can you understand how snch
mob OF people can sit here in comfort and
watch this mixed-up arrangement and ac-
tually ignore a frst-cIass baseball game"
continued Kennedy. Don't you think pa
resis has something 10 do with this strange
turn of affairs nowadays? I've witnessed
several football games. and so help me
Jim l don't know the first thing about the
game. 1t seems to me as if it is race be-
tween both sides as to who will get under
the earth first. Pshaw! it's not in it with
baseball
During some of the hot scrimmages a
little hsticuffs were INDUCED in between
some Of the players, who were ordered off
the field. The referee evidently thought
that the game was hard and severe enough
in itself upon the players without the
necessity of introducing pugilism. During
the contest some heavy collisions resulted
and some Of the contestants had to leave