Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-11-08

halves Without a Count Being
Made - A Remarkable Game,
Showing How Evenly Matched
the Two Teams are - Several
Narrow Escapes-Only One Yard
From a Touchdown, Once-On
the Five Yard Line Several Times
PITTSBUBG. Pa. November Eight
carloads of West Virginians. one brass
band. and q team of powerful foot ballists
were the delegation which helped to arouse
excitement at Exposition Park after 2:3O
p. m. The occasion was the game be-
tween the DuQuesnes and the West Vir-
ginia University teams. the only big game
scheduled in this vicinity.
The teams lineup was as follows:
d. c. x A. C. Position. w. V. U.
II. Brown. left end......... Osborne
Messler .........left tackle.......... ..Yost
ID. Wagonhorst. left guard. Krebbs
J. Wagonhorst ..center....... Standiford
Thornton fright guard. Nethkin
Johnson ........right tackle....... White
Randolph ........right end......... Kunst
Rose quarterback. Leps
f. Brown ......left halfback....... South
Seeman ......right halfback.... Trenchard
Young ..fuilback........... Ncager
substituted. c. x a. c., Horner. Heis-
ey, S8mmel, Mason. Wintniger, Gernett,
LoWrey, Cough, j. Johnson. Winder-
knecht. Lyons. l. of W. Va.-McDonald,
Robb. Bruuer. Referee. McClung. I'm
pire Greenway. Linesmen Rose and
Greenwood. Two . minute halves were
played. Attendance, 1900.
Time was called at 3:30 Duquesne won
the toss and Young kicked off to South.
who brought ball back TO thirty yard line.
Virginia was forced to kick. and Young
caught and carried the ball TO the center
before ne was downed. Beeman made
seven yards. and Young added two more
through center. Virginia got ball on off
side play and kicked ON first line up.
Young was downed i'm his tracks by
nice tackle by Kunst. Eddie Brown
makes five yards. Beeman fumbes and
Messer fails on the ball. DuQuesne loses
the ball on downs. Short line bucks take
the bah to DuQUesnes - yard line.
There Treuchard broke through between
guard and tackle and took the ball to the
eight yard line where he was brought
down by Young The latter was hurt, but
soon braced up. Now came some of the
crandest defensive work ever seen on
the local sridiron. South takes the ball
to the five yard line and then adds one
more through right tackle. Trenchard
adds one more and makes fl first down on
Duquesne's five yard line. Yeager added
one more yard through the center.
rr-l... Tl,,r,r...rac br4ea1 themselves and
secured the ball ON downs within less
than a foot and a half from their goal
Their splendid defense evoked cheers from
hundreds. Young kicked the bah out of
danger 10 the Is yard line. where Du-
quesne gets the bail ON off-side play. An
exchange of kicks nets ten yards for Du-
Quesne Johnson made five yards. Young
made about four. Beeman ran around left
end for five more. +. Brown made eight
yards around right end. but dropped the
ball on being tackled. Harry Brown fell
on it, Young hit the center for a yard.
I'd. Brown s1irted right end for four
wards. but the ball was given TO Virginia
for holding. Yeager punted into touch.
Johnson lost on Nethkins brilliant tackle
behind the line Young punted out to the
50 yard line. Randolph getting the ball
ON a blocked kick Ed. Brown banged
the line for one yard. Otto Wagonhorst
failed i'm line play. Young punted 20
Yards. Yeaccr mUffed, Thornton fell on
the pig skin. but the ball was brought
bacl, and given to Virginia for holding.
Yearer punted to the Duquesne's goal line.
Young caught the ball and, aided by
grand lodging. ran to the 80 yard line.
Two short bucks gave five yards. Young
found a hole for nearly five yards. Z.
Brown gained two and a half yards. O.
Waronhorst carried tno ball four yards.
r Brown hit for a yard. Beeman ran
Kuntz's end for five yards. He tried the
same place again and gained about four
wards. Time called with ball I'm Du-
ouesne's possession i'm center field. Score;
Drouesuc %. West Virginia o.
Second Half-In the second half Marsh
took Messler's place. West Virginia kick
cd off. End runs bali TO center Young
kicked 10 West Virginias 10 yard line.
West virginia lost ball on a tumble.
Duouesne took ball to West Virginia S
two ward line Virginia held them there,
and Yeager kicked out of danger. Du-
quesne again kicked TO two yard line.
Ev short rushes Virginia again held
them by fine defensive work. Yeager
kicked. Young makes q fine catch. Bee
man tried for field goal from - yard line,
but failed. Virginia kicked to center and
ball stayed around there. and game ended
ro+hfne TO nothing