The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-18
TRAINING SCHOOL WON.
Contest with High School in Which
There Was Much WrangIinG.

The first football game of the season be-
tween the teams of the indianapolis High
School and the Indianapolis Industrial
Training School was won yesterday by the
latter. The score was IA to 0, the
points being made by three touch
downs and a safety. The two
teams have been playing together for
practice at the site of the old ball park at
Seventh street and Capitol avenue for sew
eral weeks, and they have had the benefit
of good coaching. so that they are able to
put up an interesting game. There was
exhibited, however, a lack of discipline
which -mewhatsmaIEe the performance.
The game savored too much of the game
on the common, where all points of dis
pute are decided in favor of the physically
strongest contestant.
Nearly two hundred people gathered at
the Ohio-street ball park yesterday after
noon to witness the game. Most of them
were pupils of the two schools. There were
also some of the teachers, some of the
players mothers and sweethearts and a few
citizens who were willing to endure the
chilling wind for the prospect of a game
of football. The game was called at $3.50
o'clock, the teams lining up as follows:
1. T. S. Position. L. H. S.
Lett gend,+...-..Newhall
K krauss..."..Left tackle..-.-.Chambers
Shideler..........Left .Tousey
Meyer........... Center BeIcher
Right ..kitenbach
Right Iackie..........Jones
Allen hight end DoWney
Young...........Q Quarter back........ .Pickens
n g .Right hall half bach. 1capt.o Morris
Queisser (capt.). Full observation-disclosures
H. G.. Cox is manager of the 1. r. S.
team, and John Lamay holds the same po-
sition for the l. IL 5: II. Il. Wikel, phys
ical director OF the Y. M. c. A, acted as
referee for the game, Macy Good was um-
pire, and the Iinesmen. We're Patterson and
EckhouSe. The wind was Blowing hard
from the northwest when the game began,
lengthwlse. The L. I. S. had the wind
against them in the first half. They had
ne ball and started the lively pace which
good kick against the wind, which landed
the ball Within twenty, yards OF the goal.
was quickly recovered by the 1. T. S., but
not until it had been returned almost to
that the L. T.. S. boys made the most bril-
liant play of the game. By a feint at the
the right end and tackle of the opposing
team, and then Mcintosh got around the
right end with the ball and carried it the
fun length of the opponents territory and
made a touchdown. He was assisted in the
run by Queisser and Karl Krauss. who did
some fine interfering, keeping the oppon-
ents away from the man with the ball.
Queisser failed to kick the goal. and the
score stood 4 to 0 in favor of /. T.. S. Karl
Krauss soon landed the ball back of the
line, and made another four points for l. 7.
S. Queisser again failed on the kick. !
krauss's run was another brilliant feature
of the game.
The second half was noticeable for the
diSSensionS. Both teams had boosted be-
fore having played a match game together
that they would make a record for clean"
playing. 1t was not Clean" however,
There were several players spiked and a
number of foul blows were struck, for
which players were retired Two or three
men We're disabled so that substitutes had
to take their places. Their injuries were
not serious, however. This half lasted
nearly an hour. The time keepers took out
all the time occupied by WrangIing and in
the substitution of players, and, it was
claimed by some, stretched the time out
longer time in which to score. There was
much wrangling over the work of the UNI
pire. He did not give satisfaction to Ell
the~ side and his decisions led to constant
disputing. He put Captain Queisser out of
the game toward the close of the second
half on account of an ~encounter between
Queisser and Talbot, of the l.. IA. S. team.
Talbot was allowed to stay in the game.
l. I. S. continued the strongest through
out the second half, but did not succeed in
boys began working better as a team and
employed a number of maneuvers that had |
not been brought into play in the first
half. They abandoned the wedge altogeth-
er. for it was found that they were too
light to make headway against their OPP
ponents. The feature of the second half
was the long run of Baden by which he
carried the ball TO within three yards of
the L. II. s. goal. But he was beaten out
of a TOUCHDOWN by an equally good run of
Talbot, who tackled him in fine form. Fol-
this play the /. t. ). secured a safe
ty, giving them two more points and maxi
the total score, which was the final
score, II to 0. 1t was dark before the
play was UP.
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