The San Francisco call., 1896-11-22
OLYMPIC WINGS
ssIt
FLAP IN TRIUMPH
The Reliance Team Forced
to Yield the Cham
pionship.
Oakland Players Outclassed by
the Local Aggl legation of
Gridiron Talent.
A Slow Football Match Marked by
Several Long Runs and Some
Fierce Tackling.

Aiter many seasons OF QefedtS at the
hands of all the larger football teams of
the far West, the Olympic Club has at last
won an important and decisive victory.
Yesterday its team thoroughly outplaved
and defeated the Reliance eleven that has
been so formidable for the past three
years. The score was to O, but it does
not in itself indicate the comparative
playing of the two teams, which was not
so nearly equal.
Olympic, as on the preceding Saturday
when the match with Reliance ended IN q \
tie. scored early in the first half, but was
not able to carry the bali over for another
touchdown during the remainder of the
game, though In the second half it ad-
vanced steadily to within five feet of the
Reliance goal, but the ball was lost on
downs.
The halves were ten minutes shorter
than those prescribed for match and the
playing was slow. fewer passes being made
than in almost every one of the other
games of the season.
Reliance was doomed after The first few
plays. The line seemed powerless to pre-
vent large openings being made through
which Morse and Snowden, the Olympic
backs, rushed often without touching an
opponent for many feet. Alter the touch
down, the Olympics got the second kickoff
on their 20-yard line, and advanced it
steadily for 20 yards, then lost it to Re-
lance because of an offside play. Re-
lance suddenly braced wonderfully, and
carried the ball little by little back 45
OF those 20 yards, but, on failure to gain a
necessary few inches had to give up the
ball near the Olympic 40-yard line.
Olympic tried to take it back, but found
| 1t harder work than before, for Burnett,
the Reliance center. broke through and
twice tackled Snowden before he could
start. After regaining twenty yards in
nine attempts Olympic fum bIed and lost
| the ball to Reliance, but regalned it in a
few moments on downs. Then Weldon
| kicked in touch Tor a gain of only eight
| yards, but Olympic got the ball again and
was beginning another advance when the
| first half ended with the ball near the
| Reliance 35-yard line.
The second half opened favorably for Re-
lance, for Arletts kickoff went lust to
the goalpost without going over the line.
and Weldon failed by ten yards to reach
| the center of the field on the return kick.
Reliance again lost the ball on downs and
| Olympic carried it twenty-five yards in
series of plays and lost it because OF an
off side play. Reliance was soon forced
| to kick, but it was for a good gain, Wal
| ton sending the ball from the center OF
the held to the Olympic 10-yard line
! where Weldon was downed in his tracks
before he could run or kick. Then came
| the long run of the day.
Morse was sent round the right end and
he came up the field rapidly. avoiding
everyone near the line Only little Arlett
stood waiting between him and the dis
tant goal He reached and lodged Ar
lett The field was clear before him. On
behind came the largest man in the game
big Wells, the Reliance guard. He actu-
ally outran the speedy Morse, overlook
| him and forcing him in touch made ona
| of fh a hard tackles that oh
play. But Morse gained forty seven wards
and the ball was just into Reliance ter.
ritory.
From then on it changed hands several
times before Olympic finally had to give
| it up, on a failure to gain when within
only few feet of goal. Walton immedi-
ately kicked out of danger. Again OIvm.
| pic had the ball back almost to the same
danger point, and again Reliance braced
wonderfully, prevented the needed gain
| and got the ball.
| Oliver OF Reliance was working like a
| frenzied giant, and little ''Tommy" Code
OF olympic was tearing through the line
! on nearly every pass. Walton was forced
to Kick, tor he could not gain by line
plays or eno runs. A few short exchange
kicks near the middle of the Reliance side
| OF the field ended the game, and the
whistle blew with the ball under an Olym-
pic man, near the 30-yard line.
several Reliance players were injured
| during the second half and had to be re-
placed by lighter and less able men.
As whole the game was not of a nerve.
stirring kind and except for Morse's and
Snowden's long runs could not have been
very interesting to the non partisan snec-
tators; But the ol!ympics were happy
with that great Joy that comes after much
deferred hope, and to them it was great
game anyhow. for it brought them the
athletic club championship of the Pacific
Coast.