The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1896-11-14
TIE
w U. V. Prevents Duquesne Scoring
and Similar Fails when tine Chance
Is Given.

and Similar Fails when tine Chance
is Given.
I A battle royal was expected by ali
who were going TO Pittsburg last Satur
day to witness the struggle between
the city's pride, Duquesne, and the
Mountain Tigers and needless to say
they were not disappointed.
A special train had been chartered
aud when it pulled out Of the station
fully 200 loyal rooters were on board.
Others were picked UP on the road and
when the city was reached 300 peo-
pie were there to back the Blue and
Gold. Duquesne was the heavier team
and plumbers among its players repre-
sehtatives Of all the finest teams in
the country. Then a tie game with
such team is victory such as was
never before won by the local boys.
The game was full of the fiercest ex-
citment. Once West Virginia had the
ball only Is inches from the goal line
on the first down. Three times the
teams came together in titanic 'stfug-
gle without gain or loss of an inch.
This was the nearest victory that we
ever were. This failure was glorious
ly wiped out as Duquesne had the ball
twice within two yards of victory and
each time the West Virginia stone
wall was impregnable to three success
sive assaults. Another time the inter
est was intense when the pittsburgers
got a free kick from the 20 yard line
and tried for goal. Had they succeed
ed the score would have been 5 to 0
but again they failed. The game was
very free from any dirty playing and
was of such a character as to make new
friends for the pastime. In the tirst
half the ball was kept deep down in
In Duquesne territory and at no time
was the West Virginia goal in the
slightest danger. In the second half
the tables were turned and so on
throughout the game. 1t was tie
closest contest ever waged in the city.
The Pittsburg papers were all full of
ehconiums for the boys who made an
extremely favorable impression by
their gentlenanly conduct. Leps,
Yeager, South, Yost and Trenchard
carried off the honors on our side and
Young played the best ball for the
city lads. The roofing of the Univer-
sity boys was commented on like this
by one of The papers
Over in the right field bleachers a
body Of young men rose on their
hind legs and made the welkin ring.
They are rooters from West Virginia,
sir, and they let every body know it.
The line up:
D. c. & A. CO. U. OF W. yA.=0.
II. Brown. 80 Left end Osborne
Messier ..s. Left tackle ...4.. Yost
o. Waggenhurst Left guard Krebs
j. Waggenhurst, Center Stamford
Thornton Right guard. Nethken
johnson Right tickle az. White
Randolph Right end -. Kunst
REESE. 49,. Quarter back Leps
q. Brown : =. Left hail.. South
Beeman Right half Trenchard
Young 49,. Full back Yeager
Referee-Dr. McClung. Umpire
Mr.. Greenway Messrs.
Rose and Greenwood. Substitutes
Marsh for o. Waggenhurst, o. Wag-
genhurst for Messler. Time-two 25
minute halves.
NOTES.
1t was beautiful game.
There was hot kick on the officials
by either side.
Leps and Yost added a great deal
of strength to the West Virginia team
yesterday.
The West Virginia team played a
much stronger game than it did
against p. A. G. week ago.
doggy" Trenchard was in the
game all the time. His line bucking
was very fine.
Beeman made bad kick from the
field in his attempt to kick goal in the
second half.
Leps is wonderful player. When
1t comes to tackling he is there all the
time.
Trenchard made fine run through
the Duquesnes' center for 20 yards, and
but for great tackle by Young would
have scored a touchdown.
Yeager's punting yesterday was ex-
cellent. Several of his kicks were
made right close to the backs and
while in dangerous position. His
punting saved his team from being
scored against three times II Post