The record-union., 1896-02-03

| XIII the umpire!p was heard fire.
quently, and the manner in which one
Of the officials entreated the crowd to
keep off the diamond" would have led
one to believe he knew more about
baseball than football. But "gridirons
and diamonds" are two different fields
of battle
Both teams came on to the field at
half-past ?, and after fifteen minutes
of warming-up lined up as follows:
Sacramento-y. Merkley, right end;
Payne, right tackle; r. Merkley, right
guard; Birdsall, center; Reed, left
guard; J. Powers, left tackle; Holl, left
end; Hornlein, quarter back; Flint,
right half-back; May, left half-back;
Van Voorhies (Captain), full-back
Woodbridge - Rawles, right end;
Carkeeke, right tackle; Shanks, right
guard; Roy Powers, center; Turner, left
| guard; Van Meter left tackle; Thomas
left end; Armstrong (Captain), quarter
| back; Garnette, right half back;
Broyles, left half-back; Ham, full back
Average weights about 154 pounds.
Substitutes called on by Sacramento
Harrison, Dixon and Faris
/ Bentley and Blewett alternated as
referee and umpire. F. s. Sprague and
]. w. Lindley kept time, and Rutledge
and Harrison officiated as linesnen.
Sacramento won the toss and gave
! Woodbridge the ball Two thirty
minute halves.
FIRST HALF.
At 2:45 .. m. kickoff by woodbridge.
Ball brought back to thirty-yard line
by Van Voorhies. In three downs Sac
ron n
line. Woodbridge gets ball on downs.
First down Woodbridge gains four
/ yards. Offside play gives Woodbridge
/ other five yards. Another down they
reach the one-yard line Sacramento
smashes Woodbridge center and drives
them back five yards, and on next down
/ May stops Garnette.
| Sacramento's ball on downs. May
| goes through center for seven yards.
Flint gains four yards. Then Van Voor-
/ HES bucks the center for five more
Again May gets the ball and carries it
round right end for eight yards. Sac
ramento starts again on downs. First
/ down, no gain. Second down, Van
through center for two. Third down,
| Sacramento's bali, three yards to gain.
/ By fine interference on Flint's part
/ Jack Powers gains eight yards round
right end. Ball stopped in center of
/ field, and on three other downs Wood
/ bridge gets ball. They are held down
| by Sacramento on two successive
| downs. Powers retires with a sprained
ankle, and Dixon substituted. On fake
kick Garnette starts downs for Wood
bridge again.
On the third down Rawles goes round
left end for twenty yards, but slips and
is downed by May. Ball is worked up
to five-yard line by woodbridge, and
Broyles smashes center for touch
| down. Garnette kicks goal. Score:
Woodbridge g. Sacramento o.
Sacramento kicks off. Ball fumbled
by Armstrong and caught by Hon for
Sacramento on twenty -five-yard line
May. with Flint's interference, gains
/ five yards. but on successive downs no
/ gain is made. Woodbridge's ball on
downs. Fumbled on snap-back, and
| they are driven back five yards. Wood
bridge driven back eight yards more.
Punt by Woodbridge. fullback, to cen
ter of field Carried back ten yards by
Van Yoorhies, Vim. Merkeley gains six
yards round right end On pass from
Flint, Reed went through center for ten
yards. Fumble by Van Voorhies, but
ball recovered by HoIl, who goes round
right end, with Flint's interference, for
twenty yards.
Two other downs and Vim. Merkley
tries to get round, but is driven back to
| twenty-yard line. Woodbridge's ball
on downs. Forty seconds to play Ball
fumbled by Woodbridge on first down
Time called with ball on twenty-yard
line.
SECOND HALF.
Flint kicks off for Sacramento.
Woodbridge touches back twice, and
gets ball for another kickoff. Ball is
punted back by Flint, and Armstrong
is downed in center Of field. Dixon re-
tires, and Harrison is substituted.
Woodbridge gains ten yards, but is
held back on two following downs.
Then Garnette gains five, and Van
Meter is sent round right end for
twenty yards. Ball is worked up to
ten-yard line by woodbridge Vim.
Merkley carries Broyles back ten yards.
Sacramento gets ball on downs. HolI
gains twenty-five yards round right
end. Then Vim. Merkley and Van Voor-
/ hies go through center for seven and
!
/ Sacramento gets ten yards by off-side
play, and makes gains on following
downs. Ed. Flint and Reed go through
center for five yards, to twenty-five
yard line May makes a straight run
/ through hole in Woodbridge line and
gets touchdown. Goal kicked by Flint.
Score, Sacramento 6, Woodbridge 6.
| Woodbridge kicks off. Flint carries
f
/ yard line, and has to be carried off
field. Faris acts as substitute
I Woodbridge gains ten yards on three
downs, but loses ground on tumble, and
! Sacramento gets ball on downs.
! On first down no gain; second down
/ Van Voorhies goes through center for
three yards. Sacramento should have
had ball on third down. with two yards
to gain, but referee gives ball to Wood
bridge.
/ In two downs Woodbridge makes five
yards, and carries ball to ten-yard line.
They gain other five by two downs, but
on third down are driven back one yard.
/ Time called, with ball on six-yard
I line in possession of Woodbridge
Sacramento High School 6,
I woodbridge College 6.
| The Wheelmen.
/ The Capital City Wheelmen viii this
/ axrarfyor dapiSa 11roY their 77ax7- an, IIar,,