The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-12-27
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Kellogg. as center. was emlnently at
home and the way he went through the
opposing line. or rather under II, was
as amusing as II was sklllful.
WIN Young. for Astoria. was all eyes
and was a handy man more than once
In scrimmage. the marks Of one OF /
which he still carries about as me-
mcnto
Captain Harry Young made an ideal
quarter back his passing Of the ball
was good. and his interference excel
lent.
When the Astorians lined up against
their antagonists the visitors had in |
their minds the half century score made |
up the river. but hardly had the ball |
been In play when their favorites began |
TO advance the ball down the field. and |
the knowing look Of Captain Young |
brought confidence to the entire delega- |
ton. Very seldom was the bali any
where but on Candy territory. and
though their team played stubbornly.
the odds were too great to overcome.
The canby's learned considerable dur
Ing the first twenty-five minutes play.
and early In the second half cOanmenc-
Cd successive center plays with telling
effect, but soon would lose the water
would be in the ascendant again. 1t was
noticeable that In a general melee that
Candy though the lighter team. would
crowd Asoti1a for two or three yards,
which Is attributed to the fact that
the Astoria boys played too high.
II finally became evident that the
foniy hope for Candy las- In an end
run. But the Astorians succeeded in
scoring two more points before the
close. leaving the score. Astoria Il. Can
by 0.
The teams will meet again at the
Smith Point grounds on New Years
Day, and as the soldiers will be better
acquainted with the game and the AS
torians in better trim, close and ex-
citing game is looked for, and the |
grounds viii be crowded to the utmost |
II the weather Is at all pleasant.
Fridays game was unique in several
respects. Neither OF the teams had had |
much practice OF experience. II being |
the second game for the Astoria boys,
and the first for the Fort Candy team,
yet the display OF clear. gentlemanly
football made on the Candy field was
one seldom seen anywhere. Inexpe-
rience led several OF the players to
allow their temper to momentarily get
the best OF them, but they always re-
covered themselves quickly, so that
they were no more faulty in that re-
spect than many older players,
II was evident from the first few
plays that the Fort Candy men were !
out-classed. both in individual work
and in collective team playing, Their
end plays were poorly executed, the
runer seldom having any organized in
reference, and quite frequently none
at all, On the other hand, the Astoria
team always made good gains on end |
plays. by throwing their entire team
into the play, The Candy men also !
seemed ignorant Of the proper methods |
Of breaking up an interference, and |
were thus unable TO meet what would |
otherwise have been very poor inter-
ference In plays through the line, how
ever, the Candy boys far out-class the
Astorians, nearly all the gains made
by Candy being line rushes,
Their fake quarter back plays were |
also good, and would have resulted in
great gains for Candy had not the As>
toria ends and half backs exercised |
good Judgment in assailing them. The |
fake punt and a long run by Clark, Of |
Fort Candy, was one of the features |
Of the game and came near resulting in |
a touchdown.
The chief defect of the Astoria team
was In their tendency to individual |
work and not organized team work. 1t
can. however, be easily remedied by |
earnest practice. and the team prom
ises to be In far better condition for
wc.S by the end OF the coming week.
The Candy team will probably improve
greatly in the next few days, so that
the result OF New Years game cannot
be easily guessed, and will no doubt
be full of interest. and present in the
methods of play marked improvement
over the last.