The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-10-13
Foot Ball,

As Captain of the Warren Football Club
j feel that 1t Is incumbent upon me to re-
view, to some extent, tho game played last
Saturday with the Eddystone Football
Club, in order that those who were
n OF present, and Others who were not in
pc session Of facts which will better en-
able them to understand why the Wa rren
Club did not score. 1t is perhaps, un.
necessary to state that tho Warren Foot
ball Club has always played straight,
clean game, never resorting to foul play
of any kind, not oven when confronted
with tactics of that desc ription, in order
to preserve their reputation unsullied, and
this has been frequently testified to by
I their opponents whom they have defeated
in hard fought games.
Judge of my surprise, therefore, on Sat
urday when gave the signals for various
playors-Brinton, Beggs and othcrs-to
take the ball to find them downed in their
tracks before t.ey had II chance to start
Upon reproving them for their apparent
islowness in getting off, ! was told that
they were held by the Eddystone players
until they were tackled and thrown. In
stead, therefore, of running on the next
play l stood still and saw the Warren
player to whom the ball was passed dclib-
erately held by the collar by an Eddystono
player who was off side; and notwith-
standing this was done repeatedly, elfec-
preventing my tCuiii iiphi yum
ing the line" the umpire drought down
by the E1dystone play9rs) refused to take
any notice of it, when, ii he had imposed
the penalty once or twice it would have
bee n stopped
As to oil side play which calls for
heavy penalty, it is hardly an eXaggcrh-
tion to say that the Eddystone players
were almost invariably dowaod bac of
the line for los S, the Eldystonc players
reaching us US soon Us the ball, thrrc by
making it appear that the Warren line
could not hold the Eldyslonc, whereas,
in q few instances where the EldyStone
players were compelled to retain their
places until the ball was snapped, tho con.
trary was the fact, i'll fact, We had no
trouble in making very long runs:
These are merely instances rough play Of
every description was indulgrd in by the
Eddystone players The Spcctnl Ors Will cas-.
lily recall the play where the Warren play.
ers had to lose 20 yards to make y down;
the ball was passed buck to Mcdaniel,
who, in tead of kicking 1t, touched it to
the ground before he could -trlIshten up,
he was jumped on most brutally by an
Eddyst0ne man without over tho som.
blnuca of an excuse for doing 50. rs Il run
does not follow play Of that kind.
Other Eldystone players tackled by
throwing their arE,s around the ncckS Of
the Warren players, and, IN falling, dclib-
erately buried their knccs in the stomach
AT tho close Of the game, had Il striking
example of how the EdIystouo men play.
ed. Time had been called, and was ly-
ing on the ground with Tho largest man
on the Eldystonc team choking me, and
when | Struggled to GIT mp hc, in tho
sight OF all the spectators, Dire" back his
arm preparatory to hitting me in the face
with his closed fist fortunately | had
strength enough left 70 kick ut him, when
he LEFT 90 hut immediately EXPRESSED his