The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-31
ATHLETICS LOSE AGAIN.
THE hRTTLLERY SCHOOL BOYS WIN
A HARD-FOUGHT BATTLE.
The Two Teams Put UP n Good Game, and
tho Result shows They Are Wei
Matched Crowd on the Field.
THE LINE UP.


Meadows, Carr,
Bright. ..........L. G. .....".Prentiss
Fleming.
Bosher. T. .....".Edwards
Belvin. Il. ..........Bdgley
Carr
Wertenbaker .....Q. 3. .....,.Roberts
Schubert. II. Bib. James
Whitaker II. BIS. James
Townsend.
Ellyson. ........"....Long
Summary: Touchdown-Long; Artillery
School, 4; Richmond Athletics, " I'm
pire-McGuire. Referee - Mr.. Ainslie.
Thirty-minute halves.
The prettiest game of football seen
here this season was that Of yesterday
between the Athletics OF this city and the
Artillery School from Fort Mcnroe. The
teams were very evenly balanced and IL
is even chances with them at any time.
After tho game started yesterday II was
no surprise TO the three hundred specta-
tors to see the visitors win tie game FOR
they were aggressive from the start and
wrested possible victory from possible de-
feat upon several occasions.
The officers were eminently fair In
every decision they made and while some
Of the close decisions appeared question
able TO the spectators, there is no doubt
that they were honest and as fair as
possible
The ground rules In reference to the
crowd were nagrantly broken and fire.
quentIy the teams were forced TO stop
PLAYING in order to clear the field OF
spectators The crowd at critical points
would close up around the players and
those who remained in their places on the
bleacheres and grandstand were unable
TO see the game The weather was exc
cellent. hut the field was heavy and mud
dy in places.
THE FIRST HALF.
The Artillery School won the toss up
and kick off and the ball was returned
by EIvscn and for some moments the
ball was in foreign territory But by de-
grees. through nice bucking by James
and Townsend and sprinting by Long,
the bali went back into Richmond terri
tory and was IN the shadow Of goal,
when on q pretty snap Ellyson kicked 1t
TO the thrty-yard line where it was put
into a scrimmage by. the visitors and
rapidly carried % the line. and on a
buck through centre a touchdown was
scored by Long. The visitors failed TO
kick goal. however.
Ellyson kicked off and caught by Bag
ley who returned it ten yards when ne
was downed by Elyson. In successive
red-hot scrimmages the ball was further
advanced nine. six. five and eight yards
by fine bucking through the conn
ly. Firary. i'm an attempt TO back right
end five yards was lost and In downs
the bah went TO the Athletics for n gain
Of five yards on the first snap. In the
second Enyson kicked 10 the twenty-five
yard line and the ball went over. Long
carrying it back eight yards. The ball
was kicked to Ellyson on the next snap
and fifteen yards was gained before he
was downed. The ball was given TO the
visitors for ten yards on an off side
play and time was called
THE SECOND HALF.
The Athletics kicked off to Long who
was downed by BOsher on an eight-yard
gain. In the first scrimmage, five yards
were CARED thru lgh the centre, but three
of them were lost and I'm the snap back
q kick was blocked and the ball went
TO Richmond and Whitaker bucked the
end for a run OF ten yards. The ball
then went TO the visitors on downs. on
repeated scrlmmages and superb rushing
the ball was farther advanced thirty
yards and on another off-side play the
visitors were given ten yards.
The local centre was pie Tor the visitors
and they rushed through at will. the
ends. 700. seemed weak and in rapid sue
cession eight six, five, six, five, five,
eight, six. ten yards were made in as
many snaps.
Not NJ I'll the ball had reached tho ten
yard line did Richmond secure il and
then they braced themselves Tor the great
work that followed. At this point the To-
Gals seemed TO start afresh willie the Wis
itors weakened ard by quick rushes be
fore the Gunners knew it the ball was
away back over the kickoff line. The
visitors centre seemed TO give away at
every attack and the end could do moth
ing. Ellyson in a scrimmage kicked the
ball to the GunneTs' twenty-yard line,
but in the following scrimmage eight
yards was lost After nine yards had
been gained tho locals fumbled and lost
five yards and the ball went TO the VS.
tors. who carried II back thirty-seevn
yards Eight yards was lost on a
snap ard the ball was carried through
centre for ten and through right end for
five. Richmond then secured the ball
and Whitaker made a beautiful buck
and run for thirty yards and on a snap
buck the tall was kicked to the five
yarJ line where u was held and time was
called with the score 4 to 0 against Rich
mOnd