Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-31
THE GUNNERS WIN.
THE ARTILLERY SCHOOL BOYS DE-
FEAT THE ATHLETICS.
CLOSELY CONTESTED GAME.
Both EIevcns ON Their MettIe, and
Every Inch of Ground Fought For.
Hut One roue9-Do"a Aade-o'her
Games Scheduled.

The football team from the Unitec
States Artillery School at Fortress Mon
roe played the Athletics at Brosd-Stree
Park yesterday. and defeated the loca
lads. too, by score Of 4 to 0. The game
was one of the most interesting yet seer
here. and from start to finish was red
hot contest
In tho first place. the teams were even
ly matched. and the men were on theil
mettle. The ground was In excellent
condition, and the weather. cool and crisp
was all that could have been desired
The only essential lacking was q crowd
There were few people on the bleach
cries and In the grandstand, but they
were SO very few that they hardly count
ed.
PLAYED WITH VIM.
The two elevens did not get dishearten-
ed by the lack of interest displayed by
the public in their game. They just
went to work like veterans. and bucked
the centres and ran around the ends in
most refreshing manner. The Artillery
men were good-Datured, handsome set
of young men. They were larger, too.
than the Athletics, and this gave them
slight advantage. The locals were
game, though, and they fought vigorously
and manfuliy for victory being forced to
yield to superior proves in the end.
In the first half the Artillerymen kept
the ball on the Athletics territory al
most all tho time. They forced 1t along
toward the touch-line gradually. but
surely. and in seventeen minutes after
thu kick off they had scored a touch
which yielded them four points. bu. they
failed to kick goal They previously got
the ball within six inches Of their touch
line but were blocked by an almost
superhuman effort on the part Of the
Athletics, who carried tho pigskin back
twenty yards, only to lose this twenty
afterwards.
NEITHER SIDE COULD SCORE.
In the second half neither side scored.
though both came within a few yards
Of doing so, and whom the game ended
long after dark-the Athletics had got
ten TO within three yards Of the touch
line.
Following was the lineup:
Athletics. Position. Artillerymen.
Rand. ........... Centre ............ Watson.
Feaster.. Right guard. Haskell.
Meadows. Bright. Left guard. Prentice.
Johnson. ...... Right tackle. Dudley.
Fleming, Elsey. Left ckle.....Edwards.
Hicks, Gilman. Right end. .......Murphy.
Belvin..........Left end .Bagby.
Carr, Vest. Quarter back....... Roberts.
Schubert. Right half back....H. James.
Whitaker......Left half back....S. James.
EiIyson. Full back............Long
Officers Of the game-Georgo Ainsie,
referee; NJ. M. Mcclure, umpire; Eubank.
time-keeper; Guvernator, linesman. Time
of halves-25 minutes. Time OF game-2
hours. Observation-Disclosures 1;
Athletics, @. Goals-Artillerymen, o;
Athletics, o. Score-Artillerymer, 4; Ath-
letics, 0.
College W.. Hampden-sid.
ney Tuesday.
Richmond College will for the first time
meet the Hampden-Sidney football team
on tho gridiron in Richmond on Tuesday,
November I'd, and an exciting and holly
contested game is expected. AS this will
be the Presbyterians' first visit to our
city, quite large crowd is likely to
attend the game. The Hampdep Sidney
team has been under the training of
distinguished University OF Virginia
coach for three weeks, and is showing up
in excellent form. 1t is claimed that the
If not the strongest In the history Of
the college. All the players have had one
or more years of experience. and there
are some exceptional players among them.
The lineup is as follows: Centre. Esk-
ridge, an old Davidson College player,
weight 1876 pounds; right guard Williams,
who has played at Washington and Lee,
and for two years on the Hampden-Sid-
ney team, weight 1s5 pounds; left guard,
Hudson, one OF last years substitutes,
weight ITO pounds; right tackle, Earhart,
last years centre, and an exceptionally
strong man, weight 1Se pounds: left
tackle, Murray, an old Davidson player,
and a quick, heady man, weight 1S5
pounds; right end, Douglass, who played
the same position last year and made
a fine record, weight l65 pounds; left end,
an old player on the Allegheny
Institute team, and one OF the quickest
and most fearless men on the team.
weight 40 pounds: quarter. Stuart. the
Of the team, who played the
same position last year, weight 100
pounds; right half, Bull. who IL known
in athletic circles throughout the State,
and is a star player, weight $50 pounds;
left half-back, Brown, who is experienced
behind the line, having played brilliantly
at Bingham School, N. c., weight l5O
full back. Morton, who played
the same position last year. and made the
Illustrious run that won the closely con-
tested game with Roanoke College, weight
l6O pounds. The substitutes are Kuy-
kendall, Blake. Osborne. and Caldwell.
The men have done exceptionally well
in the practice games and will give a
good account OF themselves in the game
here on Tuesday. They play together,
euicL nd cpannU In auarv NOVA
ment.
The Local Eleven.
The Richmond College team has been |
ipon the campus every afternoon for the |
asst two weeks-rain or shne-practicing |
In order to win Tuesdays game, and II
,racticing, and the services Of a good |
coach like Mr.. Wertenbsker has any
hing to do with 1t, they will certainly |
ome out victorious Tuesday.
The following is the lineup: In Parke /
Ind Pope the college has two good ends
and ii is seldom that runner succeeds
IA circllng them. They can always be
depended on for some brilliant work.
The quarter back Kaufman) is a
lew man at football. but keeps
lis head with him and seldom
Jack. Is probably the best ground gamer
he college team has He hits the line
lard and is not often stopped without a
,ood gain to his credit; his defensive /
york is on a par with his offensive. Tho
ther half-back Frazer) 10 good part
Ter for Landlord, and always does
'ood work In a game. He is the man
gho carried the ball over for the winning I
against Randolph Macon Col
eye. At full-back. Mcneil (captain)
) hard To surpass. His interference and
lis tacklinE are beyond criticism. The