The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-14
IOWA DEFEATED TEXAS.
FOOT BALL TEAMS OF THE REGI-
MENTS PLAY OFF THE TIE.

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Texas Went Down in Defeat by IA
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Good Game That Was Witnessed
by Large Crowi-Open Playing
ana Punting Characterized the
| Gamc-SuperiOr In Many Respects
to the Thanksgiving Gnmc.
| Iowa took the game from Texas at the
Bolton street park yesterday afternoon by
a score of 10 o. There was large crowd
out TO see the game, which was full of in
lerest from start to finish. The Texans
! have nothing to be ashamed of in the de-
| feat, for they played strong ball Il was
largely due to the superior weight of the
Iowa team that they were worsted.
though the Iowa boys were well up in the
science.
The First Texas and the Forty-Ninth
Iowa teams met on THANKSGIVING day. The
result was a tie. Five and five was the
score. neither team having been able to
| take the game. There was the stored up
| interest of that game centered in yester-
days, and the members of both regiments
were out in force to see how the struggle
! would come out.
II many particulars the game was bet
ter than that on Thanksgiving day. Both
teams have had a good deal OF practice in
The meantime, and their work had i'm
proved considerably Team operations were
carried on more successfully, the men
seeming to understand a great deal better
| that the game could be won by their act
ing in concert than trying for Individual
! glory. There was also very little of the
kicking and disputing that characterized
! the first game, and the decisions of the
! referee and umpire We're accepted grace
| fully except in one or two instances.
Open plays were frequent during the
| game. There We're also a number of punts,
| and both of these are features Of foot bail
! that make game more interesting 10 the
spectators. They see more action for their
| money and less of the confused and con-
| gIomerated mixups that follow line buck
| ing and mass plays.
There were several calls for time during
! the game, owing 10 players being hurt. The
! injuries, however, were only temporary,
only one man having had to return from
| the play. In other respects, also, the game
was a little SLOW The difference between
the soldiers games and those between good
! co!Iege-teams is Quite evident in point of
! time. College men play fast and furious,
! the ball being kept almost continually in
| play.
The halves were of twenty-five minutes
length. In the first there was only safety
made and this was just before the call of
! time Iowa forced Texas TO touch the bali
| down behind her own goal line, thereby
making two points. There was a dispute
as to whether the BAH had really been
| touched down behind the line, but the de-
| cision held. No play was made after this
| safety, as time was UP.
During this half there had been some
| very good playing. There were two or three
fumbles at first. but the men soon picked
up and fumbles became infrequent. The
star playing was done by DeZavala,
! DruesedoW. Kellar and Scott for the Tex
| ans. while Fellows, Brown, Spear and
! Whitehil We're the bright particular stars
| of the Iowaians.
The play in the second half was harder
| than in the first. The Iowa team showed
up considerably stronger, and its gains
| were greater. 1t was at the close of the
half that the touchdown was made by
Whitehill, after two or three long end
runs had brought the ball far up into
Texas's territory. Packard kicked goal
thus bringing the score up TO elght. Dur
ing this half a trick was worked success
fully by Iowa All the players were bunch
ed by the ruse of a center buck, and one
of the back shot out from the rear of the
formation and made forty yards toward
the Texas goal before he was downed by
| DruesedoW, the full5ack.
Mr.. Joseph Killorin was referee of the
game and Mr.. Fred Saussy was umpire.
| There was nothing but clean work
throughout, most of the players said
though there was report of Druesedow
having been slugged. He was temperate
ly knocked out, and his friends seemed to
think it was because he had been slugged.
There was good feeling throughout, how
ever, with this possible exception.
The following was the lineup of the
teams:
18th Iowa. LIST Texas.
Brown. ........... right end ........... Rogers
Van Wagner.....righ tackle....... Jackson
Allen............ right guard ..,... Waechter
Packard. center .,....... Wheeland
Spencer......... left guard ..........Swoape
Fellows. ....... left tackle ............ Kellar
Rice. .............. left end .DeZavala
Matheson.. .... quarter back ........ Cahoon
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