The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-14
EASY TOR ATHLETICS
FRANKLIN ELEVEN, or MINuE.p-
OILS, WAS DEFEATED, 2s
TO NOTHING
ST. PAUL PLAY HAS IMPROVED


Score, Being Gtsa DfsadvaDt.ya
in weight That Discounted Their
Greater Agility ~ Some Clever
Interference Blocked the Minnie
apolfs Team Effectively.
The football game between the St.
Paul Athletic club team and g. team
representing the Franklin Athletic club,
OF Minneapolis, at Lexington park yes
terday afternoon. was Won by the local
kickers by score OF % to 0. AS in
dfcated by the score, the ST. Paul team
won an easy victory, and, If necessary.
could have piled up again as many
points. The Mime apolis team was
made up of light weights, whose dex-
terfty in sometimes skirting the st.
Paul ends and clever tackling added
much interest to the game, but the
beef" of the locals prevented the
MIL city players from turning to &C
count their agility and sprinting adj
vantage During the entire game the
ball was scarcely ever in st. Paul ter
ritory. After the first few minutes of
play 1t was apparent that the local
team was playing much better football
than IT did week ago in the game
with the Henley club, of MINNEAPOLIS.
and 1t was soon evident that the
Franklin aggregation must put in the
time of the game largely on the de-
fens1ve. In bucking the line the St.
Paul players showed much improve
ment over their form at the first Of
the season, and in end plays the team
has mastered quite a formidable style
Of interference that gives the player
with the ball the protection necessary
for ground gaining. The team has also
hIuf OF
players still go after runner too high
and also run too much UP in the air.
For the ST. Paul team, Dougherty,
Juhre. Hunter Foot and Smith played
good football, while several tidy gains
were made for the Minneapolis team
by Whitcomjb, Bradley and Kelly.
The local team kicked off in opening
the first half, Foot sending the bali to
the Franklin twentyyard line, where
the ball was downed before 1t could
be started back Four Intellectual
plunges into the line by the Franklin
| backs gave the ball to ST. Paul inside
the twenty-fve-yard line, and. after a
| ten-yard gain through the line, Harvey
was out around the left end for a.
touchdown. Foot kicked the goal.
Score SO. After the next kickoff the
Franklin rushers succeeded in getting
the ball to ST. PauPs thirty yard line,
but here it was held for four downs
anu I4IS AO1lIe players began marching
toward another touchdown. Five min
utes' play sent the ball over the line
and Foot kicked another goal. Score
12-O. When the BAH again went into
play. the Minneapolis team put a little
more ginger into their work and sew
eral times secured the oval, giving
1he1n chance to put their opponents
on the defensive, but the improved
form of the ST. Paul team kept the
nome goal from danger, and finally. Sc
curing the ball near the center Of the
Held, st. Paul by a series of rapid line
and end plays secured another touch
down and goal. Score, 1870. The half
ended with the ball in Minneapolis
possession in the center Of the field.
In the second half the st. Paul pay
ers went into the game less vigorOusIv
seemingly content to keep their opD0-
nents from scoring. MINNEAPOLIS
through funlibles and. by several times
holding the heavier tenn four downs
got possession of the ball, but their plav
was broken up almost before their be elk
started, and each time the home team
rega1ned the plgsllin with little or no
loss. Evidently determined to add one
more touchdown to the score, the st.
Paul team braced up it's offensive play
at the end Of fifteen minutes and car
rled the BAH from the Franklin's for
ty-yard line for g. touchdown Foot
1siled the goal. Score, $50. The re-
ma1nder of the half was spent in de-
sultory play on the part of both teams.
the game ending with the ball In nos
session Of the F'ranklins on their five
yard line. The teams lined up as fol-
lows: