The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-25
TOO EVENLY MATCHED TO WIN.
TEXANS AND IOWAIANs A TIE ON
THE GRIDIRON.

ing Was Even-Neither Was in the
Best of Practice, But Had Good
| Players.
The foot ball teams of the First Texas
| and the Forty-ninth Iowa Regiments play
ed an even game yesterday at the base
ball park. The score at the end stood five
10 five.
There were about 1900 people out to see
the game. and they were rewarded with
an excellent exhibition of foot ball. The
game dragged along slowly, principally on
account of the many kicks that were
made upon decisions, both teams seeming
TO Vie in their efforts to kick the hardest
and the longest, The referee and the UNI
pire found the two captains equally inn
partial. One would kick just as hard as
the other Everything, however, was in
the right sort of spirit. The objections to
decisions were made in a gentlemaniy
manner, and there was nothing that look
ed like hard feelings engendered on ac-
count of the game.
A number of Interruptions were also
caused by slight injuries sustained from
| time to time by the players. Nobody was
| hurt badly enough to call for substitutes.
The Texas fellows had more temporary
knockouts than the Iowaians. SCOTS re-
turn to his play for the Texans after hav-
| ing been hurt was plucky, as his face was
badly bruised and he seemed to have been
pretty badly bruised up. There were one
or two others who got back in the game
after a wait of minute or two to get in
shape after having had the wind knocked
out of them.
The game was called few minutes after
y o'clock. Mr.. ]. 1. Killorln had been
chosen as umpire and Mr.. Gordon Saussy
as referee. The lnesmen were Messrs.
Noble Jones and c. S. Connerat, Jr. The
line up of the teams was as follows:
Texas. Iowa.
Kidd, Co. A....... left end. SEQ. Rice, Co. H.
Beatman,. Co. F.left tackle Fellows, COG
| Swoape Co. K..left guard. Allen, Co. F
! Whalen, Co. A.. center. Packard, Co. H
| Weachter, Co. L.right guard. Schrock, Co. F
| Rogers, Co. G.rlght tackle. Van Wagner X
Langridge, Co. G.right end. Hopkins Goa
Scott, capt. Co B. quarter back. .Matheson,
Capt. Co. K
DeZavala, co. f. half-back. CarnegieCoC
Jackson, Col. R half-bacl. .Speer, Co K
Druesedow, man. CoH. fullback. WhltehillH
The substitutes who were on the field
for the Texans were; Moore, Company
| l.; Cahoon Company b; Jones, Company
| F. Bossy, Company F; Howard, Company
F. Boone Company K; Medlenka, Com
pany A, and Harm, band. The following
We're the substitutes for the Iowa team:
Spencer, Company l.; Hahn, Company F,
Hines, Company H; Cavanaugh, Company
d; McElhlnney, Company K Coates Com
pany K; Kuebler Company F; Smith,
Company D, and Brown, Company A.
Hardy was to have played for Texas but
was prevented by an attack of Illness.
They were certainly a strong and sturdy
set of fellows and they looked it as they
ran out on the field in their football suits.
These suits had been ordered by the teams
since their coming to Savannah, the order
having been sent in to one of the manu-
facturers of sporting goods through bus
mess house of this city. 1t was to defray
the cost of these and meet other expenses
in connection with the indulgence of ath-
letics in the two regiments that the game
was played Quite a nice sum was real
lied, and athletics will doubtless go up
several points in favor among the men of
the two commands represented, and others
} as well.
The game was divided into halves of
twenty-five and twenty minutes length
These would have seemed short had the
much protesting and so many appeals to
the referee and arguments about decis-
ions that the spectators probably thought
they were getting a good deal for their
! money. The tmekeeper took out all that
was lost in these little digressions how
ever, and the actual time of play was
counted.
The touchdown in the first half was made
by Texas after twenty minutes play.
Druesedow was the man who took the pig
skin across the line for the Lone Star DO IS
, but great work had been done by DeZa-
vala in getting it down the field after the
kick off, 1t was seen soon after the ball
got in play that the teams were rather
evenly matched, the Texans making UP
in their activity and speed what seemed
to be lacking in weight When Druese-
dow tried for a goal after his touchdown.
however, he failed.
In the kick off after the touchdown the
ball being IOwa's the pigskin was sent
by Packard ali the way to the goal of the
Texans. 1t was picked up by one of the
team. and under the rules, carried out to
the 25-yard line. Play went on for a few
minutes when time was called with the
hall on the Texans 2O-yard line.
In the second half the Iowaians seemed
TO have things more their way. They got
their touchdown after thirteen minutes
play. Whitehill being the man who made
ed to many of the spectators who could
not see SO well from Were they sat that
: it had passed squarely between the posts.
This left the game a tie, and some pretty
stiff playing was then seen until time was
called. Both sides wanted the victory and
did some hard work to get it, but they
were too evenly matched Neither, in
the short time left, could again get the
bail over the line. 1t was left in Iowa 5
territory az the call of time.
5 1t was seen when the teams ran out on
the field that the Texans had had more
. practice than the boys from Iowa. 1t was
also seen that the sturdy sons of Iowa
l were heavier meme and this was taken by
D many of the spectators as an omen of VIC
J tory 1t was figured that the eleven from
2 the Forty ninth must have weighed al
least five pounds more on an average than
that from The Texas Regiment.
Neither of the teams had put in very
much time in practice. The Texas fellows