New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-16


spEcTAToRs-LoCAL TEAM HAD ONLY ONE
CHANCE OF SCORING AND LOST THAT
Ideal football weather greeted tho Duquesne
Country and Athletic Club and the KnickeroocKer
Athletic Club ecvens when they met upon ue
grdiron at Berkeley oval yesterday afternoon
The ex-college players from Pittsburg played with
rare skill and judgment and won easily by the
score Of a. to O. When the expression won easily
Is used in football It means more than when used
in It's usual sense. for general thing nothlhs
IS done easily or gently in football game except
when A surgeon Is called In to dress the wounds
OF some unfortunate who has fallen in the thick
OF the battle
But while the weather of the perfect sort
for the roughly clad. well-trained athletes ii was
laden with pneumonia and discomfort for the Low
spectators who were present. The wind came out
OF the west with such penetrating regularity that
the thinly clad. when not rubbing their noses 10
prevent freezing. kept up merry tattoo with theiT
feet Bat the pretty girls looked the prettier for
the cold for the blasts painted cheeks a handsome
color and made eyes sparkle more than ever The
-and-ready sport of the college men seems to
have peculiar fascination for the fair SEX and
the women and girls probably outnumbered the
men They like TO the bulky, strappng fellows
in battle array upon the gridron, although the
majority probably have only a dim idea OF what
81 is all about.
One pretty young miss asked her proud escort these
questions on their way 10 the MOTIFS TeISH's
station after the game (Which side won?" Was
ANYBODY hurt?" Why did they not kick the ball.
'They seemed he in bunch all the time Her
escort looked demoraized for instant. but
frightened up a moment later and replied, We'll.
our boys played like patch OF pumpkins
The first half was for twenty-five minutes. and
The second half for twenty minutes 1t is probably
fortunate for the local players that the game did
not last any longer The Pittsburg men are big,
husky fellows. apparently In splendid physical con-
dition and II the opinion among the experts
that II Is strong team outside of the big coll
lege eevens has been seen In this district In
many a day Many Of the men old University
Of Pennsylvania players and they used ali the
tricks they had learned in their college eleven.
The team is particularly strong in its backs and
on the ends and the players and the management
are anxious TO arrange a game with the Princeton
team for Wednesday The players believe that they
will he able to give the Tigers the hardest game
that the Princeton team ever had with an out
side eleven
The visitors worked the guards back formation al
most continuously and nearly always with success.
They smashed against the Knickerbocker Athletic
Clubs ends and made emphatic gains at nearly
every attempt. Then they would send their lively
backs against the centre. and the nimble little
fellows would slip through Ike creased pigs An
other trick which the visitors worked looked like
delayed pass. resembling somewhat double pass
The interference with the play, and then the
unexpected always happened The Duquesnes de-
feated the Maryland Athletic Club team i6 to
recently. while Princeton succeeded in scoring
double dozen against the Marylanders In the first
half the visitors were compelled fight wind and
man and yet they conquered both easily. With the
score at % to at the end OF the first half, the
Duouesnes took matters rather easily In the second
half. when. with the gale at their backs. they might
have done better.
Young kicked off for Duquesne at $40 p. m. but
the wind caught the ball. and IL landed only fifteen
qrSS from he Cerrrp If he 6pd he nj
booker Athletic Club tried batter down the
Duquesne centre. but were repulsed each time. and
lost the ball downs. Then the Pfttsburg men
began TO batter the left end of the Knickerbocker
Athletic Club forces. and fairly carried the local
men off Their feet Every time the visitors hit the
line IL wavered. and the gains and
steady. Jackson Church and Thomas hit the line
resoundine whacks and Church carried the ball
over for tho frs; touchdown after six minutes
play. Young missed the goal. possibly on account
OF the wind.
Valentine kicked off for tine Knickerbocker Ath-
etic club the ball going the line and past the
posts, and brought back to the twenty-five
yard line Two fumbes occurred ON the second
bad play Thomas grabbed the ball, and. skirtng
the Knickerbocker Athletic CLUB eleven, made
pretty run Of sxty-fve yards for a touchdown.
Young made the goal this time. making the Du-
quesnes' lead II TO 0. IT had required five min
utes 10 make the second 1o score score WAS % -
In favo~ 81 The visitors and from that point 10 the
close e. only matter OF how many points the
Duauesnes would roll up The local players were
as dolls In the hands Of their more expert oppo-
nents and there was not much danger outside of a
fuke Of their scoring al any point in the game eX-
cept near the close of the second half tumble
gave Kohler the ball and clear field. He started
down tho well kept lawn as i the sheriff vas after
him. and there nobody to block him of he
seemed pretty certain TO- pu, me ball between the
him like a meteor and nabbed him with as pretty
flying tackle az has been seen this year. That
was practically the Knickerhockers' only chance Of
scoring II is said that the Duquesnes are q pretty
expensive aggregation. but the old college men GER
tainy play good football
The only real grumhling done by the spectators
was that half frozen they were they thought IL
hard luck 20 be kept waiting an hour al the
ton before they could get train hack 10 the
Forty-second-st. station.
The teams played as follows:
nd \ Knckerhocker A