Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-30
WHEELING DID NOT SCORE.
Superior AverdupOis Counted on
Greensburg's Side Yesterday

IN THE CONTEST ON THE GRIDIRON
AT THE BALL PAFK-CROWD
WAS FAIR BUT SHOULD HAVE
BEEN MUCH LARGER-A VERY
STUBBORN FIGHT, AND WHEEL
ING PLAYED WE'LL UNDER THE
- CIRCUMSTANCES-T RESULTS
OF OTHER GAMES.
1t was ideal weather fer foot ball
from the spectators standpoint, but
a trife too warm for the players. For
the latter reason the halves in the
game between Greensburg and Wheel
ing were fixed by mutual agreement,
at twenty-five and twenty minutes re-
spectively. There was a fair attend
ance, the receipts amounting to about
SITS. The crowd numbered about 400
The suspicious weather and the quail
ity of the sport, should have been fac
tors in making it necessary to use an
other figure to express the attendance
There were about a score Of ladies IN
the grand stand. The fair sex, and
The sterner. sex as well, has not yet
been educated up to an appreciation OF
the beauties of the game. 1t is only
through their foot ball teams that the
outside world learns that there are such
names as Greensburg and Latrobe on
the map These little towns turn out
en- masse to the games. 1t is very
encouraging fact that the interest in
foot ball, so far as it can be measured
by the patronage of games, is on the
increase in Wheeling.
Yesterdays game, to drop into the
vernacular of the sidewalk, was rip
SnOrter.''
The Greensburg giants had the adj
vantage of about twelve pounds in
weight over the local eleven, and it
was not twelve pounds of fat, but solid
muscle and sinew. Better physical
specimens have never been seen here.
They are athletes all, and formidable
opponents for any foot ball team that
ever stepped on a gridiron. Their ap-
pearance was sufficient in itself to
make Mr.. John Wallace's aggregation
a trifie nervous.
The bright particular star of the game
was Rinehart. He is over six feet tall,
weighing about 220 pounds, and per-
feet model of physical development.
Rinehart's strong card is his ability
to "mow 'em down." and he moved
'em" yesterday with vengeance.
Whenever it was case of making
gain or losing the ball, the pig skin was
passed to Rinehart and the job was
done.
But there were other stars-of lesser
magnitude, it is true, but Greensburg
is an all-star aggregation. The Indian
Jimason was very much in evidence,
and made many gains for Greensburg,
not through, but over, the center. Bar
clay and Flowers played brilliantly,
and Mcfarland, of St Clairsville, dis
tlngushed himself until his place was
taken by one Of the substitutes.
On the Wheeling side, Bob Edwards
head work stood out conspicuously,
and John Edwards and Clynk did some
fine tackling. Curtis also played well,
better as half than as full back.
The local team did excellent work.
Wheeling did not have the ball very
often, and it was generally in Wheel
ing's territory. For these reasons, the
home teams work was entirely defen-
sive, but all the boys concentrated
their efforts in checking the terrible
onslaughts Of the giants. Superior
strength and weight won the day for
Greensburg. The visitors found little
trouble in getting through the line,
while Wheeling invariably lost the ball
after making very slight gains.
Only once did Wheeling have the
ball near Greensburgs goal. 1t was
near the close of the second half when
Bob Edwards very cleverly blocked an
attempted punt, and Wheeling got the
ball at Greensburg's fifteen-yard line.
1t was advanced about five yards, and
in the scrimmage Bob Edwards was the
base of a human pyramid. When he
was extricated from his position, it
was found that his left leg had been
injured about the knee 1t was at first
thought that the limb was fractured,
but friends of the genial captain will
be pleased to learn that he was able
to walk about last night, although
very sore.
Following is the story of the game
In summarized form:
Wheeling. Position. Greensburg.
r. Edwards. F.. Worthington
McAnninch IL. T....... Mcfarland
Mathis ............L. G...............; Carr
Barrett ............... C.............. ThomaS
Smith ..............R G........... Rinehart
Specnt .............R. T........... Sigman
s. Edwards. r. b.. McDermott
Clynk ................Q... ........... Flowers
Gray ...............L. F............ Barclay
]. Edwards. .....R. H............ Jimason
Curtis ............F. B. MacAndrews