Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-11-04

| doubtedly held the strong Baltimore
Medical College team down to goose
egg score. but the high wind which
| was blowing down the field took the
| ball away from Parrish who made a
| bold grab for II, and it was booted"
right into the hands of n "Medlco,"
who made a short gain. ana the ball
| was Baltmorc's on Portsmoutn-s Is
| yard line. That Portsmouth PUT UP a
strong game against the team which
| outweiShcd them at least Twenty-Five
| pounds per man. is evident from the
| fact that ii took Baltimore seven min
utes 10 carry the ball 10 the Ports
mouth goal line. and they played fast
and hard too.
The weather was very unrromising
for an athletic contest OF any kind, vet
| about one hundred dyed in-thc- wool"
| rootcrs braved the storm, and they
were we'll repaid. for it was indeed a
battle royal between the two best
teams ever gotten together on the local
The Medical College eleven were
fresh from a string of comparatively
easy victories, and came TO Ports
mouth confident of "wiping up the
earth literally with our boys but we
| showed them thing or two" and by
| the hardest and ncrvicst kind of work
the locals played right up in the same
| class with them.
The grounds were very muddy and
soft: consequently there was nothing
sensational in the way of long gains,
but the game played by both teams
was Il steady line bucking" contest.
which was Il test of endurance and
power. Hume, of Portsmouth. distin-
Iuishcd himself by making the longest
gain of the day. a run OF twenty-five
yards around the left end. shaking OFF
numerous tacklers before being
dow ned. Feckham and Frazier also
nndc coed gains through the line. and
'Cld reliable" Dick made his gain
whenever the ball was given TO him
In fact, the entire home team PLAYED
like bunch of stars" and We're
stronger when the game WAS ended
than when they started, while the big
boys from lialiimpre' seemed rather
tired after their desperate Efforts.
Captain Stump Won the toss for
Portsmouth and chose to defend the
north goal, taking advantage of the
strong wind blowing down the field.
MIR. Heath. University OF Virginia, was
chosen as umpire. and Mr.. holland,
Baltimore Medical College. as referee.
The timekccpers were Messrs. Auslev.
Baltimore Medical College, and Powell.
The linesmen being Messrs. Hudgins.
Portsmouth, and CLASSIFY. Baltimore
Medical College.
Bray kicked off for Baltimore. q high
kick to Poltsmouth's twenty yard line.
The wind blew tie ball from Parrish
and 1t was captured by Baltimore
man, who made short run before be-
| ing doWned. and the bail was Oh Ports
|
then bucked the line with all their
might. and sent their fastest men Tor
| trials around Portsmouth's ends. but
1t was only yard or two at a time
they could gain, for the locals were
| on their metal. One of the Drctticst
plays of the game happened right here.
| when Stonechipper tried to gain around
Portsmouth's right. and little Jimmie
Hume broke through and downed him
for five yard loss. However. the
- kn
| much for our "trimly-built' boys. and
after seven minutes of the hardest kind
of work, HanCkel was pushed over for
Raltimore's touch down, the only one
of the game. Blair kicked goal pref
| tily and the score was, Il. NJ. c., 6:
Portsmouth, 0: where it remained dur
| ing the rest of the game.
| Markham kicked off to Stonecipher.
who returned fifteen yards before being
downed by Peckham. a pretty tackle
to send her beef TO Portsmouths
| line and with the famous Guards
| Right and Left" formation succeeded
| in making the centre of the field before
losing the ball on downs. AS soon as
| Portsmouth got it, the ball was given
TO Hume. and by a pretty run he gain
ed twenty-five yards with it. Hume
then went around right end for another
gain of ten yards. and the ball was adj
| vanced five more Yards by bucknC.
! morc'S twenty yard line.
! In the second half. Markham kicked
off To Scannell and Hume downcd him
! in his tracks 1t was then that the
lstubbornest kind of playing began, and
! the bail frequently changed hands in
] the middle of the field oil downs. Once
Bray tried To nunt the ball when about
To lose it on downs, but his his own
men and the bah bornded back for Il
! loss. Again on third down he kicked
the hall out OF bounds, ana il was
I Porlsmouth's with very little gain
! Frazier also tried punting in this half.
but the wind was against him. and
every time punting was resorted to it
! resulted IN Il loss. This half was q
! continual struggle for gain, first one
/ team and then the other having the
/ ball. but the game ended with Ports
/ mouth having possession of the ball on
their own forty yard line.
The only feature of the game which
married the enjoyment TO the spccta-
tors, was the continual kicking of the
/ Baltimore team each man on the team
trying to act as captain, with the in
tention of buldo2ing the officials One
time Portsmouth had to give in TO
them after the referee fod ordered
them To play, in order TO continue the
game. Three times during the game
they threatened To quit If points were
not allowed them. and this. too, in face
of the fact that these officials were
members of their own team.
TIE LINEUP.
Il. NJ c. Position. Portsmouth,
Jennings $50. Left End -. stump CO.
I-aughan Left Tackle -. Herbert
Mayer ....... Left Guard Merkie