The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-15
INDIANS VICTORIOUS.
Carbondale Pigskin Pushers Do the
Maple City Team Up in Great
Stv1e

Maple City Team Up in Great
Style.
The Carbondale Indian foot ball
team made an afternoons journey
over to 1tonesdale and back yester-
day afternoon TO have u little social
time with the foot ball team from
that aspiring little borough. The
Honesdale team of late have gotten
into the habit of paving the ground,
tossing up their heads, snorting and
feeling pretty good generally, issuing
'dens' without limit, and no wonder.
They have gone through the season 50
far, or nr to yesterday afternoon tn-
beaten. Every team that had con-
1ronted them had felt the sting of de-
feat--up to yesterday. But tho In
clans dared to invade their grounds
in spite of this. When the project of
playing a game with Carbondale was
first broached to the lads "over the
Gravity" they were inclined to be
patroniaing and said Carbondale was
not in their class. Yesterday proved
that htey We're not-in fact. they wee"
much superior to them. After a ses-
sion of two twenty minute halves, this
was horne in upon the Honesdale boys
with strong corroborativc evidence.
The Carbondaleans outplayed them to
the tune of II TO in the first part Of
the programme and then took it quiet
~ for the next third of an hour con-
tenting themselves not to allow any
score from their opponents.
The entire game was replete with
brilliant plays and manoeuvres, Had
gins, Hansen, Murphy, Smith, Hope
and German, of the Indians, making
some "spiels'' of q star order, and the
Honesdale boys being we'll represented
by Jenkins, Stegner ana Murrin. The
story of the game is:
First Half-Honesdale kicked off, and
Sherholtz of that team got the leather
through a tumble of Monahan, but they
could not hold it long for the referee
awarded it to Carbondale on downs.
Then Carbondale buckcd their oppon-
ents' centre and gained Il few yards. A
double pass from HadSinS to Hansen
brought the ball to within fifteen yards
of Honesdale's goal posts. Then big
Hadgins came to the front and bucked
the centre for another eight yards.
Smith watched his chance and at a
signal plunged through right guard for
the remainder of the sridiron and made
a touchdown. HadGins kicked the goal
amid hurrahs from Carbondale rooters
Score, 60. Then Honesdale kicked off
again, Hope securing the ball. There
was a succession OF line plunges by the
guards and tackles, Carbondale gain
ing enough ground each time to hold
the ball This was kept up for about
five minutes. and then Hope. with the
leather securely tucked under his arm,
made run of ten yards around the
right end. Then Hadsins broke through
the line like wild bull at right guard,
and started out for the Honesdale goal,
with half the team pulling at him. He
kept on his way regardless of these
hndrances and planted the ball at the
foot Of the post. Then he prepared to
finish the job by kicking it over the
centre bar. But he was just a. wee
mite too sure or else was fiustered by
his recent struggle, for he missed his
connections and the goal was not
kicked.
Second Half-ln this half Honcsdale
played entirely on the defensive. They
attempted several end runs, but gained
nothing by them, that is almost moth
ing, for Stesner and Jenkins did man
age to push the sphere Il little ways at
times, but it came back in great shape
and the final result was in the Indians
favor. AT no time was Carbondale'S
goal in danger. Once the ball was in
their territory by about eight yards.
The Indians fumbled quite badly in the
second half, this being due to the fact
that they have recently changed their
signals and also to the fact that the
team had never practiced together be-
fore getting on the Honesdale grounds
The winning team was composed of:
Left end, McClain; left tackle, Joe
Hansen; left guard, Con Sullivan;
centre, Cogsins; right guard, German;
right tackle, Smith; right end, Mona
han; quarterback. Murphy: right half
back, Gus Hansen; left halfback Hope;
fullback, Hadgins. The referee was Mr.
Atkinson, of Honesdale; the umpire,
Bernard Keogh, OF Carbondale; time
keeper, Joe Gilhool, OF Carbondale
Among the rooters who accompanied
the team was Joe Walker, Joe Pow
derby, Garfield Williams, George Alvord
and Edward Hope.
The Indians will probably play in
scranton on Saturday with the st.
Thomas College team. Hadgins will
play fullback for CarDOnuae