The Washington times., 1901-10-20

| victory by the tally of II TO 6. The last
touchdown was made when the field was
| so dark that one could hardly see the
| players But the cadets were all there.
| and fought for ten minutes to score the
| nhuch-wanted touchdown. BY sheer pluck
| and grit. they turned the trick, and re
| ceived ar ovation from their classmates
| and friends that could be heard for sew
eral blocks
The credit of the victory can well be
| given to three or four of the players. al
though the entire squad played eXcep-
ticually good ball Tindall, captain of the
! team. and the crack ail-around athlete of
| the school, showed up strong during the
entire game, ana made several o. the
longest and best advances, and scored the
| first touchdown for his classmates. Ken
nedy. Cox and Hughes also covered a lot
of ground. and hit the line repeatedly
with such force that the Association lads
| could not stop them.
At one time. during the second half,
Kennedy got the pigskin, leaped over the
bunch, and it looked as though he woul1
surely reach the last chalk line. He meas
ured his length in the sand after gam
of about forty yards. This gain probably
saved the day for-his team. for, without
it, the last touchdown would not have
been made on account of time allowance.
But when The cadets saw the oval near
the counting mark, they were determined
to score the decisive touchdown, and
showed Cox through the Association boys
centre about eight or ten times Every
time they gained the proper amount of
ground, and sometimes more. Cox was
worked very hard all the time. Finally
when the leather was about ten inches
from the line. and the two teams lined up
around the goal posts, Cox was given a
terrific shove, and landed the ball past the
line by several feet
The Y. NJ. c. A. eleven is very strong
this year, despite the numerous rumors to
the contrary. This years team outclasses
the strong team of last year by far, and
with a little more practice they are ca
pable of putting up a tough game against
any of the local aggregations. F5ntaine,
a new man on the team, is probably the
best player of the lot. Redington, Burke,
McNulty. and Clark are also new men,
who showed up well in yesterdays game.
The managers of the eleven have had n
great deal of trouble in getting the boys
interested in the game. But now that the
season has begun in earnest. it is thought
that they will have no difficulty in get
ting 4 fast team on the field.
The game yesterday did not begin until
nearly O'Clock. The first half was hard
fought from the time the first whistle
every foot of ground, and the ball was
exchanged several times on downs Ken
nedy kicked OFF to the association lads
and the latter advanced the ball rapidly
at first. After the cadets got the lay of
the land they held down their opponents
and compelled them TO make their ad-
vances shorter.
When the ball was on the association
30-yard line the Central team was given
the leather on downs. and they plunged
straight down the field and had it about
three yards from the goal posts when
they lost IT on downs. The clersymen
lined up in close formation and Mills was
given the ball.
On tumble. which greatly resembled
a forward pass. Redlngton got possession
Of the pigSkin. and. skirting around the
bunch. He tore up the field, with Cox
hotly In pursuit Cox made vain at
tempt TO tackle him on the forty.-yard
line, but the fleet-fOoted runner squirmed
out Of his grasp ard ran between the
goal posts and scored the first touchdown
Of the game. Morrison kicked an easy
goal. the leather floating directly over the
centre of the goal posts. The Cadets
kicked of again.
After an intermission of ten minutes
the second half was begun Five min
utes' play gave the pigskin to the Cadets
on downs and they hit their opponents
line hard and often. When they had
reached the Association lads 50-yard lifle
Tmdall was given the ball and ran around
the left end, scoring a touchdown j1sc at
the extre me end of the field. Cox kicked
the oval to the centre of the field and
Hughes. sent, 1t soaring between the posts
for six points.
After short rest the Cadets were
given the lower part of the field. Y. NJ
c. A, kicked of, and Cox brought the
BALI up TO the 20-yard line on the kick
After losing the ball several times on
downs the Centrals lined up near the
centre Of the field. and Kennedy was
given the ball. He hurdled over the en-
tire squad and ran about forty yards be-
fore he was downeG.
The ball was about twenty feet from
the goal line, and the high school hit
their opponents centre for five yards |
every time they lined up. Cox was given
the ball every time. and held on to it |
like grim death. The ball was showed |
over the line when both teams had lined |
up. brdcing their centre as strong as |
possible. Cox was showed about five |
inches over the line and Hughes kicked |
another easy goal.
This made the score II to 6. The Asso- |
ciatlon kicked off again. hut only two |
minutes play remained. and no more /
scoring was accomplished.
A large crowd of rooters witnessed the |
game. and frequently gave the class yell |
and cheered their comrades on to victory |
The lineup was as follows: