Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-27
There Certainly was "Hot Old Time" at tn
Home Ball Park Saturday Afternoon.
VISITORS ENTIRELY OUTCLASSED
The Contest was Between Parkersburg High
School and Our Home Team.

| There certainly was uoI oiu
time" at the lone football grounds
Saturday afternoon. The occasion
was the meeting of the team repre-
ssnting the Parkers6urg High
School, and our home eleven.
The Parkersburg team arrived on
the 2:o7 train and were at once es-
corted to the Hotel Arlington
While they were slightly lighter
than the home team they were GER
tainly the oldest looking LOT OF
school boys we have ever had the
pleasure of seeing. One of them
confded to US that he was out OF
practice. as he had just come In OF
a drilling we'll.
They played clean snappy foot
ball from start to finish, some OF
their men being players with
national reputation. Sistersville
PLAYED their usual "do or die" game,
every one distinguishing himself.
To mention the individual features
would mean 10 mention the name
of each and every man on the team.
Tue game was opened bv Sisters
Vile kicking to Parkersburg ten
yard line. The ball was nicely
har died but they were abe TO make
a slight gain. Parkersourg gained
six yards on the nsxr tour downs
and then fumbled, S!stersvll!e get
ting the ball ONLY to % >se i On the
frs doRu hv :rmhlt"g. P,rkers
bug gained eignt Sa'd> on d Series
of line plays and end runs, every
inch of ground being hotly con
tested The locals then begun to
play football forcing Petersburg
10 kick, after loss Of TX yards on
first two downs StSte1svllIc getting
the ball. Play was resumed on Sis
tersville ten ward line, Petersburg,
however, ho' ding four downs, soon
recovered the ball rbe next tour
minutes play was fast and furious,
each side repeatedly holding Tor
downs, Slstersville's goal line beir 6
in imminent danger. AT the criti
cal moment the strong work and
the superior playing of locals came
to the front. Their line was In.
vulnerable, Parkersburg was forced
to give up the bail on downs, West
plupging through right tackle for
FIVE yards carried the ball out OF
danger. On the ,ext down, Talbot
amid loud cheering took the ball
around left end for forty yards, hut
was finally downed by Wyant. The
strength of the local line and backs
vas here clearly shown, the ball
being carried twenty wards. II the
next ten play S and the FIST half was
over with the bill on ParkeTsburg's
Eve ward line, thirty seconds more
ard S,sre1sv,lle would have Sn1rly
Scored.
Petersburg opened the secord
half by kicking TO Sistersville's
twenty-five yard line, BeviDs re.
celvlng the bali. run It back h'--
zen yards before he was downed
At no time after this was P4rkerS-
burg INIT, Hoillster had taken
" est's p ace at tull back and with
Doyle, Haplon ard Talbot, repeat
tdly era. he'd through Parkersburs's
Inc. for from one to eight yards,
ParkeIsbuIg holding for Gowns
bnt o1ce. V hen the ball was In
Pa,kershurs's ten yard line, Tai
uot sp,inted around left end for
he remaining len yards and a
ouch down. Helm Is The best
goal kicke. Si>teI>ville ever had
TILED to kick goal. The rest of
he half was but repetition CT the
finer part, S:stersvilIe continually
making gaihs BY line tuck:rg and
last erd Iuus. carrying the ball and
the Petersburg team with il, the
entire length If the "er'd " The
half closing With he ball on Par
AsrSburg five yard line.
Score. IS S ersville FIVE, Psrksrs
burg, o.
ParkersburRc Sistersville s.
Knapps WyaI lie mpson,
Thawlt yle.
L. DevoIe G. Noli. Shuster,
Johnson Helm,
& Devore Krng,
Krednsrt Baibcr