The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-16
Latter Team Lucky to Have Pre-
vented Shut-Out in Game at
Sportsman's Park.
SCORE TRIRTY-NlNE TO SIX.
Medics, With the Best of 1t in the
Weights, Make Il Clean Vic
tory Of Their Tussle for
GridirOn Honors.

St. Louis University was lucky to score
against Marion-Sims yesterday. The two
teams met at Sportsman's Park in the
presence Of g good crowd. and the Aledics
won by ! score Of 90 TO G..
The Medics had a big pull in the weights.
Their average was over 10 pounds, while
the Varsity lads averaged about E5 pounds.
In the face of this big handicap the Var
sity outfit presented a determined front to
their opponents and played gritty tootoail
from start to finish.
st. Louis University scored in the first
half. M~arion-Sims lost the ball on a FUN
Bile. Pechman captured 1t for the Varsity
and carried 1t across M~arion-Sims's line
after q great thirty-yard sprint. captain
Paul Dillon kicked goal for the University.
Marion-Sims had scored previous TO ms
but the score did not remain tied long. the
two teams agreed on twenty-five minute
halves. but it took fully an hour TO play the
first half. When time was called the score
stood: Marion-Sims, Is; st. Louis Uni
versity, 6.
LIE Cron. S. Campbell. Swahlen and Bailey
made touchdowns for Marion-sims in the
FIRST half. Bailey carried the pan "cros'
ST. Louis University's line I%sce' MS M, piog-
Sims's game. Bailey did all the kicking
for goal for his side. He halls from Bloom
ington, ILL.,, and is said TO be the cham
pion rifle shot of the Illinois State ;nilitia.
KEPT VARSITY ON DEFENSIVE
St. Louis University was on the defensive
most of the time. The Varsity boys tackled
nicely, but their offensive work counted for
nothing against Marion-s mss big weight
advantage. The Medics would have doubt,
less run up twice the score they did had
they been as well trained and. played to-
gether as well as the Varsity lads: Marion
Sims fumbled badly, losing the ball twice
in this manner. =,
The big fellows objected to Mcdowell
playing with st. Louis University: They
ought 10 be ashamed of themselves Tor rais-
Ing any objection on this score. for Mellow
on the Varsity team. Mcdowell is an old
ST. Louis University graduate, and the
NEEDLES protested him on that account.
After some wrangling they were finally
Swahien carried off the honors for the
med;cos In the second hall, which only last
ed about ten minutes. being called on ac-
count of darkness. He made both of Ma
Gus in all the important plays. A Camp.
bell took Baldwin's place at right guard
in this half. This was the only change on
either side. h varsity boys had very
roughe sailing in the first half; but sa all HANDS
Johnny Withneil's tackling was the bright
particular feature of st. Louis Cntversity,s
Individual work. Withheld is the full back
of the vars ty team and experts pronounce
weight ever seen on a local grtdirop. Cap
tain Paul Dillon and Barney Mckeown also
dtstin gulshed themselves by some star IN
dividus lr work IN Y yS G0oyn F saRsi
SHUTTLE played a wonderful game for the
medicos at quarter. The game little. quar-
ter back was out out several times. but ne
always came back smiling and managed 70
stick the game through. LeCrcn. the old
Manual Training School boy. also played
nice football. Summary Of the game will
be found below: