The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-11-13
STTLL-PENN GAME.
Holly Contested Battle is Won
by a Scratch.

The official score of the Penn-Still
foot ball game played Friday after
noon on the Penn College gridiron
was Still IL, Penn 10, each side hav-
ing made two touch downs and one
goal kicked by Still. Although the
score gave Still the victory the game
in reality belonged to Penn and the
score on the merits of the game
should have been five to nothing in
favor of Penn. Penn won one touch
down by good hard work and superior
playing but failed at goal. The other
goals were won without work and by
the coming of darkness. Penn play
ed a very superior game of ball in the
greater part of the contest. They
played all around and all over Still
and taught the Osteopaths some
tricks about the game of which they
had never dreamed. They went
through and around the doctors, walk
ed over them and handled them easily
when playing with the ball and when
on the defensive they easily held the
Osteopaths for downs.
The first half was no score for eth
err side. PENIS goal might have been
endangered for moment but for the
call of time. The ball remained in
the center of the field the greater
part of the half. Both sides resorted
to punting tactics on being held on
line smashes. Penn carried the
doctors off their feet at the opening
of the game and it looked for few
minutes like the Quakers had an easy
thing of it but as they neared the
doctors goal they lost the ball on
downs, and after that it remained in
the center of the field or near there.
Play In the second half was quite
young when Still was forced to punt.
Penn failed to stop the kick and the
ball going into the ready hands of
Still man again was carried over the
line without interruption. Goal was
kicked. This was purely an accident
and not foot ball in any sense of the
term. Then Penn played trick that
gave them an easy touch down that
was allowed. Still had been forced
to punt and the ball being purposely
left alone by PENIS full back ,Ander-
son rolled over the goal line. Ander-
son picked up the ball and acted as
though he had made a touch back.
He then started to trot leisurely
toward the center of the field as
though he was carrying the ball
there for a kick. He made no at
tempt to avoid Stills players and
they seeing that he seemed to know
what he was doing did not down him.
1t did not occur to the doctors that
the ball was yet in play. Anderson
was soon surrounded by his own team
and past the Still full. He had NO
difficulty in making the touch down
having carried the ball back across
the entire length of the field. The
play was one Of the brainiest and most
clever that has ever been accom-
plished on the Penn field, but it was
not an earned goal. OF course the
doctors made q strenuous objectlCn
to the touch down, but the referee, q
man brought to the city by the Still
team, decided that the play was legal
in all ways and should stand. Penn
next proceeded to take a goal from
the doctors winning on meritorious
playing. Penn did some very fast
and effective playing that the Oppos-
ing team could not stop and the ball
was pushed over the line for a count.
Penn failed at goal, however. This
play put Penn in the lead. Score 10
to 6. Nine minutes of play remained
but darkness had come and the play.
ers could not see the ball. Penn &C.
cured the ball again and came near
getting another goal. Then Still got
the oval and had matters their own
way for a touch down but failed al
goal, thus beating the Quakers by q
single point. Had daylight remained
this last count would not have been
made.
The line up OF the teams was az
follows:
Penn. Position. Still.
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