The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-25
JACKSoNVILLE's HEAVY BACK
FIELD WONDERFULLY STRONG.
YANCY BROTHERS DID
THE GR0UNDGAINlNG.
HOGAN YANCY MADE HUNDRED
YARD RUN. But WENT OUT
OF BOUNDS.

Both Teams Made Touchdown
which Were DisaIIOwed-Superfo
Weight of the Visitors Was "A
Telling FactOr-Christmas Game
Arranged.
savannah O-But Jacksonville o!
Gen. Sherman once said something
epigrammatic about war. but he had
never seen a really earnest competi-
ton between two bitter football rivals.
All the hellish spirit of war was
in the Jacksonville Savannah battle
yesterday Only the weapons were
lacking. but such as the Lord gave
the rival teams were made use of
to the limit of ingenuity and courage.
Neither side obtained results, but so
fierce was the battle that the field was
strewn with victims.
Nor is this only figure of language.
Scarcely five minutes could pass with
out some hero calling for first aid to
the injured, if indeed he would not
measure his full length over all, I'M
conscious for the while on the soggy
sod.
Much Time Was Lost.
The time occupied in repairing physi-
cal damages, in reviving unconscious
players, in replacing the disabled men,
or in making decisions on rough house
plays, was fully third of the period
that elapsed between the hour when
the first whistle blew and that dusky
moment of turbulence when two bleed
ing and battered remnants of line
smashers limped YEARLY off the scene
of carnage with the figures of the score
set at 0 to 0.
Playing fully 80 per cent. better than
in the recent game with the soldiers,
relying upon individual brilliancy, and
a tricky assault against a much heavier
team, the men of Savannah fought
through the dragging minutes of
long November afternoon, several
times with bright pinioned victory
seeming but to be had for one single
added effort
One man in the light blue and white,
keen, dangerous and heady to the last,
made a splendid stand for Savannah.
This was the willy little general, Cope,
who will forever be honored in Sa-
worked hard with wonderful endurance
against a team which outweig.hed
them twelve pounds to the man, but
1t was Cope's ingenuity which saved
the day against the onslaughts OF the
heavy Jay backield. His line crum-
bling to right and left about him, his
resources never quite exhausted. fac
ing a steadfast barrier of gold and
black, the blue and white captain
flung the staggering line again and
again against the unequal odds. Here
was leader whose example, had there
been any to follow as he had planned
in the unequal conflict, might have
turned seeming defeat into a glorious
victory.
Harmon's Brilliant Work.
There flashed into that second half
of the struggle another football star.
whose luster shall never be dimmed in
local gridiron annals. Fleet-footed.
eager unfinching, the one man who
would have preferred not to don the
moleskins this year. and played only
because of the great and pressing need
of him. stood staunchly and courage
ously against the opponents who would
not be denied. All is not said of the
local heroes with this. for all fought
nobly,' however, disappointingly, and
the greatest surprise was the great
Savannah, whatever her rnisgivings
of an uncertain early season, came on
to the field serene and almost mocha
liant. Scarcely a minute of play suf-
feed to fitch from CoDes men their
easy pride of superiority, and the man
who seized the fitful chance of the
moment was Hogan Yancy.
1t was the making OF the Savannah
team for the time being, however,
q or Cd oh hot
blue into an engine at once remorseless
and cruelty certain. The heavy backs
on the opposing team were downed in
their tracks, until the ball finally came
over. In that supreme effort of stem
ming the tide in the first five minutes
of play when the unanticipated fiutter
in the blue net aroused little Cope to
the crying need of the moment some
of the ferceness of battle was STAYED
in the attack of the locals, and there
was no one available to I'LL the demand
when it was made for Harmon. Rossi-
ter and other noteworthy local ath-
letes.
Jacksonville Stronger Team.
PROFESSIONALLY the Jacksonville team
as Il lined up was the strongest Of
the two-and all of this strength was
in the back field. 1t was II. Yancy
here with the ball and w. Yancy there
llreless, with long strides fairly eat
ing up the Savannah territory, these
two brothers played side by side, and
formed nearly all there was to that
great offensive game which kept the
Blue and White enthusiasts on tip-toe
The tackle back, headed by the big,
broad chested Jones, We're turned loose
on Savannah's crumbling line.
Jones, Windsor, H. Yancy and
w. Yancy, were flung into the
light blues defense. their comrades
dragging pulling and pushing, adding
inches to yards in their greed for Sa-
vannah territory.
Sullivan Went in Injured.
Matched against these smashing tao
tics were the swinging wide circliny
plays Of the lighter back field on the
opposition. In this first half, Sullivan.
with crippled ankle, showed little of
his old time speed and was finally
displaced when he could stand no lon
ger.
In the first half there was little Of
fensive work for the locals to do. and
II was not until twenty-five nerve
wrecking minutes had dragged by, and
the too short ten minutes had been en-
Joyed before Savannah awoke with the
real Savannah spirit. and flashed down
the field IN great gulps Of ground gain
sng with one slender youngster with
the eye Of an eagle for an opening, and
The nnooH of A., apfaIora 80 r,..ff...s "a. !.