Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-11
TEAM in EXCELLENT SHAPE
Local Boys Played Together Like a
Machine, outdoins the Visitors in
onense and Defense-Lonu Runs
With Fine Interference.

casino checkerboard yesterday after
noon to the tune of % TO 0, after
short but furious struggle. The ar
tillerymen were never in the game
from start to finish. they being CON-
pletely outclassed by the locals, both
in ground gaining and defense.
1t was thought that the officers
team from Fort Monroe would come
over to this city yesterday to play
the locals. but Lieutenant Stopford
stated that he was unable to organize
an eleven of officers at the fort this
year and therefore brought up the
Thirteenth battery team instead.
Locals in Good Shape.
The Newport News eleven shovel
up in excellent form yesterday, the
playing Of the entire team being of the
first order. The backfield played To-
gether like machine, warding off
the artillerymen from the runner
in excellent style. Wilkle, Parker
and Belts were especially good at in
reference.
Charles Sutton, Gordon Robinson
and Joe Curtis were again the star
players for the local eleven and they
excelled themselves yesterday both in
tackling and carrying the pig-skin.
Curtis made two forty-yard runs and
several fifteen and twenty-yard runs,
and Sutton made innumerable ten and
twenty-yard dashes around the ends
and through the line Robinson made
the star play of the game in the
opening of the first half, when he got
the leather and ran forty yards to the
two-yard line when Demers fumbled
punt.
A crowd of about two hundred peo-
pie witnessed the game from the side
lines.
~~SoIdiers Kicked First.
The artillerymen opened the game
at $40 o'clock by kicking off to Curtis,
who advanced the leather 20 yards TO
the 40-yard line. Wilkle and Sutton
went five yards each, but after two
down Curtis was forced to punt. Re-
mers missed the leather and Robinson
gathered it i'll, running 80 yards to the
,wo.yard line, where Belts was showed
over for the first touchdown after
three minutes of play. Curtis failed 10
kick the goal and the score was: New.
port News, 5; Thirteenth Battery, O.
The locals then kicked to the sol
diers and by steady line plunges and
end runs, Simmons, Cooper and De-
mors advanced the leather 81 yards 70
the 40-yard line, where they were
forced to punt. Curtis received the
kick and made sensational 30-yard
run
Second Touchdown.
Gulick went eight yards and then
Curtis circled right end for So yards,
carrying the leather to the two-yard
line. where Belts fumbled IL on the
next down. After two downs Simmons
fumbled and Robinson got the leather.
BY two hard bucks of the line Sutton
carried the ball 10 yards and across
the goal and the score was: Now
port News, IL; Thirteenth Battery, O.
Again the locals kicked off to the
soldiers and after Simmons went five
yards on the first down they failed to
make five on the next three and the
leather went to the locals on the artil.
lcrymen's 25.yard line. Robinson went
five yards and Sutton then circled left
end for 20 yards and touchdown.
Curtis kicked goal, making the total
score for Newport News II.
After the next Kick off the half end
ed with the ball in the locals posses
sion on their 4O-yard line.
Second Half.
The locals opened the second half
by licking TO tho soldiers, who gained
live yards on the first down, We're held
for two downs and: forced to punt.
Sears got the ball and carried it 30
yerds TO the soldiers i0-yard line.
Wilkie went Is yards and Sutton cir.
cled left end for 90 yards, carrying the
leather TO the twoyard line, where
Sears plunged through the line and
the locals were penalized 10 yards for
quarterback bucking the line. In
three downs Newport News failed to
make the goal and the leather went
over.
After Cooper had gone three yards
on one down Simmons fumbled and
Parker got the leather on the l0-yard
line. Belts and Sutton went four yards
each and Robinson was then showed
over the goal for the fourth ami last
touchdown. Curtis failed ut q try for
goal and the score was 90 to In favor
of the locals.
Two PLAYERS Fight.
Soon after the ball was kicked off
after the fourth touchdown, Dan Wafer
man. right tackle for the home team.
and Swishner, left tackle for. the Fort
team, engaged in a fist fight near the
east goal. The trouble started over
Waterman's holding the soldier, vino
passed the first blow. After exchang.
ing. several hard blows on the face
and body Waterman shot his right 70