Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-05
Local Team too Light for Foot.
baIl-Plsying tackles.
FUr Up pLucKy CONTEST
Sailors Only Crossed Goal Line for
one Touchdown and Newport News
Rioters Were satisfied-Honors to
Three Players.

The Newport News football eleven
was defeated by the heavy team from
the United States receiving shiT
FRANKLIN on the Casino checkerboard
yesterday afternoon by the score oil
to .. in hard fought game. The
sailors outweighed the locals about
twelve pounds to the man and for that
reason tho deserve no honor for theil
scanc victory. which resulted more
from; piece of bad generalship of the
local eleven than it did from the
tars good playing.
| The locals players displayed q great
deal of that courage and pluck, which
mas caused many of the larger college
teams to go down to defeat before
the minor college elevens this season
Joe Curtis, Gordon Robinson and
Charles Sutton played n brilliant
game for the locals and 1t was due
TO their work both on the defense and
offense that the Newport News team
came out of the game with the honors
of the day.
Fire Work of the Three.
| These plaJeis diu some phenomenal
tackling, ilnc plunging and end run.
ming. The other yin-eis on the local
team showed M L" very good advan
tage and tho result OF the game came
| rs q great surplus. IT, the two hundred
4 rocters who were .cthered on the
| side lines lnr everyone thought that
sailors were going TO have II walk.
| over"
The heavy tars made many long
gains against the local team and sew
eral times they tore great holes In
| the lire, sending their runners through
i (l..
however Curtis or another of The
locals would haul them. down and
when the tars had advanced the Ieath.
er almost to the goal the locals tool,
q brace and held them fer downs.
Game Openc.
| Newport News won the toss and
chose 10 defend the eastern goal.
Franklin kicked the leather, opening
the game at 2:4G o'clock Sutton re.
| celVed the kick and advanced twenty
yards, but the locals were forced 10
punt after two downs.
by straight line plunges. short end
runs and fake" kicks the sailors
! carried the ball TO the locals fiye-yard
line without being held for downs.
with only five yards to go, Founder
| tumbled the leather and Carroll fell
upon il.
! Sutton was showed through the line
Tor six yards but on the next three
ldowns the locals were held without
gains and the bell went to the Frank.
| lin on the ten-yard line.
Touchdown for Bick.
BY line plunses the sailors carried
the ball TO the three-yard line and
Brick was sent over for the first and
only touchdown of the game at 1904
O'Clock.
Flanagan kicked difficult goal and
the score was: U. S. S. Franklin, 6;
| Newport News. @.
| Newport News kicked TO the tars
from the center of tic field and Brick
ran UP five yards Quigley made Il
2O-yard hun around right end and
was thrown by Curtis. The locals
then took brace and the sailors lost
the ball on downs on their 35-yard line,
| Sutton smashed through the line 10,
six yards, but Carroll lost the bali
on tumble, but Carroll got it on tnsll
thirty-hve yard line just as the hall
ended.
Second Half.
The second half opened 1t S:gS
O'Clock, when Curtis kicked to Frank
lin, defending the northern goal
| Founder received the kick and was
dcwned by Robinson on the twenty
yard line Alcorn gained ten and five
yards on two lie plunges and ho ther
circier right end, getting past, the line
Robinson hauled him down on the
fifteen.yard line after n difficult tackle
Fifty-Yard Run.
Here the locals took brace ant
held tho tars for downs. Sutton smash
ed the line for eight yards and on The
next pass Joe Curtis SWEPT around
left end for n fifty-yard run, the long
est of the game. Owens tackled tht
runner on Franklin's forty-yard line
Curtis hurdled Owens, but was thrown
on his head. He turned a complete
sonlersault and started to run again
but Brick hauled him down.
On the next down Sears fumblet
the ball and Harris got 1t. On thu
first down Franklin gained fifteeI
yards, but play had not been declared
and the leather was taken back. AL
corn fumbled. but Flanagan got thC
ball and ran ten yards. After two
downs the sailors tried n fake kick
but Robinson threw Alcorn for loss
and the locals got the leather.
Fifteen Yards Through Line.
/ Sutton gained seven yards Oh en-
run and Robinson smashed through
the line for fifteen Yards. Tie sailor.
then took brace and Curtis had t.