The San Francisco call., 1910-01-02
CRACK FOOTBALL
TEAMS PLAY TIE
Century A. c. Holds Winged Y
Eleven to 90 Score at
Vallejo
By HERBERT HAUsER

In one of the most spectacular and
| thrilling football games seen in this
state for number of years, the Cen
tury athletic club of Oakland held
down the hitherto invincible Winged
V football team of Vallejo to tie
score of to yesterday afternoon at
! Vallejo.
Fully 5000 people witnessed the
struggle The crowd was highly par
tisan, but Referee William T. Reid,
Field Judge William Middleton and
Umpire Pete Smith gave the visiting
team a square deal
To George Incell all credit is due for
the Century clubs scoring. He kicked
field goal in each half.
Castagnetto and Blanco starred for
the Vallejo boys, and it was the clever
bIuff buck of. the former that enabled
the speedy little Blanco to work a
quarter back sneak play, aided by eX-
cellent interference that scored for the
VS.
The Oakland team. guided by their
experience Thanksgiving day, solved
the forward passes of the upcountry
team and almost every one attempted
by the Vallejoans was unsuccessful.
Castagnetto punted well and was the
hardest man on the field to tackle.
GUILTY OF FOULS
Vallejo was guilty of some iagrant
fouls, the most noticeable one being
that of Hathaway. the big left guard.
who slugged one of his opponents. He
should have been ruled out of the
game, but Umpire Smith was lenient.
In the first half the Century eleven
had all the better of Ii and at no time
were they very close to being scored
against Incell punted we'll while
Kiser punted the line hard. often find
ing the holes made by Schaufeld and
Butch" Bruzzone, both of whom did
| clever work.
| The second half found Vallejo the
| aggressor. playing hard and fierce.
wiley's tumble put the VS. within
scoring distance.
| About the middle of the first half
| Incell made a 40 yard try for field
! goal. but the ball hit the post and
bounded back Shortly after, on a
last down, Incell. from the 40 yard
| line, dropped the ball over the bar for
| points.
END INJURED
In getting down on kick Marty
Moore. the Century left end. coIlided
] with his team mate. Dave Moir and
was put out of the going. Mink Bruz-
zone taking his place. Later Castag-
netto kicked 80 yards to William Moir
who caught the ball, securing a free
kick for Incell, which Gee caught and
ran in 20 yards. Moir again received
the ball for free kick, Blanco catch
! ing the ball. only to be downed by
little Bruzzone.
Soon after the start of the second
/ half in a series of fumbles by both
sides Dave Moir prevented the VS. from
scoring by getting the Vallejo back
On the 90 yard line Castagnetto then
made his bluff. which scored the six
t~Fc TO- oil All
attempts at drop kicks which failed.
but on the third try from the IS yard
| line the ball sailed cleanly over the
crossbar, tieing the score.
Taken all in all the contest was one
of the best exhibitions of the Ameri-
| can game seen for many years and
every one now anxiousIy awaits the
final and third game, which should be
| played on neutral ground.
The following was the lineup:
Right end-Dow and Stewart.
| Right tackle-Bruzzone.
! Right guard-H Moore.
! Center-D. Moir
| Left guard-Schaufeld.
! Left tackle-Steele
Left end-M. Moore and Bruzzone.
| Quarter-Captain William Moir.
Right half-Burns and Wiley.
Left half-Inoei1.
Fullback-Kiser.
| WINGED
! Left end-Hood.
l. Left tackle-Hilton.
Left guard-Hathaway.
Center-McGuinness.
Right guard-Green.
Right tackle-Fielder.
Right end-0' Brien.
Quarter-Blanco.
Left half-Gee and Hilton.
Right half-Watson.
Fullback-Castagnettc,
TOM JOHNSON RESIGNS OFFICE Cleveland.
Jan while the official term Of Tom L.
Johnson. for eight years mayor OF this city.
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