The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-10-13
OFFICIALS UNAWARE
OF RULES OF GAME
Umpire and Referee Give
st. Marys' Victory Over
Earlham.
BOGUE MAKES SCORE
Yellow and White Superior to
the Visitors in Line
Plunges.
BOGUE MAKES SCORE
BY HERBERT EiLER.

Evidently the lack of knowledge of
the new football playing rules on the
part of Referee c. Tranchasst and I'm
pire c. McCray lost for Earlham the
initial contest of the season to the St.
Mary's Academy squad by score Of
to 6, at Reid Field, Saturday after
noon. The game was a fair demon
stration of the college sport. About
five hundred students crowded the
stands to witness the opening game.
Coach Reagan is highly indignant
over the treatment rendered by the of
ficials in calling the plays. One mis-
called play gave the visitors their only
touchdown in the first five minutes of
the final quarter. The visitors were
defending the goal and were on the
twenty-five yard line when Moehring,
the big st. Marys punter dropped back
for that signal. He hoisted one TWEEN
ty yards and the ball lit with a heavy
thud
knowing that the play was incom-
plete, when it was untouched by eth
er an Earlham player or one of the
opponents, Capt. Bogue, who was
standing ten feet back of the ball, did
not take steps to catch the punt.
Deaveraux, the visiting end, caught
the ball on, the bounce and sprinted
twenty yards to the Earlham goal. He
kicked goal.
Protest Decisions.
The decisions of the referee in per
hitting the ball to be played by ST.
Mary's end were protested by both
Coach Reagan and Capt. Bogue, but
the officials would not change the de-
cision. When asked regarding the
play the referee declared it was up to
the umpire and in turn the umpire
shifted the responsibility on the
referee.
The Yellow and White squad scored
their touchdown in the last seconds
of the first quarter. Capt Bogue at
quarter went over the line on a skin
tackle play to the left after the Earl
ham backs had advanced the ball half
liant line plunges and cross bucks.
Bogue failed to kick goal at the diff
cult angle.
The quarters were marked by many
unsuccessful attempts at forward
passing by both teams. Repeated
milling of the ball by the Earlham
tackles and ends wrought havoc in
the attempts to tear off large gains.
Makes Good Run.
In the final moments of the first
quarter Capt. Bogue caught a punt on
the thirty-five yard line and with a
brilliant run around right end placed
the pigSkin near the ten-yard line. A
few line plunges by TruebloOd and
Bowen placed the ball one yard from
the line and then the next play put the
Earlham quarterback over the line for
the first score
During the next two quarters the
two teams spared with the ball in the
ST. Marys territory a large part OF
the time. Once the Earlhamites had
the ball on the visitors three yard line
but an unsuccessful forward pass and
a decision from the officials gave the
reds" touchbaCk.
Throughout the four intervals OF
play the locals had the st. Mary's boys
outclassed and five times in the first
quarter the Ohio eleven was forced tC
kick, twice on their own five-yard line
In line plunging the Yellow and White
backs were far superior to the on
slaught of the St. Marys back field,
which used many irregular forma
tions.
Attempts to Kick Futile.
Twice during the last two minutes
of play in the fourth quarter, Capt