Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-10-14
o up as follows

pfOnlpuy aG Z:oU CLOCK, tne teams I'M
ing up as follows:
Nor1nals. Position. High School.
Compton
koller. tackle. ......Damitz
ignum..............right guard."..H Wipperman
Sager.. Thomas
Henry.........1eft .RCenius
Leonard.........leftta tackle. .(capt) Bulls
Karnopp. Ticknor
Bremmer..~ rback.......".McC cCarthy
King (capt. right half back..., Crawford
OBrien left half back Corcoran
Munnell full Love
Knecht, Lees..."..subs. Halyorsen, r. .Wipperman
Referee-McCaskill, Stevens Point.
Umpire-Prof Ford, Grand Rapids.
Timekeepers-Manz and Hambrecht.
The Normal eleven drove to our city
in tally-hoes and arrived in the morn
ing with large following, including
nearly all members of the Normal first
eleven and about thirty other enthu-
siasts. They made loud showing for
their colors and at once increased the
interest in the situation, which brought
lively comment until the time of game.
NORMALS WIN IiiE TOSS.
The visiting team was first to appear
on the gridiron and their practice work
in warming up" brought encourage
ment to all their friends. They looked
and acted like destined victors. The
local eleven entered the big gates soon
after, filing the air with a vigorous
High school yell, and blast of tin
horns from home sympathizers in every
direction put an encouraging tiger on
the end. Twenty-Five minute halves
were decided upon. Capt. King won
toss for the Normals and chose west
goal, giving Grand Rapids the ball. AS
the two forces lined up in place, COM
parison of size drew attention and the
High school looked so much smaller and
younger than their opponents that many
twin city hearts sank. Love kicked the
pigskin out of bounds twice, then Ste
vens Point took the ball. The visitors
kicked off to 25 yard line and
STARTED THE sCRINMAGE.
B ullis tumbled and was downed in his
tracks. Corcoran advanced 5 yards
around end, then yards were lost on
tumble from pass. Love punted 20
yards and the ball was downed in Nor
mai possession on the 35-yard line.
Normals attempted to 60 around Comp
toms end but went down with yard
gain. Then they commenced terrific
center smashing and pushed along over
High school territory for sure gains so
steadily that all hopes for the local
players dropped to the lowest notch.
On their 15-yard line, however, High
school made determined rally and
took the ball This was the only time
Stevens Point got dangerously near
Grand Rapids goal during the first half.
By a snappy series of end and center
plays Grand Rapids hurried across the
field to within II yards of Normal S
line, Corcoran, Crawford, Bulls and
Compton making repeated advances
from to Is yards. Bulls lost yards,
Corcoran by clever lodging carried the
oval tc within 3 yards Of the coveted
line, jumping over two men to gain his
own length. Demitz pushed through
Normals for touch down and wearers
ofscarlet and white were jubilant. Time,
IL min, 10 sec. Love kicked pretty
goal Score: Grand Rapids, 6; Nor
mails, 0.
During the remainder of the half it
was plucky spar for ground, the ball
being on Normal territory all the time
excepting the first two plays after kick
off. High school made good gains
around the ends and bucking center
until just before time was called, when
O'Brien took the oval and sprinted back
W ith it to the center of the field. First
half ends, score remaining for Grand
Rapids.
In second half, Normal kicked off
and the ball went into High school ter
ritory, but the High, by end plays, II
nice 20-yard run by Crawford and seven
center smashes placed the pigskin
within 8 yards of Normal goal. At this
juncture Holman, a Stevens Point spec
tator, was ordered off the grounds for
coaching back Of goal. Bulls went over
the line in next plav. MUinel's fine
tackle of Crawford was Il feature. Love
kicked goal. Time, min. 10 Sec. ; score.
II for High school.
High school got the ball on next play
and kept it until they scored for third
time, which took them ) min. 30 sec.
Compton made a dash Of % yards in
/ this inning, Damitz got 4 jump Of 10
Yards, Corcorali crossed the line. Love
again Kicked pretty goal.
Normals woke up and for min. 81
sec fought with Il power that High