Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-11-02
90 10000.

o" Suuu, tU6G mOQorl
writer's are prone to describe Al
dull and sickening, the Missouri
Valley High school foot ball team
went down to ignominous defeat
before the Council Bluffs high
school team on the grounds Of
the latter Saturday afternoon
Before the game the victor,
was conceded Council Bluffs, bul
the local team were exceed,
ingly DESTROYS of placing the in.
fl tied oval. at least once, within
the goal posts of their opponents,
but even in this they were disap.
pointed.
Once after about twenty min.
utes hard work the students from
this city succeeded in placing the
ball within two feet of the coveted
goal, but at the critical moment
they lacked the abeet" to push
the ball over. The vantage held
by the Council Bluffs team was in
their staying power. They came
out OF the scrimmage almost az
fresh as when they went into it,
while the local aggregation we're
materially weakened after each
scrimmage.
From beginning to end the
conflict was something terrific. A
kick OF, twenty-five brawny boys
coming together with a thud, a
down, and then a line VA for q
ecrimlmage the Gully pause was
the armistice granted for the re-
moval Of the manned and a.
after whieh A. .ulured
.Ae conflict was again
renewed with additional vigor
The following is the minutia Of
the game AS published in yester'
days Nonpareil:
How 1t All Happened.
Missouri Valley won the tosl
and chose the north goal. On the
kick off the ball went bouncing
along to the fifteen-yard line. TIL,
Bluffs boys began to rush th,
play right from the start and i
was fast and furious, and in q few
seconds Richmond was sent across
the field for twenty yards, ant
this following several smaller, bu
nevertheless material gains. Th,
visitors held their opponents ant
got the ball on downs on the cen
ter line. On the first play the,
fumbled and the ball returned t,
the home team Then there wa
more of the rushing and Moor
went out of the game with a lam
ankle, Hansen taking his place
The aggressive tactics of tn
Bluffs team were kept up ant
within less than seven minutes o
actual play touch down wa
made by Grason. Richmond mis-
sed goal. Score: Council Bluffs, 5
Missouri Valley, 0.
Missouri Valley kicked the elu
sive thing off for a good long dis
lance, but Chamberlain was Their
and carried it back to the twent,
yard line. Williams got in al
end run that brought the oval u
to the center of the field. Som
hard playing with short gains fol
lowed and then a neat trick wa
executed. A feint at an end rul
found hole through tackle 70
Dietrich and he went into it like
rat. This was repeated frequent
ly during the game and always 70
a good gain. Following som
more furious play and slight gain
the Valley boys held 'em 70
downs and got their ball on thei
own fifteen yard line. Missouri
Valley started in on line plays an
made couple of yards by tn
first scrimmage. Chamberlail
here went out with a bad snkl
and Mitchell was put in at full
back. on-the second play he dem
onstrate4 -his worth by gettinI
the bali on tumble. Dietric1
went up against the line for seve,
yards, Richmond made three
This took the pigskin up to with
in two yards of the coveted goal
Missouri Valley went offside an
got the ball on a tumble, but wa
obliged to give up possession 9
the oval. Then Hickman wen