Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1900-03-23
TWAS A GREAT GAME,
Gran6eVile Again the Victor In the
Football Tournament.

The event of the season in the
way Of sport was the football game
at Denver on St. Patrick's day.
More than two hundred people at
tended the game from Grangeville.
Music was furnished by the
Grangcville brass band. The
game was called at 2:3O; ball was
kicked by Grangeville boys into
Denver territory. In the mix-up
ball was fumbled, Hardwick get
ting the ball on funk and max
ing touchdown; Hardwick then
kicked goal, making the score
stand 6 to nothing. Grangeville
kicked ball from center field again,
Denver receiving ball and gains
ten yards toward center field; after
three successive bucks Denver loses
ball on forward pass; Grangeville
after three or four pretty end runs
makes gains Of from eight to fif-
teen yards, and Capt. McKenny
goes around the end making q
touch down; Grangeville misses
kicking goal, making the score
stand five to six. Denver kicks
ball off to Grangeville; john
receives ball making 20 yard
gain toward center field; Grange
vile loses ball on q tumble; after
about five minutes playing, Denver
makes another touchdown, max
ing score stand eleven to five in
favor of Denver. Grangeville
kicks ball to Denver and Denver
receiving ball on the 25 yard line,
advance it to 35. After three or
four pretty plays Denver loses ball
on a tumble; Grangeville seems to
make grand stand, and makes
her runs when and where she
pleases, soon scoring another touch
down, making the score stand
ten to eleven in favor of Denver.
Denver kicks ball off to Grange
vile; Grangeville advancing the
ball 10 yards toward center field;
"after the ball" being advanced to
Denver's % yard line time was
called, with Grangeville within
sight of another touchdown.
After ten minutes intermission
the game was resumed; Denver
kicking off to Grangeville, Null
ink making fair catch and punt
ing the ball 20 yards into Denver's 6
territory, with one of his own men
falling on the ball; john
now made his famous 40 rod end
run, bringing the ball within ten
yards of the goal line, after which
Hanna receives the ball and goes
around for touchdown, kicking
goal and making score stand 16 to
IL in favor of Grangeville. Dem
yer kicks ball off again to Grange
vile; Grangeville seems to be
playing the game of her life, max
ing gain after gain; Grangeville
rushes Denver up the gridiron for
two successive touch-downs, fail
ing goal once, making the score
stand 27 to II in favor of Grange
vile. Ball was kicked off by Dem
yer to Grangeville again, Grange
vile receiving it on the 20 yard
line, conveying the ball forward
ten yards. On the second buck
Grangeville fumbled the ball; Dem
yer getting it and after three or
four pretty plays goes around the
end for touchdown, fails goal,
making score 16 to 27 in favor of
Grangeville. Grangeville kicks
the ball off to Denver; Denver re-
ceives it on her 2O-yard line, and
advances the ball five yards, then
losing it on forward pass, after
which cred, the wreck makes his
famous 40-yard run and getting
slightly misfgured over q collision
with one of Che Denver men, fum-
bling the ball in the collision, GEN.
tre Addison, Of Grangeville, re-
ceiving it and making touchdown
and score stands 33 to 16 in favor
Of Grangeville.
The Grangeville people appre-
ciate and thank the Denver peo-
pie for the courteous treatment
and hospitality extended.
Prohibition Convention.