Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-28
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ELEVEN
HuMILIATEs MAHAsKA couN.
TY PLAYERS.
DINGEMAN'S TOUCHDOWN
Laurence Morrissey Makes the Win
ming Point = Game Was Hard
Fought Throughout Contest Wit
messed by 400 People.
From Fridays Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
Spurred ON by 1,100 cheering voices
Royce Dingeman. Ottumwa's fleet lit
tie quarter back crossed Oskaloosa
goal to be followed by successful
kick for goal by Laurence Morrissey
and the big Thanksgiving game OF foot
ball was won for the local students.
The game resulted in score of six
points for Ottumwa and five points for
Oskaloosa. Noah Dow the 264 pound
left guard made Oskaloosa's lonely
touchdown and Right Tackle Russell
failed to kick the goal. Not an instant
of the game found either side loaf
ing. 1t was one of the hardest fought
battles, the local students have ever
played.
Oskaloosa was Ottumwa's equal in
every department, although the locals
played a shade better on the offensive
than did the visitors. No single
player was the star. each man on the
Ottumwa eleven fielded his position in
the very best manner possible and the
Oskaloosa players did likewise.
The features We're Dingeman's thir-
ty yard run on the quarterback fake
play for touchdown and Noah Dow's
unprecedented line bucking which re-
suited in the five points made by
Oskaloosa. Both Captain Ream and
Swingle generated the game i'll re-
markable manner and much credit
to these two men should be given for
the excellent style of football put up
by their followers. The two most
evenly matched players were: Left
Half Back Morrissey and Right Tackle
Russell. Morrissey bested Russell
on goal kicking only. As to line buck
iag and tackling, these two gfants
were equal. The Oskaloosa players
returned to their homes this noon
feeling badly disappointed, yet thor
oughly convinced that the local play
ers are the fastest aggregation that
they have competed with this fall.
Both Eieyens Were Strong.
No more thorough exhibition of
strength could be displayed than
when Oskaloosa held the Ottumwa
players for downs when they were
within two feet of the goal at the. be-
ginning of the first half The local
students, however. showed like
strength when Oskaloosa had forced
the ball to Ottumwa's seven yard line.
On the third down, two yards had to
be made and the signal called for
Right Half Back Ramsey, but big
Right Guard Hammer bucked into the
runners interference and blocked it
before the required gain could be
made. Hammer made another play
quite the reverse to this when he
fumbled the ball on Oskaloosas four
yard line. which play enabled Dow's
massive weight to show UP and re-
suited in touchdown. The locals
could not hold the heavy fellow when
he got started. His first gain was
thirty-five yards through the line and
this was followed repeatedly until the
touchdown was gained. Aside from
this play the ball was in Oskaloosa's s
territory the greater part of the game.
Light Men Play Fast.
The heavy men of Oskaloosa were
not used until the last part of the fin.
al half. Right Half Back Ramsey and
Captain Swingle We're the best ground
gamers for the visitors. Both these
men are small and their abilities as
football players were admirably dis.
played yesterday. Ramsey carried
the ball the majority of the time and
he proved that he understood the
game thoroughly. Ramsey was sub
stitute when Ottumwa played at Os-
kaloosa.
Morrissey and GIew.
Laurence Morrissey, in yesterdays
battle, showed up in his usual fast
form. He developed tackling abilities
that heretofore he has not shown. Aft
er the first touchdown was made, Nor
rissey kicked off to Full Back C. Reid
who after advancing five yards was
downed by Morrissey within twenty
yards of the goal.
Morrissey and Ream gained the
greatest amount of ground. Ben Glew
too, was in fast form and as an inter
Terence runner, he stood out with the
best. Glew did not carry the ball
yesterday as much as usual yet his
interference work, greatly helped in
the gains by Ream and Morrissey.
Ex-coach Was Present.
DR.. l.. I'll. Armstrong, who formerly
coached the high school eleven, but
has been i'll for the past six morths
witnessed the game from carriage
This fact, together with the help that
the hundreds of "rooters" gave, great.
ly aided the local students in winning
, the game. Ottunawa high school yells
were in the air at all times and for
each gain made by the locals cheer
would go up from the side lines. Be
! tween the first and second halves. the
"rooters" travelled the field waving
colors. pennants and giving vent to
their feelings through the high school
yells. Oskaloosa. too, was well rep.
resented with '.rooters." who were
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