Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-19
Football Games Galore.

On Saturd ay last the N. w. q. foot
b III team met defeat at the hands OF
the Fort Atkinson High school boys.
The team was met at the station by
the band and was marched to the play
grounds. Motzkus kicked off for
Northwestern, sending the ball to the
two yard line. The Fort team ad
vanced the ball for twenty yards, but
lost it on a tumble North western
made repeated gains On cross bucks by
Woyahu and Breutzmann, until the
ball was on the Forts one-yard line.
Now the high school boys showed
their true strength, for they kept
Northwestern from making an inch on
the first two downs. Mueller was
pushed over the goal for the first
touchdown of the day after 5wo and
half minutes Of play. Breutzmann
kicked goal Motzkus again kicked to
Fort Atkinson, Griffith catching the
ball and making sensational run OF
twenty-five yards. Fort gained stead
ily on long and short end plays.
Kumm was injured and Motznus took
Kumm's place at full back. Luetke
took Motzkuss' place at left guard.
Fort Atkinson made a number OF tf
teen and ten yard runs and were soon
near North Westerns goal. Northwes
tern tried their very best to keep them
from scoring but Griffith was pushed
over the line for touch down. He
failed to kick goal. At the end of the
first half theuteams battled at the cen
ter of the field. Score: Northwestern
g. Fort Atkinson 3.
Fort Atkinson kicked to Breutz-
mann, who returned the ball for ten
yards. Northwestern advanced the
ball to Forts forty-yard line where
they lost the ball on downs. Fort
hammered Northwestern line for re-
peated gains until they reached n. W.
US twenty-five yard line, where they
lost the ball on downs. In some way
the referee claimed that it was third
down coming, owing to his hearing
someone say that on the side lines.
Northwestern protested strongly
against this decision far some time.
but finally Capt. Wendlaud let the de-
clsion pass. This act proved the Wa
terloo for our team. for Fort now
pushed Northwestern back until they
were at the two yard line. Griffin
made line plunge and the score was
now 10 to 6 in favor Of Fort Atkinson.
He failed to kick goal. There were but
two minutes left of the half and the
teams were battling on Northwestern
thlrty-yard line when time vas called.
Final score 10 to 6.
Features of the game were the inter-
ference breaking by Griffin of Fort At
kinson, offensive playing by Sauer for
n. w. q. and a number of beautiful
tackles by Kowalke, left end of the n.
W. q. team. Quite a number of
spectators declared that Motzkus'
kicking aud punting was the finest
they had ever been done by an ANA
teur.
Northwestern was handicapped
greatly, for the Fort Atkinson team is
being coached by Larum, a player of
Wisconsin's team last year. North
western has no coach and they Ger tain.
ly made fine showing. The game
was characterized by very ragged de-
fensive work on the part of both teams.
The Fort Atkinson team is certainly
strongly supported by the citizens and
business men of that place. Four hun
dred or more people witnessed the
game If some Of the people of Wa
tertown would show a little more en-
thuslasm about football North western
would not have to suffer the loss of 9
coach.
The following is the lineup:
Fort Atkinson. n. w. u.
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