New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-10-19
BATTERY BOYS BITE DUST
Sleepy Eye Football Players Win
by to 0 Score.
Game Sunday Witnessed by Crowd
of 1000 People.
Contest Is Close After First Few
Minutes of Play.

In game hard fought and closely
contested every minute of the time,
Sleepy Eye football players lowered
the colors of the Seventh battalion
team at the fair grounds Sunday
afternoon, the score being to 0.
1t was gala occasion and was
made more so by a concert by the
Second Regiment band before the
game began. After the contest the
crowds were shown through the camp
and were given an idea Of the house
keeping and the daily work of the sol
diers in their outdoor life.
Despite the rain in the morning the
day cleared favorably and one of the
largest crowds that ever witnessed a
football game in New Ulm gathered
to see the struggle. Fully 1000 spec
tators were present.
The score indicates the relative
strength of the teams pretty we'll.
Both teams had few stars and sever
al green men and the whole playing
showed lack of practice, the especial
defect in evidence being a slowness in
getting the plays started and tenden-
| cy to tumble.
GAME WON IN FIRST PLAYS.
Sleepy Eye won by her fierce on
slaught in the first few minutes of
play, when she carried the battalion
boys completely off their feet and
scored touchdown and kicked a
goal almost before the crowd realized
what had happened. Then the SOL
diers took a slight brace and although
they were forced to give way for yards
at a time, they we're never again car
ried off their feet, and in the second
half more than held their own.
| The soldiers kicked off after the
touchdown and with series of line
and end rushes Sleepy Eye advanced
the ball for first downs three times.
Then there was tumble and the
ball passed to the battalion players,
in the center of the field.
The first two downs yielded no
gains, but on the third one of the
doughty backs carried the oval around
right end for a run of fifteen yards.
Then there were line rushes which ad-
vaced the ball slowly and tumble
gave it to the Sleepy Eye players.
The total gain had been but about
twenty yards.
FIRST HALF ENDS.
The visitors made first down ON
small gains and the first half ended
with the ball on Sleepy Eye territory.
The soldiers kicked Off in the second
half and Sleepy Eye returned the pig
skin ten yards. Then two yards were
added by a play on right-guard and
five yards by a plunge through center
The two next attempts failed to gain
and the soldiers secured the ball.
They were to lose it soon, however,
for they failed to make their distance
in three plays.
Sleepy Eye annexed one yard by a
play around left-end and three by a
mass plunge through center. Then
two more yards were added in two at
tempts. The Sleepy Eye captain be-
gan to put ginger into his men at this
stage of the game and the plays went
off with more dash and speed than at
| any time previous.
A mass play hurled on right guard
added two yards and one more yard
of territory was gained. Then the
ball passed to the battalion players.
THROUGH LINE FOR Is YARDS.
! No gain was the result of a run
around left-end, but play on center
i A LITTLE Loss
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