Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-11-23
DecOrah-Cresc0 Foot Ball Game.

Decorah-Cresco Foot Ball Game.
Although fearing that it would be
impossible for them to get square
deal, the high school football team
ana large crowd of rooters went to
Oresco Oh Friday. They went against
team composed of high school
students and outsiders, who had be-
come, evidently through instruction,
adopts in the art of slugging, unfair
dealing and dirty playing. They
kicked and slugged our boys right and
left. and the latter being under posi-
tive instruction not to resent, took
the insults and outrages of the Cresco
team without finching. On the side
lines there were several "scraps," we
are told. and in fact it was general
melee. with Cresco determined to win
at any cost. On account of being out
of the city we did not see the game,
and give the report as published in the
high school paper, Red and Blue:
Friday. Nov. 18th, the return game
was played with Cresco in which De-
corah suffered defeat by the big score
of 81 to 4 its first defeat by this town
for years. The lineup of the two
teams was as follows:
Cresco:--
Hewlett L. L.
Redden L. T.
Thayer l.. G.
johnson @.
Kitchen r. G..
Copeland r. I.
Conley r. E.
Glass @. B.
Herdman r. H. B.
Davis l.. H. B.
Hubert +. B.
Decorah-:
Ellsworth l.. E.
Blagsvedt l.. L.
Nelson..L. G.
McClasKey 9.
Ward and Bromley r. G
Knowlton and Ward Il. 7.
Ingvolstad and Blaze r. E.
Shea @. B.
Dietrich r. H. B.
Thayer l.. H. B.
Moses +. B.
The game was called at 2 80. Cres-
co failed to secure the official they
agreed to get and spent twenty minutes
in working in their coach, Dentist
Morton. as their official.
DEBORAH kicked off aud by plays off
tackle and end, made Cresco's twenty
five yard line. Cresco held and Knowl-
ton kicked goal from field. Decorah
kicked to Cresco and by end runs
Herdman ,,and Davis made a touch
down. Cresco kicked to DEBORAH.
Cresco held for downs. By end runs
Davis and Herdman made touch
down. In fact this was the character
istic play the rest of the game, Herd
man carried the ball around the end
and by DEBORAH failing to overcome
the rough interference great gains
were made.
Singing, using of hands, and hold
ing were features of ;he game.
Davis attempted to lay out Moses
and when Moses in the next play ran
into him he struck at him several
times and even followed him several
yards down the field before the referee
could stop him.
Hubert was put out for smuggling
Ellsworth out in the open field. The
act was not one that any true
spor. or gentleman would perform
but the act of coward as Ellsworth
was stretched upon the ground in a
dazed condition and Hubert crawled
over to him and struck him several
times in the face. For this act of un-
gentlemanly conduct he was cheered
frantically by those of his kind on the
grounds.
Cresco felt entitled to this game
and seemed determined to win.
Herdman and Davis won the game
| for Cresco and neither of these men
are Justly entitled to place on the
Cresco team. Herdman played against
| Cresco on his home team of Ricevilie
and in this game Cresco was defeated.
A few days before the DEBORAH game
he had been induced to join the Ores
CO team and appeared against DEBORAH
as Cresco boy. Davis is a mature
man. who played last year on the foot
ball squad of the State University of
Iowa. This by all rights should ex-
clude him from High School athletics.
A team of this makeup it is mis-
take for any High School to play.