The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-28
Crippled Locals Are No
Match for University Beef
Latter Team Outweighs
Home Product Twenty
Pounds to the Man.
VICTORY SMACKS NOT
GREATLY OF GLORY
Visitors Totally Lacking in Science,
But Weight scares Purple and
White Who Rally Too Late-Game
Too Short-Five Minutes Longer
Would Have Witnessed a Tie.

Too Short-Five Minutes Longer
Would Have Witnessed Tie.
For the first time this season the
Hammond high school went down to
defeat and the heavy aggregation OF
Valparaiso university students left the
field with the scalps Of the locals
dangling at their belts. In spite of
the score, not much credit goes to the
visitors. for the locals, with a crippled
team that was outweighed twenty
pounds to the man, succeeded in hold
ing their opponents down to eleven
points, while they themselves secured
five. In addition to that they out
played them for the last five minutes
of the second half and if the game
had been a little longer it is probable
that the result would have been diff
erent.
The Valpo boys showed the crudest
kind of knowledge of the game and
from a scientific standpoint played
like a bunch of Undergraduates rather
than a college eleven. This can be
overlooked to a certain extent, how
ever. because of the fact that all of
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With plenty Of beef, lots of speed and
pitted against team of substitutes
and cripples, there is no earthly excuse
why they should not have piled up an
overwhelming score and made the de-
feat decisive. Had it been possible
for the high school to oppose them
with an aggregation of normal strength
there would have been a different tale
| all a No
defeated
Size Scares High School Boys.
At the outset of the game the high
school team was scared to death at
the size of their opponents and to their
final sorrow played with the spirit of
holding them rather than defeating
them. After the first few plays. when
the university boys waded through
them like chaff, they lost their nerve
and offered little resistance to the on
slaught of their opponents backs. Con-
sequently five points were registered
against them in as many minutes, soon
after which the game was delayed by
the injury to Blosser, who was forced
to retire.
AS the battle progressed, the purple
and white began putting little spirit
usual custom, but this time the ginger
was infused too late and the game was
lost before the locals began to play.
Too late they found out by trying that
the defense of their opponents was
not invulnerable that they were nov
ices in every department of the game,
that their offense was so ragged that
they depended upon their own weight
he
line or around the ends. Very often
the backs were nailed for a loss, as
they were absolutely unguarded. the
rest of the back field running in every
direction but the way the man with
the ball went.
Mead OutcIassed Hunter.
In the kicking department Mead
outcIassed Hunter Of Hammond, al
though so little of it was done that
! there was little ground lost by this
weakness. The forward pass was
worked successfully by Hammond sew
eral times and good gains were made
5 by the ends getting down and recov-
ering short punts. In this manner they
were steadily approaching Valpos goal
at the close of the first half. In the
second round the university got an
and this ended their scoring. for after
that they were outplayed. A long end
run by Hunter and two vigorous kicks
by Captain Ebert gave Hammond its
first score. Hunter failed at the goal
kick with the ball placed at a bad
angle
Thereafter the ball was see-sawed
back and forth till the close of the
by the Hammond eleven had been in
t augurated in the direction OF the enc
} my's goal, which would have resulted
< in a tie game had there been five min
: utes more to play.
The result of the contest was salts.
r factory to Coach Alice, however as Il
was scheduled for the reason that the
i locals could have the opportunity Of
% trying themselves out against bee
should they be forced to oppose a heavJ
team next Saturday. when they viii
S attempt to wiring from LaPorte theil
= championship aspirations for the north
i: ern section Of the state. Their ex
perience obtained in last Saturday
4 contest viii be Of inestimable valu
n to them If it is not neutralized by tn,
g injuries to the players.
u The lineup was as follows:
Valparaiso-Right end. Mead; RICH
e tackle Long; right guard, Dunn: cen
= ter, Kelly; left guard. Daugherty; lef
| tackle, Duggar; left end, Marine quar-
! terback. Captain Mead; right halfbach
| Swanson; fUilback. Froggner; left half
| back, Sherer. Hammond Right end
Quigg; right tackle, BeIayni; RICH
guard. Blosser- Graves, center. Hamer
. lett guard. Parsons: left tackle. Muir
! ray; left end, Elliott: left halfbacl
kennedy, fullback, Captain Ebert; righ
halfback, Hunter.