The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-11-29
EarIham Found Butler Strong
Opponent, But Was Able to
Score Freely and to Keep
Butler From Scoring.
CONTEST WAS FEATURED
BY SENSATIONAL PLAYS.
Long Runs and Pretty Tack
les Numerous-Butler Lost
From the First But Was
Game to the Very End.

Indianapolis. Nov. 29.-Onc Of the
most interesting and hardest fought
contests that Earlham has experience
ed this year occurred on the gridiron
at Washington Park. indianapolis,
Thursday afternoon when the Quakers
stacked up against the Butterflies. The
final score SO to in favor of Earl'Um
does not tell the story OF how the
Christians fought a losing light
against the OuakerS TO retrieve the
honor which was taken away from
them three weeks ago on Reid field.
The entire game was featured by SEN
sational plays, long runs and pretty
tackling and although Butler was los
ing from the beginning their courage
and persistence was unfailing.
At 2:30 the Ri:tler team trotted on
to the field the team outweighing
Earlham's team five pounds TO the
man. Butler won the toss uD and
kicked TO the Quakers' 20 yard line.
Harrel received the kick and made
q gain of twenty yards. Hancock made
three steady gains OF about ten yards
each. Walthall lost the ball in the
scrimmage. but Earlham held the But
Ter team for downs. Butler punted
and "Chubby' Barrett blocked the
ball, which rolled back over the goal
line. Butler fell on the ball making
the score to 0 in favor of the Quak-
ers
Butler again kicked off to Earlham.
Of !,
ed forward for gains of five and ten
yards each time. Hancock, whose
successful lodging seemed remark.
able. broke through Buffers defense
and made touchdown with a run OF
25 yards. Thistlethwaite kicked goal
making the score s to in favor of the
Quakers.
Earlham kicked to Buffers five
yard line and after some unsuccessful
attempts to break through Earlham's
defense Butler was forced to punt
~Happy" Wann received the ball and
made a gain of So yards. Earlham was
Held on downs and was forced TO punt
Butler fumbled and Hancock downed
the ball on Buffers five yard line
Earlham's tandem plays proved very
successful and Guyer was forced
through the Butler line for another
touchdown but Thistlethwaite kicked
goal The score now stood Ii to 0
From this on to the end of the game
Earlham had everything her own way
Harrell was pushed over for another
touchdown but Thistlethwaite failec
to kick goal. the first he has missed
in the last twelve times. kicking .
straight goals in the game with Win
ona last Saturday. Butler kicked of
to Wilson and with punts and stead,
gains Thistlethwaite made anothe
touchdown and kicked goal makins
score 25 to o. Quarter back McGuir,
OF the Butler team had three rib,
broken and had TO retire from tn
game. Farlham made two more touch
downs but failed to kick goal once
making the final score sc to 0.
Butler deserves every credit 70
their gameness and courage in tn,
face of all the odds.
Their center went into the gam
with a broken shoulder blade and Nc
Cures ribs were not we'll knittet
from the jar they received in the las
game with Earlham. They were an
tagonistic, watching every place for
chance to break through but Vail
men have been on the rack too lon'
TO allow anything like that
Coach Vail was we'll pleased witt
the good form in which his men show
I'D up in the game, Miller of Wabasl