Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-10-29
Alma College
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With five men on the opposing
line, the highest OF whom would
tip the scales at $50, and with a
previous experience of only one
game, Alma's speedy eleven snatch
ed victory from Ypsilanti, on their
own grounds, TO the tune Of so.
The game was hard fought. YpSil-
anti had a line up that was heavy
and fast, yetif Alma had played the
CONSTANT game in the first half
she did in the second, the score
would have been considerably lar
ger, in spite of the fact that the
touch down was madein the first
half. However we won, and that's
sufficient.
The game was characterized by
good stiff line bucking and few
fakes and passes. There were ele-
ven men in every play and too much
credit cannot be given Coach Car
rithers for developing a winning
eleven from a possible thirteen, the
actual number from which the team
had to be picked. Besides the con-
slant lean work, the real brilliant
plays of the game, that is, by those
who upheld the maroon and cream,
were the quarter back runs OF Camp
bell, the remarkable line bucking
OF VonThurn and Cook and "Touch-
down" koefgen's thirty yard run
for thelittle five spot that won the
game.
Alma was not without rooterS.
Many of the old Alma fellows now
at the University, besides many
town sympathisers at the sight of
the maroon and cream, turned out
and helped the team win. "Once
an Almanite, always an Almanite."
THE GAME IN DETAIL.
FIRST HALF
At three o'clock Ypsi kicked off
TO Alma. Campbell secured the
ball and returned it five yards.
Clark carried the fifteen wards on a
clever forward pass and Cook foil
owed with thirty yard punt.
Alma penalized, off side. Yysi |
makes three yards on line buck
and then punts fifteen more. Alma
secures the ball and then is penal
lied fifteen yards on a foul. Cams
pbeil makes ten yards on fake
kick and Cook puntS thirty-fve
yards. Ypsi MAKES the necessary !
ten yards while Alma is penalized !
five yards for off side playing, |
Alma secures ball on tumble and |
Started things in the right direction
with Campbell going around left
end for five yards, Cook adding
FIVE more around the other end.
following il up by two line bucks
Of three and six yards respectively.
Campbell makes six yards on an
end run and Cook tears off two
more bucks of five and three yards
each. Ypsi secures ball aud punts
thirty yatds. Alma gains fifteen
yards by a neat forward pass to
Clark. Cook hits the line for five
yards and Campbell lacks on fiji
teen more by pretty run around
right end, being downed one yard
from the goal. Here Alma looses
the ball on a tumble and Ypsi
punts thirty yards. Alma again
looses the ball on a forward pass.
Ypsi sends their half through for five
yards and follows with a line buck
of three yards VonThurn makes
a swell tackle and throws Ypsi for
a loss of three yards. Ypsi off-side
and penalized and lhen punts thirty
yards. VonThurn again tackles
for a loss. Ypsi fails to make
downs and ball goes over. Won
Thurn Or. H. } makes seven yards
then Alma is thrown for loss o.
five yards. Ypsi gets ball on a
tumble and punts thirty yards
koefgen nabbed the pig-skin and
made a brilliant thirty yard run fol
touchdown. Cook failed to kicl
goal. Ypsi kicks off forty yards tc
Campbell, who returned it siS
yards. Ypsi gets ball on fun
bic and is thrown for a loss of tire,
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