Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-11-05
LOSES 70 NORMALS
Second Game With Mt. Pleasant Not
50 Easy
THE HOME TEAM weakened
By Loss Of whittomore, Chapel and Phillips
Hard Fight Under Discouraging Cir
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of 10 to 0.
Coach Carrithers with his team
and over hundred rooters chart
cred train and made the trip to
Mt. Pleasant, expecting a hard
game and possibly victory, but
owing to the condition of the men
he hardly expected large score.
The team was weakened by the
loss of T. Chapel and. Whittemore,
while Phillips got out OF bed to
play, having been ordered by the
doctor to keep out of the game,
Cook had been laid up all the week
with a sprained ankle, Marshall
was playing with only four days
practice and four of the team had
been to the Teachers Institute at
Saginaw for three days.
Mt. Pleasant showed great i'm
provement over their play of two
weeks ago, and should be given
good deal of credit, but at the same
time almost one half of their gains
were made on hurdles which the
Mt. Pleasant officials did not seem
to detect. The officials seemed
either to be lacking in their know
ledge of the game or had one-sid
ed interest. The ball was repeat
eddy stolen and often move yard
or more without any official re-
monStration.
Most of the Alma men seemed TO
be trifle off color in tackling but
played a hard game in the face of
discouraging circumstances. Be-
sides this the features of Alma's
play was the defensive work OF
Phillips and the offensive work of
Hooper and Cook. Mt. Peasants
play was characterized by the
clever quarter back runs of Stickles,
the line bucking of McCarty and
the hurdling of Brudbaker.
The game was called at 3 o'clock,
Mt. Pleasant kicked off TO Camp
bell, who returned the ball yards,
Hooper made 10 yards on short
end run, Ewing made two yards
more, then Alma lost the ball on a
! tumble. Mt. Pleasant made IL
yards on a line buck then Alma
was penalized for offside play
Mt. Pleasant rushed the ball ovel
for touchdown by McCarty but
Stickles failed to kick goal. Alma
kicks off to Mt. Pleasant who were
downed almost in their tracks on Z
swell tackle by Cook. Alma 60
the ball on tumble. Campbell
makes 10 yards on quarter bach
run, Hooper added 5 yards on cross
buck, Cook made 4 yard line
plunge, Hooper 4 yards on shor
end run. Marshall tried for a plac,
kick from As yard line but failed
Mt. Pleasant after failing to max,
lst down punted to Campbell VIII
returned ball 20 yards. Cook buck
: ed g yards, Ewing made 2 yards
Hooper cross bucked for 3 yards
r. VonThurn made 8 yards on
tackle around play. Ewing mad
5 yards on a cross buck, Cook mad
: 4 yards and Hooper added 6 yard
more. Alma looses ball on fumbl
Mt. Pleasant advances ball for Is
down then lost II after failing t
repeat. Cook advances the ba
3 yards Hooper made one yarC
Y Marshall tried place kick from tn
3 40 yard line but failed by mario,
margin. Mt. Pleasant advance
ball ) yards then on line buck
advances il to their 40 yard lin,
where they are compelled to pun
y Cook made II yards on two buck
off center, Hooper made 4 yard
Alma loses ball on forward pas
Mt. Pleasant on line bucks carrie
the ball to AIma's Is yard lin
where time is called. Score ) to
SECOND HALF
Alma kicks to Mt. Pleasant
yard line. Mt. Pleasant returne
ball ) yards, fails to make fir,
down and punts. Campbell r,
turns ball 20 yards, Alma trie
place kick but fails. Mt. Pleasar
returns ball to their 30 yard lin,
X Alma Penalized, then Alma hol