Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-11-03
[oTTuMWA CHI ARlTY PERFORMERS
DISPLAY SUPERIORITY IN
FOOTBALL CONTEST.
THE SCORE WAS IL TO o
Game Was Fiercely Fought in Open
ing Half and Many Stunts Creep
in-Y. w. C. A. is Benefited
Organization.

uncertainty as to which is the better
team, the Ottumwa Midgets entered
Saturdays game with the Abba Turks
in condition fit. and they departed
from the conflict, as in the first game,
victorious. The score was II to 0.
made the more decisive because of
the advantage exercised in the first
half by the Ottumwa men, who com
pletely overwhelmed the visitors in
every department, from swapping the
ball with alertness and precision. to
handling difficult long punts, and mas
tering the intricacies of the new play,
the forward pass.
To single out any one particular
star. would be impossible, for the
spectacular playing did not center in
one man. Dingeman and Brockman,
perhaps, had shade the best Of
Hartman in the back field, due to their
sprinting abilities. In the line. large,
juicy hunk OF glory was equally divid-
| ed, each man, from Stentz to Mercer,
being oiled and keyed UP to machine
like tension. When Jason, of the House
Of Farrell, heard the keynote number
of the signal, he would snap the ball
into the hands OF the waiting Tharp,
and with the same degree Of swiftnes
the oval would be plunged in the side
of Brockman or Dingeman, and away
they would go. When the ball was In
possession Of the enemy, the bulky
frames Of Kirby, Murray, Lawler and
Wilson prevented any great gains
through the line, while the watchful-
ness of Mercer and Stentz was like
wise hard to evade in end runs.
The game was played for the bene-
fit of the Young Women's Christian
association, and the charitable aspect
of 1t, stimulated the participants in
putting fortht their best efforts. While
the actual attendance at the game was
not large the midgets and other boost
ers, nevertheless. sold great many
more tickets than were received at
the gate.
While the Midgets deserve much
credit for the sterling contest they
waged. many of the Turk contingent
displayed unusual football ability. The
punting of Evans was equally as good
as that exhibited by Brockman, and
! the line work of Hughes. Jones and
Gass would have shown to much bet
ter advantage had Ottumwa's weight
been lesser.
In order to allow Murray to smear
himself with his last football glory, he
was given the distinction Of opening
the game by kicking off, and practi-
cally closing it with a try for goal
from field. He displayed good ground
rules in both It is interesting to note
that Ottumwa was penalized for a
greater distance during the game than
Abba gained
Hartman Scored First.
The game opened with Murray boot
ing the oval tantalizingly along the
ground to Hughes, who fumbled. and
! Mercer recovered the ball. Brockman
hit the line for eight yards and the
subsequent penalizing for an offside
/ play forced Brockman to punt The ef-
! fectiveness of Mercer and Lawler pre-
vented Abba gaining. and Evans re-
/ sorted to punting. Tharpe connected
and gained eighteen yards before
i downed. At this iuncture Brockman
made the pretties play of the game
Circling the left side of the line, the
clever gent, by warding off tackle aft
CT tackle, covered forty-eight yards for
a touchdown, only to be returned to
the fifteen yard line by Referee Nit.
chell, who ruled that Brocky ran out
side. A terrific line biff. with Dinge-
man carrying the ball, Melted eight
yards, and Immediately following in
two stabs, Hartman covered the re-
T naming distance to the goal Brock.
man with ease lifted the oval over the
cross bar and the Milgets reveled in
the six points gained,
Forward Pass Used.
Evans kicked off to Hartman, who
failed to gain. The first scrimmage
was made within seven yards of AL
bias goal The signal was called fol
a forward pass, via Tharpe to Dinge
man to Stentz The latter was playing
far out to the right, and when he re
ceived the ball, half the Abba team
was on him, but through the clever
ducking and heady tackle smashing
Stentz covered twenty-four Yards
The line was sieve through which
2rockman eased four yards. end imme
diately following forward pass fail
ure, the chesty right half again start
led the natives by circling the right
end for thirty-eight yards. In this gair
Brockman clearly demonstrated his
, . wonderful proclivities for smashing
everything in his way Three Turks
were dumped by the force Of Brocky's
onslaught. Dingeman punctured the
line for a quartet of yards, and imme
diately following, with the assistance
of Mercer. he successfully worked {
double pass, travelling twenty-thret
yards for q touchdown. Brockmar
again kicked goal.
The remainder of the first half de
veIoped several forward pass plays II
which Dingeman gained total o
thirty yards. A triple pass, witt
Tharpe. Dingeman. Mercer and stent:
doing duty, resulted In failure to gain
but demonstrated that even graduate
had not forgotten the exercise of gen
ius in the gridiron game. The bal
changed hands several times, anc
punting was resorted to twice.
Second Half Strenuous.
The fatigue OF the first half wa.
clearly shown in Otumwa's playing il
the latter part of the game. While thu
: team continued To work as unit M