The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-19
kEOkUK CRUSHED
At OTTUMWA
ottumwa High School Foot Ball Team
Won by Score of 81 to
Saturday After
noon.
OPPONENTS WERE HEAVY
keokuk, outpIayed by ottumwa, Made
Brave Effort in the Second
Half and Almost
Scored.
OPPONENTS WERE HEAVY

Keokuk High school foot ball team
met mighty foe in the Ottumwa team
Saturday afternoon at Ottumwa and
succumbed to defeat by one of the
largest scores rolled up against the To-
cal lads since 1903 The defeat was
a crushing one, but the Keokuk play
ers were consoled in the fact that
their opponents were much heavier
and were for the greater part veter-
ans of the game. The score was 81
to 0.
In the first half the Ottumwa team
overpowered the Keokuk aggregation
and scored four touchdowns. The
gains were made by the heavy tackles
of Ottumwa who were pulled around
and plunged through Keokuk's tackles
for big gains. The light Keokuk
line could not withstand the fierce
onslaught and Reiner and Pechstein
playing behind the line were called
upon time and again to pull down the
runner. Ottumwa also made num-
Der of gains by the use of the for
ward pass and seemed well UP on this
late style Of play. During the first
half the ball was in Ottumwa's pos
session most of the time.
Tho second half showed a slight
charge in conditions. With total of
twenty-four points staring them in the
face the Keokuk players took brace
and played Ottumwa almost even Dun
can carried the ball around the right
end for number of gains. Pechstein
gained ground on several fake bucks.
Parsons Melted several gains. while
Reiner could be relied upon for two or
three yards when necessary.
Keokuk worked the ball to within
/ twenty yards of goal and with ten
yards to gain on the third down a
drop kick was attempted by Weis-
mann, but the ball went wide.
1 The great weakness seemed to be in
/ Keokuk's line. The heavy opposing
I line tore through when Keokuk had
lie ball and Pechstein often had diff
Guilty in starting the plays. The Keo-
kuk team was out-played by their
! heavier opponents but in the second
half the work was very creditable.
/ Ottumwa scored one touchdown in the
/ second half The extra two points
We're made on safety
A reception was given for the Keo-
i kuk team in the evening at an Ottum-
wa residence and the members of the
team were gaily entertained.
( The Keokuk team presented the fol-
! lowing lineup in the Saturday game
Horn, center; Nelson and Bickle,
guards; Hawkes. and Nichols. tackles;
l Hayden and Weismann. ends; Pech-
stein, quarterback; Parsons and Dun
! can, halfbacks, and Reiner, fullback.
Contributed Account.
The Keokuk High School lost its
| game to Ottumwa at the latter city
Saturday afternoon by a score of 81
i TO 0. The story is told in a sentence
Keokuk had no line to speak of, on
I either offense or defense 1t is Just
{ to say that there were two or three
/ line men who held their own, but
/ football line is like chain. no strong
/ er than its weakest part This weak
ness may have been partly due to the
/ tiresome ride of the morning. but
more to the lightness. and especially
+! to the lack of skill and nerve, of most
/ of the line. The backs played a fast
consistent attack where they had any
chance, but usually the lack of de-
fensiye line enabled the giant OF
tumwa tackles, who could not have
weighed les~ than 1S5 pounds each to
tackle the man with the ball before
his play could be started. The Keo-
kuk interference was not bad, and
when the backs did get away a good
gain resulted. keokuk was also un.
fortunate in making a number of il
legal passes and suffering the penalty
therefor.
On the other hand. the Ottumwa
| line was very much the heavier be
sides playing much the better football
The school has the advantage OF x
! H S. in being much larger and IL
having out twice as large a football
: squad.
1t is due TO the members of thr
team to say that they are not by an,
: means beaten for good. There +
/ still another game with Ottumwa q
Keokuk en- Nov. Z. and they expec
the final figures TO tell differen
t story.
s The management has only thank
5 for the treatment of the team at O
2 tumwa. a reception was given for tn
visitors. and all seemed to have a
n excellent time in spite of the a
f night travel and loss OF sleep.
:. The practice at Hubinger park thi
If week will be hard and effective. TIL
: team proposes 10 reverse It's forr