Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-09
kiDOn VS.. Northwestern

w. kicked the ball in Ripon's hands,
the man being tackled and brought to
the ground on the spot. After the
first down, Ripon was penalized Is
yards on account of hurdling and Rip
On found itself compelled to punt and
by fast manouvering succeeded in re-
covering the ball.
Ripon's star full back was pushed
forward for several consecutive downs
landing the ball over the goal line i'll
41 minutes of play they converted
this into goal leaving the score 8
to 0. Then first did N. W. wake up
to the realization that Ripon was
rushing them off the field. The spec
tators became disgusted and expected
score of one hundred to nothing but
N. W. showed them that when fully
awake they were able to hold their
own.
Ripon kicked off into E. P3rg' y
hands who returned it Is yards. A
successful forward pass executed by l..
Zeisler moved the ball is yards furth-
or. Ripon kicked off tc N. w. g full
back, E. Berg who returned it Is
yards. Two forward passes to right
end Zeisler, carried the ball Is yards
further. The third forward pass
grounded and N. w. was penalized Is
yards. Koch made a quarter back run
but fai'ed to gain the required dis .
tance and N. w. was forced to punt.
Hass. left guard, recovered it and N.
W. tried another forward pass to
Hoffman who made first down. The
ball passed to kipon on downs on the
20 yard line. On long enc run they
made Is yards. Ripon punted into
Rocks hands who returned it few
yards. Again Ripon got the ball in
the middle of the field and were pen
allied on foul run by the quarter
back Ripon was pushed back and
forced to punt. N. W. secured the
ball in the middle of the field and on
a forward pass made Is yards. A
forward pass from O.. Koch to A.
Borg, gained 80 yards for N. w.
Ripon got the ball on downs and
punted. N w. punted back and the
ball rolled behind the goal line where
a Riponite picked it up and was
tackle by A. Berg making touth
back. Ripvn punted from the 25 yard
line. N. W. punted and Ripon got
the ball. The first half ended with
the ball in N. W.'s possession.
N. W. outplayed Ripon throughout
the latter part of the half. the ball
being constantly IN Ripons' territory.
but the first A minutes of play were
disastrous to N. W. who seemed to be
dreaming that Ripon was as easy as
the second squad. The forward passes
vf N. w. were puzzle to Ripon and
only failed once, in spite of being
constantly used. Another fault that
perhaps lost the game, was Koch s
inexperience.
In the second half, Kipon again
kicked off into H. Zsisler's hands who
returned it Is yards. After two downs
N. w. punted. Ripon received II
penalty Ut Is yards for being off side
and saw itself compelled to punt.
DahImann received 1t. A. Berg
ploughed thro' for gain. but was
forced to punt ON downs. Ripon re-
ceived it and executed a fine forward
pass between SHETLAND and the left
end gaining 80 yards thereby. The ball
was on N. VS. 20 yard line when
Ripon attempted goal but failed.
N. w. punted but Ripon man blocked
the ball and it rebounded back of the
goal line where E. Hoffman, dropped
on it scoring a safety making the
score to 0. N. w. kicked from the
% yard line. Ripon tried another
forward pass, but Koch intercepted
and returned the ball 20 yards before
being brought to the gronud. Ripon
again got the ball on N. WIS punt
but back to N. W. Ripon was penal
lied for off side. L. Zeisler made 20
ydTuS VII q 1OI Wdiu pass ooS ioct thC
bali to Ripon on the next forward
pass again but were thwarted by A.
Berg, who got the ball. A forward
pass to l.. Zeisler failed. Zeisler
touched the ball but did not succeed
in recovering it on the tumble and N.
w. lost Is yards tor penalty. Ripon
began using the forward pass but
tailed generally in getting the ball.
Ripon punted to Koch who ran down
the field for 80 yard gain. The sec
ond half ended with the bsll in the
middle uf the field in N. W posses
sion leaving ths score with 8 points
for Ripon and none for N. W.
Exceptions! playing WAS done by
the two ends, l.. Zeisler and Hoffman,,
by quarter back Koch and A. Berg,
fullback. The greater share of the
game was played in Ripon's territory.
After the first few minutes of play,
Ripon only succeeded twice IN getting
near N. VS. goal line, otherwise the
game was played constantly Danger
ously near Ripon's goal. Ripons line
was better than n. W.'s and some
what heavier. The back line was
about 20 pounds heavier than N. w. e
and it was mainly due to this that
Ripon succeeded in scoring in the first