River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-19
RIVER FALLS 50, NEW RICH
MOND 0.

Following a week of cold and dis
agreeable weather, last Saturday
furnished one of the best days for
foot ball of the whole season. A
good1y crowd of enthusiasts was on
hand at 1880 when River Falls
kicked off to New Richmond, the
visitors having chosen to defend the
west goal. A look at the teams be-
fore the game started told which
way the game ought to go, for River
Falls outweighed their opponents
several pounds to the man, How
ever, New Richmond had held Gala
had to a 70 to score, and were
therefore hopeful of holding River
Falls to some low figure. River
Falls knew that New Richmond al
ways furnishes bunch of fighters
that never quit, so they were look
ing for a hard game. But from the
first kickoff it was all River Falls.
In one minute River Falls had taken
the ball from the visitors and gone
over for touchdown. Three more
times during the first ha7f they
crossed the goal line, in spite of
desperate efforts of New Richmond
to prevent it, and three times out of
the four Synes kicked goal, SO that
at the end of the half the score was
% to 0. Remembering former
games, friends of River Falls looked
for a slump in the second half, and
New Richmond went into it with the
desperation of despair to force their
heavier rivals off the field. But it
was useless. River Falls didn't
stop, and three times in four and
half minutes they crossed the goal
line, kicking ali the goals. Even
then they did not quit, though they
slowed up, but three times more in
the next nine minutes they scored,
and then were too tired to work an
other score in the last six minutes
of play. The final score was SO to
0. New Richmond is deserving of
credit for the plucky fight they made
against odds. Though hopelessly
beaten from the start, they fought
it out to the end. Unable to make
any impression on the River Falls
line or to gain on any kind of play,
they were compelled to punt con-
stant1y, and at this they were better
than River Falls. If they had been
able to hold the home team, their
punter might have proved danger
Gus, but their punting did them
little good, as River Falls promptly
rushed the ball back the full dis
lance of the punt. The River Falls
team lined up as follows;-Max
Sherburne, c.; Clint Sherburne, r.
e.; Harry Rogers, |. g.; Leslie Kay,
r. t.; Lester Kline, l. f.; Kay Ander-
son, r. e.; David Gleason, l. e.; Geo.
Smith, O.; Harold Robinson, r. b.;
Tom Reynolds, l. h.; Percy Symes,
f. The team has been playing good
ball all the fall, but it played one of
the best games of its history Satur-
day. 1t always plays a great defen-
sive game. It's three center men
take care of all plays directed at
that part of the line. It's two tackles
are terrors at breaking up interior
ence, and Saturday repeatedly
doubled the New Richmond line
back upon itself. In Robinson it
has one of the greatest defensive
halves that the school has ever had,
and Saturday he was every where.
Nothing got away from him. The
ends and safety had very little to do
Saturday except on punts, but they
did it well. Strange as it may seem,
the teams offense is hardly up to
its defense, but Saturday the offense
was strong enough to make distance
almost at will. This was the last
league game of the season, Hudson
having forfeited. The boys are
arranging game for Saturday,
probably with Cleveland High of St.
Paul. Come out and see it. 1t will
he a pood one.