The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-09-30
OUR FOOT BALL TEAM
We're Outweighed by the Long Prairie
Team, But Put Up Snappy
Game Just the Same

games of the foot ball season here
last Friday and Saturday with the
Sauk Centre eleven. Both games
were fast and exciting, but the re-
suit was never in doubt in either
game. The locals outweighed the Wis
itors considerably and showed more
experience and training in every
detail of the game. Sauk Centre is
practically a new team this year, and
at least one-half of their plawers are
just entering their football career,
thus accounting for their defeat to
certain extent.
FIRST GAME.
Game was called at d. m. Halves
were settled at twenty minutes. Long
Prairie kicked to Sauk Centre and
downed the ball on Sauk Centres
twenty-five yard line. Sauk Centre
advanced the ball to the thirty-five
yard line, and were held for downs
With a succession of short end runs
| and line bucking, the locals made
heavy gains over the visitors, and
soon crossed the goal line for the
first touch down. Long Prairie miss
Ell for goal, making the score 5 to 0.
Sauk Centre then kicked to Long
Prairie and downed the ball on Long
Prairie's thirty-five yard line. Sauk
Centre succeeded in getting the ball
several times from the home boys
on fumbles, but We're unable to make
any advancement with the ball in
their possession, and the locals soon
carried the ball over the goal line
for another score. Koehler missed for
goal, and the score was 10 to o. Long
Prairie kicked to Sauk Centre, and
before the play was nicely started
time was called for the first half
Long Prairie kicked to Sauk Cen
tire in the second half and downed
the visitors on their ten yard line,
and held them for down. They soon
forced the ball over the goal line for
q score. koehler kicked goal making
the score 16 to 0. Sauk Centre kick
ed to Long Prairie, and with a sue
cession of end runs and forward pass
es, the locals soon carried the pig
skin over the line for another score.
They made an easy goal, making the
score % to 0. In the balance of the
second half, the locals succeeded in
carrying the ball over the line for
one more touchdown, but failed to
kick goal, and when the game was
called, the score was 81 to 0. The
feature of this game, was the five
forward passes by the locals in which
not hitch was made, and great gains
were made. Robert Perkins refereed
the game, and a Sauk Centre man
acted as umpire.
SECOND GAME.
In the second game, the visitors
| went in with determination to make
a better showing against the locals,
and did so. In this game, Long Prai-
rie was only able to run the score
up to 1S, but held the visitors down
t. 0. In this game, the Sauk Centre
| players seemed to be too anxious and
continuously started before the pass
ing of the ball, and were called sew
eral times for off-side plays. Long
Prairie boys seemed to lack the life
they had in the Friday game, and
failed on two different occasion to
work the forward pass, which made
the heavy gains the previous day. In
the first half, the locals made one
touch down, and on the second kick
off. downed the ball on Sauk Cen
tres ten yard line. From this point,
they forced the visitors back ! over
the line for touch back, thus max
ing the score Z to 0. The ball was
put in play on the twenty-five yard
line, and after a few minutes play,
time was called for the first half.
In the second half, the Long Prai-
rie boys made two touchdowns and
kicked one goal making the final
score of the second game, 1S to O.
The lineup of the locals is given
below:
Adolph Koehler, full back.
Tommy Burns, left half.
Wilbur Miller, right half.
Herbert Rhoda, quarter back.
George Streick, center.
Rob Christie, left guard.
Will Steuck, right guard.
George Koonze, left tackle.
Harold Ernst, right tackle.
Marvin Tufts, right end.
Gayland Bush, left end.
julie Koehler, sub.
Bill Thiegs, sub.