The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-10-27
ENTERPRISE WINS
FOOT BALL GAMES
CITY TEAM DEFEATS JOSEPH 8
TO o-couNTY HIGH WINS
FROM WALLOWA.

Enterprise defeated Joseph Satur.
uay In one Of the hardest fought and
most notify contested games of foot
oall ever seen on the home grounds.
enterprise won the toss and re-
ceived the kickoff, defending the
south goal. Lockwood ran the ball
back ten yards, and on the first down
Conaway and Pace promptly worked
The forward pass for fifty yards.
Forsythe was sent around the end
Tor fifteen yards, but an Enterprise
player was off side and the home
team suffered penalty of fifteen
yards. Lockwood made Z yards
around end and Bilyeu was sent
through tackle for ten yards before
ne was downed by the entire Jo-
seph back field. The next play
failed to gain yardage and Pace
dropped back for a punt which was
cleverly blocked by Martin. This
gave Joseph the ball. Two line plays
were unsuccessful and Berland punt
ed twenty yards to Bauer. Anoth-
er forward pass from Conaway to
Fleener netted Enterprise twenty-five
yards and after two unsuccessful
line bucks Pace tried a drop-kick
but failed. Joseph took the ball on
their 25 yard line and on some
rlerce line plunging by Martin and
Berland, together with a forward
pass, worked the ball to the center
OF the field, where the first half end
ed with no score, In the second
half Pace kicked off for Enterprise
Boner returning the kick Is yards;
Joseph worked the ball to their
own so yard line where they were
forced to punt, and on the play were
penalized rs yards for holding. Here
McCully punted to the center Of the
field. Fleener ran the ball in ten
yards;; the forward pass netted 20
more; Will Bauer was sent through
right. guard for four yards; Lockwood
made two more through left tackle
and here Pace was again sent back
for a drop kick. Every man in the
line held like stone wall, Crumpack.
er made beautiful pass and PAGES
trusty right foot booted the pigskin
squarely between the goal posts for
the only score of the game, After
this Enterprise took no chances and
usually punted on the first down,
keeping the ball in Joseph territory
all the rest of the game. Near the
end of the game Joseph worked a
very neat fake play when Martin
was sent into the line with a head
gear under his arm, which looked
so much like the ball that all the men
In the Enterprise line were upon him
before they discovered that Nc
Gully was circling their right end
with the ball. Bas Weaver was the
first man to get wise to the play
and he showed the big crowd that he
could sprint some himself. by run
ming down the Joseph quarterback.
The game ended with the ball near
the center of the field.
The Enterprise team was weakened |
by the loss Of Burnaugh and Homan
both being kept out of the game
by injuries. This made it necessary
to take Pace out of backfield and put
him at guard. Putnam took Bur.
naugh's place at center and made |
4 good showing. Punting honors
were about even between Fleener of
Enterprise and McCully of Joseph
The Enterprise line played good ball
while Bauer at full and Lockwood
and Forsythe at halves proved a
tower OF strength, both In advancing
he ball and on defense. Conaway's
-howing of forward passes excelled
anything seen In that department OF
NE game.
For Joseph, Martin, Berland and
McCully played the best ball. al
-hough the first named seemed to
.hink the game was too tame and
had chip on his shoulder all during
he game.
DR.. Irwin OF Joseph, and Sheets of
were the officials and
gave entire satisfaction to both
,ldes.
The two teams were evenly match
ID in weight, Joseph making up in
he backfield what they lacked in the
ine
The lineup was as follows:
JOSEPH
Putnam
,rumpacker C Barton
Pace lgr Barton
Jrumpacker Hewett
Weaver rgl Hays
3ilyeu ltr Sheets