Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-10-04
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.
wAUsAu VS.. sTEvENs POINT.


Wausau has started on its football
triumphs, for Saturday the Wausau
high school club beat the mighty
Stevens Point aggregation, 80.
1t was a great game, one of the
hardest ever fought on the high school
gridiron. Wausau did not have a
walk away; they had to fight for
every yard they gained and Stevens
Point came awful near the goal a
couple of times. 1t was big day for
the Wausau high school, not only be-
cause of the victory, but because of
the increasing school spirit, which
under the leadership of Mr.. Helden-
dorf, reached great proportions. He
had half the school out on the side
lines cheering the team to victory
and it was some cheering, too. Yells
and songs floated out to the fighters
without lull during the entire game,
encouraging them on and making
them fight as a Wausau high school
team is bound to fight. Johnson and
'Ike" Ramsdell were responsible
for the scores, the rest of the team
for Stevens Points 0.
On the first play, Piper received a
forward pass and made fifteen yard
gain but Immediately the ball was
lost to Stevens Point. They were UNI
able to get through our line and the
ball again became Wausau's on
downs. Stevens Point intercepted a
pass and then things began to look
dark for Wausau, for the Point, play
ing line bucks entirely, gradually
| forced their way, barely making their
downs each time, until within yard
of our goal, where our boys held
them. Johnson punted out of danger.
Wausau got possession of the ball
on our twenty-five yard line and then,
by series of brilliant plays, on one
| which was forward from Johnson to
Brown, they gained about thirty
yards, ran the ball up to opponents
| ten yard line. Wausau received a punt
on the twenty-five yard line and again
ran it up to the ten yard line. Here
they were again held and the first
quarter closed.
The next quarter was spent in
scrimmaging back and forth in the
center of the field, except for one time
when Stevens Point advanced the
ball by bucks and short passes to our
ten yard line, but here Wausau got
the ball and forced it through the
| line back to the center. Ramsdell's
tackling and Daley's ten yard gain
through the line, were the feature OF
this quarter.
Wausau opened the second half by
kicking to Stevens Point which they
downed on their twenty-five yard line.
They returned the kick and Brown
advanced the ball to the fifty yard
| line.
Stevens Point obtained the ball
here, but Immediately lost it to Wau-
sau. We netted eight yards by pass
to Johnson but were unable to gain
in the next down. On the last down
the ball was passed to Ramsdell who
made a sensational run, lodging
through the Stevens Point men, who
could not nail him until within a
yard of goal. 1t was hard luck that
Ramsdell could not have made the re-
naming yard and carried the bal
over but this honor was left to John
son who carried it over for touch
down on the next play. Johnson
kicked the ball right through the
center of the goal posts, making the
score go.
Wausau again kicked of and downed
Stevens Point on their eighteen yard
line. They were unable to gain and
on their last down punted, Wausau
being downed on the fifty yard line
A double forward pass to Ramesdel
and Piper netted ten yards more
smash by Pherson five more and with
few seconds more to play, from the
thirty-fve yard line, Johnson made q
drop kick goal adding three more
points to the score.
In the last quarter, Stevens Point
led of by making last dying effort
at our goal. Continually playing Car
penter, their right half, through the
line. they advanced the ball TO oul
twelve yard line. Here Wausau got
the ball. Johnson went through fol-
three yards, DAILY for four and Pher
son, for a few more. Then the Point
received the ball on downs anC
punted. Brown advanced the bal
for ten yards on the first play. But
on the fourth down, Wausau punted
Stevens Point was downed about the
middle of the field, and on their sec
ond down tried short pass, which
johnson nailed and started down thu
field. He covered 80 yds. before he wa,
downed. Immediately after thu
whistle blew and the. game was over
Three minutes more would have Ger
tainly meant another touchdown.
The wild rooters formed snak'
line and with their leader at thei
J head, marched through town giyinl
, their battle yells and songs. The,
formed circle on the court hous
square and then things began t
rattle. Everybody in hearing ran il
and joined in the celebration. Tn