The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-10-28
Norfolk Won WAYNE Game.

After a most Sensational game of
football, Norfolk Won its game Satur.
day afternoon from the Wayne high
school by score of 20 to 0. Both
teams looked strong, with Wayne
probably the heavier looking, when
the game opened at Wayne, but II was
soon evident that they were evenly
matched and the pigskn was fought
for IN clean battle. There was no
rag chewing" by the players at any
stage of the game, and they played
ball all through. The great crowd on
the side lines was generous, and al.
though there was plenty of cheering
there were no noisy abuses cast to-
ward the visitors, who were cheered
when they made good plays.
The first two quarters showed good
team work on both sides and many
sensational plays were in evidence
The pigskin was tussled for in the
FIRST two quarters, with Norfolk hav-
Ing the better of 1t by two points. At
one time during the first quarter Nor.
folk had the ball on Wayne's one.foot
line and a star player on the Norfolk
team was tackled very hard and
dropped It. Wayne got the ball on a
rumble and kicked 1t out of danger.
Wayne's punting was their feature.
but Norfolk was not lacking in this
play and was declared equally as
good.
In the third quarter Norfolk went
after things very hard and rushed the
ball down the field rapidly The ball
was in their own territory about fif-
teen yards from the middle field when
Parish, on quarterback run, took
the ball. lodging, wriggling and fight
ing through dangerous points, sixty.
five yards through to the goal posts
for the first touchdown. There were
great cheers for the plucky little play
er and his teammates, who then got
their second wind and their conf
dence was restored. Wayne kicked to
Norfolk again and by series of end
runs Captain Ben Wiley made great
gains and this time Mapes got in for
the second touchdown. Wiley was
cheered for his sensational plays.
Wayne then took the ball and Nor
folk returned the KICKOFF, but Wayne
rushed the ball down the field, gain
ing forty yards on a forward pass.
Welch, the heavy Wayne player, took
the ball and in sensational line buck
gained about fifteen yards through al
most stone wall built by Norfolk.
Odiorne, however, tackled him and
when WEIGH dropped the ball Kelle-
her picked 1t up and made a 70-yard
run. Within thirty yards of the
Wayne goal line he stumbled and fell,
injuring his leg. Norfolk, however,
kept the ball and in series of line
plunges and rushes made the third
touchdown. Fisher kicked goal every
time in neat way for Norfolk.
During the last quarter Wayne
rushed the ball to about ten yards of
the Norfolk goal line and at every
stage of the game they played strict
ly first-class football Norfolk was
full of ginger all through the game
and it was this, with their team work,
which won them their sensational
game from team their equal. Kelle-
her, after his fall, found it necessary
to retire and he was succeeded by
logan, who played fine game. The
Norfolk lineup follows:
Ben Wiley (captain), left half;
Mapes, full back; Kelleher and Lo-
gan, right half; Parish, quarterback;
Emery, right end; Landers, right
tackle; Denton, right guard; Hibben,
center; McWhorter, left guard; Fish
err, right tackle; Odiorne, left end.
Next Saturday the Norfolk team
goes to Madison to play the Madison
high school team.