Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-14
LOCALS PLAYED
VERY POOR CAME
DEFEATED BY OLD RIVAL At BUR-
tLlNGToN SATURDAY az SCORE
OF 10 TO o. W
TEAM SORE AT SELF
Red and White Men are Kicking Them
NH selves for the Mix They Put
Up-showed Little "Pep"
in Water.

/ Up-Showed Little "Pep"
in Water.
! with aSnor'wester blowing down the
field about 40 per" and steady down.
pour of rain driving its piercing chill
into the players with seemingly fierce
glee and floating the gridiron with
from one to eight inches Of freezing
water, the battle at Burlington Satur-
day resulted in a joyful victory for
Burlington and an ignominious defeat
for the red and white eleven-the score
being 10 to 0. The locals put up the
poorest game of the season and al
Though there are reasons for their de-
feat that cannot be overlooked, they
may be criticised for the lack of "pep''
and aggressiveness displayed. OF
tumwa usually enters the game from
the start but Saturday the players lost
out all around with the result that
they were outclassed by the lighter
Burlington eleven during the entire
game. In Justice to the red and white
men It may be said that they realize
the poor article of football put up by
them Saturday and they are rubbing
it in" on themselves. In fact they are
disguised with their playing after such
brilliant work In the West Des Moines
game a week ago. All are aching for
another chance at Burlington and are
only too willing to mix with the purple
and gray November 25 which is an
open date. But Burlington declines
the challenge and wisely too because
lit would be folly for them to mix with
their bitter rival after having won and
4 thus run the risk of being defeated,
which the locals believe would be the
result.
How Points Were Made.
The only touchdown came in the
first quarter when Cowles, Burlington's
quarterback took the oval from the
five yard line on straight center
buck, after Schafer made fizzle of a
punt and the pigskin was recovered ny
Burlington. Gross. Burlington's best
man playing left half Saturday, made
pretty place kick from the 20 yard
line in the second quarter for three
more points, making total of eight,
! Burlington having failed to kick goal.
The remaining two points were not
earned as Schafer touched the oval
down behind his own goal after he
dropped the ball in an endeavor to
} punt out. ~, t~..,,.. y, t,..e4g 3gf'.5a3
j d. ottumwa outplayed. Il
The red and white men We're out
played, during the entire game. Bur.
lington gained the jump on them at
the start and played an offensive game
throughout, the ball being in Ottumwa
territory almost all of the time. In
fact the oval was in Burlington's pos
session the greater part of the game,
caused by Ottumwa's fumbles and fail
ure to make downs. Quarterback
Gallagher seemed unable to keep his
mitts glued to the slippery ball, max.
ing many fumbles which resulted nine
times out Of ten in Burlington recover
ing Schafer negotiated but one good
punt in the forty minutes OF play. On
nearly every pass he dropped the ball
and before he could recover and kick,
Burlington men were upon him. The
few punts that he did make were fail
ures as he failed to lift the ball above
the line of scrimmage or kicking It
twenty yards, the distance necessary.
On the other hand Quarterback Cow.
les and Left End NJ. Canella deserve
great credit for the manner in which
they froze to the soaked ball, the lat
ter not fumbling a pass for punt
during the game.
Burlington gained at will, J. Canella,
playing the fullback position, punctur-
ing the line several times for large
gains. The locals braced at times and
held firm against these onslaughts
Gross was the best ground gamer, how
ever, for the purple and gray, circling
the ends for many yards time after
time.
ottumwa Had the Dumps.
| The local warriors went into the bat.
| tie little over confident and the rush
Of the Flint Hill city men took them
off their feet and sent them into the
ethereal kingdom. Walking to the field
from the car line, wearing nothing but
their suits and light jerseys and then
being compelled to stand in the cold
for fully fifteen minutes before the field
was in readiness and the game called,
they were chilled to the bone. They
went on to the gridiron shivering and
the freezing water that was standing
all over the field, Tin one place eight
inches deep) benumbed their bodies
| before they could get warmed up. Bur-
lington remained in the club house
where it was warm and when they
came forth, were in condition to enter
the game with vim.
All the Burlingtonians were clad in
two or three extra jerseys to keep
them well protected from the wind,
water and chill. Ottumwas disheart-
ened attitude and Burlingtons pep"
resulted disastrously for the locals.
Coach Harry's men seemed dazed be-
cause Of their half-frozen condition
and allowed Burlington to wade right
/ through them. Simple plays found the
locals at a loss to stop them, seeming
! ly unable to get it through their
noodles the way the play was coming
until 1t was too late Burlington's trick
plays found the red and white COM
Ipletely bewildered and but feeble re-
sistance was offered. Gross made sew