The Cairo bulletin., 1911-10-29
Boys From Our Neighbor City No
Match For High
School Lads
LARGE CROWD SEES GAME.
Home Boys Put Up Fine Work
On The Offensive
And Defensive.

The Cairo High School football
team surprised its followers and it.
self yesterday afternoon at Bridge
view Park by marching over the
representatives of the Asylum City
to the tune of $50, Cairo bagging
6 touchdowns and drop kick, and
allowing the visitors only look in
The day was an ideal one and a
fairly good crowd greeted the play
o'clock Anna won the toss up, and
Cairo kicked off. defending the north
goal. Browning's kick was received
by Chase who returned the ball five
yards. Anna began to uncover the
best they had and three neatly ex-
ccuted forward passes coupled with
some healthy ganis around right end
put the ball so far down In Cairo ter
ritory that the local rooters had
symptoms of malaria. The visiting
warriors slowed up and stopped on
Cairo's three yard line and the ball
passed over to Cairo Yolle punted
out of danger and for the remainedr
Of the game Anna failed to show
anything but mediocre form. Anna
ran back the punt 13 yards but
failed to make the coveted 10 steps
in three attacks and the local boyys
were presented with the pig skin
Captain Martin received the oval in
sopep aszus, 23d towards Anna's goal
leaving several iiBahpointed taeklers
along the rputc Hfowninsr0n hard
line buck gained and Mattingly
around on d brilliant run placed the
ball betweSii the visitors goal posts
kuesner failed at goal.
Anna chose to receive and Brown
Il ing kicked to Chase who was downed
in his tracks by Ireland The plucky
little end bit the dust so hard that he
5 went into retirement until he las
session, being succeeded by Schuh
Anna failed gain and the ball went
TO Cairo who gave the backs and
tackles some more light exercise on
the road to the second touchdown
Kusener kicked goal. Cairo again
had the ball on AIMS "a yard line
when time was called for the first
quarter. Score 110.
Fine Work in Second Half.
At the beginning Of the second
quarter long gains were netted by
Mattingly, and Kusener and Yolle
led the grand march for touch down.
Kusener kicked goal.
BY this time the Cairo team got
the habit and before the game ended
Yolle, Walmer, Kusener. Mattingly
and Browning took turns in adding
some more tcuchdowns. In the last
quarter some grand stand football
was resorted to then attempts to
score drop kicks were made. Capt
Martins kick missed by slight
margin Kusener's kick was blocked
but Yole won the honors and added
3 to hte score by pretty drop
When time was called the score
stood $50.
Our High School team Is about as
well balanced as a team could be
when they lined up for picture be-
fore the game they all seemed to be
of the same height When they play
ed they semed to all to be of about
man would get away for long rur
but the honor belonged to the team
rather than to him for the perfect
interference had the way clear fol
him. The work of the interference
more than pleased the coaches whr
have been working the past week up
on this, but the defense at times wa'
poor The line held like concrete
levee but the ends and backs were
green at the defensive work
NV The lineup was the following:
Cairo Anna
F. Schoembs. 80. .c..... Kaufman
Butler ....,..r. g...... .Snlple!
Anderson ...,...l. g...,... .Otricl
Mattingly ~ t.... S. Chas'
CKueusner .....1. t"... PlemoI
Roache .......r. t...... Keitl
Iraland w ThOmpsOi