Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-01
Retrospective Chances
at Seasons Football

Now that the Marshalltown high
school football season has closed.
resume Of the season is timely. and In
looking backward over the three
months work on the gridiron some in
teresting facts are cleaned.
Coach Allen should feel proud OF his
teams accomplishments, when every
thing is taken into consideration. Some
teams Of the past seasons have made
larger inroads into the ranks of their
opponents in the matter of scoring. and
have even won a greater percentage OF
games played, but taken all around
raw material considered first above all
the team has made good.
Won Half; Tied One.
The team has played nine games
during the season, has won four OF
them and tied a fifth. 1t finishes the
season with a total of 6S points won
as against g. outstanding. The games
and scores of the season follow:
West Waterloo. o: MarshalltoWn, ~
Ames, IL; Marshalltown. 0.
Grinnell, IL; Marshalltown, ..
Oskaloosa, o; Marshalltown, -.
Cedar Rapids, II; Marshalltown,
Newton, 5; Marshalltown. 6.
Iowa City. II: Marshalltown, o.
Cedar Falls, 6: Marshalltown. 6.
North Des Moines, 6; Marshalltown
Is.
In at least two of these games Mar
shalltown did not lose thru inferior
PLAYING. The Ames game fell to tht
visitors from the fact that the nome
team was without Hatcher, and IN tne
Grinnell game plumbers. and not super
Tor work on the part Of the opponents
lost Marshalltown the game.
The team has suffered handical
thruout the entire season from the rae
that many of the players had seVenti
period work and thus were not able u
got ont to practice before o'clock ant
sometimes later.
Loses Many Of Squad.
The school will lose several OF II:
regulars by the time next season roll:
around. as eight of the fifteen mer
making the first team this year viii
graduate in the spring: The seniors OF
the team are WINERY, calmus. Stew
art, Fetters, Packer Smith. Bernstein
and Elder. Those who remain ovel
as a nucleus for next season are An
drews Hatcher, Buchwald, Hull blsa
low: Patton, and Newcomer.
Fifteen Get Their "Ms".
The aboye-named fifteen members o
the team have won, and will soon re
ceiye, their MS, a distinctive homo
Indicating standing in school athletlcs
and won thru 100 minutes OF actua
play on the football field.
Athletes Best Students
There should be source or satis1ac
| ton to parents whose sons are playln'
football or engaging in other athleuc
| fostered by the school. to know that IN
records Of the school show the pes
scholarship to be within the raiihs Q
the football team.
The total number Of studies carrie
by all male students Of the school no
playing football is GIL The total mum
Der Of studies passed by all male Atu
dents not playing football IN 504.5' .
ISL per cent passing
The total number of studies carrie
by football players is 10S, and the aver
age number who passed is IS. PEI
centage of 500 passing. The averaR
number OF studies carried BY those WIN
do not play football is 3.76, while tn
average carried by players is Al
showing that the members of the team
in addition to their football work, tax
more studies on an average. and
greater per cent passes. The stud
record of the football team Is quft
remarkable, and should have a teno
ency to overcome the prejudice OF som
parents who object to their sons play
/ ing football because they think 1t WI
\ interfere with their studies. With tn
game as it is now played the chance
for injuries are minimized. and Oil