Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-11-21
.ALGONA Wins
The VICTORY
Local High School Football Squad
Bested BY Algona High
School Saturday
Afternoon.
SCORE BOARD WAS 20 TO 9
Game was Played in Algona- Home
Boys Seemed to be Greatly
Confused.
SCORE BOARD WAS 20 TO 9

The football game between the To-
cal squad and the fast aggregation
at Algona Saturday afternoon prov
ed one Of the greatest surprises tf
the season to both the members Of
the home team and local rooters.
Although the "dope sheet" said that
the home team would return victors,
the score read 20 to 6 in favor IT
their rivals.
Though no plausible excuse for
this defeat at the hands of the AL
gona bunch can be offered the
roughness displayed by them was
for. It seems the hign
school In that place were determin-.
ed to win from the local eleven and
the roughness displayed in the
game, with the assistance of 7 the
field onicials, discouraged the Web
ster City boys. In the first quarter
Webster City was penalized forty;
five yards. The penalties placed up
on them during the entire session
amounted to about one hundred and
fifty yards. However, taking the en-
forced losses into consideration
there was little excuse for the poor
example Of football put up by the
home squad. In the hrst quarter the
locals played their opponents COM
pletely OF their feet. This was ac-
complished by the old style game,
however, the forward pass being OF
little advantage to them as a gamer
OF ground. When the whistle sound
ed for the next quarter Webster City
still thought that the victory be-
longed to them.
In this quarter with smashes by
the back field the ball was carried
across the field easily by the homo
boys. Their opponents seemed help
less. After carrying the oval until
It was very near the goal line. Cap
tain Dodge tried the forward pass.
This play started the scoring by Al
coma. One OF the Algona back field
caught the pigskin and went
through the entire line for q touch
down. The same player repeated
the performance the next quarter
with the same result.
During the last three quarters the
home team seemed to have lost their
"pep" and in spite Of the short but
plain talk handed TO them by the
coach, they were at the mercy OF
their oppents. Coach Moyer wa,
greatly surprised at the poor showing
made by his pets. For some unac-
colntable reason the locals seemed
to be confused most OF the time.
This confusion in a contest of this
kind is generally laid to "cold feet, ;"
but In this case Prof. Meyer does
not think that was the trouble.
Helmick did not show UP In his
usual form. This IL the first game
when he has not done some wonder
full, work. Mckee. another football
1901. fell short OF his usual game,
while France, who is considered one
Of the fastest ends in the country.
missed several chances. 'Talcott, the
player who took the place left va
cant by the absence Of Daniels, how
ever, did his share of the playing.
Dodge, the sturdy captain of the
squad, pulled off some startling
tackles. but his management of the
team was not up to the usual stand
ard. This lack Of pep" is thought
to be the result of the long rest that
was forced upon the eleven by re-
cent weather conditions. To sum
UP the session OF Saturday, all tha:
can be said is that the locals were
outclassed by team who are their
Interiors In almost every way. The
line up for Saturday was as follows:
Algona Webster City
A. Krensinsky ..R E. ...... Talcott
Wilson ......R T......... Meller
Kuhn .......R G.. $500. Mahoney
Potter ........C....... Groves. :.
Anderson Ill @. ..s.... Sterling
=. Clark ......L IT,. =. Stebbins