The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-15

VISITORS oUToLAssED
Had no Chance Against Fast keokuk
Rackficld Which Was Not Stop
ped Until Thirty-eisht Points
Were Made.

Playing game that proved almost
, repetition of the opening battle
against Quincy, the Keokuk high
school football team overwhelmed
Fort Madison Saturday afternoon at
Hubinger Park by the score of 38 to
o. The two victories by the top-heavy
counts put the present purple and
white team in line to establish a new
local record for total scores for the
season.
A few misdirected forward passes
md some fumbling of the ball contrib
uted to keep the score as low as it
was, otherwise the count would sure
~ have gone over the half century
mark. Fort Madison, displaying a
woefll lack of football knowledge,
proved no match for the speedy Keo-
kuk eleven and failed utterly to stop
Keokuk's triumphant march from
one goal post to the other.
AS in the first game Keokuk's
backfleld showed its brilliance and
nothing could stop Devero, Bowlby
and Heinemann in their end runs nor
Hawkes. in his slamming off tackle.
Score In First Two Minutes.
Not two minutes of play had
elapsed before Bowlby dropped y
pretty goal between the posts. The
trick was very neatly performed and
was display of generalship on the
part of Bowlby. Keokuk kicked off
to Fort Madison, but the visitors lost
the ball on the second play and Keo.
kuk was not forced to resort to dras-
tic measures until within twenty
yards from the goal line. Then Bowl
by dropped back for place kick. The
ball was passed high to Heinemann
and caromed off his hands. Selling
the opportunity presented when the
ball bounded into his hands, Bowlby
calmly drew back his foot and drop
ped the pfgskin over. The cool bit of
work ELECTED more applause than
any other play with the possible ex-
ception of the same players spectacu-
lar run in carrying back a punt. On
this occasion he ran the ball sixty
yards through the entire Fort Madi-
son team.
Weak Offensive.
Fort Madison knew nothing but
straight football and extensively prov
ed exceptionally weak Some gains
were made because of the inexpert-
enced Keokuk line, but otherwise
the visitors hardly made a first down
On the defense they were not expect
ed to stop Keokuk's we'll drilled back
field.
One of the amusing features of the
game was the work of Dixie Nc
Grath, who played his first game of
high school football. Dixie" weighs
little more than one hundred pounds,
out was there in every way. He
taxes rank with the smallest player
TO take the part Of a regular and the
Wee-est youngster to score a touch
down. Dixie" had to go in the back
held for short period of play and
was slammed through for center
rush When five yards from goal
When the mass was untangled there
across the line lay Dixie" scarcely
breathing, but with a smile on his
face that was spread ali over it. And
then the side lines uncorked.
The Lineup.
Keokuk n Ntod,so,
"ycolI Furrer
Right End
jenkins and Vaughan. Miller
Right Tackle
Meister Observation-Disclosures. Hanchett
Agnew Observation-Disclosures. Newell
Pechstein and Montague. :. Crowder
Left Guard
refers ................. Armstrong
Left Tackle.
Meador and McGrath $50. Richmond
Left End
Devero Observation-Disclosures. 1latta
Quarterback
Bowlby Observation-Disclosures. Kline
Right Half
Helhemann ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Parks
Left Half
hawkes. ...l................ Hansman
Fullback
Summary.
Touchdowns-Devero 2; Bowlby, l.;
Heinemann, | Hawkes., l; McGrath
/.
Goals from touchdowns -Bowlby 5.
Goals from -Bowlby, l.
Decentralization of FIT. Madison.
Umpire-Zinn of Keokuk.
Head Worey, of Keokuk.
Head linesman-T Tom McManus OF
Keokuk
Time of Quarters-ten minutes.
The Alarm Clock.
The devil was asleep when man