Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-10-15
|ACkLEY Team
PUT TO ROUTE
Webster City Foot Ball Team Out
plays Visitors by Score Of
90 to 0 in a Good
Game.
GR1D1RoN IS IN BAD SHAPE
Contest is Pulled off at the West
Side Ball Park in This City
Saturday.
GRlD1RoN IS IN BAD SHAPE

+ The local high school foot ball
team defeated the Ackley squad by
the decisive score of "a to 0 Satur-
day afternoon at the west side base
ball park in this city. Though the
final score was one sided the session
was interesting all the way through.
| j. Beecher of the visitors kicked
off to Berggren, who returned the
pigskin about fifteen yards and was
downed The locals started play
with line smashes and gained stead
| lily until they lost the ball on FUN
BILE. Ackley was held on downs and
the oval returned to Meyers pro-
teges. Helmick was sent through
| for several yards on a line smash
and Berggren contributed several
more on an end run. Maxon scored
the first touchdown after five min
utes of hard play. Berggren missed
goal. Ackley kicked off to Neller,
who though caught in his tracks,
plowed through the line of riv9as for
several yards before stopping. After
the first down, Kelly, the local end,
when handed the oval, pulled of
some good gains around the other
| line limit and his defensive play in
this division became sensational.
The second touchdown for the locals
was made by Berggren in about
eight minutes. Berggren kicked
goal. Time was then called for the
second quarter. Maxon, who had
been doing good work at quarter,
was taken out and Berggren put in
the signal calling station, with Neel
playing left half. Berggren called
lseveral fake plays, which up to this
time had not been done. In one OF
these Kelly pulled off another long
run that placed the ball within but
few yards OF the local goal, but 1T
was lost on another tumble. The ball
on punt by ]. Blocker was return
ed to the locals In the middle of the
field and Gilmore pulled away
through the entire Aekley team for
forty-five yards. Helmick and Berg
gren also helped here and the latter
made the third score in this quarter.
Berggren kicked goal. Markwardt
and Hill substituted for P. Sterling
and Daniels in part of this quarter.
Shortly after the kickoff to the To-
Gals, who lost the ball on another
tumble, J. Blocker caused great ex-
element By long run which almost
resulted in a touchdown for the visit
tors. The locals could not cross the
line more than once in this quarter
and it ended with the score 20 to 0.
On the kickoff to J. Blocker of Ack-
ley, the ball was carried by him for
another spectacular run, but on the
first down they were penalized for
off side play. Maxon and Daniels
We're replaced at this time Ackley
was again penalized ten yards more
on off side positions. At this junct-
ure Blocker, in possession OF the
oval, almost pulled away when KEEL
ly stopped him in puddle Of water
that covered the local man from
head to foot. Ackley was held for
downs and Gilmore managed to
wriggle away for sprint that plac-
ed the tpigskia within a few yards of.
the local goal. Time was called on
the three yard line. Sterling was
again placed in scrimmage' in the
third, and Berggren went through
the Ackley line for touchdown. He
also kicked the goal from the posi-
ton of the ball in the second quar-
ter. BY trick play the visitors
were fined. five yards for offside and
shortly after this Berggren went
through for another score. On this
play, when the goal was kicked the
ball sailed straight for the opposing
lines and striking one of their num-
Der bounced over the posts for a
goal. In the place of Mahoney in
the center position Greenwood ap-
pearad to advantage. Drake replac-
ed House. j. Blocker after the first
down made another startling end
run, but time was called with no
change in the score.
DR.. e. E. Richardson received
word today from the city council of
Fort Dodge that they had installed
the hypochlorite plant for purifying
the drinking water supply of that
city as recently ordered by the doc
tor. This move was recommended