River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-07
Neither Side Scores


Superior last Friday afternoon. The
teams were very evenly matched,
neither side having an offense that
could consistently penetrate the de-
tense of the other.
River Falls won the toss and
chose to defend the west goal. On
the kickoff Superior was off-side
and was made to kick off again.
On the second kickoff Richards
blocked the kick in the center of
the field. Kay went off tackle for
three yards. Bliss added two more
around left end. Nelson failed to
gain and Keith kicked to Superior's
quarterback, who returned Is yards.
Superior worked the ball down to
River Falls 80 yard line on line
plunges and shift plays. River
Falls held and secured the ball on
their own 25-yard line. The game
see-sawed back and forth in the
center of the field, both sides being
compelled to kick, until toward the
end of the first quarter Superior
rushed the ball to River Falls 20
yard line, where they lost it on a
tumble, Kay getting the ball.
Play was resumed in the second
quarter with the ball in River Falls
possession on the 30.yard line, River
Falls gradually worked the ball into
Superior territory, until they had it
on the home teams 12-yard line,
where they were held for downs.
Forward passes failed to work for
Superior, the River Falls back
breaking up play after play. A
Superior tackle got away and ran to
River Falls 20 yard line. A forward
pass was tried and River Falls got
the ball on their 5-yard line. River
Falls kicked out of danger. Again
Superior started for River Falls
goal, but Keith intercepted for
ward pass on the 15-yard line and
the half ended with no score. OAR
ing the last five minutes of play
Superior appeared strong and
threatened to score.
Second half-Keith kicked to
Daley, who returned Is yards.
Neither team could advance the ball
consistently and exchange of punts
occurred frequently, with honors
about even. Toward the end of the
third quarter Bliss secured the ball
on tumble and ran 20-yards and a
line buck by Kay put the ball on
Superior's 20-yard line. Superior
held and Keith tried drop kick
but it fell short. The quarter ended
with Superior in possession of the
ball on their 20-yard line.
Superior started out the final
quarter, using shift plays off tackle
and taking the ball to the center of
the field. River Falls took the ball
on downs. Nelson gained ten yards
around the end; Bliss added three
more and Condit made first down.
Superior secured the ball on downs.
Cooke, Keith and Dickey tackled
the Superior runners for loss each
following down and River Falls got
the ball and started down the field.
A forward pass to Dickey netted 10
Yards and another forward pass to
Keith landed the ball on Superior's
coward line. Nelson and Bliss fail
ed to gain. Keith ran around end
for 12-yards, and very nearly eluded
the last tackler in his run. Super
ior intercepted a forward on their
5-yard line and after couple of
skrimages the game ended with the
ball in Superior S possession on their
own 15-yard line.
On defense the River Falls team
showed up strong. Cookies work
at tackle should be particularly
mentioned in this respect. Keith
was invincible at end. Bliss played
strong game. Condit and Kay
bucked the line hard. Cudd was
always on the job at center. Rich
ards, Burgess and Dawson played
good football all of the time, and
Dickey gave an excellent account of
himself at end.
Although the score was 0 to 0,
the game belongs to River Fall and
is considered in that light by SUI
perior. The game showed that River
Falls had the better team even
though they were unable to score.
Previous victories place River Falls
ahead of Superior in running for
the Northwestern State Champion
ship. The game this Friday with
La Crosse will decide the champion
team.
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