Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-11-19
LOCALS DEFEAT
storm LAKE
Webster City Wins Fast Game Of
Foot Ball on Local Grid
iron Saturday Af-
ternoon.
BY THE CLOSE SCORE OF TO z
In Anticipation Of Lively Contest
the Attendance Was Very
Good.
BY THE CLOSE SCORE OF 6 TO Z

The local high school foot ball
team managed to defeat the fast
Storm Lake pigskin aggregation at
the west side base ball park Satur-
day afternoo. by the close score OF
n to in what was without doubt
the best game. of the present season
on the local gridiron. As the Storm
Lake contest was expected to be
among the best, the attendance was
very good and enthusiasm ran high
all during the struggle. In Satur-
days game, as was the case in the
Iowa Falls session, Berggren's toe
work was winner, as each team Sc
cured touch down, but the visitors
failed to gain the right to try for
their goal kick. Although the local
team have in previous games this
season displayed good form in their
open play, much of their gains were
made Saturday by line bucking,
with Helmick and Berggren in pos
session of the pigskin. However,
their single goal was made by two
forward passes in which Daniels re-
ceived the oval, the first being the
most sensational play of the game,as
he covered forty yards of ground af-
- l,s Il frh
In the opening quarter Holmes o.
Storm Lake received the ball from
Berggren's kick and returned 1t
about ten yards before he was down
ed. On the first play Natruss. of
the visiting squad, made a twenty
yard gain by long forward pass
and things took on an appearance
of one-sidedness However, soon af-
ter this the home squad were given
the ball, as the visitors could not
negotiate the necessary distance in
four attempts. From the first whistle
the defensive work of Sterling show
ed up we'll and all during the con-
test he pulled off stunts, breaking
up interference and getting through
the line, that made him one Of the
stars of the session. During the first
quarter Berggren, after attempting
two forward passes without success,
relied on close play for his gains,
with himself and Helmick handling
the bigskin most of the time. Near
the close of the quarter Daniels
made good gain by a pass, but the
ball changed hands and went into
the possession Of Storm Lake on
four downs. A ten yard penalty on
the visitors caused Holmes to kick
and as the whistle for time sounded,
Berggren was downed with the ball
after receiving the kick.
In the opening of the second quar-
ter after a few minutes play, Berg
grea was forced to punt, but the To-
Gals received the pigskin again by
the same route a minute later. Gill
more made a good gain on a line
smash, but the locals were penalized
five yards for off side playing and
Berggren again punted. Here the
Storm Lake bunch, not being able
to make any headway, were forced
to kick again and Neel received the
Ix.o fnr ah N,
nine yards befdle being downed
Time was called on the next play.
The third quarter proved by far
the most exciting of the contest
Berggren received Holmes kick and
made a good gain on his next play.
Shortly after that, however, he was
forced to kick, but the oval was soon
returned to Gilmore. Berggren then
tried forward pass, but fell short
His next attempt with Daniels re-
ceiving the ball, resulted In the lat
ter's long run of forty yards, which
caused the spectators to go wild
with excitement. Daniels added ter
yards for the touchdown on the fol
lowing play. and the noise of the
side line warmers was deafening
Berggren kicked goal and the score
at the end OF the third quarter wa,
Z to 0 in favor of the locals.
Shortly after the time call, Nat
russ of the Storm Lake. bunch pulled