Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-12-03
High School Notes.

High School Notes.
:" One of the best effects Of thor.
ough intellectual training is know
ledge of our. own capacities" -Bair
The out Of town teachers ate thanks.
giving dinner at their respective homes
last week.
The Declamatory contest will be
held Thursday evening, December ~.
Wait for it.
The Hawkeyes have won the first
inter.society debate. The program was
good in every way, as the splendid
audience all agreed.
The fifth grade held an interesting
Thanksgiving program last Wednesday
afternoon, large number of parents
being in attendance.
A number of new books have been
ordered for the primary grades. In
asmuch as many parents prefer that
their children own their own books an
opportunity will be given all to pur-
chase them at exact cost.
The domestic science girls varied
their work little by preparing and
eerving to each other sumptuous
Thanksgiving dinner at six O'Clock
Tuesday evening. Each girl furnish
ed her share of the food. A most
pleasant and profitable evening was en-
joyed by all.
Cresco defeated Leroy on Thanks
giving day by score of 20 to z, thus
closing most successful season. Lee
Roylhad the advantage Of having a
heavier team, but they showed lack OF
careful coaching. Cresco clearly out
classed them in all the finer points OF
the game, their superiority showing it.
self especially in tackling, using the
..stiff arm, following their interior
ence, and broken.feld running. Short
" after the game was called (Which by
the way, was not until $3.50 because Of
the tardy arrival of the Leroy team
Kakac worked his way around left end
for an 8o-yard run and a touchdown,
Davis kicking goal. Leroy came back
a few minutes later and by line plungee
placed the ball on our ten-yard line.
where Cresco needed the yells of the
frenzied rooters to "Hold EN- Cresco'.
The next moment Kakac circled left
end again, this time for 80 yards and
touchdown, Davis added another point
by kicking goal. This all happened in
the first quarter, toward the end of the
second quarter Kakac again crossed
the goal line, this time circling right
end, DAVIS missed kicking goal. leav-
ing the score 20 to 0 at the end of the
first half.
Leroy ''gingered up" in the second
half and took the ball to our Is yard
line, where Cresco held them for three
downs but on the fourth down one of
the Leroy players tucked his headgear
under his arm and began to circle our
right emf, while another player with
the ball trotted around left end with no
one to bother him and crossed the
goal line. The ball could have been
called back and the player disqualified.
but we preferred to let them have the
points rather than start a jangle, as it
was, everything went off nicely and
the crowd felt that they had seen a
good game, the ball was in Leroy terri
tory during most of the remainder Of
the game. but we failed to cross the
line again.
The playing of Kakac in this game
IS q sample of the work he has been
doing all season. Davis has also dis
tinpuished himself at end and Culver
has made good full back, being es-
pecialIy fine with the forward pass,
Hamilton has played brilliantly at
times, when not handicapped by a
game Leg. Miller has been the
mainstay Of the team when it came to
punting. In the games they have play
cd Donegan, Robertson, Rathert,
Nesrpass, Pattersonand Soriben also
distinguished themselves. While Sc
veral on the team will graduate this
year, the prospects for next year are
good. The line up in the final game
was as follows: Kakac, left half-back
and Captain; Culver, full.back; Hamil-
ton, right half back; Patterson. quarter
back; Davis, left end; Miller left tackle;
Pless, left guard; Robertson, center;
Rathert, right guard; Nearpass, right
tackle; Soriben. right end. The sea-
sons record is as follows:
Cresco 8 Usage 6
Cresco 80 Lime Springs
Cresco 10 Leroy
Cresco % Usage 81
Cresco 6 Fayette 6
Cresco O Austin 70
Cresco 70 DEBORAH 0