The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1912-10-17
MILACA VICTORIOUS
Princeton r1igh School Team Does Its
Best But Luck in Big Chunks
Favors the Opposition.
Coach DOane and the Princeton Team
Speak in High Terms of the
Hospitality Accorded.

Last Saturday the local football
team journeyed to Milaca to do bat
tie with the crimson and white play
ers of that village. Evidently the
long ride through the mud and slush
did not have very good effect upon
the orange and black pigskin hooters
for they lost the game to their cous-
ms up in the dry zone, and by a
decisive score at that. The team
left their native haunts early Satur-
day morning and just reached Milaca
in time for dinner, then piled into
their football togs to go out and do
battle with the natives.
The game was played on the field
adjoining the Milaca high school
building and the field was in good
shape, fast and dry, notwithstand-
ing the doWnpour of last Friday.
Capt. FullWiler won the toss and de-
cided to defend the west goal. At 3
O'Clock Umberhocker started the
fracas by kicking off to Milaca's 10
yard line. The ball was returned a
few yards and then the two teams
did a little sparring back and forth,
trying each other out. as it were.
Neither side could do much with the
others defense at first, and the ball
seesawed back and forth in nearly
the center of the field. A big scare
was momentarily thrown into the
Milaca roOterS at this stage, when
Fullwiler recovered a Princeton punt
and was only downed after he had
reached the Milaca 5-yard line. The
ball had come in contact with one of
the uprights of the Milaca goal and
had cavorted back into the field of
play. The play was disallowed, how
ever, and was called a touchback for
the defenders of the Milaca goal.
After a few minutes more of play
Princeton recovered the ball and
started another forced march for the
crimson and white goal line. On
Milaca's 2O-yard line the Princeton
team attempted forward pass, but
the play failed to work and McGilvra,
who was playing quarterback for
Milaca, intercepted the pass in mid
air and raced about 30 yards for a
touchdown, which was converted into
a goal few minutes later. Score
Milaca, I; Princeton, 0.
The first quarter ended without
further scoring by either side and in
the second period the two teams
played each other to standstill for
the full ten minutes without score
by either side. No further scoring
was done until about the middle of
the third period, when McGilvra
again took the ball for wide swing
ing end run around Princeton's right
flank and plowed along for a 35-yard
run and another touchdown. No
goal. Score: Princeton, 0: Milaca,
Is.
The third and last touchdown came
in the fourth period of play and
gave the Milaca quarterback another
chance to display some real football
generalship. McGilvra returned a
Princeton punt to Princeton's 5-yard
line for first down and the roofing
brigade clamored wildly for another
touchdown. Swanson, one of the
Milaca backs, tore through the line,
carrying the ball almost to the goal
line. With about half foot to 60,
McGilvra called for another line
buck, but the Princeton linemen
charged through and threw the run
ner for loss of S yards. Meeting
this stubborn defense in the line Mac
executed neat little piece of foot
ball strategy by taking the ball for a
wide end run around his own right
end and evading the Princeton tack
lers, scoring another touchdown.
Milaca failed to kick goal and in a
few minutes more the game was
over, the final score being 10 to 0.
NOTES.