Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-10-10
ALMA SCORES ON MAG
For First Time IN Ten Years Of
Football
GOODRICH Gets DROP KICK
The Boys Play Great Game In Spite Of
The Boys Play Great Game In Spite OF
Illness

III the ndrQeSt 1OuSnt battle seer
on the M. A. c. field in many day
the Maroon and Cream went down to
defeat before one Of the best teams
in the Middle West last Saturday
by the score of 14-3. But this set
back at the hands of the Farmers is
far from an inglorious one for the
Alma team put UP such game as
is credit to their alma mater and re-
fleets honor on Alma. Strangely, il
happened to be the decennial anniver,
sary of Alma's scoring on M. A. c.,
and when coupled to this fact is the
memory OF the royal treatment re-
'ceived from their hosts the sting OF
defeat is greatly lessened. But one
excuse could be offered, and that
would not have materially changed
the final result The team journeyed
to the Farmer stronghold in the
worst Qhysical condition imaginable
and suffered quite great deal be-
cause of that fact.
Captain Johnson won the toss and
chose to receive the kick and defend
the south>goal. Bill Schultz grasped
the wandering spheroid out Of the
disappearing air and tore off a twenty
yard run to the thirty yard line and
Immediately followed up that admir-
able spring with two smashing line
plunges which Melted ten yards. At
this point the Agies line held and the
brother Harry punted with consider
able asperity This was followed by
an exchange of punts when the ball
was lost to Alma by an unfortunate
tumble which enabled the Farmers TO
gain possession of the ball in the very
shadow of the visitors goal A cou-
pie of line smashes and a beautiful
forward pass brought them their first
touchdown. Ribbiet kicked goal and
the score stood 10.
From then on TO the end of the
half the ball see-sawed back and forth
the length of the field with Alma re-
pcatedly piercing NJ. A. C.'s line and
circling their ends, but unable to
cross their goal for the much-desircd
touchdown.
Though the enemy scored again in
the third quarter it was in this quar-
ter that Alma played such plucky
football that even the home rooters
begged and pleaded their team to
Hold ,'em, NJ. A. c.. hold EN-"
After catching one of Ribblets long
punts, Harry Schultz ran through the
whole NJ. A. c. for a pretty fifty-ive
yard run. which looked like sure
enough touch-dowp until the Aggies'
quarter accidentally stumbled against
the Flying Dutchman and stopped
him long enough for the rest of the
secondary defense to pile on him
Nogt, who played a wonderful game
at quarter, ran another OF the punts
back twenty yards and got an appre-
ciative glad hand from the crowd.
a long forward pass which might
possibly have been intercepted paved
the way for the other seven points,
and this ended the locals scoring
But in point OF tangible results the
fourth quarter was all Alma's for in
that time was pulled off the biggest
thing Alma has done in the football
line for some years With the ball
on the Aggies' ten yard line Good
rich was rushed on to the scene; he
made good with a vengeance, for
from the twenty yard line he booted
oyer a pretty drop-kick and NJ A. c.
had been scored on.
In rejecting on the three points,
il must be remembered that Michi-
gan. is the only team which has scored
a point against the Agricultural col
lcge on their home field for ten years.
The lineup:
H. NJ A =