Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-27
0TTUMNA READY
TO MIX WITH 0Sky
HARD SIGNAL PRACTICES HAVE
BEEN GIVEN MEN OF SQUAD
EVERY NIGHT THIS WEEK.
MANY RIBBONS SOLD
Expect Largest Crowd Ever Gathered
For Turkey Day Game; Many
Coming From The Mahas-
ka County Capital.

"Althoueh my men will be In
rather poor shape for tho game,
will send In a bunch Of fighters
that will play until tho whistle
blows calling Time" Coach Belt
ing-OskaIoos High School.
a think that tho mon will be In
fair shape. feel from tho spirit
that Is being evidenced that they
will all fight until the last whistle
Is blown" Coach Leonard-Ot-
tumwa High School.
The Ottumwa high school football
squad is ready for the big Oskaloosa
game to be played Thanksgiving day.
of Ottumwa in football and the meeting
Of the two always results In a real
battle. For several years the Oska-
loosans have had the better of 1t but
they have the tradition that the Ottum-
wa team has never been defeated on
Thanksgiving day, to work against.
However this has been great year
for the overturning of traditions and
the visitors are hoping to get the long
end of the score and add that to their
run of victories.
Have Hold Stiff Practice.
The football team however Is not
depending on the backing Of the root
ing crowds alone to win the game for
the men some stiff practices during the
past week and the team is fit. Last
evening a hard signal drill with some
small scrimmage was given and this
evening at the final drill the coach
gives the men just very light signal
practice and then they will rest for the
eventful day. The Ottumwa boys have
not had game since the Fairfield
game two weeks ago and as no one
was injured in that mix every fellow
on the team will be in fine condition
for tomorrow's battle.
Many Tickets Sold.
Ever since Saturday every day has
been tag day at the high school. The
girls have been on duty every evening
after school selling the little white
streamers with Get Osky" printed on
them in red. Over 300 of these ribbons
were sold on Saturday alone. BY today
it was estimated that more than 800
of the little ribbons have been dis
posed Of There has been great enthus-
iasm over the mix in Oskaloosa too as
wei. as In Ottumwa. Mass meetings
high. A paper has been circulated
among the students OF the school in
the city to the northwest and 1t Is
estimated that about two hundred and
fifty have signified their intention Of
coming to Ottumwa with the squad.
Both schools have some good organiz-
ed yells and there will be great rival
ry displayed along the sidelines among
the rooters Of the two institutions as
we'll as on the gridiron among the
players.
Students Parade.
There was a mass meeting of the
students held last evening Immediately
after school. Following this meeting
a parade was held through the down
town business streets. Headed by the
high school band the students nearly
five hundred strong, marched by twos
back and forth through the business
district. One feature of the parade
was LHc real llNo SOdI representative
of .Osky's goat which the Ottumwa
team intends to get tomorrow The
band gave short concerts on some Of
the principal corners and the students
gave some of their yells and songs
Many banners significant of the battle
to rage tomorrow were carried by the
marchers, no less important than any
were the crowd Of suffragists display
ing banners announcing that they were
after Oskaloosa. The enthusiasm Of
the students was given vent to last
night for when the downtown mer-
chants opened shop this morning they
found declarations, threats and appeals
to "Get Osky" painted all over the
sidewalks in large white characters.
An overhead banner is flying over
Main street between Court and Market
proclaiming the same statement.
Standing Of Teams.
A list of the players who will
anticipate in the turkey day game is
given below Thes names, position
and weights for the squads of both
schools follow: