The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-12-05

time in the first half. Murt Johnson
the swiftest, ami hardest PLAYER or
the visitors teafl, carried The bail /.
yards on forward pass, then Prince
pulled off one ofsthe sensational plays
of the game by etting behind the Re
public line, intes ceptine a fake pass
and running so cards for touchdown
Steigleder kickel goal bringing the
score to 20 to n
Here. again, hepublic took a spurt
and pulled off -several gains, mainly
through the successful use Of the for
ward pass, Muis Johnson gaining 25
yards for his teapl on one pass. John
son caught the ball fairly and ran
away from the Jack. Only SteslaGer
was between him and Orovilles goal,
and it looked dan gerous for moment.
but Steigleder Stopped his man. Orc.
Vile got the baf; and lost it on for
ward pass. Johnson made another
gain on forwa3d pass, this time ma
king Is yards The quarter ended
with the ball in. Republics possession
on Oroville's 43yard line
Early in the last quarter, Oroyillo
took the ball or downs. Provo made
10 yards on a forward pass. then tie
local lads lost or downs The struggle
continued near fhe center of tho field
throughout the, greater part of the
quarter but near the end Routblic
came to life with unexpected sudden
ness and before Oroyille realized what
was happening their opponuts had
pulled off hall dozen forward passes
and fake plays. making their y1rdage
forward pass. by which Mccormick
carried the ball ten yards to Oroyil!4's
30yard line, the miners pulled = fake
that put the ball within two feet Of
Oroville's goal line. Here tho l0cals
regained their its and got back into
the game with - aeesessirehoss that
made the mistake, heretofor, n,en ion
ed, of trying end plays inste3d Of line
plunges, and the local lads broke up
each play with an irresistible rush
that carried the ball back fro tie
danger line. Forced back ten Yards
on the first down, Republic triod a
nj n Il oh fry iaI D.
by the locals, who tore through Jhcir
opponents line with apparent ease.
Then an attempted end run lost more
yardage for them, which was made up
by penalty for Oroyille because Of
unfair tackling. and the bah was put
into play on the five-yard line But
again Oroville stopped the attack, ana
thus regained the ball. The first down
netted little gain The next play and
the last of the game. was the most
brilliantly executed of the day and the
most spectacular of the season. 1t
was tackle round. Cole at left tackle
carrying the ball and with porfcct in
reference formed by Provo and
Prince, ran down the field 95 yards TO
a touchdown. Goal was kicked. and
the game ended with the score @G to 0
in Oroville's favor
AS the score indicates tho came was
one-sided from the start Republic
never had ghost of a show to win,
and but one real chance to score At
that, it was a good game to watch be-
cause both teams used open plays
almost entirely. and many long runs
and gains were made. several Ivy Re
public The feature of the gene was
forward passes. Republic managed to
make several good gains by the use
of the forward pass but I'm This us in
all other plays, Oroville clearlv show
ed its superiority. There was very
little punting in the game. as 0ro-
Vile found it unnecessary to resort to
punts. and Republic had no ono who
could punt effectively. In srito Of
the heavy, slippery field. the teams got
off fast and developed unexpected
speed A number of bad fumhlcs
marred the playing Of the Rorublic
team. while there was little of any
fumblng on the part Of the local
players. The Oroville eleven showed
wonderful Improvement over their
play in any previous game They ran
low, made splendid Interference 9nd
tackled hard and sure Their team
work was remarkably good 50 rood
in fact, that there was little emporium
ity for individual starring The play
ing of Warren and Provo probably
elected the greatest applause Both
of these boys did eycertiOnallv fine
offensive work and were equally good
on the defense Provo deserves par-
ticular mention because he was IN
we'll when he went into the ramc. and
was not expepted to last through the
play. But he seemed to grow stronger
as the PLAYING proceeded and mover
missed a chance that came his wav
Warren was always good for a sub
stantial gain when given the ball II
carry. He is a hard man 70 down, an(
refuses to stay down until at leas