Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-10-30
GRAND RAPIDS
WINS AGAIN
ManaWa Giants Succumb to Su-
peri0r SkilI--TrudeII Makes
Sensational Run of SO Yards

Although the Manawa players loom
ed up like giants besides the Rapids
team, the locals had no difficulty in
walking all over the Manawa team
| and winning by a score of 10 to 0.
Only once was the Rapids goal in
danger. In the last quarter by a
series of successful forward passes
Manawa worked the ball down to
the Rapids ? yard line. 1t was then
that one Of the most spectacular
plays ever seen in Grand Rapids was
pulled off. Babcock intercepted a
forward pass. Rapids ball on its
own 2 yard line. Trudell was called
upon to carry the bah and with clev-
er interference and lodging ran 9S
yards for a touch down Had such
"a sensational play been made on
Camp Randall or Marshall Field, the
cheering could have been heard in
California
With a back field that must have
averaged $50 to 100 pounds to the
man, Manawa even with it's fierce
mass plays could not gain effectual
through the Rapids line ManaWa
was clearly outclassed by the clever
Rapids team. Head work, team play,
versatility of attack swept the
Manawa team completely off its
feet. In spite of the poor referee
ing in the first half by Esche,
who by the way is the Manawa coach
the Rapids piled up 27 points. Bal
dauf succeeded Esche as referee in
the last half. The Manawa team had
to resort to forward passes to make
any gains whatever and in some in
stances, when they had failed
ITO make anything with the forward.
lpass, they were compelled to punt.
One of the players on the lest side
of 4 the Manawa line was very cIey-
er in catching forward passes and
good start Several times when this
man got the ball, the spectators eX-
pected to make him make a touch
down, put he never made over 20
yards after getting the ball Nash
made a beautiful tackle of this man
on one of the forward passes Nash
was alone between the man and the
Rapids goal, but Nash was enough
and stopped his snan IN ne secof31
quarter with the ball on Manawa's
80 yard line, Ridgman made 80
yards, then a series of three fumbles
were made, all recovered and fumbl-
ed again by the Rapids men, Nat
wick was the last man to recover
the ball and he went over for
touchdown. Another time during the
second quarter, trick play worked
for a touchdown. The Rapids work
ed the ball over to the left side of
the field, Ridgman stayed pretty we'll
over to the right, Nash signaled for
fake line plunge, the Manawa team
all dove in to stop the man supposed
to be carrying the ball, Nash quietly
made a forward pass to Ridgman
and he went over for another score.
TO pick out star players in such
splendid team would be an almost
impossible task. The men are all
playing for the team and every one
does his duty. The line seems to
be stone wall on defense and able
to punch holes through the opponent
Several times the Rapids line held
the Manawa team and forced them
to punt and on several plays, the
Rapids line broke through and stop
ped the play or threw the Manawa
player for a loss. Only once did
Manawa make first down through the
line and only once did they hold
the Rapids for downs. Babcock was
a thorn in the side of the Manawa
forward passing, he invariably in
tercepted or blocked the play
Altogether the Rapids team was
penaized 80 yards Manawa was
penalized 10 yards.
In the third quarter Foley broke
away for a 30 yard run and touch
down, but the referee brought the
ball back, supposedly because the
Rapids was off side. Some of the
distance gained by individual players
We're Ridgman made four runs, one
Of 30 yards and three Of 30 yards
Trudell made one SO yard run and
another of 25 yards. Hill made a
clever lodging run of 30 yards, Bah
cock made % yards and 10 yards,
Smith made % yards through line,
Trudell also made a run on a for
ward pass netting 40 yards.
The foregoing does not include all
the work done by these men. as ther.
were some other smaller gains made
by them and also some clever hard
tackling and intercepting of for
ward passes. The linesmen have
been mentioned, but special atten-
ton must be called to the work Of
the speedy ends, Trudell and Ridg-
man Both are fast runners and des-
perately hard players, in on every
play, either carrying the ball, inter
fering or tackliQg. The back field
is also a strong one. The backs are
good on both ends of the game, the
offensive work being equally well
divided between line bucking or
carrying the ball on end runs At
defensive play, they are hard tack
lers and always stop their man.
Nash at quarter, is a clever general