Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-11-04
FOOTBALL SEASON CLOSES.


When the football season opened
early this fall, there was general
Surmlse that Wausau would have a
very light team. This did not seem
TO bother Coach Wolfe in the least.
FROM the material which appeared
on the gridrion he decided to develop
fast and snappy team that would
make up in speed what it lacked in
weight.
After several weeks of hard work
ana competition for the various
positions the line up was as follows:
Claude Smith, lie.
Joe Pope, 1t.
Fred Genrich, lg.
Myron Duncan, C.
Erwin Weinkauf, re-.
Capt. Ben Hudtloff, rt.
Albert Mohr, re-
Henry Gates, Carl Lastsch, 90.
Otto Eggebreiht, lii.
/. J.,
Charles Pond, fb
The first game was scheduled
against the Stevens Point Normal. on
the local high school campus. They
were heavy set of fellows, outweigh
ing the local boys man for man.
Nevertheless the local team came out
victorious with score of 3l-6. Speed
and experience defeated the Normals.
The following game was played
with Tomahawk week later, also on
the local campus. This was a fast
game throughout, the Tomahawk
men being somewhat lighter than the
locals. Although Tomahawk PLAYED
with snap and dash, they were doomed
! to defeat. The final outcome of the
game was 21-3 in favor of Wausau.
The next game was played at Grand
Rapids Cheered on by a party of
loyal rooters, the Wausau team went
into the game with pep" that sur
prised their somewhat heavier
opponents.
The greater part of the game the
ball was kept moving back and forth
in the center of the field and the final
score was 90. The Wausau second
had not been so fortunate. The score
was 1870 in favor of Grand Rapids.
The next Saturday Wausau was de-
feated by the Stevens Point high
school team, by score of 1856 The
Points victory however was not due
TO their superior ability in playing
but through accidental fumbling on
the para of some of the Wausau men.
On Oct. % the Merrill first and
second team came to Wausau con-
tident to clean up both of the local
teams, Merrill having defeated
Amigo $50 a week before. They
were surely disappointed. The Wau-
sau second defeated Merrill second
7-3. This considerably raised the
spirits of the first team and the boys
went into the game with a will fully
determined to redeem the last years
defeat, Merrill played fine ball in the
first quarter but after that WauSau
had everything its own way. Every
one played his best and again and
again the ball was carried over the
goal line by a Wausau man. Z t the
end of the last quarter the score read
Wausau 40 Merrill O. The last years
defeat was avenged.
Everybody's spirits were high with
anticipation of what the score would
be against Amigo on Nov. lst but
these braves deemed it inexpedient
to match their strength against
Wausau'S speed kings, having met
with whitewash against Rhinelander
and Merrill.
This was disappointing news to
the local team. Although communi-
cations were made Immediately with
Grand Rapids, - Stevens Point,
Oshkosh and Tomah, no games could
be secured and so the Wausau team
will have to be satisfied with only g
supper as the closing of the 1913 foot
ball season, which will be given at the
Y. NJ. G. A, sometime in the near
future,
The game with Merrill closed per-
haps the most successful football
season of the last ten years in the
city. A great many men, inquired
anxiously last week about the team,
whether they had games scheduled
further for this year and showing
their interest in other ways. Well,
here is to next year. The boys did well
this year with their splendid coach as
leader and you can be assured that,
as the interest in the great game has
increased here, there viii be eight or
ten games on the map for next fall