Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-10-28
LOCALS THE WINNER.
Most Interesting Home Game OF Season
Played on High School Campus With
the Score Of Last Year in Mind Tue
Merrill Boys are Given Defeat OF AZ
o. Second Team Also Victorious
Game Close.

tame close.
Last Saturday afternoon the local
football enthusiasts met the Merrill
football team in a most interesting
game to boosters of the Wausau high
school eleven. Before the game, all
those on the side lines were pretty
| dubious as to how the second half
would end, although with many there
was no doubt as. to the result. The
husky northern players came here on
the morning train with the reputa-
ton made last year to guard and up
hold, but, to their sorrow did the
red and white secure the much de-
sired and hard-worked for victory.
We might just give you hint as to
the result last year though surely no
one could forget it. The Merrill boys
sent the local eleven home with a
singing defeat; well, you can imagine
how the boys felt when the game
ended with Merrill, having over 80
scores to her credit while we stood
| at the zero point. Enthusiasm was
all over the field. 1T looked as if the
game had lured a special train full of
Merrillites to this city and true this
was almost the case. Even, some of
our southern neighbors could not
| have out done the Wausau high
school students and Wausau citizens
last Saturday.
The Wausau second team boys also
! had their part of the fun, taking the
| field at about two O'Clock and were
victorious over the Merrill seconds
after good fight. The local seconds
seemed to outplay their opponents all
through the game, but scoring was
| difficult. Merrill secured the first
score of this game en- dropkick but
the locals followed with a long run
| by Frank Raab which made way for
| the touchdown secured directly after
| by Edward Sloan. This was a spen-
didly played game, both teams show
ing the work OF hard regular practice;
but the Merrill fellows could not
come up to the Wausau standard and
| for this reason they were obliged to
suffer with their Older companions,
| although they were gritty when the
first team game began and didn't
give up hope all through the contest
| Captain Komers of the second was
back in the lineup of his team after
an absence of sometime, necessitated
by an injury to his wrist
The first game opened with Pond
kicking to Merrill. The boys were
thinking of the way Merrill beat
| Amigo the week before but they
didn't let this interfere with their
| playing in the least and although the
| Merrill fellows, after a number of
hard plays had succeeded in getting
the ball on the Wausau 20 yard line
| and things seemed TO favor the visi-
tors, the locals simply plugged the
| more and through several good runs,
Wausau made up the first Merrill
gains. The Merrill players had been
pushed until it seemed expedient to
kick and this punt was quickly
gathered in by Gates, followed by the
runs. The first quarter ended score
less for both teams. In this quarter
the playing was pretty evenly
matched.
The second quarter yielded more
than half of the total scores of the
game. AT the opening of the second
fifteen minutes, Simonson pulled off a
beautiful twenty yard run, winning a
great deal of we'll deserved applause
| from the fair damSels around the
field. Several more good plays were
enacted and finally, at the height of
interest, Pond made touchdown
from the 20 yard line through the
entire Merrill line.
Now the locals kicked and through
several more good plays in which
Captain Hudtloff, Pond and Mohr
figured prominently, Eggebrecht was
sent through for another touchdown
which boosted WauSau's total to
fourteen as Pond kicked goal for the
second time.
Again did Pond kick and for the
| third time did the locals kick off
| getting the ball on downs which re-
suited in third touchdown, secured
by means of a forward pass to Mohr
followed by Pope's gain of the goal.
Pond made his third goalt1ick and
| the score boosted to tWenty-one
| Still another six came at the end of
this half when, after a beautiful run
by Simonson and another shorter one
by Pond, Eggebrecht raced over the
goal, making the score when time was
called shortly after Wausau, 81; Mer-
rill, o.
Between the halves of the game ex-
element grew so intense that long
line of Wausau boys and girls patroled
the campus, giving yells and showing
in every way immaginable their JOY
at the games turning. In the lead of
the line, one of the boys marched,
carrying the big high school drum
and this perhaps saved many Threats
for the final game of the season to be
played on the home grounds next
Saturday.
In the third quarter of the game,
Eggebrecht was pushed over the line
for another down and Pond succeeded
in placing another drop between the
bars. 81 was the score for the locals
raised GO thirty-six and mighty good
/ il looked. This seemed To end fine