The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-12-02
Season Closes In
Biggest Victory
of Entire Series
Redwood Boys Send Manchester Boys
Home Sick And Scoreless From
Thanksgiving Battle
Opponents Bring Varsity Men to oval
lop The High School Kids as
Coach Dictates

Splendid Team Work on Both Sides;
Redwood Boys Made Incarnate Dem
ems by Realization of Heavy Odds
| In go strenuous minutes Of watch
full waiting, and fearless fighting Red
wood Falls triumphantly closed bril-
liant season on last Thanksgiving
day, by holding to scoreless tie
team from Manchester college. 1t
was Redwood's debut into college class
and the coming out" ceremonies
have deluged the locals with unpre-
cedented honors and fame.
From Redwood's standpoint the
scoreless result of the game means
an actual victory won against over
whelming odds. Outweighed by at
least 10 pounds to the man, out-ex-
perienced by opposing men, most OF
whom were upper classmen of Maca-
lester college, and who have been de-
veloped by the famous Johnnie Nc
Govern, the high school aggregation
outclassed and out gained the col
legians at practically every point of
the game.
McGoverns proteges arrived with
orders from their great chief-of- staff
to wallop "those high school kids at
least so to o." and said proteges after
a first glimpse of said kids fairly
beamed in their conceited confidence
of obeying instructions. They anti
cipated an easy victory. In fact local
fans and members of the team con-
coded to the visitors a possible mini
mum lead of % points. Perhaps it
was the inspiration of '1ost game"
which fired the local lads with the
spirit of fatalistic abandon. Mildly
put they fought without let-up; like
SO many demons gone mad.
How 1t Was Done
Now as to the cold football facts
of the game. Until the Monday night
proceeding Thanksgiving it was
thought that Blue Earth would match
its team against the local high school
for the big game. For some strange
reason the former team saw fit to
retreat without soiling it's moleskins
in contest, and by desperate eff
fort team was secured from Maca-
lester.
Nor was this a Freshman team
as advertised in last weeks Gazette
The Manchester management found it.
self unable to give us game unless
we permitted some of their regulars
to play. Permission granted, the col
legians took advantage of the "some''
and filled up team, with the ex-
ception of one or two men, with those
who had played on the regular squad
Subsequent investigation showed that
ten of their players had participated
in the recent game in which Maca-
lester administered to the St. Thomas
team its first defeat in five years.
Manchester played a hard fast game
! against the high school, their attack
! characterized by powerful line driv-
ers, compact interference on end runs
+ sure tackling and effective blocking
Their plays for the most part were
run on fast set of signals, although
an occasional bonehead forced then
I to temporarily abandon signals anc
hold consultations as to the best play
, to use.
: Redwood on the other hand attempt
= ed the defensive game, but alsc
. showed splendid offensivt attack
' Off-tackle smashes, an occasional
d rally around the outposts, mixed with
S abundant passes made ground repeat
S eddy for the locals. Fifty yard:
n straight through Manchester beef anc
n Drawn featured Redwood's offense
e Best of all was the magnificent de
0 Tense displayed when Manchester, will
n the ball on Redwood's 3-yard line OF
p first down, was thrown for thre.
n downs with loss each time. The
: fourth down would have resulted like
d wise, had not Manchester donated the
e ball and an accompanying five yard:
a for crooked playing.
e First Half
AT Psi Manchester kicked off Il
!, Redwood. Immediately Reynolds wa:
Z forced to punt. Manchester then hae
J. its first surprise when its backs found
their gains absolutely stopped aftel
a trivial gain of 20 yards. Redwood
lost the ball again when a pass wa.
intercepted. At tlis juncture Maca
e lester weight expended several erg,
: of energy and in repeated smashe.
: beefed down the field to what scenes
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