The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-12-23
GrdirOn Heroes
Given High Praise
For Seasons Work
Prof. HI. Jordan Reviews Work
of individuals Making Mighty
Football Squad
EACH MAN A STAR PLAYER
Material for Next Years Team
Is Promising in Spite of Loss
by Graduation
(By H. L. Jordan.)

final echo from Redwood Falls
1914 gridiron. Considering the
past twelve weeks have brought
to the local high school and COM
munity one of it's greatest foot
, ball teams, a historical survey
at this time is entirely appro-
pirate.
Beginning the season on Sep
ten1ber 10, after but weeks
practise, schedule of II con-
tinuous games has been played.
Redwood has suffered from two
defeats, needlessly, but painful
ly suffered-tied to two games,
one 6 to 6, the other being score
less, and won the seven others
by shutouts. Redwood has a
total score of $50 against 80
piled up by opponents. One of
the disagreeable conditions con-
nected with the schedule was the
failure of at least three teams
to play as arranged. Hector,
Rochester and Blue Earth were
the delinquents, and Window
would have been in this class
by choice had not a game been
forced upon them.
Finances Are Alright
The financial statistics of the
season are interesting. Expenses
were high, due principally to the
respective games of Faribault,
Humboldt and Manchester, each
of which cost at least $100. A
big item was the telephone
charges amounting to z$35, Sis
of which was spent in the one
frantic effort to arrange a
Thanksgiving game. To some the
figures of complete expenditures
will be astonishing. H-required
virtually $715 to run the team
in its spectacular career. On the
other hand the receipts are no
less striking. Including $4,000
raised by subscription among
school students, the total re-
ceipts amounted to over $726.
Thus after a season supported
at such expense a balance of
about SIS stands to the credit
of the athletic cause of the high
school.
AS to the team their work is
to be considered at this time not
from the team viewpoint, but
from the effort of the individual.
Perfect team work has been Red
woods strongest asset. No one
on the team PLAYED to the grand
stand. 1t is this spirit that
counts in athletics and makes
for winning teams.
Fourteen players will receive
the high school letter, given to
those who play 100 minutes, and
are out of no game by reason of
failures in studies.
Good Individual Work
Taking up the players indivi-
dually the seven will be first con-
sidered who have played their
last game for Redwood Falls.
"Bub" Steele as captain was
the real leader of the team.
Starting the season at center he
was shifted in one game to full
back, and in two others run the
team as quarter. His position
at center will be the hardest to
fill. Bulbs fiercest fighting was
displayed on an open center de-
Tense and in his position he
! threw himself into every play,
lending scrappiness and conf
/; dence to the rest of the team.
Wallace Stewart played his
first year in football at a tackle
position. His ranginess put him
at his best on offense in open
ing up holes. Unfortunately Wal
lace broke his nose and was OBJ
liged to miss the last two games.
Roger Dolliff win be one of
the greatest losses to the team.
Playing at guard, his work could
! not always appear fiashy and
conspicuous to the sidelines. But
it was consistent, and absolute
ly dependable. In Rogers style
of game there was No Let-Up.
Ingolf Stensvad played this
year at tackle, center and full
back. He was strong carrying
ythe ball, as he kept his feet well
land was a clever dodger.
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