Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-15

over for touch down Immediately. al
ter Johnson kicked goal Score IS 1
10.
Rapids kick off 30 yards. Ne7
London punts IS yards. Solly goes L
81 left half. Natwick makes Is yards
Solly takes ball and goes over 70
touch down carrying two new Lon
don players with him Johnson kick
goal. Score 50 to 0.
Rapids kick off to New London
ten yard line New London carries
pail back eighteen yards. New Lon
don kicks 20 yards. Babeock run:
it back fifteen yards. Babcock make:
% yard run for touch down. johnson
kicks goal. Score 90 to 0.
Rapids kicks off 80 yards. New
London brings ball back 10 yards
and punts 50 yards. Baboock cat
| ches punt and returns ball 5 yards.
Whistle End of game Score, Grand
Rapids 80; New London, 0.
The teams lined up as follows:
New London.
Monstead, LID
Pope, 1T
Bringer, LG
Jennings, G
Russian, RG
Hoha, RI
Miller, RE
Schaller, LII
Kennel, RI
Knapstein, FB
Werner, OBJ
Rapids.
Holly-Stark, LIE.
Johnson, W. 1T
Johnson, NJ. LG
Hougen, c.
Gibson-Dollaway RG
Natwick, RT.
Schollhammer, ChamberIin, Solly,
LII
Babcock, Cap. Ri
Mullenbah, McGlynn, FB
Mullen, Mullenbah, OBJ
The officials were: Youngrnan ref
cree; Baldauf, Umpire; Weeks head
linesman.
Next Saturday the Merrill highs
will try and defeat the locals on
Lincoln field.
Notes on the Game.
While it was a nasty, drizley af-
ternoon, there were quite a number o
rooters out to see the home team
in it's first game.
Nearly every one oft he high
school foot ball squad had chance
in the game AS early aus the second
quarter, Coach Brown began putting
in the second string men.
The team has shown wonderful
since the Alumni game
and had their opponents Saturday
been the Alumni, the score could
easily have been reversed from what
it was in that game.
Natwick recovered no less than
six fumbles.
With a heavy ground, a slippery
ball, it is wonderful that a great
deal of fumbhng did not happen. Only
twice during the game did the Rap
ids players fail VIII they had their
hands on the ball and these were in
catching forward passes. However,
they made up for that by pulling off
two perfect forward passes and max
ing big gains.
The supberb condition of the play
ers was shown by the fact that
a minute was taken out
for players being knocked out or
injured. There has probably never
been a high school team in better
physical condition than this years
team.
Every man ON the Rapids squad, be
he regular or second string man, who
went into the game played magnif1-
cent game Of course there are al
ways some men who carry the ball
who get into the limelight. stronger
than others. The line held like
stone wall, and the hnesmen held
their opponents while the backs
punched holes through the enemy1s
lines. In fact, there was not play
er who did not play for all he was
worth and then some. Coach Brown
has done wonders with the team
The perfect quick forming inter
ference called forth many remarks
of appreciation from old foot ball
players.
AND THE BAND; we positively
must not forget the band. AS the
Reporter man entered the grounds,
he band was rendering Nearer My
God to Thee" and rendering is the
correct word. Maybe it was the
music ? that put the hoddo on the
New London players. Early in the
afternoon, some one lost the cord
and the band spent the entire at
ternoon looking for the lost cord