Willmar tribune., 1914-09-23
FIRST GAME ENDS IN TIE
Local Football Season Opened Last
Saturday Afternoon With
TiA Gam4

| Tie Game.
The local high school football team
opened the season on the local
grounds last Saturday afternoon, hav.
ing as their opponents, the fast Red
wood Falls high school team. The
final score resulted in tie, each team
scoring one touchdown and failing to
kick goal. The visitors opportunity
to score on goal from touchdown was
lost when they tried a punt out, from
the side of the field, and this was un.
successful. The locals however, should
have had their extra point, which
would have given them the game, cas-.
lily, as Holt missed with the ball di.
rectly in front of the goal posts.
The first quarter saw the teams
sort of feeling each other out, and the
ball see-sawed back and forth first one
side and then the other, having pos.
session of it. Neither tried much op.
en- style play, relying mostly on line
bucks and straight end runs.
| The second period started as re-
petition of the first. until it was about
half gone. Then with the ball in their
own territory Redwood started a
march down the field and kept pos
session of the ball until they had scor.
ed. A series of end runs and line
bucks took the ball beyond the mid
die of the field, and on the fourth
down with eight yards to go, the Wis
itors negotiated perfect forward
pass that brot the ball to within the
very shadow Of Willmar's goal. A
couple of line bucks carried it to with
in q foot of the line and a plunge
straight thru by the quarterback did
the business. They attempted to punt
out but made a failure of it when the
ball was not caught.
Willmar chose to receive the kick
off and Yarrow made splendid re-
turn, carrying the ball back to the As
yard line before he was downed A
series Of straight football play brot
the ball down to the Redwood 20 yard
line when time was called for the first
half.
With q couple of more minutes of
play in this half a touchdown for Will
mar seemed inevitable, as the WILL
mar backfleld, especially Yarrow, was
doing great work at advancing the
ball.
| Redwood kicked off to start the Sec
ond half and the procession started
down the field again. This time they
were held for downs on the 30 yard
line and a fake place kick was tried.
Eckie sent nice forward pass to Lars
Pedersen, but he was covered, and the
ball was called back.
The visitors got the ball and march.
ed down the field, for what seemed a
sure touchdown. They got the ball to
within the yard line, when they were
penalized for offside, and were unable
to make their distance. This great
stand by the home team seemed to
give them renewed confidence and
they tore in for all they were worth
With but a few minutes left to play
and defeat staring them in the face
they got busy First, they tried the
play that the Alumni worked so sue.
cessfully against the high school last
year. Otto Kuntz made bluff at get
ting sore, and walked toward the side
lines. The ball was snapped, and
Eckie sent a forward pass to Kuntz
who gained about 20 yards on it. Then
he shot another long pass right into
Styles hands, and he lit out for the
goal. He got within few yards o1
it when tackled. A couple more plung
es and Erickson carried the ball over
Holt missed an easy goal by not max
ing allowance for the wind.
The visitors set up an awful hollel
, claiming that time was up before thu
score was made. However, glance
/ at the rule book showed them the bal
/ wasn't dead until the referees whistle
had blown. Then they claimed tina
their man was official time keeper
and the decision should rest with him
) Another glance at the rule book show
ed them that the rule reads: eth
( head linesman shall act as off1cia
; time keeper" AS McEnroe was hea,
linesman and time hadn't been 1T
according to his watch, the Redwoo
, bunch subsidized. 1t sure pays to kno1
the rules.
The Redwood team outweighe
Willmar from 10 to Is pounds to tn
I man right thru, and as they did nc
lose a game last season, the feat c
holding them to tie was all the grea
or from Willmar standpoint. Fac
Of the members of the Willmar tear
played we'll, with Captain Yarrow an
Pedersen having little the best of Il
The team lined up as follows: Lei
End, Pedersen; Left Tackle, Conway
Left Guard, Mcdonald; Center, Car
son; Right Guard, Osmundson; Righ
Tackle, Danielson; Right End, Styles
| Quarterback, Erickson; Left Hal
Holt; Right Half, Yarrow; Fu1lbacl
Kuntz.
One or two shifts could be made /
this lineup that would greatl
strengthen the team. Whether the
will be made we don't know. The Il
Gals play at Litchfleld Saturday an
will try and atone for few Of tn
wallopings Litchfield has hande
Willmar in the last couple Of years.
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TRIPoLiS
Tripolis, Sept. 22-There will b
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