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

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! In so 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 a
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
first glimpse of said kids fairly
5 beamed in their conceited confidence
5 of obeying instructions. They anti
: cipated an easy victory. In fact local
fans and members of the team con-
ceded to the visitors a possible mini
mum lead of 25 points. Perhaps it
!. was the inspiration of "lost game"
= which fired the local lads with the
r spirit of fatalistic abandon. Mildly
4 put they fought without let-up; like
SO many demons gone mad.
e How 1t Was Done
? Now as to the cold football facts
o 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
I in contest, and by a desperate eff
q fort team was secured from Maca-
e lester.
Nor was this a Freshman team
: as advertised in last weeks Gazette
: The Manchester management found it.
self unable to give US a game unless
y we permitted some of their regulars
= to play. Permission granted, the col.
. legians took advantage of the "some'
:, and filled up a 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. Thoma:
> team its first defeat in five years.
= Manchester played a hard fast gam,
u against the high school, their attacl
a characterized by powerful line driv
;, ers. compact interference on end runs
4 sure tackling and effective blocking
Their plays for the most part wer,
=, run on a fast set of signals, although
N an occasional bonehead forced then
"A to temporarily abandon signals an,
- hold consultations as to the best pla,
10 to use
- Redwood on the other hand attempt
ly ed the defensive game, but ais
q. showed a splendid offensivt attack
ly Off-tackle smashes, an occassiona
Id rally around the outposts, mixed wit
is abundant passes made ground repeat
as eddy for the locals. Fifty yard
en- straight through Manchester beef an
en- Drawn featured Redwood's offenst
lie Best of all was the magnificent de
to Tense displayed when Manchester, wit
IN the ball on Redwood's 3-yard line o
lp first down, was thrown for tire
On downs with loss each time. Tn
s. fourth down would have resulted like
ed wise, had not Manchester donated tn
he ball and an accompanying five yard
m for crooked playing.
dc First Half
n At 2:51 Manchester kicked off t
IS, Redwood. Immediately Reynolds wa
ed forced to punt. Manchester then ha
IS. its first surprise when its backs foun
en- their gains absolutely stopped afte
trivial gain of 20 yards. Redwoo
lost the ball again when a pass wa
rt intercepted. At tits juncture Macs
re lester weight expended several erg
t. of energy and in repeated smashs
ng beefed down the field to what SCENE