Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-19
CSkALOOSA AND MARSHALL-
TOWN IN STUBBORN BATTLE,
TERMINATING IN DRAW.
NEWCOMER SCORES FOR RED
AND BLUE IN THIRD PERIOD
osSaIoosa Counts in First Quarter A.
ter Series of Forward Passes and
Gross Buck smashes. IN Which Old
ham Is Featured MarshaItown
Crosses Goal Line Three Times.

In one OF the most stuooprnt%-c
tested games ever played on an oska-
loosa field, the Marshutown and
oskaloosa high school football teams
battled 10 tie saturday afternoon,
he game ending with a score Of to :.
The teams We're evenly matched bat
the break of the luck was against the
Red and Blue thruout Oskaoosa
looked for victory, and Vas sur
prised at the strength Of the visitors.
VINO came back after having been
scored on. tied up the count, and BAY
tied the Oskaloosans off their feet
The game was played under most
discourasing circumstances for the
Marshaltown team owing 10 a muddy
field at the Penn college athletic
grounds. the game was played in
cow pasture. which had not been p'-t
in shape for a game Two telephone
poles In midfeld handicapped the
players. ana at one stage Of the game
cost Marshalltown a chance a q field
goal. Captain Newcomer was obliged
10 pun the grass and weeds many
times during the progress Of the game
Over line Three Times
Three ines MarshalltoNn mad the
bali over the OsRaloosa goa line but
only once did the score count Packer
and Newcomer each vent over for
touchdowns which We're not allowed.
on one occasion the ball WAS pushed
over after the referees Whistle had
blown and OF another occasion the
score vas not allowed because of al
legged Infringement on the rules dur
Ing the play which resulted IN the
scoring
The local team. however. has no
complaint 10 make. as it is realized
game or a makeshift field or call off
the contest. and there Is no molina
ton 10 question the decisions Of the
Of the local team, however that i out
played the Oskaloosa eleven most Of
the way
oskaloosa Scores First.
Oskaloosa was first to score. the
ball being pushed over after series
of forward passes and cross buck
smashes early in the first period The
team is built around Oldham, bacl,
field man Of unusual ability Who was
largely responsible for The success Of
his teams work Marshalltown soon
solved the Oshaloosa plays and took
the offensive
During the second quarter donors
We're even, but in the third period Mar
shalltoWn outplayed Its opponents Ii
was in this quarter that Newcomer
scored Marshalltown's only touchdown
1Nt-a Ia1
buck. but as the ball was passed the
Marshalltown 1tnesnen opened big
gap on the left side and Newcomer,
taking advantage Of this opportunity
10 slip thru penetrated the lire him
self and pushed the bal over the Oska-
loosa line. Smith kicked goal tieing
the score.
MarshaIItown Plays Better Game.
Thencefor,h the game was Marshall
towns. Oskaloosa being kept on the de-
fensve turnout the last quarter The
Marshalltown team work was exec -ent,
and but for the break Of the iuck
against the team the result would have
been different. Coach Maricle was sat-
SIZED with the result considering the
difficulties under which his team
oattled The score:
oskaloosa ..............7 0 o.
Marshalltown ,.......0 0 O.
Thet teams lined up as follows;
Marshaltown. Position. oskaloosa
Haiverson. ......l. e.... Masters
Packer. .........l. t.........., Shultz
Kirk. .............l g........- Bucher
Ruth .c........d. Shomske
Goodale .......,r. g........- Perry
McKibben. .....r. 49,. ". Shoernake
Brennecke. .......r. e....., S1rohmeier