Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-10-15
GRAND RAPIDS
OVERWHELMS
OPPONENTS IN
FIRST GAME
Machine Wins From
New London 81
Coach Brown Scoring
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Coach Browns squad run up 9:
points in a one-sided game Satur-
Gay On Lincoln field New London
nigh school was the victim Thirteen
uouchuowns, eleven goals kicked by
Johnson and a drop kick by Johnson
make up the total of 80 points.
New LONDON was outpIayed at ev
cry Stage Of the game, although it
put up the best game it knew how
The brilliant, fast versatile attack
If the Rapids team fairly swept the
| New London men off their. feet. The
Rapids used a wonderful assortment
VI plays, trick concealed plays, line
bucki1g, end running, forward passes
and even a goal from field The team
played as one man. One feature of
| me Teams work is the rapidly form
ed and perfect interference; many
a good long gain was made by this
| wonderful interference. The men
worked hard to accomplish this fea--
-ure of football and they have been
we'll repaid for the long grinding prac
tice.
Coach Brown began putting in sec
md sring men as early as the sec
md quarter and before the game
WAS over, nearly, if not all the sec
md men were given a chance.
The Rapids kicked Off The ball
was returned 10 yards and the Rap
las regained it on a tumble. Then ut
was a procession down the field, and
NatWiCk put the ball over for the
first touchdown in less than three
minutes Of play. Johnson kicked the
goal score Z to 0. Another kick off
lid parade and Ba.bcock goes over
for 'e second touchdown. Johnson
kicked goal. Score to O.
Third kick off ball through back
yards. Rapids penalized 5 yards
for being off side
A series Of trick plays and line
plung5s and NatWick went over for
he third touchdown. Johnson kick
ed goal. Score q to 0.
Rapids off, New London returns
ball 10 yards and makes 5 yards
through line Line holds and Rapids
gains ball and pushes down to New
London 10 yard line. Rapids penaliz-
ed for being off side. New Lon
dJn's ball Rapids holds for downs
and lis penaIized Is yards for hold
ng. Another procession down the
field and Holly goes over for a
touch down; johnson hicks goal and
he score is % to 0.
Rapids kicks off again to Is yard
line. New London quarter back
brought ball back Is yards New Lon
don tries line, but loses on downs.
Quarter ends with ball ON New Lon
donis 30 yard line.
Rapids opened the second quarter
by being penalized yards for hold
irg Is yards through the line when
NatwIck gets ball and carries it 20
yards through field for fifth touch
down. Score 80 to 0.
Coach Brown began letting the
second string men into the game.
| After kick off New London tried
to make Roadway through the stone
wall line of the Rapids team. After
a failure at a forward pass the Rap
IDS is penaiized yards for holding.
New London tries line again and
fails. Punts % yards. Millenbah cat
ches punt and comes back 10 yards.
On next play Natwick made 40 yards
through the field. Whistle end of
t,rst half. Score 80 to 0.
Second Half.
Stark goes in at left end, Schroe-
der at right and Mullen is replaced
| by Mullenbah and McGlynn goes in
at full. Doloway goes in at right
guard. Chamberlin goes in at left
half and is later replaced by Solly.
After the kick and a return run
of Is yards, Rapids bucks line for
! II yards and Baboock makes a run
of "a yards and goes over for the
sixth touchdown Johnson missed
goal Al to 0.
Rapids kicks off 43 yards, ball
brought back 5 yards Babcock in
tercepted a forward pass and runs 81
| yards for touchdown. Johnson kick
ed goal. Score ~ to 0.
Rapids kicks cut of bounds and
Dondons 20 yard line. New LondoI
punts. Grand Rapids executes twt
successful forward passes, one for Il
yards and the next for 20 yards. Sch
ollhammer catches pass and runs 2
yards TO touch down. johnson kick
goal. Score So to 0.
After kick off Rapids gets ball o1
tumble Two attempts at forwar
pass fail. Bail lis worked down .
New London's 20 yard line wher
Johnson drop kicks goal. Score So t
10.
New London kicked off 30 yards
MulIenbah runs ball back Is yards
6 Schroeder catches forward pass fo
a 10 yard gain. Mullenbah makes 4
. yard run to touch down. Johnson XIX
! | ed goal. Score So to O.
: After kick off, Rapids trys tw
( forward passes and fails. SchalIhan
\ mar makes u yards and Rapids goe
Q down field on line plunges. Babcoc
makes a so yard run around left en-
q for touch down Johnson fails {
n goal. Score II to 0.