The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-19

prevailed. The Ottumwa supporters
Numbered nearly two hundred and
TUSCALOOSA was represented by sever
al times that many The Iowa Bri
gade band played a concert on the
0skaloosa side Of the field preceding
1.-THE game and again entertained be
tween halves. .... ....
The game was desperately fought
from start to finish and not until the
final moments of play. when Shea
intercepted an Oskaloosa forward
pass and ran forty yards for a touch
down, did the winners have any
thing resembling a strangle-hold on
| the honors of the day. The local
battlers played all the football they
knew, struggling Valiantly, especially
In the last half, to stem the tide OF
the Ottumwa onslaught and carry
on the victory that their hundreds
OF supporters were begging for, and
! in the third quarter, with Oskaloosa
leading by one point, it seemed that
they were to succeed. Ottumwa
had scored in the first quarter on
straight football and Oskaloosa tall
lei in the third session with the
same brand OF goods. Larimer kick.
ed goal for the locals While ottum-
wa failed to negotiate theirs. But a
final resort punch held in reserve
b. the Ottumwans until the oppor-
tmity came TO use it, and the inter
cepted forward pass mentioned
above. interfered with the fond hopes
of the local scrappers and gave the
visitors the victory Immediately at
ter the kick of following the Oska-
loosa touchdown, Ottumwa carried
the ball to the Oskaloosa As yard
line on a wide end run, Oskaloosa
was penalized Is yards, and the
ball was on the S0-yard line. Here
Ottumwa uncorked the trick they
had been holding back and used 1t
for all its worth. A delayed double
pass in the backfeld gave Shea
time enough to get down on the bor-
der of the territory back of the Os-
kaloosa goal and sufficed to draw
the locals rear guard in FAR enough
to permit long forward pass to go
sailing over their heads and into
the arms of the waiting Mr. Shea.
He fell over the line for touch
down. From then on Ottumwa held
the advantage, but 0skaloosa threat.
ened to score several times and the
spectators were kept on edge until
Shea Intercepted a forward pass in
the final quarter and clinched the
honoTs.
Each team carried the ball over
practically the same amount of terri
tory during the fray. Ottumwa ad.
vanced the pigskin Otal of BIC
yards, while Oskaloosa covered BIZ
yards. Each team made first down
fourteen times Ottumwa utilized
straight football for the majority of
their gains, although they displayed
variety of open formations and
shift plays which served to keep tho
locals guessing. .Erskine was the
star of the game and chalked up
many long gains On his terrific line
plunges and end runs on tackle-back
plays. Oskaloosa's big ground
gamers We're short forward passes,
.TIa locals carried to completion 10
forward passes during the fray ad
failed in at least that many attempts.
Ottumwa negotiated the flip upon
only six occasions and attempted it
bat few more times. The visitors
deserved to win, however, as their
heavy Iinemen outplayed the lighter
Oskaloosa forwards, and their at
tack was more strategic and more
diversified than was that of the To-
cali. Tae fact that Oskaloosa gain
ed as much ground as Ottumwa was
greatly discounted by the additional
fact that four Of the locals forward
passes were intercepted by Ottum-
wa and two of their fumbles were
recovered by the visitors. The To-
Gals also lost considerable ground by
twice turning possession of the ball
over to Ottumwa on downs Instead
of punting.
Five times during the fray Oska-
loosa took possession of the bah in
their own territory and carried 1t
down the field to within striking dis
lance of the Ottumwa goal line, but
only once were they able to go over.
upon two of the other occasions they
fumbled, once they were held for
downs on the 25-yard line, and the
other time a place kick was missed
from the 30-yard line. The final
chance to step into the lead was lost
\ in the last quarter when Strohmeier
got free on a forward pass, but was
Irui down and dumped on the Ottum.
wa 30-yand line after a 50-yard run.
A moment later Oskaloosa fumbled
and Ottumwa recovered the ball.
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