The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-10-15
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Only once was Icons goal in danger
when in the last quarter the visitors
took strong brace and endeavored
to show the Leon team fake play
, which failed to matcrialize. Coach
Earhardt and his men are proud Of
the tact that so far this season they
have not been scored upon nor has
their goal been seriously In danger.
Tie entire Leon team showed up
much stronger THAI they did last
Friday but still there is room for con-
siderable improvement.
The first half of tic game was not
very interesting as neither team
showed much foot ball ability. The
Leon team used the open play forma-
ton during the first half which fail
ed to work on their opponents. The
Lamont team has weight but this was
of no use in the game because it
takes more than weight to make a
foot ball team.
1t takes longer than day or two
to put foot ball team into shape for
a game.
The first half of the game was con-
sidered a farce as compared with the
last half. Leon scored three touch
downs in the last half. Two were
made in the third quarter and one
in the fourth.
The third quarter started with a
rush. Lamont kicked to Leon, Smith
of Leon recovering the ball on their
so yard line and returned it 5 yards.
Leon changed tactics and rushed
their opponents off their feet. At
ter several line plunges and an ex-
change of punts netted Leon a gain
of about 40 yards. After this Bob
Scott carried the ball through Lamo-
mis- left wing for IA yards, an end
run by F. Brown brought the ball
within II yards of touchdown Line
Here Leon used the "Ames shift and
Bob Scott went over the line.
But Leon was penalized five yards
for holding. This gave the Leon
team more fighting ability. With
the ball on the ten yard line and the
third down made it some task for
them to score touchdown. With
another Games shift" Bob Scott
brought the oval to within three
yards of goal. At this point Leon
executed a fake shift and O. Brown
went over right guard for touch
down. F. Brown failed to kick goal.
Score: Leon 6-Lamoni 0.
The second touchdown came soon
after the first. Icons ability to
make first downs was resumed and
before Lamont could stop. their
plunging Leon was we'll under way
toward a touchdown. The Leon
team gained most of their ground by
long sweeping end runs. After sew
eral successful gains through the
line Bob Scott was sent over for the
second touchdown. F. Brown kick
ed goal. Score: Leon 13-Lamoni 0.
The third quarter ended with the
ball in Icons possession on the 20
yard line, when F. Brown tried for a
field goal but failed.
At the beginning of the fourth
quarter the ball was in Lannon's
hands on Leon's 20-yard line. The
Lamont team made a gain of several
yards around the ends and on a
center plunge. When on Icons 45-
yard line they fumbled and Bob
Scott recovered Soon after Capt.
Keshlear made long end run of 40
yards for the last touchdown. r.
Brown failed to kick goal. Score:5
Leon 19-Lamoni O. The game end
ed with the oval in Icons possession
on their own 5 yard line. Time Is
all that kept Leon from her fourth
touchdown.
F. Brown outpunted his opponent
by several yards. l.. Buchanan was
the real hero of the game. 1t was
through his interference breaking,
that Keshlear was able to make his
long end run. At this point in the
game he spilled Lannon'S secondary
line of defense, which made Icons
interference for Keshlear hard to
penetrate until the goal was crossed.
The Leon teams ability to run in
reference was far superior to that
of Lannon's Lannon'S fake pass
was interrupted by an off-side play,
Furthermore the ball was passed
wild. Capt. heshlear's long sweep
ing end runs netted Leon several
yards. His long stride made him diff
ficult to handle Not much ground
was gained by the forward pass.
Both teams are to be complimented
on their clean playing. The whole
Leon team played a great game on
both defensive and offensive. Bob
SCOTS line plunging deserves spec
ial mention because several times
during the game he got away from
Lannon's primary defense and raced
into the second line of defense which
at different times was unable to stop
him until he had made good substan-
tiala gains. Bob SCOTS work on de-
fensive was also worthy olmention.
The whole Leon line deserves credit
for on several occasions they kept
the visitors line from coming through
until the long end runs were we'll
under way.
The Lamont team executed several
fake passes behind the line on which
they gained several, yards. The Leon
team solved these plays and the La
moni team lost considerable ground.
N Smith played a great game att
guard, both on offensive and defen-
sive. Both Icons end worked we'll
but their ability to receive forward
no COCO WAC sOmewhat below the STAN