Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-10-28
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On Saturday afternoon Of this week
the high school football team plays
return game with the Litchfield team, at
Willmar. This should be the big home"
game Of the season, and there will un-
doubtedly be a large turnout as when
these old rivals meet the fur is sure to
fly. The teams have met once before
this season, and the result was very sat-
isfactory from a Willmar standpoint.
the locals winning in clean cut fashion
by scoring three touchdowns, while
Litchfeld could get but one. 1t is q
cinch that Willmar will be out to keep
up their good record established SO far
this season. as they have played four
games and have yet to meet defeat. On
the other hand Litchfield has been sail
ing along in smooth fashion, since their
defeat by the locals early in the season.
They have been travelling at great
pace and have victories over the ST..
Cloud and Hector high school teams.
They will come up here with the idea Of
securing revenge, and the crowd should
get their moneys worth. The exact line
up that the local team will put in the
held is not known at this writing, but 1t
will be the strongest one available, and
there should be something doing in the
way of thrills, from whistle to whistle.
One week from Friday afternoon, No.
vember 9Th, the local football followers
will get their first chance to see a St.
Cloud high school team in action. For
the past few years the Willmar teams
have gone to st. Cloud reconc1led to de-
feat even before the game began. They
have been beaten too, and beaten badly,
the scores ranging from % to up as
high as 50 to 0. The locals have an
idea tho, that things will be different
this year, and they are going to play as
they never have before, in an effort to
bring home the bacon, in this game. St.
Cloud teams always have a state wide
reputation, and victory for Willmar
in this game will mean a big boost.
At the present time it begins to look
as If the high school team will sail thru
their schedule without meeting defeat.
That Is until Thursday afternoon, Nov.
LOIu l. udL Jay Is LAY
when the annual battle between the high
school team and the Alumni always
takes place. Usually it results in an
easy victory for the school team, as the
players are all in good physical condi-
ton and are we'll trained. On the other
hand the members Of the Alumni team
are likely to be soft and in no shape to
play hard game of football. Last year
however things were different. The
Alumni had no trouble at all in rum
ming up a score Of 43 points, while the
high school team was trying their hard
est to score. This they failed to do.
The result this year may be different.
In fact, the high school team may win,
showing that the victory Of the Alumni
last year was but a flash in the pan.
Their loyal supporters point with pride
to the great record the team has made
this season, particularly on the offensive.
At present they have scored 172 points
in four games, and have held their op-
ponents to 10 points. Followers Of the
Alumni say that now the hoodoo has
been broken, the grads will keep up the
good work. It is true that altho the
high school team has played some good
ball on the defense, they haven't met
any such bunch Of backfield men as
will face them in the Turkey Day bat
tie. Messrs. Archie Carlson, Austin
Hanscom, Poke Larsen and Obbie Nord-
strom will present an attack that Is
liable to keep them guessing for while.
The game last year drew the largest
crowd that ever attended football
game in Willmar, and at that the day
was very nasty. This year with fair
weather there sure will be some gather
ing at the old ball park, providing the
game is pulled off.
Carleton College defeated the Grin
NELL Ia, team at the latter place last
Saturday afternoon, py the one sided
score Of 8 to 0. Leading the onslaught
for the victors was Archie Carlson who
chalked up three touchdowns to his
credit before he was relieved by a sec
ond string man. He is satisfactorily
filing the place in the Carleton back.
field made vacant by the graduation OF
elliott, who was All-state half back fol
three years running. On next Saturday
Carleton plays one Of their most impor
tant games on the schedule, with Mac
a1ester.
Saturday of this week the Minnesota
team meets her first real test Of the
season, when she meets Illinois, at Min
neapolis. The latter team has made {
wonderful record so far this season
| having run up large scores in ever!
| game. They have an entire veteran
team. while Minnesota has PRACTICAL,
a new team. Quite number from here
are planning on going down to thu
game.
The same day the Michigan team trav
els to Cambridge, Mass, and battle:
with the Harvard team, in a game tina
means much to western football. I
will be another case Of green me1
against veterans, as Harvard has clever
veterans to put on the field, while tn
Michigan line up will contain but three
Of last years team. Homer Chase will
be one of the rooters to make the tril
with the team from Ann Arbor.
| Charley LeCouq, Of FIT. Dodge, Ia
wrestled c. A. Gilbertson of Benson a
| the latter place last Wednesday eve
ming, and was beaten in two straigh
| ldllS. Inc match was poorly dICenQe'
| according to reports. The time Of Vi
falls was Is and 16 minutes; respect
lively.
The Hutchinson Leader Of last wee
published the full report Of the treas
urer Of the base ball team for the sea
|son Of 1914. It sure does furnish som
interesting comparisons, to the repor
Of the Willmar team which may be pub
lished in the near future. Hutchinso
finished the season with a balance g