Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-09-30
HIGH SCHOOL WINS - y. 81,
,'.= 49,, - FROM LiTCHFlELD

Local. Team Annexes Their First VIC
tory of the Season Last satur- =:
day Afternoon. >.
BY playing good consistent article
of football from start to finish, the To-
cal high school football team defeated
the Litchfield team, at the latter place,
last Saturday afternoon, by score of
II to Z. The result was never in
doubt after the first few minutes, as
Willmar took the lead after about
three minutes of play and maintained
it thruout the game.
AS was anticipated by the Willmar
bunch, Litchfield depended entirely
on the famous minnesota Shift,
which they used with deadly effect
at times, but with the exception of
once, when called upon in the crisis
to defend their goal, the Willmar team
responded n0bly and held their oppO.
nents for downs. But two forward
passes out Of the entire number tried
by Litchf1eld worked successfully,
while on the other hand all but four
tried by Willmar were pulled off
without a hitch, for gains averaging
from two or three or thirty-dve yards.
A goodly share Of the credit for the
great victory Of the Willmar team
over their old time rivals must be
cyiv to ,ho hoc orr
a lot of his time during the past cou-
pie weeks to training the boys. The
result of his efforts is most gratifying,
and it is to be hoped that he can have
charge Of the team during the entire
season. II such should be the case,
the boys are confident that they can
go thru their schedule, in great shape,
and give the best teams around here
hard run for their money. Never
was there better material for win
ming team, and with capable coach
ing they should not lose a game on
| their schedule.
The Willmar victory was accom-
! plished by the use Of straight football
/ interspersed with an occasional for
| ward pass, and it was by using the
latter style Of play that the locals
gained a good share Of their ground
and two Of the three touchdowns
/ we're the direct results Of long for
/ ward passes from Erickson to Styles.
Every man on the Willmar team
: put up good game, and played for
all there was in him. But one SUBJ
stitution was made in their line up,
Severinson going in ct center for
Carlson in the latter part Of the
third quarter. Quite bit of time was
taken out during the game, as it was
a warm day for football and full fif-
teen minute quarters were played.
Styles and Petersen, at the ends of
the line, played great ball, both on Of
Tense and defense, a1tho Litchfield
> tried but few end runs, devoting most
Of their attack against the tackles,
where Conway and Danielson more
than held their own. The former new
er played better game in his life,
and was into every play like a c>-
clone, while "Fog" did his share to-
ward driving back the enemy. o.
mundson and tombstone had their
hands full in solving the famous
'shift" but after they got onto it, they
made their presence felt in every
play. Carlson started the game at GEN.
ter and played the position we'll until
he was relieved by Severinson in the
third quarter. Severn" played good
game, once getting down the field on
a punt, and recovering the ball.
At quarterback, Erickson showed
great Improvement over his form in
the Redwood Falls game, and showed
| that he is getting onto the knack of
directing the play. He chose his plays
in good shape, and didn't open up, to
very great extent. When carrying
the ball himself, he usually was good
for gain. Yarrow and Holt at the
halves, gave splendid accounts Of
themselves. The former was a terror
on the offense, and ripped thru for
gains time and again, his most ef-
t Holt was good for many gains, and
he got in some great work on the de-
fensive, breaking up Litchfield for
ward passes number of times. Kuntz
at fullback was not called upon to
carry the ball great deal, but when
ever given it, he was good for his
gain. On the defensive, he played
,, safety and didn't have much to d..
The play in detail
First Quarter.
!, Capt. Yarrow won the toss and
chose to defend the west goal. Erick-
son caught the kick of on the five
yard line and returned to the twen-
ty-eight yard mark before he was
downed. Holt and Kuntz ripped thru
1.-The line for five yards apiece, and
Eckie went thru right tackle for eight
more. Holt made first down around
end. Kuntz made six yards thru tack
lie. On line play, Holt lost three
YARDS but on the next NAV Kuntz