The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-10-14
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Leon 0-Graceland College 6.
The Leon High School foot ball
team, we'll groomed battalion OF
warriors won a niche in the hall or
fame in Decatur county and illumln-
ated a spot on the athletic map by
holding Graceland College of Lamo-
nj to a to draw last Saturday at
ternoon. The result of the game
came as a complete surprise. Few OF
the most enthusiastic High School
rooters predicted anything better
than overwhelming defeat for the 10
cal team The result came as a de-
cided upset to the Graceland team,
who had counted the contest prac-
tice affair. The locals were keyed up
| to fine fighting tension and COM
pletely rushed the college boys off
their feet in the first few minutes OF
battle. The locals got the jump
on the college team early in the
game. The High school went to La
moni with six regular players and
the balance of the team was substl-
tutes. Their showing was remark
able owing to the condition of the
team. Several of the boys who play
ed in this game made their initial
appearance as foot ball players. The
| Graceland team averaged about 165
pounds while the locals barely make
145. The college boys had a dis
| tinct advantage in weight, but were
unable to use it against the speed of
| the local boys.
Capt. Scott won the toss and chose
to receive the kick off, defending the
north goal. Graceland kicked off to
Wright who returned the ball to
their own 40 yard line from here
marching into the college territory.
Smith, r. Scott and R. Gates plowed
their way through the opponents
The college boys were unable to
tacks until they had canned the ball
| in the shadow of the goal posts
Here they were held for down. Grace
land got the ball on the yard line,
and from this point they kicked out
of danger. o. Brown recovered the
ball on his own 35 yard line and at
this point the Leon team changed
their method of attack and on the
second play Grimes was seen receiv-
ing a forward pass and raced over
the touch down line. 1t was a grand
pass and run. Graceland made their
touch down on a tumble The Leon
line deserves mention as they held
their heavier opponents. At three
different times during the game the
Graceland team carried the ball to
within few yards of touch down.
only to be held for their downs. Just
few minutes before the game closed
the Graceland team advanced the
ball to within 3 yards of touch
down. At this point the Leon team
showed their greatest defensive
ttrength by holding their opponents
for down. Bob Scott and N. Smith
working on the defensive were very
clever at this stage, as each made a
tackle and threw their man for
loss, thus saving their team from de-
feat Grimes upset several would-be
sprinters who thought they had es-
capped with the ball for touch down.
Leon gained most of their ground
on short end runs and the forward
passes. The Leon back field plowed
their way through and around the
Graceland players at will. The Leon
team outplayed their opponents both
extensively and defensively. The
work of the local secondary line Of
defense was wonderful, on several
occasions gains were made through
the first line of defense but were
stopped by the secondary.
The Graceland eleven continual
ly hammered their lighter opponents
being able to reel off several good
gains while playing in the center of
the field but when they came near
the touch down line, the punch to
carry it over was lacking.
The lineup of the Leon school was
re F. Grimes; TT H. Wright, re- F.
Hagan; c A. Gardner; lg H. Muck;
1t R. Scott; lie T. Grogan; ub o.
Brown; RIB N. Smith; lib R. Gates;
fb B. Scott.
Substitutions: Woodland for
Wright, Wright for Woodland, Wood
ard for R. Scott, Brown for Wood
ard
Time of quarters, 121h.
Referee, Irwin, Lamont
Umpire, L. Hoffman, Leon.
Head linesman, Cox, Davis City.