Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-27
PLAY FIRST GAME
N RAIN IND Mud
MARsHALLTOWN HIGH SCHOOL
OPENS FOOTBALL SEASON
WITH VICTORY.
DEFEATS INDUSTRIAL
SCHOOL BOYS. TO
Two Ten-Minute Halves Played De-
spite Muddy Field and intermittent
Showers Unfavorable Weather
Conditions Prevent Diversity of
Play, and Fair Estimate impossible,

Conditions Prevent Diversity of
PLAY. and Fair Estimate impossible.
With the field ankle deep in water
IN spots, and with rain falling inter-
mittently turnout the game. the foot
ball season of 1915 was inaugurated
locally Saturday afternoon under most
inauspicious circumstances. Altho con-
ditions were wholly unfit for the stag
ing OF the opening game between the
boys Industrial school team, from
Eldora, and the Marshalltown hlsh
school eleven, it was decided to play
two short halves, inasmuch as the
Eldora team was in the city, and those
who had purchased tickets were will
ing to brave the weather to get a
glimpse of the home team in action.
Fifty or more followers OF the sport
stood on the water soaked field ana
cheered as Justify as they might had
the skies been clear and the tempera-
ture more inviting for out door
sports.
Unfair to Judge Teams.
From a critical standpoint little
could be said of the game with justice
10 either team. Two halves of ten
minutes each We're played and the
game terminated with a score OF TO
in favor of the Marshalltown eleven.
Neither team had recourse to its open
plays because Of the condition OF the
field and the wet ball Apparently
evenly matched in weight, the TWO
teams struggled about in the mud and
water, relying on line plunges with
an occasional end run to advance the
ball Twice the visitors spruns the
forward pass with success, the first
attempt netting ten yards and the sec
ond seven On these two plays only
were the Eldora boys able TO make
any gain against the home team.
MarshaItown Line Like Adamant
Eldora failed utterly to penetrate the
Marshalltown line, and their backs
were thrown back repeatedly When
line plunges were attempted The few
times that Eldora had the ball it failed
to gain yard except when It's Two
forward passes Were completed IN the
second half.
The effort Of Eldora to send its
halves around the ends met no pet
ter success. and barring Marshall
towns failure to break up the forward
pass formation, its defensive game was
most encouraging, and was mucn
superior to that of Eldora.
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