River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-11-18
THEY'RE CHAMPIONS NOW

For the third consecutive year
River Falls has won the football
championship of the northern cir
cult Of Wisconsin state normal
schools. One reason why River
Falls has not held this honor long
er is because the circuit has been
organized but three years.
This year the local school will
nave its second chance to become
the state champions. Two years
ago the north and south divisions
did not meet. Last year River Falls
was defeated by Whitewater. White
water defeated Milwaukee Is to 7
last Saturday, and as result River
Falls will journey to that city and
the State championship game will
be played there tomorrow. The
locals left this morning. They will
spend tonight at GAINESVILLE, and
will reach Whitewater about noon
tomorrow. The Whitewater team
is practically the same as it was
last year. River Falls has perfect
ed machine at least fifty per cent
better than the one which played
last season, and we predict for
them victory by not less than
three touchdowns. The game at
La Crosse last Saturday afternoon
was a thriller. River Falls kicked
off and the ball was returned to the
center of the field. The play was
splendid exhibition of open field
running. Another long run follow
ed, and when River Falls was pen
allied La Crosse had the ball on the
Red and White sgd. line. But here
River Falls held and during the re-
mainder. of the game La Crosse did
not come within 80 yds. of scoring.
But River Falls suffered gobs Of
hard luck. Four times Cap, Schut'
te's men rushed the ball up to the
La Crosse goal, only to lose it on
fumbles. In the morning about
two inches Of snow had fallen, and
the ball became slippery and the
La Crosse players would slug the
ball out Of the runners hands
whenever they had an opportunity.
The officials failed to notice the
| foul.
Although River Falls outp1ayed
La Crosse in every department of
the game, there was no scoring un-
til in the last six minutes of
the final quarter. River Falls
got the ball in the center of the
field and they carried it straight
through to the 3 yd. line, and Schu-
tie went over for the touchdown,
The La Crosse players, even after
the referees whistle had blown,
piled on and tried desperately to
get the bail, and it was at least
three minutes before the pile was
untangled. The goal was from a
difficult angle and Richards missed
it.
River Falls scored again two
minutes after the kickoff. Rich
ards booted off high one to the s.
yd. line, and it was returned to the
lloyd. line. On the next play La
Crosse linesman held Richard S
foot and the resulting 15-yd. pen
atty brought the ball back to the l.
yd. line. La Crosse attempted to
punt out from behind her own goal,
but Williams broke through and
blocked the kick and Finn fell upon
the ball for a touchdown. Rich
ards kicked goal. A moment later
the game was over. River Falls 13,
La Crosse O.
1t was freely admitted by the La
Crosse fans and in their newspape r
accounts of the game, that had the
field been dry River Falls would
have piled up a big score. La
Crosse could do practically nothing
on the offense, almost every play
being spilled behind the line. Strum.
the La Crosse left half-back, who
was heralded as a man of UNIVERSE
ty calibre aud much to be feared
proved a woeful disappointment
and showed up far below the aver
age of the other normal school