Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-22
MARsHAlLroWN HIGH FAILS TO
snow FIGHT AND. LOSES.
Is TO 0.
ovERcoNFlDENcE HELD
RESPONSIBLE FOR DEFEAT
Local Eleven Had und'rsstimsssa
Strength Of Opponents, and After
First Few Minatsssof Play Failed TO
Be contsndsrs - saIeh Only Back
Fi;ld Msn to Make Gains.

over confidence and Indifferent foot
! ball cost the Marshalltown high school
| football team game at Ames Satur-
day. when it met defeat for the second
time this year by single touchdown
With Marshalltown playing the poor
est football it has shown this season,
| and with Ames having the advantage
; in weight and luck, the contest resulted
! in a 6-to-0 victory for Ames, and the
score represents the relative strength
! o fthe two teams for the day.
! Having defeated Boone by de-
! visive score, and Boone in turn having
! held Ames to a scoreless tie, the Mar
shalltown players had not held Ames
1 in high esteem and entered the fray
| Saturday with preponderance of con-
fdence which spelled their downfall.
| At no time during the forty minutes
of play did the Marshalltown offensive
show the brilliancy that has been So
marked in previous games. The
diminutive Balch was the only member
of the back field who could be relied
on for gains, his mates showing lack
of speed, football intelligence and
| stamina.
Fumbies Prove Costly.
I On one or two occasions, when the
! Marshalltown eleven gave promise OF
showing some offensive ability, fumbles
,interposed to rob the local warriors OF
all chance to threaten the Ames goal
line.
! In the first few minutes of play Mar
| shalItown showed dash and started on
a pilgrimage across the gridiron headed
for the opposition's goal, but tumble
halted the advance and thereafter
Ames had little to fear from the
Wanted Marshalltown offensive.
! Ames displayed but little better Of
fensive work, and but for the adj
vantage of the break Of the game
might have been held to scoreless tie.
i Show Dash at Start.
| Ames kicked to Marshalltown, and
1.-The play Of the first five minutes indi-
Gated a victory for the visiting team.
4 Marshalltown made down on line
plunges. and Balch circled the Ames
end for twenty-yard run tumble
caused the loss of the ball, however,
| but Ames was unable to make any
headway thru the Marshalltown de-
tense. The ball changed hands fire.
quently during the first period, Mar
y SnH llOWn AOSllS pOSSSS5AON LA
lfumbles. or being held when the Ames
center tore gaps in the line to block
plays.
After the first quarter Marshalltown
did not seriously threaten the Ames
goal.
Ames Scores Touchdown.
Quarterback Anderson, Of Ames,
settled the issue soon after the open
! ing Of the second period, by scoring a
touchdown. G. Miller punted, the ball
going outside at Marshalltown's 20
yard line. The kick was high and
lacked length. Pammel, Ames' speedy
half, then got away for twenty-yard
run, and Anderson carried the ball
over the line. Anderson went over
squarely under the goal posts and held
1.-THE ball over the lined line by only an
| inch or two. The attempt at goal
failed, the ball striking an upright.
| Ames claimed safety, which was
not allowed. Ted Smith taking a punt
near his own goal line and Ames claim
ing the player had been catapulted be-
yond the line. The officials ruled that
the ball had not crossed the line.
Smith was injured in the tackle and
was removed from the game.
| Game Unintsrestins.
The game was most uninteresting
from the spectators standpoint lack
ing dash and brilliancy. Pammel, the
Ames half. played the best offensive
game, while Balch proved the best
| ground gamer for Marsha1ltown. The
Marshalltown team lined up as fol-
lows:
Brennecke, right end: McKibben
right tackle; Ruth, right guard; Ward
center: link, left guard; J. Smith. left
tackle; Peckham, left end: L. Miller