Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-04
Intercepted Pass
Defeats Alumni

In a game slow on the whole but
replete with sensations the Ashland
high school defeated a team made up
of alumni players by the score Of 6
to Saturday afternoon. A fair
sized crowd was in attendance and
seemed well please with the promis-
ing set of youngsters who are being
welded into a football machine by
Coach Hutchinson.
The alumni mustered exactly elev-
en- men and were forced to play one
of the high school substitutes when
Enders went out with a dislocated
hip. Brick" Moody was the main
stay for the old-timers, but was ably
aided by Henry at center and Ander-
son at end The alumni line, made
up OF Merrill, Ashcraft, Wagner and
Sergeant, was stone wall against
even the high schools human batter
ing ram, "Climax" Delsman. Holmes
on right end pulled about seven for
ward passes out of the air for the
biggest gains of the day. Haynes,
Young and Enders helped out Moody
in the backfield
The schoolboys played a consistent
game on defense but were weak on
breaking up forward passes. Dels-
man and Cunningham did the bulk
of the defensive work. On offense
the youngsters showed lack of pre-
cision, but the backfield gives prom
Use Of developing into good fighting
machine when the details of interfer-
ence are mastered and little more
speed in starting injected. Only two
forward passes worked out for the
schoolboys, the trouble being mainly
on the receiving end.
The high school received the kick
off and marched down to the field |
for what looked like a touchdown |
with series OF line bucks, but lost |
the ball on tumble. The first quar-
ter ended with the ball still in the
defenders end of the field. In the
second half the alumni took the Of
tensive and with a series of end runs
ind well-executed passes got the ball
well out of danger.
A few minutes after the kickoff in
the second half the trusty left pedal
extremity of Brick" Moody lifted
the ball for good forty-yard punt
over the head of the high school
safety. On the next play the schools
center passed the ball over Fraley's
head and the goal line and Fraley
was downed behind the line for
safety counting two points, which
looked big to the long-enders.
In the last quarter the alumni
again threatened the school goal but
we're held. After the ball lad zig
Jagged back and forward for several
in the center of the field,
Art Long intercepted a forward pass
md trotted down the field for
with most of the old war
horses too out of wind to even at
.empt pursuit.
The quarter ended with no further
coring. The field was about six
inches deep in dust and contributed
,reatly to the slowness of the play. t
The saddest part of the affair in the C
yes of the old-timers was that Hun G
,ry" Ed Dews, who has not missed a d
,ame for several seasons, couldn't S
revail upon the Southern Pacific {
company to let him off for the game. t
everal other of the old guard, such p
s Perry and Elmer AShcraft and L
Blondy" Sayles, were also kept p
way by their work. Harry Sayles, 3
Tho has been in training for the
anne for a week, suffered broken S;
ollarbone when the Ford in which b.
e was riding ran over pig Thurs b.
ay, and had to be contented with
headlinesman job. d
While no stars are showing up, the nj
Ugh school has a squad of twenty tt
1ell-built lads any Of whom may in
lake the first team and who need
My the experience of a couple of E
ard games to make formidable i
.oring machine. A game every Sat
rday is scheduled between now and
thanksgiving with the two Medford
lmes on November 13 and 20, ac-
riding to tentative schedules. dc