River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-11-11
SUPERIOR "ALSO RAM.
At La Crosse Saturday.
Then Milwaukee CD

Wcll, IL was IdCuSI udIu-1OE the
spectators to keep track of the River
Falls scores. The Superior hopes
were shattered beyond repair after the
first five minutes of play During this
short space of time the locals had
scored, showing what play could do on
the offense and Superior had lost 10
yards in three attempts at carrying
the ball, showing what they couldn't
do on offense After the first quarter
Coach Swenson rushed in second
string men with reckless abandon, but
even then the visitors were helpless.
The final tally was 81 to O..
The Game
River Falls was defending the east
goal.
Superior kicked off and English re-
turned to his 45-yd. line. C. Egge-
brecht made three yards. He circled
right end for 35 yards. English
made first down again in two line
smashes. Otto Eggebrecht went to
the lloyd. line. English was downed
one yard from the goal. Schultz
went over. Richards kicked goal.
River Falls 7.
Superior kicked off to Carl Egge-
brecht who was downed on his Boyd.
line. He was twice given the ball and
Melted % yards. English made Is
yards in three downs. River Falls
slowed up and three downs only net
ted yards. A pass was tried on the
fourth down and failed, Superior get
ting the ball ford the first time. The
! spectators then looked for something
to happen. 1t happened. Greeley
spilled the first play for 3-yd. loss.
| Christian nailed an attempted end run
for a 4-yd. loss. Morrow reached the
| full back about the same time as the
ball did and the resulting spill added
! s more yards to Superior's retreat.
| Superior punted out of bounds on the
fourth down. Then Richards, English
and the two Eggebrechts went down
the field for another touchdown, c..
Eggebrecht doing the final hop. Rich
ards kicked goal. River Falls IA.
Superior kicked off again. Morrow
returned 80 yards with it. On the
fifth play Carl ran rs yards for a
touchdown and Richards kicked goal.
River Falls Fl.
River Falls kicked off. Superior did
better on offense this time, only losing
| yards in three attempts. They punt
ed to the center of the field. Carl
tossed the oval to Richards for 80
yard gain. English ran Is yards and
Carl negotiated the remaining yds.
AS usual Richards kicked goal. Riv-
er Falls 20.
AS the teams lined up for the kick
| off time was called for the first quar-
ter.
River Falls kicked off and Superior
lost Is yards on three plays and punt
ed. During most of this quarter
fumbles by River Falls kept the hon
ors fairly even. Superior tried for
ward pass which Carl Eggebrecht
rudely intercepted. Superior got the
ball again on Dawson's tumble and
tried a slick triple pass which only
lost them yards. Two 15-yd. penal
ties kept the locals away from Supe-
rior's goal and gave the visitors the
ball. Schultz intercepted Superior's
next pass. Chapman went in for c.
Eggebrecht. Richards pass to 0. Eg-
gebrecht gained 35 yards, but fun
Bile by Dawson gave Superior the ball.
They punted on first down. 0. Egge-
brecht made Is yards, Chapman 2,
Dawson 3 and Otto went 20 yards for
a touchdows, Richards kicked goal.
River Falls 35.
After the locals kicked off to open
the second half Superior made one
bold threat to score. A forward pass
worked and the runner had clear
field, but Schultz overlook him and
downed him on the 10 yard line. On
| the next play this same Schultz inter-
cepted Superior pass and the danger
was over. A tumble gave Superior
the ball again later, but three forward
passes were all failures. They once
again got within the River Falls g.
yard line during this quarter and
when three attempts lost them IL
yards they attempted drop kick but
it was a dismal failure. Later they
tried a place kick from the 30-yard
line, but it didn't even go toward the
goal The locals got peeved at hav-
ing their opponents so near the goal
and took the ball straight up the field
for touchdown, C. Eggebrecht max
ing the score. Richards kicked goal.
River Falls az.
River Falls kicked off and Superior
returned the ball to the locals 45-yd.
line. End of third quarter. Superior
lost yards in three attempts and
punted. Although penalized Is yards,
River Falls went straight through
from their own 5-yard line and made
a touchdown. A splendid pass, Rich
ards to Schultz, was good for the last
40 yards. The punt-out was blocked
and Richards lost chance to kick
goal. River Falls 48.
Superior kicked off and River Falls
scored on the fourth play, Otto Egge--
brecht going over. Richards kicked
goal. River Falls SIS.
Superior kicked off. Lotch went in
at quarter for Schultz. Darkness
made the plays hard for the specta-
tors to watch, but they did discern
that River Falls made steady march
to Superior's goal, Lotch making the
last 5 yards. The ball was touched to
the ground and Richards lost another
chance to kick goal.
With 40 seconds left to play Nor