The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-10-07
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The Lamont High School foot ball
team was defeated by the Leon High
School team by a score of 10 to
in a hard fought contest last Satur-
day afternoon. The game was not
as good as was expected owing to the
injuries Of the Leon team, and the
lack of foot ball experience on the
part of the Lamont team. Both
teams were better on offensive than
defensive playing, great Gaping
holes being found in both lines. The
game opened with a rush, and before
Lamont could present a formidable
front the locals had crossed the touch
down line. Leon gained most OF their
yards through the air route, on sew
eral instances passes being worked
with deadly accuracy. The visitors
were unsuccessful in their attempts
at forward passing, and only in one
instance was one OF their passes
good for substantial gain. The WISH
tors were not very successful IN
breaking up the locals end runs.
Icons back field ran great inter-
ference for the man carrying the ball
and it was by this method that sew
eral, yards were gained. The game
was;f free from disputes over decisions
and not once during the game was
either team penalized, which speaks
very. favorable for both teams for
playing clean foot ball.
Neil Smith starred for the locals
while Sam Harris starred for the Wis
itors. r SCOTS line playing was we'll
worthy of mention, on several in
stances side-stepping would be tack
lers. o. Browns work was excep-
tionally good, owing to his ability in
negotiating the forward pass with
accuracy. Smiths work on both Of
fensive and defensive was good, on
several instances breaking up end
runs. The Lamont team discovered
a weak hole in the locals line in the
last quarter and by continual ham
mering at this point they were able
to carry the ball from Icons three
yard line to the center of the field
where the game ended. Time is all
that prevented the visitors from scor-
ing after they had found the weak
spot in the line. Several of Lannon's
passes were intercepted.
Leon won the toss and decided to
receive, while Lamont decided to
defend the north goal. Lamont
kicked off to the 20 yard line from
which point the ball was brought
back 20 yards for first down. 1t was
from here that Leon started its sue
cessful rush and was not stopped un-
til the touch down line had been
crossed. They carried the ball for
60 yards in successive downs. Rob
Gates scored this touch down-O.
Brown kicked goal. 1t was during
this quarter that O. Brown made 20
yards on an end run. The quarter
ended with Lamont 0, Leon 7. The
second quarter started with the ball
in Icons possession on their own As
yard line from which place it was
carried over another touch down.
Three successful forward passes were
negotiated, one to R. Scott through
center for 20 yards, one to Hill on
an open formation for Is yards and
the third to R. Gates for about 8
yards from where O. Brown carried
it over for the second touch down.
He failed to kick goal. Score Leon
10, Lamont 0.
The second half was repetition
of the first quarter. Leon gained
their touch down in the third quarter
by good line plunging and end runs.
Lamont kicked off to Smith who re-
turned the ball 25 yards from which
point the Leon team made another
successful march toward the goal on
successive downs until r. Gates went
over for the third and last touch :,
down of the game. No goal. Score i,
Leon 10, Lamont o.. 1t was in this
quarter that Smith intercepted one
of the visitors passes and returned it |
10 yards, and Immediately after
wards he received one for a gain Of !,
20 yards.
In the fourth quarter Lamont made |
q very successful march toward their /
touch down line. Leon advanced the :
ball to within Is yards of touch .
down where they were held for !
downs and were compelled to try a i
place kick From this point till the
end of the game Lamont showed it's
greatest offensive strength. They
tore great holes in the locals first ,
line of defense, only to be stopped by :
the secondary line after they had
gained several yards.
Leon 10. Lamont 0. !
G. Springer re G. ANYWAY :
w. Hill TT O. Moon ,
F. Hagan re- O. Hartschen
B. Townsend c p. Grey |
H. Muck lg w. Moon
II \. E s%9th It It Y p. f an~ay |
g g brown. r qp cs $; Harris ad5
R. Gates lib l.. Anderson |
r. Scott fb T. Feddham !
Substitutions-Ga for Long,
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