Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-11-02
MAC WINS FROM DALLAS


,e the diet kitchen and to the surgical
,e quarters. Entering the surgical room
,, Mac gained nothing, but the team re-
}: deemed itself by gaining 25 yards
y around end. Mac gained on several
,, plays and was penalized for offside
h play. On Dallas 25-yard line Mac
y failed at pass. Mac punted to Scott
IS who fumbled and regained on his own
!: 15-yard line. Scott made rs yards
t on next play and Balderee added 5
! more. Macs left tackle, repeater
. at offside plays, lost his team 10
r. yards. Berg, Scott and Balderee mada
good gains. Berg got away from the
field on the next play and made Is
, yards to Macs 17-yard line. Scott
: lost a small yardage on the third
; down. Berg went through Macs line
for yardage and Macs left end lost
; his team yards at a critical time
by an offside play. This brought the
ball to Macs 3-yard line in Dallas
; possession. Balderee made good go
for half the remaining distance and
in rapid and strong play Scott
broke through for touchdown. Dali
: las points. Balderee missed goal.
; Balderee kicked off to Mac and the
ball came back 10 yards on the re-
turn. A. Wilson of the Dallas team
held up the game for few moments
; by slight injury. Mac showed signs
: of coming to life before the close of,
; the quarter, but just before the wht-
; tie that closed the first half, the Mae
; left tackle lost another 5 yards by
offside playing.
Third Quarter Half.
Balderee for Dallas kicked to Mac
and the ball came back 15 yards,
where Scott made one of the prettiest
tackles of the day. Mac punted 40
yards to Catler who failed in an eff
fort to advance at the wrong time.
Balderee returned the punt and Mac
brought it back yards. After SER
les of short gains Mac placed the
ball on Dallas 1-yard line on the
first down. The next play brought
chagrin to the Dallas supporters and
team and joy to the visitors and the
score changed to &C. When Mac kick
ed the goal the visitors had one
point advantage in 6-7 score. Mac
kicked off to Dallas and in returning
the ball Dallas made some good ad
vances, and annexed yardage twice.
The play was very slow at this stage
of the game, and the onrushes of the
visiting team was telling on the Dal-
las boys. But for some reason the
play on Dallas side did not open up
as it should have done. Scott's pass
was intercepted by Mac, giving that
team time to make yardage once and
put the ball on Dallas 15-yard line.
Fourth Quarter.
Mac started out to do things in the
last quarter, but the minute between
quarters gave Dallas enough wind to
hold the heavy opposing line for
downs on the first series of plays.
Dallas took the ball on its own 2-yard
line and Balderee punted out 40
yards. The good punt was spoiled by
poor support and Mac carried it back
nearly 35 yards. On the next play
Scott threw his man for a loss of
three yards. Mac was within strik-
ing distance and a wel-directed place
kick went squarely between the goal
posts, making the score 1916 with the
home team on the short end. Mac
kicked off to Balderee who advanced
s yards. Cutler sent Balderee through
again for 2 yards. After few value
less plays in which Mac player was
laid out for breathing spell Scott
fumbled the ball for Dallas and Mac
recovered-in center field. Dallas got
another penalty at this point for off
side play. Martin of the Dallas team
was knocked out in the next play, but
recovered after a short time. Mac
made yardage several times by SER
les of good plays against the lighter
line. But the Dallas team was play
ing for all that was in the game. The
team played harder than at any stage
of the game. With two minutes to
play and the ball in Macs possession
on Dallas 2-yard line the visitors put
the pigskin without one foot of the
score line, first bucking one of the
strongest little offenses that has been
displayed here IN many moons. Inc
next play netted a touchdown and
Mac failed a goal, making the final
score 1876.
There was little to be desired in
the game as far as fight was con-
cerned, but the lack of practice stuck
out all over the Dallas team. Coach
Rudder says that hunting and auto
mobile pastimes cannot produce foot
ball team, no matter how much coach
ing it gets, and that tells the tale
of defeat for Dallas. Bill Champion,
left half back on the Mac team,
Holmes. right half and quarter back
Ralph Champion were the brightest
stare on the visiting team. The en-
tire personnel of the Dallas team play
ed sterling football of the variety it
selected, with Berg, Wilson, Martin.
Cutler. Scott and Balderee making