The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-09-24
CAPE NORMAL'S
TEAM SNATCHES
FOOTBALL GAME
Makes Score of Is Points
While Jackson Fails to
Make Point.
OVER 200 PEOPLE
SEE SEASON OPEN
Players Show Flashes of Real
Rugby in Start But Finish
Tame.

Playing snappy, fast game of foot
ball, COurleux's pupils at the Normal
School yesterday afternoon won the
opening contest of the season by de-
feating the Jackson High school 13
to 0.
The game was played on the Fair
grounds field and was witnessed by a
crowd of between 200 and 300 specta-
tors. Both teams played in early sea-
son form. They missed tackles, tackled
high, fumbIed the ball on a few occa-
sions and got tired toward the finish.
Most of the playing was straight
football by both sides, although in the
final quarter, when the Normal eleven
had the ball in its possession in Jack
son territory, one forward pass was
worked successfully for a gain of
about 10 yards, after three or four
others had been broken up.
The two Schultz brothers, playing
half backs for the Normal, and Par
ker, full back, did some spectacular
running around the ends of the Jack
son team.
Strange to relate, both teams proved
to be slightly better on defense than
on offense. No long gains were made
through either line and the Normal, on
two or three occasions, held the Jack
son team for downs when they took
the ball.
The Normal players, man for man..
probably slightly out-weighed the
Jackson team. This possibly was off
set by reason of the fact that the
Jackson team has been practicing a
little longer than the Normal men.
At the beginning of the game, the
spectators saw flashes of real foot
ball, when both elevens were fresh.
The playing was hard and every foot
of ground was closely contested.
Toward the close of the second quar-
ter of the game, however, Parker grab
bed the ball on direct pass from CEN
ter and squirmed his way through the
right side of his line and before he
could be brought down, he had crossed
the goal line for the first time this
season.
Leo Schultz kicked the field goal
from a difficult angle, making the
score 7 to 0 in favor of the Normal
team at the end of the first half of
the game.
The second half opened with the
Normals kicking off to Jackson. The
first kick went out of bounds and a
second was tried.
The Jackson man returned the kick
off but a short distance when he was
downed, and Jackson set out to try
line-bucks and end runs. The Nor
NAL defense was good and jackson
was forced to kick. The ball see-sawed
back and forth in the middle of the
field with neither team getting within
striking distance of a score.
Neither side felt in danger of field
goal from placement or a drop-klck
However, in the fourth quarter, the
Normals took the ball and with
series of about three long end runs
sent Leo Schulzt over the Jackson goa
line for the second touchdown.
Leo Schultz was forced to make thf
attempt at goal from difficult angle
and he missed the second. The score
then stood 13 to 0.
After the next kickoff, the Normal
gained possession of the ball within
n short time and began plunging TO
the goal line. When about 20 yard
from the goal, the Normals began try
ing a series of forward flips.
Three failed. The first was well ex
and a Normal end had his hand
on the ball when he stumble
II backward. Parker threw tn
sery accurately and the recover
of the time was spoiled by tn
rference of the secondary defens
the Jackson team.
Eventually, however, Parker thre'
mother forward pass to Black on tn
eft end. Black caught the ball an
,fter taking about two steps towar
his goal, was downed. The gain Wa
about Is yards.