The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-11-24
Redwood Gets Even
With Madison Tea m
Beating of Last Year Forgotten
in Score of % to Z Won,
Saturday
GAME WELL PLAYED
Special Train Takes Large Num-
Der of ROOters Loyal to
Home Team

Saturday Redwood wiped out
its grudge of last year by whip
ping Madison % to Z. The day
dawned bright and fair, but
turned into conditions anything
but favorable to snappy, varied
style Of football. All through
the game stiff northwest wind
howled over the field, binding
players with clouds of dust, for
the most part defying any for
ward pass work and slowing up
either team fighting in the face
of the gale. Through the cap
rice of the wind, Madison re-
ceived the gift of their lone
touchdown. In the first quar-
ter, with the ball held for downs,
Redwood essayed a punt from
their 80 yard line. The wind
caught the ball, which was
kicked high, and very gracious
ly waited it over the line, where
a Madison lad distinguished HIM
self by falling on it.
The game was hard fought
from start to finish. A trife
disorganized by the fuke score
for Madison, Redwood rallied
/, within a couple of minutes and
for the rest of the game kept
Madison far from striking dis
lance of the line.
Second Quarter
In the second period after a
few smashes had battered the
Madison defense back to their
five yard line, Reynolds took the
ball on a tandem play and hit
ting the line dove over for the
first Redwood touchdown. Hill
kicked goal. Shortly afterwards,
Madison, not profting by Red
woods mistake, called a punt,
on the fouth down, had it car
ried back by the wind and John
Mason fell on it within Madi-
sons Is yard line. Darrell car
ried it off tackle to the 3 yard
line, Madison held for a down,
and then Max Stevens shot
across for the second score
Again in the same period just
as the whistle blew to close the
half, Luscher went over, and
with the goal kick, Madison was
defeated Fl to 7.
Third Quarter
The third quarter with wind
at their backs Redwood opened
up on few passes, with only
one or two made complete. It
was almost impossible to judge
the distance, a ball would GO
because OF the wind. Redwood
had repeated chances to score
during this quarter, but lost the
ball at critical moments on
fumbling. The period changed
and Redwood, defiant and with
blood aboil, lambasted through
Madison's line, advanced further
by a pass to Mason, off tackle
smashes by Stevens and Welch
until within 5 yards of the line
when Luscher shot through like
a bullet and tailed the fourth
touchdown. This finished the
scoring.
Good Plays Made
Compared with the Faribault
game, Saturdays fray was lack
ing in brilliant end runs and
smashing of interference. A
shift in the backfeld placed Hill
at full back. Where the backs
failed on runs they made up on
smashes. Hillie played a remark.
able game in his new position
and his tackling was the fierc.
est displayed. He also made a
perfect record on goal kicks
and tailed four points with his
toe in spite of the uncertain
wind.
Senter Baldwin is entitled al
so to special note in this game
substituting for Max Stevens
in the last period he failed al
first to gain much by reason OF
not following his interference
Finally he got his stride, dove
through a hole and plunged and
twisted with several tacklers
clinging to him for a twenty OF
twenty-five yard run. 1t was
one Of the widest and most
brilliant runs of the season.
Redwood's forward wall put
llD a StronU dofnnco Madison