The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-11-05
Local Athletes Show Them
selves To Be Masters of
College Boys.
SNATCH Is POINTS,
VISITORS GET SEVEN
Game Enliyened With Rumpus,
But Teammates Calm
the GladiatOrs.

zeal condition and hard playing to-
gether with the right breaks in "luck''
I and a penchant for playing clean foot
ball rather than rule-breaking game
: yesterday afternoon were responsible
for the Cape Normal teams victory
over the Freshmen of St. Louis Uni
versity at the Fairgrounds. The score
was - to :.
/ The game was the most bitterly
fought that the Normals have had and
at no time was Courleux's machine out
OF danger of defeat. In fact, the St.
Louis boys played the Cape men off
their feet in the latter half of the
game, but they failed to put forth the
punch that could run the ball across
the Normal goal line.
| At one time, the Cape line and sec
Ondary defense resisted four terrific
attacks from the heavier St. Louis
men, when break of a single tackle,
whe ma hole in the line, when a mis-
play of any sort meant that the St.
Louis team would score a touchdown,
giving them an opportunity to kick
goal and win the game by a single
! point.
The st. Louis quarter back threw his
backs into the Cape line time after
time, but virtually to no avail. The
ball approached the Cape by feet in
stead of yards, and by the third down,
about four yards lacked of st. Louis
score.
Once more the backs of the heavier
team charged into the Cape men. The
line stiffened and then there was a
tumble. CoOney, the little st. Louis
L. quarter back, in passing the ball to
Harbreck, let the pigskin get away.
1t rolled along on the ground back
of the line. Harbreck and several Cape
men dove for it. Harbreck scooped the
ball up in his arms and ran around
the Cape right end.
1t appeared like he had a clear field
for the two yards that he must travel
to make the score Before he scarcely
had taken another stride, he was
thrown to the ground and the ball
doWned in the mans arms, when it
was but a foot from the Cape goal.
1t was the Cape-s ball, and Parker
kicked out of danger That was the
last time that the Normal goal line
was endangered.
At the opening of the game, the St.
Louis men carried the ball deep into
the Cape's territory, but about on the
25 yard line, the blue-sweatered men
from the Normal School stiffened and
held the St. Louisans for downs.
The Cape then took the ball and
started down the field with a smash
ing series of off-tackle plays they
were raising havoc with the St. Louis
L. line.
The Freshmen were penalized for
being Off-side and the ball was near
the middle of the field. Then Leo
Schultz took the ball and started
around the left end of the Freshman
team His interference was superb,
and the little half back made clean
sweep of the run.
He didn't stop till he had planted
the ball between the goal posts.
Tackler after tackler he squirmed
away from, many of them he simply
went around too fast for them to
touch him.
The 800 rooters in the grandstand
created pandemonium as Schultz made
his run.
The St. Louis team came back strong
after the Cape score, and in the outset
of the second quarter, the heavy backs |
smashed their way OF the Cape goal
line, where Joernd, the 2O0-pound full
back for the Freshman team, carried |
the ball over in a mass play.
O'Donnell kicked the st. Louisans
goal, making the score I to 6 against |
the Cape.
On the next kick off, Parker seized !
the ball near his own goal line and |
carried it so yards toward the Fresh
man goal. Again the stands were up
roarous as Parker stiff-armed and |
squirned his way through the broken
field on the long run.
A few minutes later, one of the
Cape backs smashed his way across
the Freshman goal line for the second |
touchdown. That won the game. |
Schultz kicked the goal.
From that time on, the Normal boys
seemed to lose some of the pep" they
showed at the beginning of the game.
Their attack was not so furious as at
first and the st. Louisans smashed !