Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-11-18
Alma Ties OliVet in Last Game for
N.LA.A. Championship

The Jinx is dead. Hail the Maroon
and Cream. At last an Alma College
football team has gone to Olivet Col
lege and come back TO Alma undefeat-
ed. BY that we do not mean that
Alma defeated the Crimson, but that
Olivet found in Alma a team she could
not vanquish on her own field, and that
Alma tied the Crimson for the first
time at Olivet
Written into the roll of honor in the
halls of fame, should be the names Of
the thirteen sturdy, fighting sons Of
Alma who brought the Alma College
football team through the 1915 sea
son, undefeated by a Michigan Inter
collegiate team, giving Alma a tie for
the high honors of he NJ. l. A. A. in
football, no matter who wins the
Olivet- Albion game, or whether il
ends. a tie. True, Alma played fewer
NJ. !. A. A. games than did her NJ. /. A..
A. brethren, but this simply because
two schools would not schedule Alma.
Alma tied the team that will win or
tie Saturday. Alma preserved a clean
slate in her NJ. L. A. a. games. Alma
cannot be counted out. The Maroon
and Cream must be given credit.
With over hundred fans on the
Olivet field to cheer them on, the locals
played the best football of the year,
possibly. and had Olivet greatly wor-
ried on several occasions, especially
at the start of the game, when after
Alma had kicked off to Olivet, the To-
Gals smashed through the Crimson de
fenses and showed them back almost
to their own goal. All during the last
quarter, also, Olivet had cause for
worry Alma was almost constantly
on the offensive, rushing down the
field far into Olivet territory time and
time again, finally getting over with
the one touchdown that saved the
game
Oivet won the toss and chose to re-
ceive to start the contest. Az
French kicked off to Barlow on the oil
ivet 20 yard line, the Crimson end
making a nine yard return. Setback
smashed the line for the first play and
found a stone wall On the next play
Alma was offside and set back five
yards, Olivet getting first down. Wat
son attempted forward pass and the
Alma linemen smashed through the
Crimson team, downing Watson for "a
30 yard loss. just short OF his own goal
line Watson painted and Malcolm
Smith received the punt ON the Olivet
10 yard line and brought it back TO the
thirty yard line. 4 forward pass
Smith to Spinney failed connections
by couple of inches Barnard tore off
four yards through Opdike NJ Smith
lost five yards Spinney held the ball
while NJ. Smith attempted a placekick.
The ball fell two yards short of the
Crimson goal. Setback grabbing the
oval and carrying it back to the p
yard line Campbell ripped off five
with fine interference Olivot lost
this when ofrside. Setback made five
on a shift play, Johnson went around
left for three yards Olivet punted Ia
Smith ON the Crimson's 43 yard line
the little Alma quarterback bringing
the bali back to the Olivet 81 yard line
Hyde ripped of fouryards through the
line Barnard added two, but Fitch
failed to gain. A pass Smith to Spin
ney failed and Olivet took the ball on
downs on her own g. yard line Wat
son passed to Setback for 36 yards A
second pass over the Alma goal failed
and Alma took the ball on her own %
yard line Hyde failed to gain for the
only time during the game Smith
made two yards and Hyde added an.
other Smith punted to Watson on
the 40 yard mark, the Crimson quar-.
ter returning FIVE yards Two plays
| by Watson gave Oivet seven yards
Setback was stopped in his tracks
Watson passed to Barlow for first
down. Watson tore off seven yards