The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-11-24
Local Rugby Squad Simply
Tramps on Visitors in
Game Here.
CONTEST is ONLY
PRACTICE FOR CAPE
Coach COrleau of the Normal Re-
ports the Game for The
Tribune.

yesterday at the Fairgrounds. The
score was Ill to 0 in favor of the
Normals. A fusillade of touch-downs
was made by the latter while their OPP
ponents tried vainly to score. The VIII
Mayfield team was on the defensive
from start to finish. This is probably
the largest score ever piled up by any
team on the local grounds. The coach
of the Cape team reported the game
for The Tribune, which follows:
By F. ]. Courleux.
The Normal School eleven found it.
self yesterday afternoon at the Fair
grounds and buried its small adver-
saries under a shower of touch-downs.
Seventeen touch-downS and 8 goals
from touch-downs were the result of
the pep" the Normalites exhibited.
The cause of this sudden display of
fighting spirit may be attributed to the
cold weather, but close friends Of the
players say the boys have had a great
desire to feel the JOY of romping
rough-shod over some body else, Just
as the c. B. c. boys did to them in
st. Louis. Every played on the team
is happy today as each of them feels
he played his part in rolling the lar
gest score ever made by a Cape Nor
NAL team.
The team from Marble Hill was
light and inexperienced and were on
the defense up to the end Of the game,
but were at a loss to solve the over
head game of the Normals. Parker
and Dudley, at ends, played great
game. Seven touch-downs was their
lot, most of them from passes which
they pulled out of the air and convert
ed into points. Parker also added eight
goals after touch-downs out of eleven
tries. Parker's work is more note
worthy considering the fact that he
has been suffering from a twisted knee
all season.
The backfeld, Ranney, Cline, Blacl,
and Lathem, worked like a clock when
on the offense. Black had the team on
it's toes from start to end, and used
good Judgment in selecting his plays,
in getting the players to execute them.
Ranney, Cline and Black each got
two touch-downs, while Lathem got
one besides the pleasure of sending
"Zeppelins" into the outstretched hands
Of Parker and Dudley. Lahneyer,
Joyce and Crecelius each scored one
touchdown. Crecelius, besides getting
touchdown, gave the spectators and
the visiting team a chance to see real
kicking. "Crecy" had his trusty well
oiled, and on nearly every kickoff,
sent the oval from 40 to 65 yards.
His kicks were high and long, giving
his teammates sufficient time to get
near the fellow who was unfortunate
enough to get it.
The visiting team made first down
by pushing through the line. Their
plays were usually smothered by the
Cape team before we'll started, and if
the man carrying the ball did get past
the end, he met a worse fate. Ran
ney and Joyce had on their tackling
clothes and received many well-earn-
ed comments on their hard, low, clean
cut tackling.
Marble Hill won the choice and was
elected to kick. At 3:15 o'clock the ball
got its start, and in eight rushes, the
first touchdown was made; Cline got
it. Just one minute before the game
ended Crecelius was shifted from CEN
ter to left end. A Ions pass from La
them and "Crecy" made the last touch
down. Between those two touch-downs
and at the rate of one every three
minutes or less, the other 10 were
Tailed.
Coach Zimmerman of Jackson ref
creed the game and kept both teams
playing fast ball, allowing no time for
arguments or "jawing."
Cape lineup: Dudley, Walllng, Gre
celius, left end; Klaus, Farrar, left
tackle; Bartles, Miller, Johnson, left
guard; Crecelius, Farrar, center; Fitz-
gerald, Clark, James, right guard;
Lahmeyer, Johnson, right tackle; Par
ker, right end; Cline, Joyce, quarter
back; Black, right half; Ranney, left
half; Lathem, full back.
Mayfeld lineup: Taylor, right end;
McElmurry. right tackle; Yount, right
guard; L. Yount, center; Parrot, Shin
kard, left guard; ]. Parrot, left tackle;
Pierce, left end; Hatcher, quarter
back; Wood, left half; Owens, right
half; J. Pierce, full back.
Touch-downs-Cline 2, Black 2, Ran
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