River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1916-10-05
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The opening game Of the local
football season was, as one might
reasonably expect, a very ragged ex-
hibition, but the Red and White
gave evidence Of having good ma
terial from which to build another
championship machine.
Chippewa Falls. with three or four
weeks practice, played in about the
best form her warriors will be able
to show, while the pedagogues, for
the most part, were taking their
first baptism of fire The visitors
did not once even threaten to score,
while it was hard luck, fumbles and
ragged interference that kept Capt.
Eggebrecht's tribe three or four
wards from touchdown in several
instances.
RIVER Falls kicked off, Aliard boot
ing the oval to the visitors lloyd.
line. A forward pass failed, and
after two unsuccessful attempts at
the line Chippewa punted to Nor
mails 20 yard line. On the first play
Fessenbecker made Is yards. We
zina added 10. and Eggebrecht,
Smith, Vezina and Fessenbecker al
ternated in a steady advance to the
S yd. line. Here Referee Simpson
made an error and gave Chippewa
the ball on third down. The remain
der Of the half saw an exchange Of
punts and but very little else. Fes-
senbecker intercepted forward
pass on their Is yd. line. and two
plays added 10 yards more, but the
whistle blew before another play
was started.
"Babe" Wigen starred through
out the game, breaking up interfer-
ence, getting down under punts, and
time after time mailing half-back
before he could get off a forward
pass. On line plays Doug. Allard
was prominent in more ways than
one, making wide openings for the
offense, and spelling the enemy's
attempts to penetrate his side of the
line Eggebrecht was the main re-
lance in ground gaining. but was
not given good interference. Vezina
showed up fine for a beginner. and
much may be expected Of him after
a couple of weeks more experience.
Morrow was always to be found at
the bottom whenever the opposition
was piled up on the line, and he nail
ed many a runner for from 5 to 10
yards loss.
In the third quarter Eggebrecht
was tackled on the north sidelines.
in front Of the players bench. Pro-
fessor A. c. Kuenning, who was sit
ting on the bench, received the full
impact of the players as they fell,
and his right leg was broken at the
ankle.
In this quarter Normal worked the
ball down to Chippewa's yd. line,
where tumble was recovered by
the visitors. Here Chippewa pulled a
bone" play that cost them the
game. In spite of the fact that on
line plays they had consistently lost
from 5 to 20 yards on each attempt,
they tried to send a half-back
through the line from behind their
own goal, with the result that about
all OF the Normal PLAYERS sat on him
as soon as he got the ball, scoring a
safety, the only points made in the
game.
The officials were Simpson, of Eau
Claire, referee, and Carl Egge-
brecht, who is teaching at Chippewa
Falls, umpire. Carl, star half-back
on las years championship team, is
assisting in coaching the Chippewa
players this year Simpson is coach
ing the Eau Claire normal team, but
has barely candidates enough to fill
out team.
Next Saturday the Red and White
will play Macalaster at st Paul. This
is one of the leading teams of the
Twin City colleges and the game
should give the pedagogues some
valuable experience.