Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-25
MARSHALlTOWN HIGH SCHOOL
WINS FIRST PRACTICE
GAME, is 70 O..
SHOWING REGARDED
As VERY SATISFACTORY
inexperienced Men Show Result of
Good Coaching and Team Play Is
Far Advanced For Early Season
Back Field Men Show Especially
Strons-Line Proves Weak in Spots.

Victory for Coach Sanford's high
school eleven Saturday afternoon
marked the opening of the local foot.
ball season, when in a practice game
Marshalltown defeated the eleven from
the boys industrial school at Eldora by
a score of is to 0. The result was sat.
isfactory. as a big score had not beer
expected, and the local team display
ed possibilities beyond what had beer
looked for.
Despite it's i~nexperience the team
PLAYED with dash and some semhlance
of united effort, but at times showed d
lack of speed. Excellent results were
attained in the early part of the game
with the forward pass, Dixon shooting
the ball accurately for good gains. The
greatest weakness was noticeable in
one or two line positions, which may
cause some shifting before the places
are permanently assigned.
The back field played brilliantly at
times, and steadily turnout. Hurlburt
proved the best ground gamer, skirtins
Eldora's End twice for exceptionally
long runs, once for forty and again
" unity yoleSs
EIdora Team Is Piucky.
After securing a good lead Sanford's
team turned it's attention to expert
mental work, which, while not produc-
tive of scores. gave the men good prac-
tice. Eldora, altho lighter and appar-
emily with little training this year.
played pluckily. and the three or four
experienced men on whom the brunt
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tional fighting spirit. This was espe-
cially true of Fullback Brown. and the
two colored halves. Captain King and
Carr. King. altho exceptionally light.
proved a dangerous man on the defen-
sive as well as an offensive player of
class. He was the most consistent
ground gamer for his eleven. Carr
also showed speed and one saved his
goal line by ~overhauling Hurlburt,
when the latter gained a clear field on
an end run.
MarshaIItown Scores Quickly.
Marshalltown scored thirteen Of its
fifteen points in the first quarter. the
first touchdown coming in the first
three minutes Of play. A well execut-
ed pass, Dixon to Brennecke, netted
fifteen yards, and placed the ball on
Eldora's 30-yard line. Hurlburt scored
Immediately afterward on a wide end
run. Dixon missed goal.
Marshalltown soon worked the ball
back into Eldora's territory and Dixon
shot a pass to Miller. which advanced
the ball ten yards. Another pas from
Dixon was caught by Miller behind the
Eldora goal line. Dixon kicked goal.
A forward pass, early in the second
quarter, was intercepted by King, who
carried the ball back twenty yards.
Marshalltown held and Eldora punted.
Miller returning the ball thirty yards,
to Eldora's 25-yard line, but Marshall
town was penalized fifteen yards. This
was the only penalty inflicted during
the afternoon.
Drop Kick Goes Wide.
After unsuccessful attempts to gain
by Marshaiitown, Dixon was called
back to drop kick from the thirty-fve
yard line. The ball went wide OF the
goal posts.
Eldora's center made a bad pass,
Brown recovering the ball on his own
goal line. Marshalltown failed to block
the punt, but Dixon ran the bail back
to the Eldora 20-yard line on the re-
turn. Carr intercepted a pass, and Ell
dora, attempting the same play, lost
the ball to Smith. who intercepted the
pass on the 3o-yard line. The first
half ended with the score 13 to 0.
Hurlburt's Forty-Yard Run.
Early in the second half Hurlburt on
a wide end run, over the right wing Of
the visitors, passed first and secondary
defenses and secured a clear field for
a 4o-yard run. Only the great speed