The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-20
keokuk High School Squad Shoves
Ball Over Hannibal's Goal In
Last Few Minutes Of Play
Saturday.
SLAVES OFF DEFEAT
Forward Pass, Joy to Beach, Results
In TaIIy-Squad Plays as
80 Mover Before This
Season.

The old lighting spirit which has
dominated keokuk high school foot
bail teams in former years, was born
again in the Purple and White squad
Saturday, and enabled them to put
over the touchdown which tied the
score and brought the game with Han
nibal high-to an even finish. The score
stood six to six when the final whistle
blew. In the last eight minutes OF
play Keokuk stung to desperation by
Hannibals score, fought as never be-
fore this season and carried the ball
over the visitors goal,
Keokuk had the ball on the. twenty
five yard line, where fake kick for
nation gave Joy the ball. He shot 1t
! to Beach who was lowering in the
shadows Of the Hannibal goal posts.
It barely grazed the fingers of a Han
nibal secondary defense man, and into
the arms of the waiting Keokuk man.
Beach went over the line and tried to
get the ball somewhere near the cen
ter of the goal posts, but was dOwned
in a vicious manner somewhere of to
the right of the goal. Keokuk rooters
went into a delirium Of enthusiasm
as they realized that the score was
tied. it was a frenzied mob that yell
ed for Beach, Joy. and the whole team
while the two fighting squads prepared
TO attend to the matter of kicking
goal.
AS Megche1sen dropped full length
On the ground holding the ball Rob
erts prepared to boot it over the bar
for what looked like the winning point.
The side lines became suddenly quiet.
It was one of those tense moments
that come only with a football game.
The ball Was settled and turned and
turned again With the kick, the side
lines let go volley of cheers. so sure
were they the ball was going over. but
1t missed by exactly a foot, going to
was Hannibal's turn to have sigh Of
relief.
Another Chance.
- o.. the kick OF after the play Ha22!-
bal recovered the ball behind its own
goal line, and ran it out foot from
the line. 1t looked like the next play
might result in a safety If the Keokuk
forwards could break through. Para
dice for Hannibal, however, punted
we'll, and the line held, so this chance
to score was lost. The local squad
took the ball for a steady march to
another touchdown and were only
thirty yards from Hannibals goal
when the whistle blew.
HANNIBAL mace 1CS lone score In the
third quarter Paradice who had been
messing things up for Keokuk more
or less during the melee. grabbed
forward pass that was labelled for
Keokuk man, and raced forty yards
for a touchdown. He was downed at
an angle, too. so Groves failed to kick
goal, the ball going wide and low.
In the first half the game was pretty
much of seesaw affair. Ebersole,
Keokuk's left half enlivened things by
a long sprint, but his run counted for
nothing in the way of point making.
The ball went from one team to the
other in the first two periods, and the
rooters were kept on their toes most
of the time Wells was taken out. and
several Hannibal players changed on
account OF injuries.
In the third period Joy kicked to
Hannibal and the visitors made sever
al short gains, but were held. the ball
going to Keokuk Roberts made first
down, but on the next play there was
a tumble in the Keokuk backfeld, and
Paradice was on top of the ball. Beach
grabbed the forward pass that Han
nibal made on the next play, however,
and it looked like Keokuk was starting
to a score. After a couple Of line pays
the forward pass was attempted. Para
dice got his fingers On the ball and
sneaked down the field followed by the
keokuk team. He managed to get
across the goal line before he was
downed.
keokuk Tries Hard.
On the kickoff, Beach grabbed the