Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-12-06
ALUMNI TEAM DOES
IT AGAIN, u TO 6
High School Line Victims Of
:: Onslaught by. Shtty
Backs.

The old dope pot received the big.
gest kick OF the season on Thankseiv-
ing day, when the Alumni team won
their fourth consecutive victory over
the high school players. The score was
IL to 6. For the first time since 1912
the dope in advance of the game,
pointed to a. victory for the under
grads, and chief among those who fig
ured that way, were the members of
the team themselves. In fact, they
openly declared 1t wouldn't even be a
close game, but they reckoned without
the fast charging line the alumni pre-
scented, and the shifty attack Of the
quartet of backs. The victory is all
the more sweeter to the winners, be-
cause it was achieved without the SER
vices OF Archie Carlson, who had been
counted on to stand the brunt of the
attack In the last half, when the play
ers not in condition tired from their
exertions. Also among those absent
was Pat Conway, counted on to be a
bulwark on the defense at left tackle,
and figured on to tear holes in the high
school line for the alumni backs to
shoot thru.
A study of the play in detail reveals
some interesting. facts concerning the
work of the two teams. In rushing
the fall from scrimmage, the Alumni
team gained 233 yards compared with
46 yards, gained by the high school;
the figures show that Austin Hanscom
bore the brunt of the ball carrying,
being called on II times, and respond
ing with gains amounting to II yards:
Yarrow and Nordstrom each carried
the ball twelve times, when making
gains, their gains being IS and As
yards respectively; Poke called him
self but few times during the game,
he gaining As yards in five trials; 1t
fell to his lot to make the longest
gain, % yards, for the winners. The
Alumni team made IA first downs dur
ing the game, compared with 4 for
the high school; the winners tried z
forward passes, two of which were
successful for gains aggregating 43
yards; the high school attempted 9
passes, three of which went right,
gaining 81 yards. The high school
team was also forced to kick oftener
than the alumni, altho the latter team
lost the ball on downs several times.
Never did line receive a more Sc
we're pounding than the high school
tackles were subjected to during the
game. When 1t was early seen that
this method of attack would gain
ground, Poke discarded any open play
to speak of, merely using a. forward
pass now and then to throw the Sec
ondary defense off their guard; Poke
used excellent judgment in running
the team. No backfeld man could be
singled out as deserving especial
praise on the offense, as each one was
usually good for few yards. On the
defense, Yarrow was g. bear at inter
cepting high school forward passes,
while Branton, ranging far and near,
and :,Hanscom backed up the line in
fine style. Nordstrom was terror as
of old at smashing Interference and
mailing the man with the ball. The
ends, SeverinsOn, johnson, Petersen,
Stockwell and Larson all played their
positions we'll, and few and far be-
tween were the gains made around
the outposts. Fog Danielson and Hank
johnson at the tackle POSITIONS, out
charged their opponents practically
thruOut the entire game, and it was
due to their ability to open holes that
the backs were able to shoot thru for
the gains. Gust Thunsted and Bill
Johnson played the guard positions,
and played them we'll. In addition to
their own positions, it was necessary
for them to look out for the center as
we'll. Particularly in Che last half was
their work effective. Branton, at Gen.
ter passed perfectly thruout the game,
and was all over the field on defense.
All together the team did magnificent
ly, considering the fact that they prac-
ticed less than an hour the morning
Of the game.
Complicated shifts, delayed, double,
triple and forward passes counted for
naught in the attack Of the high
school team. Kleve, Gratz and Lund-
quist, who have been doing practically
all the receiving of forward passes
during the season, we're watched like
hawks, and the really successful pass
es were the ones with Carl Rasmus-
sen on the receiving end. Osmundson,
playing his last game for the high
school, continued his spectacular
work as q forward passer whose equal
which was half in obscurity. but de
serted.
opened the door communicating
with tho library. The same insufn
Client light, the same solitude. placed
myself near the door leading to the
central staircase and there waited for