Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-10-11
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LOCAL SPORT DOPE



The high school football team play
ed their second game of the season
last Saturday afternoon, and were de-
feated after hard struggle by the
fast Renville high team. The game
was played at Renville, and was an
exceptionally good contest. A bad few
minutes at the opening of the second
half resulted in the defeat. With tho
exception of ten minutes after the
whistle blew, opening play In the
third period, Willmar more than held
their own. When they went to piec.
es, however, they went with q bang,
and before they came back to earth,
the nineteen points had been rolled
up, and the game was safe for Rem
vile, as their defense was impregnant
for the remainder Of the game.
Securing the ball on the kickoff,
Willmar marched straight down the
field to within the shadow of the
home teams goal, only to lose the
ball on bad tumble, when a score
seemed certainty.
Chester Nelson, playing at the
tackle position played a whale OF
game, and was thru the line, piling up
Renville plays time and again.
He was ably assisted by Eddie
Christoferson and Lloyd Peterson.
Joe Chase at the pivotal position also
played a nice game, and his passing
was good. The Willmar ends were
drawn in time and again on crisis
crosses and wide end runs, netting
Renville most of their gains in this
manner. For Renville the work OF
quarterback O'Connor stood out pre-
em1nently as far as guiding the des-
TIMES of his team was concerned, and
as to his choice of plays. Right end
E. Radtke also comes in for a lot of
credit for the magnificent game he
put up. The entire Renville backfield
performed in finished style according
to those from here who witnessed the
game.
The local high schol football team
is not one whit disheartened over the
two defeats they have suffered thus
far this season. On the contrary they
are out on the practice field every af-
ternoon after school, working their
heads off, figuratively speaking, un-
der the tutelage of Henry Young. He
has the boys instilled with a lot of
pep, something that has been lacking
in local teams of late years, and they
fight for every point. More candi-
dates for the team are on deck each
afternoon this season than in years.
For the most part the squad is CON-
posed of inexperienced men, but be-
fore the season ends they are going
to make themselves heard from.
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Tho Font <hof }fohfo1H hiuI,
school fotball teams are rapidly get
ting out of the class of teams in this
section Of the state is proven by the
nice IL tie trimming handed the St..
Cloud Normal team, last Saturday,
the score being only SO to 2.
Willmar travels to Benson satur-
day of this week, looking for one of
the hardest ga mes Of the year. Ben
son defeated Morris, last Saturday,
team as to win well earned victory
from a team representing this city,
an interesting time may be looked
| for.
The local team is likely to be- in a
more or less crippled condition Sat-
urday. owing to the fact that Chris
| Jefferson and Rasmussen are lnelig.
ible, owing to scholastic difficulties.
It is also said that Capt. Nelson will
be unable to perform this week, but
| there is a possibility Of his becoming
eligible before Saturday.
| -
The Carleton College football team
made the entire middle west sit up
and take notice last Saturday when
they defeated the naughty university
of Chicago team by score Of to 0.
The best the supporters of the North.
field boys looked for was close
game, while Chicago rooters land evi'
IDENTIFY the players, too) looked upon
tho pama AZ a nractice affair."