The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-11-20
keokuk High School Squad Shoves
Ball Over Hannibai's Goal In
Last Few Minutes Of Play
Saturday.
SLAVES OFF DEFEAT
Forward Pass, Joy to Beach, Results
in Taily-squad Plays as
Never Before This
Season.

The old fighting spirit which has
dominated keokuk high school foot
ball 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 htgh-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 bal!
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 it
to Beach who was lowering in the
shadows Of the Hannibal goal posts.
1t barely grazed the fingers Of 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 off to
the right of the goal Keokuk rooters
went into a delirium of enthusiasm
as they realized that the score was
tied. 1T was 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 Megchelsen 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
1t 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 a volley of cheers, so sure
were they the ball was going over, but
1t missed by exactly a foot, going to
the east of the outside goal post. 1t
was HannibaPs turn to have sigh of
relief.
Another Chance.
On the kick Of after the play Hann:-
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
well, and the line held, so this chance
to score was lost. The local squad
took the ball for steady march to
thirty yards from Hannibal's goal
Hannibal made it's lone score In the
third quarter Paradice who had been
messing things up for Keokuk more
or less during the mckee, grabbed a
forward pass that was labelled for a
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 a seeSaw affair. Ebersole,
Keokuk's left half enlivened things by
q long sprint, but his run counted for
nothing in the way Of point making.
The bali 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 backf1eId, 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 couple Of line plays
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
ball and returned it to near the middle