Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-11-21
LOCALS BEAT
OLD ENEMIES
OTTUMWA ELEVEN DEFEATS
FAIRFIELD HIGH 81 TO 10 IN
lNTERESTlN CONTEST. Is

INTEREsTlN CONTEST.
me Ottumwa High school eleven
humbled their ancient and honorable
| enemy Fairfield high, Saturday after.
! noon at the Myrtle street park, by VI
. score OF y to Is. The game was mosts'
interesting, but was married by much
grabbing and protesting on both sides.
| the ancient and honorables,, how.
ever, leading. The teams appeared to-
De evenly matched, both being strong
er on offense than defense Their
styles of play were widely different.
fairfieid depended largely upon thu
old style game, and were very successl
iui with it, especially during the first
nan. when they scored two touch3
Gowns by this method. Ottumwa wasd
more adept at the passing game, and
ehis prevailed over the old style.
Ihose two well known gentlemen,
NIP and Tuck were in evidences
throughout Il the first half. Hampton
received the first KICKOFF for OttumwaI
ana returned twenty-five yards. The
ottumwa machine failed to work har.4
monlously, though. and they Swerxs;
/ forced to punt. The locals in turns
hela the Fairfield eleven for downs.
and they punted. Ottumwa then car.
REQ the ball to the three yard line,
where rumble gave Fairfield the BALI X
March Length Of Field. ss1l
Goslck. the midget Fairfield generai9
used his head to advantage, and pick
ing weak spot in Ottumwa's forward
wall. plunged his backs through time
and time again for substantial gainoss
captain Bradfield then tore on thirty
yards, after two Red and White men
had tackled him and failed to dovnS
MN. With only few yards to ~.
bradheld went across for touchdoWn. 4
put Fairfield failed to kick goal. 81
ottumwa received and Hampton re-
turned fifteen yards. On a freak
tumble Ottumwa made ten yards when 4
Red and White man picked up the
pail i've yards behind the lire &C.
scrlmmage and galloped fifteen yardi
before being tackled. Quarter over. IA
Inc second period opened with OfsssSII
tum"a IN possession of the pigskin on
thelr own forty yard line. A nifty dash
oy r. Haseltine netted fifteen yards;
and Hampton pulled a stone age fake
pass for twelve more yards. Ottumvas
advanced to Fairfield's seven yard line
Where an Ottumwa back fumbled ana
tne pail luckily bounced into Gosickvs3
arms, giving Fairfield the ball. Ot-'
,umwa blocking and rolling the ball be-
nind the goal line. Fairfield man ~
covered and it went for touchbachs
because the Ottumwa man had given
tne pail the impetus which sent il over
the goal line. s3
Score On Forward Pass.
Then followed a battle royal back
and forth across the center of the f,eId I,
Finally Ottumwa scored on forward
pass to Fisher. Fisher laid out alonx
the sidelines for two plays and passeslK
unnoticed. A forward pass to hfnisa
found him in open territory and hS5SSS
went thirty yards across the goal lines2
Sumner kicked goal. : s:sssss
Ottumwa kicked of and Fairfield fksss
turned ten yards A series of rrosS
bucks took Fairfield to Ottumwa & i
thirty yard line, from which they scorssS
ed on the next play With the balfS
only few feet from the sidelinesV
Fairfield drew their line over and CTR
tain Bradfield went through hole tenE
feet wide on the short side of the linz
using a delayed cross buck, only wheySal
ne came to buck he struck nothing but
air. Fairfield kicked goal FairfeI2
10, Ottumwa 7. Si
Ottumwa received and on the ar
formation, Sumner brought the stands
to their feet, when he ran thirty yards
after being tackled three times ar
was finally brought down with thru
men hanging to his neck. A thirty var
pass to P. Haseltine planted the baIf
behind Fairfield's goal posts and sum.
ner kicked goal. giving the half to Ots]
tumwa IA to 10. 'sss|
Second Halt. 80
Ottumwa's third touchdown came IN Il
a peculiar manner early in the thir:3y
quarter. After receiving the ball. FairsS
held lost 1t by punting and OttumwsS
advanced to the ten yard line on thS2
return and with aNtwenty yard mass ~
Fisher Here Fairfield held Ottnm = 81
for three downs and Ottumwa attemnSs;
ed to drop kick on the fourth TksS
Kick was. however. blocked by I FaiST|
held man. and Ottumwa recoyered es.Sa
ing them first down. Hampton hucISiS
the line and on the second try ~ rs
a touchdown. Sumner kicked ~nSf3
The quarter ended few seconds Isfer&
Fairfield held the ball when 49,
Fairfield held the ball when tIsS8
fourth period began, but lost It O.
downs. Two spectacular runs, each a
forty yards. the first by Hampton arS
the second by Sumner. gave Ottumv9
their fourth and last touchdown. SunSs
ner lodged two Fairfield tacklers, al
though 1t seemed certain that Sc
would be crowded out OF bounds. SIM.
ner missed goal from difficult aneles
The rest OF the game was spent ~
battling back and forth. Fairfield ~
dangerous only once. and lost their
chances Of scoring by fumbling at i
critical moment With the sun down
and the field growing SO dark that q
was nearly impossible to tell whirh
side was in possession of the ball thAt,
game ended to the satisfaction OF mi