The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1916-11-20
DAVENPORT
WON AF TER
TWAS BEAT
Clabbys Nosed Out in Il to
IL Game In Which Visitors
Took Advantage of AL the
Breaks and Used Their
Heads.

An alert and Tesourceful backneid
that intercepted Hammond's forward
passes at critical times IN nerve
rackf1g football game. enabled the
Davenport, Ia. eleven TO nose out
ahead. IA TO IL. before more than two
thousand fans at Parduhn Park yes
terday on one OF those ideal Sunday
afternoons that have featured the
current season
some Poor Judgment.
Making downs three to their
~ner,tesr once. sending Calvin. Talbot
and Ted Blocker through the visiting
line for gains from fve TO twenty-five
Yards repeaHedly and playing rings
around the Iowans at straight foot
hall. the C1abbys lost a game they
lad already won. The Hammond
team lacked good luck in running
Of plays. The forward pass was en-
ployed when straight football could
have been banked on for touchdown
Are Given safety.
Threatening the Davenport goal
time after time IN the second half the
hard-AshtinS Hammond club was able
score
en- them strateg5calIy by the oppon-
ents near the close OF play IN order
"a ret the ball out OF the danger zone
With a no greater sacrifice than two
points.
Calvin wonder.
AfaIconb Everett Calvin. Wisconsin
end Au-Western star. played
marvellous game for the Clabbys. and
his teammates IN the bacl<feld. Talbot.
Meyers. Finn and Ted Blocker. worked
hard and faithfully. TaIbot's playing
was sensational and Meyers carried
the ball across the Davenport goal for
The first and only Hammond touch
down in the first quarter.
Firms Fine Drop Kick.
Fort. Davenport fullback. who with
-teuhnner, Murphy and Jones compos-
n a trio of stars for that club. kicked
IF at the opening of the game. Finn
raceived the kick and ran it to the
forty-three yard line where he was
fo7vned by Captain Wolters. Talbot
vas stopped without g gain on the
me and Finn made FIVE yards around
eft end Finn punted to Jones. the
Davenport quarter. who was thrown
m Iowa's sixty yard line Fort made
we Yards around right end and Steuh-
yer gained two. Hammond helf
DAVENPORT for downs on the latter
7f-v-ave ward line. Ted Blocker net
- sf~ Yards on a line plunge and
uevers and Talbot carried the ball Tor
ans The Clabrys made an incon-
,ia+a mass and Finn drop kicked IN
-.s+ s+vle from the thirty yard line
Ting Hammond three points
rims drop kick was made after
-n+ minutes of play. Finn kicked on
~ nayenport while the Howling Hun
80 IN the bleachers gave him great
,rs+fon and Barney Youngs oand
,Iavad one Of its three favorite tunes
sb,,l4r was not playing with DaVen-
,ort and Hammond fans were begin
ing to think he was badly neeoeo'
davenport Held Again
r.vanrort began at the seventy-sev
nth yard Ene where she ran the AicA
II r. TO shake out OF the bag some OF
. f,mous plays. Meyers broke up
he verv hrst fake and Iowa was
.1.sd tn punt Finn received the
mi fhis sure catching of the ball
-es+ardav was pretty to SEED and Ted
,foc1.ar made eight yards through the
rn1 hunted over the Hammond
-o.I line ana 1t was Davenport's bail
IN the twenty yard line Davenport
vzs made to kick and Finn received,
,inning 10 Hammond's sixty yard line.
wright. right han lot base hpoi : So
rizh+ good half back he is. tackled
7srmond's quarter low and hard
Galvin's Great Pnss.
r.,,.;r sained four yards in a line
,l,inre and Ted Blocker gained two
calvin was called upon to make
o-vsrd mass. AS he ran to position
i ahmed and fell and on one knee
18th Davenport player almost on
I'm he passed low and accurate over
ba line to Meyers. The Wisconsin
TAR vas at this point playing game
q make the gods rejoice lie carried
he ball to Davenports FIVE yard line
nd Meyers took 1t over for touch
Town. Movers kicked goal and Ham
nond had the comfortable score of 10
0 with the first quarter not yet
,ver How could they lose after that?
Veil they did just the same old top.
nd with the bad breaks in luck that
hammond had most any team would
lave too.
The 4rst quarter closed with Ham
rond in possession of the ball in the
enter OF the field
Donovan relieved Steuhmer at the
quarterback position for Davenport 10
ne second period. After Davenport
rad been penalized fifteen yards and
vas on her seventy yard line. Fort
urned loose with q forty yard end
uu and Hammond was penalized df-
cen yards for roughing a passer on
re next play. Davenport tried fve
onward passes and all were incom-
slete. Hammond had the ball on her
evenly third yard line. Finn gained
ighteen yards. Plum was in for
2uffner. Captain VOTERS had time out
md Holm entered the game for Fort.
Davenport intercepted q Hammond
pass and Kuekl ran half the length of
he field for touchdown. Murphy
clicked goal and the score stood Ham
nond 70. Davenport :.
The remainder of the half was
coreless and featured by FFolm's run
thrty-hve yards after interoepting
Hammond pass and Finn's inter-
epting or a Davenport pass for a