The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-11-22
THE DALLE is
FINALLY DEFEATED
(By Referee Earl Weber,


defeated the heretofore unbeatables by
a score of 20-13, score which would
indicate an evenly fought contest, but
which in reality was so decisively a
Hood River victory that the several
hundred persons who witnessed the
game are still wondering why Hood
River didn't score at least 20 more
points.
Three times in one quarter Hood
River backs, nervous and overanxious,
fumbled the ball within The Dalles 10.
yard line, and twice later in the game
were held for downs on the six-inch
and 1S-inch lines respectively. Fully
four-fifths of the game was played in
The Dalles territory and once only was
Big Foot Bailey called behind the line
put his toe to the pig skin. And
right here let it be said that Fat
Bailey, playing his first year on the
team, played a game of ball that will
long be remembered by all who saw
that game. Time and again he flung
his 200 pounds of beef against The
Dalles line and made openings large
enough to drive Ford through.
Hood River won the toss and Capt.
Bailey chose to receive the kickoff.
After Wonder Abe ran the ball back to
the 35-yard line Henderson, Hicks and
Blowers tore The Dalles line to shreds
and in three minutes had the ball on
The Dalles three yard line, from where
Blowers took it over for the first touch
down. Bailey converted the goal amid
an upoar that was almost deafening.
The Dalles team then elected to re-
ceive the kickoff and the Hood River
line was subjected to fierce onslaught
by The Dalles backs, which carried the
ball to Hood Rivers 30.yard line.
Here the blue and white line braced
and took the bali on downs, only to
lose it on tumble after Henderson
and Wonder Abe had reeled off 16
yards through tackle. The Dalles then
by cross bucks and shift plays carried
the ball to Hood Rivers 15-yard line,
where Dalles back on nicely excut-
ed cross buck carried the oval over the
line. Zigenhagen made the score 7,
all by kicking goal.
Hood River again received the kick
off and starting on their 30-yard line.
Hicks, Henderson and Blowers again
riddled The Dalles line and Wonder
Abe on a beautiful plunge placed the
ball on The Dalles lO-yard line. Here
Blowers fumbled and The Dalles
kicked to the middle of the field, only
to have Henderson make sieve of
their line and bring the ball back to
The Dalles 14-yard line in three downs,
when the quarter ended.
| Starting the second period Blowers
attempted drop kick, but The Dalles
right end breaking through blocked it
and Capt. Bailey recovered and made
first down on the six-yard line. Here
Hood Rivers back field began treat
| ing the ball as they would small
pox germ and The Dalles recovered
tumble number one and kicked to safe
| ty. Twice more Hood River carried
| the ball inside The Dalles 10-yard line,
only to tumble and let The Dalles
kick out of danger. But Hood River
would not be denied and the fourth at
tempt of the quarter proved success
full. On the four-yard line Beans
Blowers spat on his grimy paws and
dove oyer the last white mark with the
coveted pig skin buried beneath him.
Fat Bailey again converted the goal,
and following his subsequent kickoff,
the first half ened with the hall in The
Dalles possession in the centre of the
field. Score Hood River Ia, TIL
Dalles 7.
Second half Bailey kicked-off to The
Dalles Is yard line and The Dalles re-
/ turned Is yards. The .Dalles made
yardage twice and were then forced to
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again in evidence and the ball was re-
! turned to The Dalles 30-yard line,
when tumble resulted in the ball
changing hands. The Dalles was un-
able to advance the ball, due to some
excellent tackling by Wirrick and
Hicks. and kicked to Hood Rivers 30
yard line.
Hood River again started on pro-
| cession down the field and was not
stopped until Blowers was thrown on
The Dalles six-inch line on the fourth
down. The Dalles kicked and Blowers
playing the ball safely, let it roll to
his 30-yard line. Again the terrific
plunging of Hicks, Bailey and Hender-
son. abetted now and again by Wonder
Abe carrying the ball for six and eight
yards and Beans contributing his BIT,
brought the ball back to the four-yard
line. Fat Bailey was called on to
make the distance, but could only do
two and half yards. Again Gavin
kicked from behind his own goal line
and Hood River was held for downs
just as the quarter ended with the ball
on The Dalles 40-yard line.
The final quarter started with The
Dalles carrying the ball to Hood Riv-
er's 3O-yard line, where the ball passed
into the possession of the locals, due to
The Dalles' failure to make yardage.
| Then came the feature play of the
game; the play that nearly caused
heart failure to the Hood River sup
porters, but that carried The Dalles
contingent to heights higher than
Mount Hood. After three unsuccess-
full attempts to penetrate The Dalles
line Hood River was forced to punt for
the only time of the game. Bailey
kicked from his 30 yard line and the
ball rolled out of bounds on The Dalles
8-yard line. Here on a quick lineup
and start Howsley skirted Hood Riv-
er's right end for 80 yards and touch
down. Blowers fell on his attempted
tackle and Howsley had clear field
for the last so yards. Zigenhagen.
however, was not equal to the goal,
and the score read Alb.
Hood River received the kickoff and
after twice fumbling and recovering
proceeded to puncture The Dalles' now
tired line and frcm the l8-yard marker
Blowers went through right tackle,
lodged the secondary defense, and
planted the spheroid over the line for
his third touchdown of the day. Bailey
missed difficult goal. Hood River
kicked-of and with three minutes left
to play The Dalles resorted to forward
passes and had made 80 yards on three
passes when Hicks spilled the limas by
intercepting pass and returning it 20
yards. Henderson made gain of eight
yards and then the timers whistle an
nounced the close of the game.
For The Dalles Capt. Gavin, Zigen-
hagen and Sexton showed to advan-
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