The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-20
FAIRFIELD IS HUMb[ED IN
CLOSING MINUTES OF GAME

In the second quarter Keokuk re
covered tumble and made som,
gain with Douglas carrying the ball
The ball was lost on q tumble ant
Fairfield recovered it. The visitors
were forced to kick and the ball wen
to COLLISION who was playing quartz
in Ebersole's place. The ball go
away from him, sending him bacl
several yards on the recovery. Doug
las kicked the ball out of bounds OF
the next play.
4 Fairfield was penalized again, ant
had to kick. The ball dribbled
through Wyllie's hands, and Fair
field recovered it. They carried the
ball to the one yard line and Brown
went over for the first touchdown
and Yount kicked goal
Score: Keokuk, 0; Fairfield. 7.
EbersoIe Goes In.
Knowing what chances he was run
ming, of injuring over again the finger
which he cut severely Friday, and
which was keeping him out Of the
game, Captain Ebersole pleaded with
the coaches to let him 90 in. He was
game to the core, and rather than
see his men go down in defeat, took
the long chance of serious injuries to
his finger. He came in at this stage
of the game, and Collision went to
the side-lines. His appearance on
the field was enough to steady the
team, and a mighty cheer greeted
him as he walked to his place. The
very fact that "Ebbte, was back In
the game instilled pop in the team,
and they went after Fairfield ham
mer and tongs. An attempted pass
failed, but Ebersole kicked out of
danger. the punt going high and so
far that the Fairfield man was forced
to make it touchback. Ebersole in
tercepted Fairfield pass, and Keo-
kuk was started for a touchdown. A
tumble and the whistle for the nrst
half stopped them
Douglas Scores.
In the second half, Fairfield kicked
off. Wyllie grabbed the ball and made
IA great return. Keokuk made first
down, after Ebersole recovered
tumble. Douglas and Ebersole tore
off end runs, carrying the ball to
within two yards of the goal. With
the rooters yelling wildly for a touch
down, Douglas fought his way over
inches OF ground, through
the entire Fairfield defense for Keo-
kuk's first touchdown. The bail went
over at an angle and Ebersole failed
to make the goal
Score: Keokuk, 6; Fairfield. z.
On the kickoff WylHe recovered
baoI0 to Fairfield territory. On the
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go, Ebersole dropped back to his
thirty-dve yard line and kicked. It
looked like the ball grazed the goal
post and went over. but tho referee
ruled that it did not
Captain Wins Game.
In the last quarter Keokuk carried
the ball consistently into Fairfield
territory, and their big chance came
when the visitors were forced to kick
inside their own goal territory.
Douglas and Ebersole tore off gain
after gain, and then Ebersole taking
the ball, and with perfect interior
ence ran through the Fairfield team
around right end, and planted the
ball squarely between the goal posts.
A squabble ensued over the play be-
cause Fairfield claimed an official
blew his whistle. The whistle was
not blown until the ball was in play
and does not stop the game until the
ball is down. In this case the ball
was not down until Ebersole put 1t
there. He kicked goal.
Score: Keokuk, 10; Fairfield, Z,
The Fairfield players threw their
headguards on the ground and one
of them tried to mix 1t with one Of
the Keokuk officials, but he had about
as much luck as man would look
ing for a friend of the Germans in a
of the American Legion.
1t was at this point in the game that
a couple of the rootere suggested to
Friend Coach that he wasn't needed
on the field. 1t looked for minute
or two as if the visitors wanted to
start something that wasn't In the
football rule book, but they soon
cooled down
Visitors Show First Speed.
With a couple of requirements In
their line the visitors tore off their
first big gains OF the afternoon, but
Keokuk stopped them, and started on
another procession Of their own to-
wards the Fairfield goal, when the
final whistle blew.
In spite of their boast that they
could defeat the locals, the visitors
failed to show anything like the stun
everyone expected them to show.
With the advantage OF training
against college team, and with the
advantage OF height and weight over
the locals. to say nothing of the local
players who were playing in spite or
serious injuries, Fairfield looked Ike
a beaten team from the start 1t
was more luck than anything else
that gave them seven points IN the
second quarter. They were forced to
make several substitutions In their
line, and while they displayed snappy
football at times, their general APP
pearance and action on the field
brought them anything but common
dation from the sidelines.
The lineup:
veoknk high 13). Fairfield %. |
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