Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-10-22


riors returned yesterday from Klam-
ath Falls with nineteen to moth
ing victory tucked away as good
beginning for the football season.
The locals really didn't deserve to
win by such score, the inexperience
OF the klamath boys costing them
at least one touchdown. But Ashland
earned one score after a brilliant
series of end runs, forward passes
and line-plunges from one end Of
the field to the other, intercepted the
two forward passes which Klamath
essayed and in general acquitted
themselves very creditably.
The game was the cleanest which
has ever been played in Southern
Oregon, no penalties being inflicted
on either side and only three or four
warnings for minor infringements OF
rules being necessary. For an early
season game 1t was also quite free
from fumbles, the Ashlanders erring
but once in this respect.
The klamath crowd were game to
the finish and time after time threat
ened to go over the Ashland goal but
lacked the punch at the critical mo-
ment. The klamath boys are all
new at the game, even their captain
having never before played high
school football, but show promise of
developing into machine which will
make the valley teams hump when
they come over to play Ashland and
Medford next month.
Ashland scored In the first quar-
ter. After working the ball well
down into klamath territory, they
lost II on downs near the goal line.
The klamath center passed high, the
ball rolling over the goal line, none
OF the klamath bunch seemed to
know Just what to do and while they
were pondering Provost fell on the
ball scoring a touchdown counting
six points. Had the losers been up
on the game It would have gone for
safety counting only two points Pro-
yost failed to kick goal. Ashland
scored again in the second quarter
after Silby had intercepted forward
pass attempt.
The Klamathans came back strong
in the third quarter and things looked
cloudy for a few minutes but shift
in the Ashland lineup put additional
punch In the locals attack and in
the fourth Bryant scored after inter-
cepting a forward pass. Provost
kicked goal.
The Ashland team is we'll balanced,
has a back-field which will measure
up in punch to any Of past years and
should make a good run for the
Southern Oregon championship. In
offense they showed up very well.
Defensively the line had a hard time
stopping a mass formation line-lunge
which klamath used repeatedly with
good effect. The Ashland ends also
showed lack of drilling and permit
ted several end runs to get around
them for big gains. The secondary
defense is very strong however and
there would seem to be little likeli-
hood OF any man getting clear
through this year.
The team lined up with Schuerman
and Jones, ends; Clarke and Nc
Millin, tackles Neeley and Small,
guards; Captain Young center; Sill
by and Wolters, halves; Provost, full
back, and Bryant, quarter. McMil-
lin does the booting and registered
q couple Of fifty yard efforts Bryant
ran the team in creditable manner.
Corlon and Beeson substituted for
Small and Schuerman during the lat
ter part of the game.
Coach Moore of Ashland and the
Klamath coach, who is also Moore,
have apparently been drilling their
men on clean hard tackling and
blocking. The game was a smashing,
gruelling affair and several times
was taken out on account Of jarring
smashes but no injuries which days
limbering up will not remove, were
received.
The valley lads are most enthu-
siastic over the reception accorded
them in Klamath Falls. They were
quartered at the White Pelican ho-
tel, were guests, together with the
Klamath team at a chicken dinner
given by the domestic science teach
or and girls at the high school Fri
day, honor guests at dance given
by the high school students Satur-
day night, and received the most
cordial kind of treatment in every re-
spect. AS result of the good fell
lowship engendered, the game was
not 'marred by a single sqaubble such
as so often occurs in a hotly con-
tested mix on the gridiron.
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