Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-11-20
GREAT COMEBACK
SHOWN BY TEAM
Outplayed Kalamazoo in Second
Half After Losing Game in
Early Quarters.

Kalamazoo colleges great gridiron
eleven found the Alma college ag
gregation easy last Saturday and
won the final game of the Michigan
Intercollegiate race, making it a
clean sweep for the entire season.
The fray started like run away for
Kalamazoo, but a bitterly contested
second half held the visitors points
down and the game ended with a
score of Al to 6.
The second half of the game was
the feature portion of the play, as
the light and green Alma gridders,
after recovering from their stage
fright, came back in the second half
and out fought and outplayed the
champs, so decisively that there was
not a person on the field, but had
high admiration for the Maroon and
Cream Without a doubt it was the
greatest uphill battle against great
odds that has ever been seen on Dav-
is field.
Facing a score of 27 to o at the
end Of the first half, the light eleven
of Coach Woods went back with
determination to fight. and time and
again carried the ball far into kala-
mazoo territory, and finally in the
last quarter, after Mark and Hebert
had been battered badly and forced
from the fray, some brilliant end
runs by Walker and three linesmash-
es enabled the Alma fullback to
crack through the famous Kazook
line and put over a counter
To start the game Kalamazoo won
received the kick and returned the
ball to the forty yard line. Alma
was held and punted to the KaZooks
Following a few short gains, Captain
Strome broke away on delayed
cross buck and carried the ball forty
yards to the five yard line. Frog"
Thompson smashed the rest of the
way for the first counter. Thompson
goaled.
Kazoo again kicked off and the
ball rolled over the Alma goal, and
then was a great bone head pulled
off which gave Kalamazoo touch
down without an effort. No one at
tempted to fall on the ball. Thomp-
son dropped on the pigskin, and Kal-
amazoo had another touchdown. The
try at goal was made by Thompson.
Alma had the ball far in her own
territory when the second quarter
started. Alma punted outside on the
fourth down in midfeld. On the
fourth down Kazoo pulled pretty
pass that netted thirty yards. Short
ly after Captain Strome smashed
over for the third Kazoo touchdown.
Thompson kicked the goal Alma
received. and carried the ball to mid
field where on a fourth down Mark
punted to Kazoo's FIVE yard line
Crossbucks, and runs, and a few
trick plays netted Kalalamoo almost
the length of the field for Thomp-
sons next touchdown. The try at
goal failed.
The half ended with the ball in
Alma's possession on Kazoo's forty
yard line.
Alma started a slashing attack in
the third quarter, that prompted
Coach Young of Kalamazoo to send
in new men, to replace some of his
tired and exhausted forces. Walker
pulled one brilliant gain around end
for forty yards, while time and again
Mark smashed against the weighty
Kazoo line that had stood the at
tacks of many teams this year sue
cessfully and not once were the Ka.
cooks able to stop the smashes of the
freshman. He consistently gained
from three to ten yards each time
until Alma reached the shadow OF
Kazoo goal, where Kalamazoo inter.
cepted pass on the twenty yard
line. Kazoo was backed to her five
yard line on penalty. On the frs;
play Casteel grabbed off thirty yards
and then Kalazoo punted to Beattie
who had replaced Captain Hebert
when he was carried from the field
in his last collegiate football game
AS the ball settled in Baettie's arms
he was tackled, forcing him to jug.
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