Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-11-03
ALEXANDRIA IS
HELD SC0RELESS
Undefeated Elevens Lock Horn. In
Close Cridnon Crapple Con-
cedin9 No Score

Close Cridnon Crapple Con-
ceding No Score
An example of good stirring foot
ball was staged on the ball park field
last Sunday afternoon when the much
credited Alexandria eleven met a SOL
id impediment in the Willmar Ameri-
can Legion Team and were held firm
~ from scoring. The exhibition was
one of the best brands of gridirOn
sport witnessed in this city for many
years and the talk about it has not
! subsidized at this writing. Willmar
set down its reputation in prominent
letters that day and sent the unde-
feated Alexandria outfit back ack-
4owledging the par quality of the
lpcals and deeply regretting it's in
ability to score.
The Alexandria team has a remark
able record and has several victories
to It's credit in which they have never
been scored against She is unde-
feated and came to Willmar Sunday
determined to keep it's slate clean and
to the utmost strive to overrun the
locals. In the latter attempt they
failed as they encountered an oppo-
s1t1on worthy of their best efforts. In
the first attempt she succeeded as her
slate is still unmarked with any loss
es. Yet when one compares the two
teams and the experience and records
accomplished it appears that Willmar
had the shade the better of the ar
gument. Alexandria has played four
games against strong elevens and
thereby derived some splendid prac-
tice while the Willmar boys have but
played one game against Glenwood
which she won with ease by score
OF $40. Alexandria practices faith
Iully three times a week while the
locals meet once a week. Alexandria
Is at least 1915 pounds heavier to
man and showed it on the field Sun
day. When they appeared on the
field 1t looked sort of dubious for the
home boys because the towering and
bulky Alexies made fine impression.
Yet the locals held them and critics
agree that the game itself was a nip
and tuck affair with the teams very
closely matched. The locals are to
be commended. in that without any
great degree of practice and with
lighter men they were able to hold
the visitors and split the card.
The salient facts of the game can
be stated in brief The two teams
see-sawed up and down the field or
more exactly crossed and recrossed
the kickoff line with neither team
going beyond the 20 yd. line. The mass
of men oscillated up and down the
space in the center of the field with
both elevens making spurts but being
barred effectively at all times. The
oEiy instance where score was q
possibility was when right-han Arch
ie Carlson galloped off with the oval
around left end but when he was in
easy distance from the goal he stum-
bled and slipped on the wet sod Out
side of this one chance to annex a
score no danger of gaining points ap-
| peared evident. Altho the Alexandria
| line was heavier they failed to make
their ground gains come in when
! needed the most. When on the twen-
ty-yard line they failed to get farther
and lost the ball. Willmar tho light
er had more snap and jumped to their
! work with alacrity and when they
forged ahead they did it with snap
althO the stout defense of Alexandria
was something to contend against.
Had the visitors line been less mas
sive the Willmarites would have cut
thru the defense, with Hartwick plum
ged thru the gaps cleaved. AS it was
the Alexandria barrier was safe and
the result was the two teams moving
up and down the center of the field
| without either scoring. Alexandria
employed number of forward passes
and completed half of them altho they
brot very little advantage. The To-
calls succeeded in one aerial stunt but
failed in several others tried.
The audience which saw the game
was not as large on the Willmar side
of the field as it might have been but
a goodly sized crowd came out and
returned with the conviction that
they had attended one of the best ex.
hibitions of football in Willmar and
the best in the last few years. Alex
andria had several special cars jam
med with rooters and boosters who
kept up a constant cheering thruout
the game. Doubtless the people OF
Alexandria are better boosters OF
their home eleven than our local
folks. Yet they possess no better
team but they have loyal hackers. Al
exandria returned undefeated but
suffering the trials Of severe battle
in which she barely escaped with he1
scalp while the Willmar boys felt
elated in that In counting over the
credentials and the qualifications o.
the teams Willmar showed up fa1
better and it is expected that witt
little more practice Willmar ma!
return the game and the score viii
have a different face on it. The un
defeated Willmar eleven may arrang'
another tussle with the undefeate'
Alexandria boys.
The Willmar lineup:
Odell, l. E.
Conway L T.
Callahan l. G.
5 Kvam, C.
Goode, r G..
Norling, r T.
Nelson, r F..
Peterson, @.
o. Christian, L H.
Q Carlson, R H.
= Hartwick, F:
4 Chicken Pie Supper
The ladies of the First Methodif
church will serve their annual ch1cl
en- pie supper in the basement OF tn
Masonic Temple. November 18th. Flu