Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-27
DAYS MACHINE
CRUGaES ELDORA
ARShAlLTOWN HI G n DE-
FEATs TRAINING SCHOOL,
81 TO 0.
LOCAL ELEVEN LOOKS GOOD
IN SEASONS FIRST GAME
Scores Five Touohdowns and Four
ss
Goals in Fifty four Minutes Of
Play--Coach Day Uses Seventeen
Men, and Substitutes Pile up Four
teen Points in Last Quarter.

teen Points in Last Quarter.
Scoring five touch downs and -four
| goals, Narshaiitown high Saturday
kaGternuon on tho home Held defeated
| the eleven from the Iowa stare
/ Training School For Boys, "A To 0.
! The victory was due to good team,
! work and flashes OF individual effort
! the showing of the eleven exceeding
| expectations of the fans. The vic
| tory, it is true, was won from Il team
! composed almost entirely of mex
perienced players and should not he
| taken as indicating what the local
eieven might do against veterans,
The game demonstrated however.
/ that the red and blue eleven has
Day in the short period of prepara-
ton. The scoring of three touch.
downs In the first half permitted of
| the use of many substitutes in the
closing half.
Contests For Positions.
While much Of the material is
| without experience 1t Is OF even quail
ity aud II may not be difficult for the
coach to fiji any position acceptabiy
| with two or more men. This is par
/ ticularly true at end. where four men
Everist. Geivin, Ware and Merritt
were used Saturday. Connolly and
| Thomas, at quarter, handled the
| team with equal success.
Travis. at tackle. shows improve
ment over last year and should de-
| yeiop into Il toppy lineman this year.
Captain Thompson, at center is a
known quantity.
/ Visiting Team Crippled.
The visitors made several shhsti-
| tutions owing to injuries. They
made first downs only twice.
| Thompson kicked to Eldora on the
/ thirty yard line. Line rushes took
the oval to Eldoras ten-yard line,
where the visitors held. Connolly ran
/ back punt 10 the forty yard line
| but Eldora intercepted 1t pass on the
| twenty yard line. Petit broke thru
| the line for fifteen yards, the longest
gain made by Eldora during the
gama
Marsha,ltown. held and took the
! ball on the forty-yard line, Mold
making first down in two plays OFT
end. Zuercher plowed thru center
/ for twenty three yards bringing the
ball TO Eidoras Vineyard line. Four
punches at the line were necessary
to take the bah over. Mold SCORING
the first touchdown of the year
I Thompson kicked goal.
Pull Old Shoe String play
i The ball was deep in Eldora's ter
ritory from the next Kickoff TO. the
4 end of the first quarter. Early in the
i second period Eldora secured the bal
on a tumble. following punt tc
/ midteld. Failing to make it's downs
Eldora surrendered the ball and OH
hthe first play by the home team Noid
circled the end for thirty yards
Then the venerable shoe string play
was pulled successfully, Zueschel
| passing to Geivin for a twenty-ya
gain and touchdown. Thompson
missed goal.
Thompson kicked to Eldora's ten
yard line and the ball was run bac!,
fifteen yards. Rinden threw Wyers
for a loss of two yards and Eldord
was penalized fifteen yards for. hold
| ing. Connolly ran back a punt ten
yards to the thirty-yard line. Nasor
made eleven yards around end an6
Mold made first down III two plays
] Connolly added three thru center ant
Mason went over for the third touci
down. Thompson kicked goal.
Third Period Scoretess.
There was no scoring in the thirc
period, the ball exchanging hands
frequently and both teams sufferinl
i penalties for offside and holding A
the opening of the final period
another procession was directed al
the Eldora goal, Mold getting ava,
4 for a pretty eighteen yard run ana
Clemens going thirty yards t,
i Eldora's tive-yard line. Clemon.
went over on the second play for :
touchdown and Thompson kicked
/ goal.
Another drive was soon under way
i E,dora failing to keep the ball after
1 receiving it from, the kick sotf
Ciemons again got away for dftecl
yard run and Mold ran ten yards 70,
the final touchdown, Thompson asais
kicking goal. Score by quarters:
1 Marshalltown ...... IS 0 Ia. 81
l. 5. IS, T. 5, ..,i;..... 0 0 90
/ Marshalltown Training School
Everist .t...... L. z. *. Mrnohar
Travis ,.,...... l.. 7. John Monroe
Sargent ...,.... l.. G. .....,.. Wise