Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-11-10
ANNUAL LA SALE
OTTAWA CLASH TO
Be STAGED FRIDAY.
BOTH TEAMS IN CLASH 70
CHAMPIONSHIP FLAG 49, OTTA-
VANS IN FINE TRIM FOR AN
.NuAL BATTLE WITH FELLOWS
SQUAD.

Training for the big annual gridirou
tilt with La Salle.Peru High which
will be staged tomorrow afternoon al
Matthiessen Field, La Sale will come
to a climax tonight when Coach Smith
will send his warriors through light
signal drill at King Field. Every,
thing is set for the clash with the
olive and maroon squad tomorrow.
Smiths machine is polished TO the
core for the affair ard Coach Fellows
band of players viii be given one OF
the toughest skirmishes they ever
had when they mix things with the
locals.
In previous years La Sale has al
ways had a good team TO represent
their school but somehow or other Just
before the big game with O H. ="
the La Sale mentor sends out hoWl-
ing raft of alibis and the press agents
played them up we'll and il the
maroon and WhiJe squad did win over
the opposing squad, they were given
no credit for the victory. The aIlbis
given by Fellows are usually TO the
effect that his mainstays are on the
sidelines nursing injuries received I'M
previous games or I'm sCrimmages oTI
TO the effect that his team is having
slump and probably won't play as
we'll as they did against other teams
But that line OF stuff is growing old
and before the crafty La Salle-Peru
mentor springs it agin. it would be
good policy for him to attempt some
other means of giving cause why
his team might lose and why they are
going to lose.
0. n. S. in Fine Shape.
Not much has been heard Of the La
Sale team this year and how they are
stacking up for tOmorrow's contest. /
They have beaten Spring Valley 7 TO I
6 and couple OF other teams but
they "arnt so much" They will
have something to open their eyes to-
morrow when Smith nvades La Sale
territory and sends his men onto the
field in one of the toughest struggles
of the year. Smiths men are ham
mered down to a steel-like condition
and they are as hard as pig iron for
the game Every man is in tip top
condition and is anXiousiy awaiting
the time when the referee will blow
his whistle for the initial kick off OF
the game. and which will send the old
rival elevens into real football action
against each other.
All this week the local mentor has
been working his men hard. With the
second team on the defense using La
Sale formations and plays, the big
chiefs stepped off at lively pace
and evidenced the fact that they are
going to spring big surprise against
the La Salleans. Farrell and Mecken-
stock especially showed that they
were going to ruffle things up a bit
when they clash with Fellows team
tomorrow and the opposing team had
better have a stone wall on the field
il they want to stop these two stars.
To Be Title Clash.
Then to make the battle more in
teresting there is championship to
be considered The outcome of the
battle will decide the winner OF the
1921 Illinois Valley conference crown
and it looks as though Smiths men
will rule the football world around
this section Of the country. Smith has
defeated Spring Valley and Morris,
the only two conference teams to play
against ottawa while La Sale has on
" played against Spring Valley win
ming + to G. They were lucky to win
that battle because one of the Hall
back fielders who did the kicking
looked bad and missed the boot,
which would have tied the score La
Sale also beat St Bede's college by
small score but that team isn't rated
very strong and La SALES victory
hasn't much to do with the game to-
morrow Coach Dales Streator
eleven isn't to he considered in the
running and they are of a minor cali
bre this year due to the loss Of Mas
ter Dougherty," who carried the bur
dens of the team during the four
previous years, and to whom the
credit of Streator's victories is due,
Due to the fact that it will be a cham
pionship affair the game will be d
royal battle. with beth teams opening
up with all they have got in an effort
20 cop the game and which will give
them the championship of the valley,
Last year StreatOr ruled supreme and
cleaned up on almost everything a.
round this neck of the woods and the
year before Coach Grady had the
championship eleven. That was the
year when his team of wonders went
to La Sale and trounced Fellows
team IL to 0 before approximately
5000 witnesses And raft Of the
sportier sex of La Sale and Peru
who placed their dough" on the olive
and red eleven were doomed to great
disappointment and grief when the
Ottawans trekked back to their ole
home town in the highest Of spirits
elated over the victory and weighted
down with La Sale money After tina
trouncing when the Ottawans toOi
the measure OF Fellows squad the L;
Salleans were a bit careful how the,
placed their money and probably IL
morrow will hush UP for a while. Blu
nevertheless it will be a tough battl
as everybody knows.
Special Cars Leave at O'Clock.
According to statements this morn
ing by officials of O. H. S, the entir
student body of the school is going {
La Sale tomorrow to witness the Ell
counter. Besides it is Armistice Da
and all of the local business house
will close at noon and remain close
for the remainder of the day, a larg
number of others are expected {