The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-11-18
SCHOOL NEWS.


school; addresses, singing and music
| filled the forenoon session in both the
grades and the high school, teachers
and pupils entering with fine spirit into
the exercises.
| Dame and Stocum spent Saturday in
Madison.
| Lane and Abendroth spent the week
end in Appleton attending the Ripon-
| Lawrence game.
! There will be a night school wood
working class Tuesday and Thursday
evenings, TO o'clock.
First meeting of commercial club was
| held last week Wednesday evening. A
program was rendered. The club meets
the first and third Wednesday evenings
each month.
| Better American language week was
successfully observed during last week.
Edgerton-J anesville Game.
EdgertOn defeated her old rival,
GAINESVILLE, in the hardest fought game
eyer witnessed on the home grid, last
Friday. A crowd of $500 people, more
than half of whom were from James
vile and neighboring towns, saw the
husky Blues ut-guessed, out-generaled
and out-played at every turn by the
smaller but courageous Tobacco City
warriors.
! Edgerton received the ball and ad-
vanced it to the center of the field
where they lost it on the fourth down.
The Blues then started down the field
with the crimson line bending but re-
| fusing to break. AS soon as the ball
! was within the Edgerton 10-yard line,
however, change took place. Our line
frightened and refused to give an inch,
while our trusty backfeld men rushed
through and threw the enemy for loss
after loss. Edgerton again received
| the ball, and after advancing it toward
the center field, punted and thus COM
PEELED GAINESVILLE to defend her own
| goal. The game sawed back and forth,
Edgerton gaining yardage continually
| because of the superiority of its punt
ers. The first half ended with score
of to 0. leaving the huge crowd
breathless in suspense.
| The second half opened with both
teams showing grim determination
rarely witnessed in any group of human
! beings. The break came in this half
| when Edgerton menaced the enemy
| goal line, completed short forward
pass, and then drove the ball over.
Score, to O. A few minutes later an
other forward pass proved touch
down for Edgerton, and the quarter
ended. In the last quarter GAINESVILLE
rallied and made one touchdown on a
forward pass. They missed goal, how
eve, and they were held to the end Of
! the game, the score being IL to at
, the finish.
All our men played like veterans, and
the old school surely has good cause to
be proud of them. MADISON, a new
half-back, showed up especially we'll,
making two end runs of As and 60 yards
respectively. The other back-feld men
played the game in the dashing way
that has characterized them all season.
The lineup for Edgerton was: R. E.
Ristad; r. T. MADDEN, Capt; r. G.
Swerdloff; C.-Bardeen; L. G.-Lar-
son; L. T. -Fessenden; L. E. Schmidt;
L. H.-Mabson; R. H.-Spike; @. B.
! Whitford; F. B. Guinness.
The touchdowns were made by Whit
ford and Ristad. johnson substituted
for Guinness during the second period.
The GAINESVILLE team was accompanied
by one thousand loyal rooters who saw
nothing but an easy victory. Fifteen
hundred Edgerton fans, more than half
the population of the town, were also
there, looking for the worst but hoping
! for the best.
Every man on the Edgerton team
played a stellar game. Guinness was
|; always good for gain. @. B. Whit
| ford played his usual hard fighting
game. MADISON, newcomer to foot
ball, at half, was revelation. Schmidt
starred at one end, while Ristad at the
other finished up his high school career
in blaze of glory.
On the GAINESVILLE team the center
smashed into the Edgerton line with a
bang, while Fullback Young was the
only man who could gain for them.
| The season this year was one of the
most successful in years. Much credit
| is due Coaches Lane, Stocum and Aben-
droth and to the second team, whose
names never appear in print, but with
out whom winning first team would
be impossible
Thus endeth the football season with
five victories and two defeats. one at
the hands of Madison, always con-
tender for state honors, the other by
Monroe, at time when the physical
condition of the Edgerton boys was the
poorest Of the season.
In this game Capt. Hadden, Ristad,
Fessenden, Bardeen, johnson and Nab
son appeared for the last time in a
football suit representing this school
Next year their places will be hard to
fill, but prospects for good team look
good.
! Athletic activities now turn to bas-
ketball. A class tournament is to be
staged next week and after that regu-
lar practice will be held. Mr.. Dame
and Mr.. Abendroth will have charge of
the team.