Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-11-17
MAROON AND WHITE
TO PLAY LOCKpORT.
NEXT SATURDAY.
TURKEY DAY BATTLE WIT H
pALE's STREAToR ELEVE EN-
CAUSES MUCH NTERE S T
AMONG LOCAL FANS--STREA.
TORIES REPORTED AS BET.
TING 2 TO ON THEIR TEAM
TO WIN CONTEST.

TO avenge their defeat at In Sale
last Friday afternoon by Coach Eel
los olive and maroon squad, o. H. S
football players have been putting in
some real hard work at King field IN
preparation for the big game Satur
day with Lockport high at that city.
The boys have been going through
long signal drills followed by carefully
directed dummy scrimmates and
with only two more games on the card
Coach Smith is in hopes thrt his
eleven will win both games
Although local fans are interested
in the affair next Saturday aud are
anxious to know the outcome of the
battle, they are showing very much
interest towards the coming contest
with Coach Dale's Streator eleven
Streator is quite confident OF victory
over Smiths team, despite the fact
that they have been going at q poor
rate OF speed this year.
During recent years StroatOr ha
been an old time rival Of o. II. s.
along the sporting line. but not until
Coach Grady turned out his champion
ism burst forth At that time, whcr
Grady's team cleaned up on La Sale.
Joliet. Spring Valley, Morris, Mendoza
and other fast teams and gave Engla
wood, that years Cook County cham
pions a good go for their money az
King field, challenges were sent back
and forth from each institution but Cor
some reason or other they failed to
connect and the much expected bat
tie between Streator and Ottawa for
the championship of Northern Hi
nois wasn't staged. Dale held that his
team could put it all over the Otta
vans but when it came to A showdown
he wasn't there to sign final agree |
ments for the game.
Last year he brought his squad over |
to this city and the Hardscrabble
eleven had picnic with the loca |
team. Dougherty, star full back on |
the Streator squad found no trouble
in piercing the Ottawa defense and
romped all over the field for touch
down after touchdown.
But this year he won't be on hand
TO carry the burdens of the Streator
eleven and if he was he wouldn't pro
baby have such an easy time break.
ing through for as many toucbdoWns
Streator has lost games and they have
won some this year and so has Otta |
wa. The teams are evenly matched
and the game on turkey day will be a |
royal combat.
Although Ottawa IS picked by locaI
fans to win the contest and carry
away the THANKSGIVING Day laurels
Streator fans it is reported are bet
ting their money at to ! odds that
Dale's eleven will win the game. Just
considering the Ottawa-Spring Valley
and the StreatorS Spring Valley games
Dale's team hasn't much Of Q chance
and it would probably be a good in
vestment for some Of the Ottawa fans
to get hold Of some Of those Hardscrab
BILE Iron men" In tho first game Ot
the season Smiths men beat Spring
Valley 6 to in very hard game al
King field Probably two weeks later
the Hall eleven went over to Streat3
and won from Dales team 35 to o
which evidenced tho fact at that time
the Streat0rties had no chance, hui
il they arc betting to I on the Straa
tor team to win, there must have beer
an awful change taken place since
the time they played Spring Valley
Tomorrow afternoon La Sale Peru
will trek oyer to Straator and play
Dale's team. La Sale r. picked as
the winner Of the marbles and the
final score win give fans little dope
on how the game one week from to
day will come out.