Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-10-13
Mineral Point 81; Monticello 0.

The black and orange shuts out
heavy blue and white by three touch
downs and drop kick.
At 2:20 both teams entered the
field confident and determined to
win. Despite the cold weather the
che crowd was quite large and the
air vibrated with enthusiasm. Both
teams were excellent offensive teams
and considerable ground was gained
by both since each team displayed a
different method of attack. Month
cello, with a heavy line and backfield
depended entirely upon line bucks
and fast end runs, breaking through
the Mineral Point line time after
time. On plain line bucks, Mineral
Point displayed a varied offensive at
tack using three shift plays and fast
forward passes which completely
baffled the Monticello defense. On
the defense the Monticello line show
ed more skill than the Mineral Point
line and made gains through the line
impossible except on mass formations
The game showed clearly the need
of a varied offensive attack and the
advantage of the forward pass over
the old line bucking army type of
game. For Monticello the left and
right half backs were the luminaries
while for Mineral Point White, Phil
lips, O'Neill and Stair showed up ex-
ceptionally well.
The Game by Quarters.
First quarter Monticello kicked
off to Mineral Point, which immedi-
ately opened up with strong offens-
i've attack, the first three plays of
which were executed without signals.
A pass to Stair netted rs yards but a
series of fumbles lost Mineral Point
the ball which went to Monticello on
downs Monticello attempted a for
ward pass but it was intercepted by
O,Neill who made twenty yards be-
fore he was downed. Mineral Point
again started to rush and White car
ried the ball over on smash off
tackle. Frieden missed goa1. Score
Mineral Point 6, Monticello 0.
Second quarter-With the ball in
her possession Monticello started a
slow but steady march down the field
making first down after first down
on short line bucks and an occasional
run. Mineral Point fought hard CIV
ing up ground foot by foot, but un-
able to stop the onslaught. With the
situation looking bad for Mineral
Point Coach Klampe injected several
fresh men into the Lineup, replacing
Walker at guard and Schiu at full by
Polkinghorn and Dunn. AT the five
yard line the team took a brace and
held Monticello for downs. Here the
work of Dunn and the backfield on
backing up the line deserves notice.
Mineral Point now took the ball on
the the five yard line and on a smash
off tackle slipped through for 25
yards putting Mineral Point out of
danger. With Monticello now ia
tigued Mineral Point took the ball
down the field where a 20 yard pass
to Phillips netted Mineral Point an
other touchdown. Frieden again
missed goal. Monticello again kick
ed off and after a minute of playing
with the ball in Monticello's possess
ion the half ended. Score: Mineral
Point IL, Monticello 0.
Third quarter-The third quarter
started with both teams fighting hard
as Monticello had not yet given up.
The ball changed hands several times
with nothing eventful happening un-
til Monticello started her second rush
and carried the ball again within one
foot of the goal. Recovering the ball
Mineral Point succeeded in carrying
it down to the 25 yard line where
she was held for three downs. With
Monticello expecting forward pass,
O'Neil1 dropped back and drop kick
posts and the crowd yelling with de-
light. Score:l Mineral Point Is,
Monticello 0.
Fourth quarter-Monticello began
to weaken and Mineral Points gains
were longer and more numerous. An
occasional forward pass and smashes
Off tackle advanced the ball within
ten yards of the goal. Here White
again planted the oval back of the
line for his second touchdown on a
short end run. Frieden missed goal.
With two minutes more to play Min
eral Point started for another touch
down and were within 20 yards of
the goal when the whistle blew, end
ing the game, Total score: Mineral
Point 81, Monticello 0.