Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-11-15
CAPT. TOAD" CAREY
AND bUDDIES CO TO
LOcKPORT SATURDAY
TO WIND UP SEASON WITH
sTREAToR ON THANKSGIVING
DAY-DEKREoN AND JOBST
LOSE POSITIONS ON TEAM FOL
LOWING FRIDAYS cattle
WITH LA SALLE-PERU HIGH.

Captain "Tcad" Carey and his rol
low teammates Of the Ottawa higl
school footbaif eleven dounod thoh
football toys last night and despite
the bad condition Of the field, which
was covered with ice and snow and
which was very damp went through
gruelling drill in preparation for
the two remaining games of the 1921
season, with Loclport high and
Coach Dales Hardscrab5le team
Having lost the big game Of the sea-
son. the one that they wanted to win
real bad and give Coach Fellws some.
thing to think over, they are now
planning to take their spite out ON
Lockport high and Streator. They
started to put IN their last ticks for
Streator when they assembled on
King field last night and went into
high gear, where they win stay until
the final whistle is blown on turkey f.
day In the game against Streator and |
which will blow out the 1921 football T,
at o. II. S. The physical condition
Of the players following the game
with La Sale Is excellent and every
one of the men on the team showed a /
Willingness TO get into the fun and .
make things interesting for the re- /
mainder of the season.
Pete Dekreon and johnny JCbst,
however, lost their jobs and accord
ing to Coach Smith probably won't
get chance in the tive remaining
games. Coach Smith held Pete" as
one of the reasons why the red and
white machine lost to La Salle.Peu.
stating that the lad didn't do as he
was told to do against the maroon
and olive eleven. Smith said that
Dekreon failed to even guard against
the La Sale fake punts which figured
much in the defeat Of Ottawa The
fake punts usually came on the third
down and the quarterback would
drop back behind the halfback and
the fullbacK and would call for punt
formation. Instead Of puntug he'll
would receive the bah and would
skirt LETT end fer handsome gains.
Of course Dekreou was trying all the :
time he was in there and it stands to
reason tnat one man alone is not I
wholly responsible for the defeat.
Degre0n is very valuable man at :
that position and his absence in the +
future might prove disastrous to the i
red and white He is n sure tackler r.
aud is very coed on receiving forward
passes Should the matter be thor
oaghly investigated il could be plain
~ seen that Dekreon was not the
whole cause of La Sales victory lie Il
could by NO means stand on the de-
Tense ana prevent Fellows team y
from scoring unless his teammates
we're with him and offered assistance {
TO take his place Smith has decid.
ed to use Phil Schoch Jr. Phil is a
very good player, but it better in the
baekfield than he is at an end posi- T
ton Besides he isn't as good a man
as Dekreon is On the defense. At !
the present time Smith has only one !
sub backfeld man and that is Schoch
Suppose he should get injured in a
game and then one OF the backfeld
performers was caused to go TO the
sidelines. Where would Coach Smith /
get his other backneld man? He :
wouldn't have any to send in. Dek. =
reon never played in the backGaId,
nor has Smith any other man who
has any experience in the backfeld
besides Schoch and his regulars. =
fg1r In.
use Lawler, However. LAWYER and y
JoDst are about evenly matched as Il
far as holding down the position and
from the start of the season thew -
have been battling for the lob Ei. =
Their man at that guard position Is ~
good bet and it viii not make much >
difference which one plays
BY means OF these changes the
hlgh school mentor is Of the opinion
that his team viii win the remain.
ing two games Next Saturday they
viii nc doubt find a surprise when
they go to LoGkport and play Lock. r
port high. Lockport, it is reported a
has very last eleven and they are G
stacking up everything for an easy n
time over the local team. Last wear {
they defeated the Ottawa team and G
the year before were the victims of
4 l3l to defeat at the hands Of II
Coach Grady's championship eleven. b
Then the other game on the books I
that yet remains to be played is with 5
Dalie's squad at Streator on Turkey 0
day That game will bring a close c
&C. the 1921 schedule and will be a =
game of as much interest as the La
Salle-Ottawa affair of last Friday.
Streator is an old rival of O. n.
along the sport line When Grady
had his championship team and when
they cleaned up on everything they
played Dale refused to schedule a
game, probably because he knew he
would be beaten Then last year a
game was scheduled. Ottawa High {
1idn have very much and the result :
was bad trouncing for the locals. {
But this year things will be different !
hasn't got Dougherty to de- q
pend upon in the game. nor has OF /
lava got any individual stars to }
watch tear through the Streator de. q
Tense. All Of Dale's 1920 stars have
graduated and so far this year his
cam hasn't been going very good. r
they lost to Spring Valley, E. Aurora. T.
champaign, Pontiac and next Satur- +
law f1ax- nlav 10 Cali, D.. mn, 4.