Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-11-25
DALE'S STREATOR
SQUAD WINS OVER
OTTAWA TEAM 40
HARDscRABBLE OUTFIT WINS
ANNUAL THANKSGIVING DAY
GAME IN EXCITING BATTLE
$500 WITNESS CONTEST.

Approximately $500 enthused foot
ball fans gathered at the StreatoT
gridiron yesterday afternoon and
watched Ottawa High lose to Coach
Dale's eleven, IA to 0, in their annual
Thanksgiving Day tilt with that team.
Overconfidence on the part OF the
locals and extensive use of the CON-
mon ordinary football cross-buck by
Dales men caused the defeat Of the
red and white squad. The game was
called at 2:45 o'clock and when the
two teams were sent into the ARRAY
Smiths men took the Streatorites off
their feet in the first quarter and on
only one or two occasions during that
part OF the game was the ball in OF.
tawa territory. The Ottawans always
kept the oval within the Streator ter
ritory and 1t looked like a sure thing
for Smiths team.
But as the game wore on Dale's
players frightened up on the defensive
and on the offense they pressed the
Oiu tlOoS-DuCh INV MhlAh
proved very successful Practically
every time they used it they made a
gain of from five to twenty-five yards.
Streator's first sore came in the
first part of the second quarter Of the
game after several cross-bucks had
been used which netted about thirty
yards gain. The goal from touchdown
was made giving Streator seven
points and at the end OF the first half
the score stood 7 to in favor Of
Dale's men. At the beginning of the
second half the Ottawans tried in vain
to knot the score and in the third
quarter they threatened to do so.
Meckenstock broke lose for a gain
through the Streator line OF forty
yards and was going for q touchdown
when he was tackled by the Streator
fullback On the first down he came
back with ten yards, carrying the ball
to about the Streator thirty yard line.
Dougherty, then playing quarterback
for the locals stalled about consider
able instead of keeping them going.
A forward pass was then attempted
and it was intercepted by Dicus who
carried the bali for fifty yards and
to the Ottawa twenty-five yard line.
Several minutes later they succeeded
in carrying the ball over the Ottawa
chalk line for the second time.
Meckenstock playing fullback for
Ottawa, Antram and Byrne were the
looming lights for the Ottawans.
Meckenstock especially is due consid- !
erably credit for the important part
he played in the game. He plowed
the Streator line to smithereens dur
ing the first quarter of the game and |
throughout the entire contest put up
a wonderful battle 1t was Johnnys |
last game at 0. H. S, and he went in
10 the affair with only one determine
lion, to beat Streator, but because his
fellow teammates on the line couldn't
Illustrate common cross-buck his
team lost.
Antram and Byrne on the line are
not to be forgotten for the lighting
spirit they displayed. Both men play
ed fine game and tried hard to beat
5treator. On the defense they were
ike span of Bengals and played
lavoc with the Streator backs. When
,ver they were within tackling dis
ance they always got their man who
vas running with the ball.
Besides these three players, the re-
naming members of the team also
displayed wonderful fighting spirit. !
The game was one of the cleanest
contests ever staged around this neck
If the woods 1t was played in a very
inc manner and was not by any
means featured by the usual crab
ling. Every such thing was excluded
or the day and the boys went into
he battle with just the intentions OF
,eating the other team. Following Is
he game by quarters:
First Quarter.
Streator won the tcss-Hp and re-
eived at the west goal. Dicus re-
eived the ball and ran 1t hack for
several yards. On first down the bali
was fumbled and Byrne CT the red
nd white recovered 1t. Meckenstock
aade eight yards on first down. On
econd down he carried it for about
Tx yards and fumbled. Streator re-
covered on their own ten yard line
Streator then plnted 10 ottawa.
Dutch received. Farrell lost two yards
Carey made seven. A pass to Schoch