Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-11-07
'NEWBERG GR00MS
This GRID TEAM FOR.
SATURDAYS BATTLE.
HIGH SCHOOL COACH SPENDING |
MUCH or HIS TIME PUTTING |
PLAYERS THRU SKULL PRAc.
TlcE FOR GAME WITH LA SALE.

The Ottawa high school football
squad will enter the La Sale battle
ION Saturday with a record of six
straight defeats behind them. The
locals have yet TO score their first
touchdown of the season. Their only
points so far this season came by
Virtue OF Red" Vests drop kick in
the Mendota-Ottawa game.
= La Sale has had split season with
three victories and three defeats,
They will have the edge on Ottawa
when they enter the field on Satur
day.
La sale has defeated Ottawa the
last two years IN Succession, Ottawa
Popping last in 1919, when they beat
La Sale on theil.own field. The OF.
fawa eleven viii exhibit more fight
in the La Sale game than they will
in any other tut For victory over
la Sale means 5' successful season.
A defeat marks the season as fail
ire
Practice was started last night to
prepare for the big tit Saturday.
Everybody who was out last week
will be back but Farrell. who will
probably be kept out for the balance
of the season. The Ottawa captains
leg is in such 4 shape that a physi-
clan ordered him not to ply any
more football as II would PROBABLY
cripple him badly for n long while.
Today is report day at the school
and after the cards are doled out the
mentor will know what shape he.
will be in for Saturdays game.
With the closing OF school at 2:31.
most of the week and no military
training for member of the football
squad two practice sessions will be
held daily. The first session i'm the
morning of about an hours duration
Will be spent in skull drill, something
that is badly needed at the high
school, while the large share of the
evening practice will he spent in
praoticing some of the new plays for
Saturday.
from reports now floating around
both teams have very strong lines.
La Sale is reported to be strong on
Vie ends and to be heavy throughout
The line. La Sales line will average
Nc least 1876 pounds. II is the belief
OF the Ottawa coach and fans that
they have the best set of tackles in
the valley in the form of ''Farmerp
Antram and Sonny" Calkins. An.
tram is the heaviest man on the OF
lava team, tipping the beam at 170l
pounds, while his running mate can
oaly make 100. But both men arel
llghters and are very aggressive |
They are both splendid defensive
players. II is in defense where tbnvI
shine
To the close observer. who can SEQ
TWO teams with lines of eoroIl
strength, it is apparent that tho
game resorted to by both coaches
WIZ De one of strategy. Points win ,
liot De scored on smashing line pIavs
% end runs, but will come from trick
nays at the right time. Both teams '
tre looked upon TO use the aerial
aethod pretty strongly in their eg.
orts to score.
NSPN SANCS Lid Sale all thn
,uge on the grounds that they have
aefeated Mendoza while MENDOZA
peat ottawa, They also took Straa.
Tor scalp while the Hardgerabble
" beat Spring Valley and the
Valley beat Ottawa.
The luck of Ottawa this season has
been way below par as it seems they
never get break. La Sale USUALLY
gets all the breaks in the big tits
also But While there is life there is
hope and Saturday is liable TO be
lucky day for the homeguard.
Although everything appears
against them today there is going to
be great many changes before Sat
urday. La Sale even today is too
overconfdent and 90 scores are be.
ing talked about in the down river
city But oyerconfidence beat many
a good team. 1t beat Yale this year,
il almost beat Iowa when they played
the fighting Illini.