Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-11-08
PROUD MONROE
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TUNE 1910 ]
Lancaster High Wins
Laurels In Fastest Foot
ball Game Of Season.

In a game which the State Journal
characterizes as the biggest upset in
inter-scholastic foot ball in the south
ern part of the state this year, Lam
caster defeated Monroe on the local
field Friday by a score OF 10 to T.
By winning this game Lancaster
surprised herself and her supporters
almost as much as she did Monroe as
the best she had expected to do was to
hold the score down to a respectable
figure.
Four weeks ago at Monroe Lancas-
caster had been beaten, under very
unfavOrable circumstances, 30 to Z. 1t
was not expected that Monroe could
anywhere near duplicate this feat but
it is doubtful if any member of the
team really expected a victory.
Monroe won the toss and elected to
defend the South goal. Lancaster
chose to receive the kick off and on
the first play Wilkinson who caught
the ball was hurt and had to have time
out. He went back into the game but
fumbIed on the next play and asked to
be taken out because he could not see
the ball Govier went in ut left hall
as play was resumed. Lancaster could
not gain and had to punt. Monroe i'm
mediateIy opened up with a series OF
line plays and end runs which took
the ball rapidly down the field but on
her own Is yard line Lancaster held
and took the ball. Unable to make
first down Lancaster again punted
and again Monroe marched steadily
down the field, this time for touch
down. A drop kick for the extra point
was successful and the score stood
Monroe T. Lancaster 0.
After the kick off Monroe soon took
the ball and again marched down the
field until at the call of time they
were on Lancaster's Is yard line. All
through this quarter Lancaster looked
bad and the crowd had about resigned
itself to seeing another 80 to defeat
or worse.
When play was resumed at the
other end of the field Monroe carried
the ball on two plays to Lancaster's
5 yard line and it looked like another
touch down. The third down gained
only two yards, however, and Mon
roe was penalized yards for off side
and lost the ball. Lancaster lined up
on her own 10 yard line and on the
first play Govier went around right
end for a beautiful run of so yards;
two short gains by Mcdonald and
Banks, a 10 yard run by Mcdonald
and short line plunge and Mcdonald
was over for Lancaster's first score.
The goal was missed and the score
still stood Monroe 7, Lancaster 6, but
the tide had turned and from that
time on to the end of the game Mon
hn Hnf
team. Opening up with a series of
end runs and plunges off tackle which
literally ripped the heavy Monroe line
shreds Lancaster put over another
touch down before the end of the half
and the score stood Lancaster Is and
Monroe Z.
At the beginning of the second half
Wilkinson returned to left half and
during the remainder of the game
played his usual brilliant running
game The third quarter was not pro-
ductive of a score but Lancaster had
the ball in Monroe territory most of
the time and was constantly threaten
ing.
In the fourth quarter Monroe
seemed to be firing badly and failed
to put up her usual stubborn resist
ance when her goal was threatened
and Mcdonald went over for the third
time making the score 10 to Z, where
it remained to the end of the game,
though in the few minutes left Lam
caster again carried the ball to the
five yard line where she was held for
downs Monroe at once punted out OF
danger and the game ended just as
Banks fell on the ball.