Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-12-06

L school Closes Very Success:
m!|Ssason. Played Last Game
81 & 81 Thanksgiving Day

W " nsnh l Egll LAY
n he illnar high school team
|sIl4aye their last football game this
ssasoh When they met the high
tth6oI team Of Tracy On Thanksgiv-
Gay and defeated them by score
q to O. In. the morning the rain
Pouring down III torrents but it,
|F.ttflany let up. The field was so mud
|ady that new one was marked out
on the east end Of the ball park. At
Don the weather was very mild with
the sun shining and the temperature
sssab0ut sixty degrees above. But by
Ne time the game was ready to start
terrific' gale was blowing from the
||s;southwest. The wind was blowing
so hard that, the goal posts snapped
tight at the level Of the ground. Be
tore the game was over the wind had
Changed around to the northwest and
ssWastdriving snow and sleet before it,
so even tho the wind was in Tracy's
favor at the start it did not stay that
way during the entire game. ~
Seven of Willnar's men played
their last game Of high school foot
ball @on Thursday. Linn in the back
field and the centre line with the ,ex-
fception of Wallace johnson will, be
lost BY graduation in June, -. -. T.. ..
Rawling for, Tracy was their main
star. He carried the ball most Of
the time, did the kicking and was an
3exceptio nally good passer: Captain
Holden at left tackle was also good
man and it was largely thru his work
that Willmar was held for downs at
critical times. e Webb; at right end:
was usually On The receiving end Of
M he passSand if the weather had been
lnore Favorable We would have seen;
some wonderful open field work as
They plays an aerial game whenever
pdesible.
For Willmar all the boys played
sth9ir usual good game and as many
hem knew that it would be their
Ian game they wanted to pile up a
biz score.
Both teams were unable to score
inathe first period. Three touchdoWns
we're. made in the second quarter.
W4stgaard hid in the crowd on the
sidklinesa and ran out to the so yd
linz where, he receiyed pass from
Lin who was on the 20 I'd line and
ran the entire length of the field for
touchdown. Westgaard's kick hit
the goal spost. AS the wind blew the
goal posts down they had toSbe held
up by the crowd whenever d kick was
attempted. Linn made the second
one. The Tracy team was bound
that Willmar would not. have this
4 touchdown but after four, attempts
Linn finally carried the BALI across
pass from Linn to Davis was good
the extra point. The third one
made when Rawling punted. from
the 4 l ydSline and the wind blew the
ball behind their own goal line where
sMonson tell on it. Westgaard failed
So TO- kick. The half ended with The
score 19#to,-0. sE*$=#
s In the third quarter Maynard
ohnson carried the ball across and
81 . pass from Westgard to Davis brot
in the extra point. Dan Olson sailed
thru center for the next counter. An
attempt by Westgaard to run around
right end failed. Davis made the last
IL touchdown. but no attempt was made
to secure the extra point.
A large, number of people were
there to witness the game, many Of
them business men, glad Of the OPP
portunity to see one of the best high
school teams in the state in action.
AS high school games are usually
played on Saturdays, il lis hard for
them to get away to see "a game Ira
s.cy: was accompanied by a:fjazz band
and the music was much enjoyed BY
the crowd. .@ al 4 |.Y5Esazss
3gs FIRST QUARTER .z .
Captain Holden Of Tracy won.sthe
Sa toss and chose to kick from the south
goal. Asa regular gale was blowing
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