Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-12-06
TRADITIONAL
RIVALS FAIL TO
Decide HONORS
FennimOre and Lancaster Fight
Thanksgiving Day Zero Game.

Lancaster High School Football
Team JoaIneyed to fennimore on
Thanksgiving afternoon and, on a
field so slippery with mud as to make
good foot udIl practically impossible,
played the strong Fennimore High
School Team to a scoreless tie.
After long delay because of the
non arrival of the officials, Mr.. Hintz
and Mr.. Hill of PlattevilIe, who were
delayed because OF pad roads the
game got under way about g. 10 p. m.
Fennlmore won the toss and chose
the West goal. Lancaster kicked off
and the ball was downed on Fenni-
more's rs yard line. tennimore tried
the line three times for a total of
yards and then kicked to Banks who
was downed on the Fennimore 40
yard line. Three downs netted Ian
caster II yards and a first down on
FennimOre's % yard line, a forward
pass was grounded and on the next
down Lancaster was penalized yards
for off side. Two plays LETT 10 yards
to go for first down and Mcdonald
tried place kick which fell short. A
Fennimore man picked up the ball but
forgot to run with it until too late and
was downed on his own 8 yard line.
Fennimore again tried the line
three times for a total OF yards and
again kicked. During the remainder
of this quarter neither side could gain
consistently and the period ended
with the ball in Lancaster's posses
sion near the center of the field.
The second quarter was all Lancas-
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she was going to put the game on ice
then and there. Starting on the 48
yard line Lancaster made three sue
cessive first downs on nine plays and
had the ball for the LIST down on the Is
yard line at the east end of the field.
Here, however, the footing was so
treacherous that it was all but i'm
possible for the backs to keep their
feet, they were held three times for
a total of four yards and tried for
ward pass which was grounded in the
end zone giving Fennimore the ball
on her own 20 yard line.
FennimOre tried the line twice for
total of one-half yard and then
kicked to Banks who came back to the
35 yard line before being downed.
Again Lancaster started a march for
the goal; three plays Melted 13 yards
and first down, two more plays had
Melted gain of yards when the
whistle ended the half, leaving the
ball in Lancaster's possession on Fen
nimores Is yard line. Score Lancas-
ter 0, Fennimore 0.
Fennimore kicked off to start the
third quarter and the ball was down
ed on Lancaster's 20 yard line. A
forward pass as grounded, a play
through the line gained three yards
and then Lancaster Dire five yard
penalty. Another down netted yards
and Lancaster was forced to kick.
Fennimore tried the line for no gain,
tried a forward pass which was
grounded lost yards on an attempted
run from pass formation, tried
another pass on which she was pen
allied five yards and then kicked.
Late in this half Fennimore did her
best work in the game, making first
down with two gains of eight and
three yards and beginning the next
down with gain of five yards around
end but forward pass failed the
third down gave only two yards and
she was forced to kick. uring this
quarter Lancaster did it's poorest
playing of the whole game, failing to
make a first down.
Beginning the fourth quarter Lam
caster again made two successive first
downs on six plays but a penalty set
them back five yards and on the sec
ond play after this tumble lost them
the ball. Soon after this Fennimore
got one of the best breaks of the
game. Held on her own 20 yard line
and forced to punt, an on side kick
was tried and was successfully ex-
ecuted because the ball after going
out of bounds near the 80 yard line
on the north side of the field rolled
behind the players bench where NC
Donald could not reach it in time to
prevent Fennimore's on side man
from falling on it. Added to this the
referee pulled a boner" by carrying
the ball into the field at the point
where it was downed instead of the
point, Is or 20 yards back, where it
went out of bounds and the Lancaster
team pulled boner" just as bad by
failing to call his attention to the mis-
take. However, this bit of luck avail
ed nothing as Fennimore lost a yard
on her first attempt at carrying the
ball on the succeeding down and then
tried three forward passes in success
sion two of which were grounded and
third intercepted. Near the end of
this quarter Fennimore cut loose with
a series of forward passes and finally
succeeded in completing one for a
gain Of Is yards, bringing the ball to
Lancaster's 50 yard line just as the
referee blew his whistle ending the
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