The Caldwell tribune., 1922-10-31
CALDWELL HIGH
'SWANPS NE|SER
. HERE SATURDAY
Local Football Team
Upsets Dope by Taking
Long End of "a to !
Score.
I'VE will winl'

That was Coach Berry's prediction
before the game and that is exactly
what the Caldwell high school did
Saturday afternoon. Upsetting all the
dope, playing wonderful brand Of
both offensive and defensive football
Coach Berry's we'll tutored eleven
trampled the championship aspirations
OF Weiser high school into the dust
and walked off with an easy victory.
The score was 24-7 and it should have
been larger.
i. Weiser never had chance to win.
While the first quarter found the
teams battling, apparently evenly mat
ched in the center of the field, Cald-
we'll was Handicapped by biting, high
wind. In the second quarter with the
wind behind the local team, that ad-
vantage was quickly converted into a
touchdown. Probably, had Van Was
mer utilized the distinct advantage
to be gained by strictly kicking
game the locals might have piled up
other scores in this quarter as Whit
tier, former Caldwell star tackle, had
difficulty getting his punts over the
line of scrimmage in the teeth of the
wind.
Caldwell's first touchdown came as
the direct result of forward pass,
Completing one, Van Wasmer to
Lowell, the Caldwell team found it.
self on Weiser's three yard line and
four downs to go. Lowell made two
over right guard but the other side OF
the Weiser line proved too tough and
on the fourth down, Van Wasmer
elected a short end run only to be
thrown for a substantial loss. Weiser
punted out but the same pass play
this time netted touchdown when
Lowell, with brilliant catch, grab
bed the ball off the fingers of three
encircling Weiser men.
With two minutes to go, Caldwell
found itself on its own rs yard line
Here, instead of kicking on the frs
down, Van Wasmer made one of hi:
rare blunders. He tried straight foot
ball, a tumble followed and Weiser
after a mixup, recovered on Caldwelr'
10 yard line Line plunges carried
the ball over almost as the half ended
Goals were kicked after each touch
down and the half ended IL. 1t wa
Weiser's only ray of sunshine during
the afternoon. Already, the superior
ity of the Caldwell team, both de
fensively and extensively, had beef
clearly demonstrated.
Absorbing a little knowledge o
how to take advantage of the higl
wind, Van Wasmer, with the win
again at Caldwelrs back, elected t
kick on the first down in the secon
half In few minutes, the ball ha
been worked to Weisers Is yard lin
by this method. Here costly tunal
gave Van Wasmer the ball and n
sk;rted Weiser's left end to the Wis
itor's five yard line. Garrity, playin
his first game at fullback for the loe'
team, demonstrated his driving powe
bv plunging over in three downs In
time the play was directed at the wear
er side of Weiser's line.
Inst a few minutes later Caid"s
again worked the ball to Weiser
yard line, Some open plays ia''ea
gain and Van Wasmer booted a pc
feet field goal 1t was his second a
,cmn, the first from the AZ yard III
falling BY inches to clear the bar
This ended the scoring in TINS qua
ter the ball being in WeiserS po
session in almost the center OF !. u
s.,d AZ the conclusion OF this sess'o
Facing the wind and preparing TO p''
defensive game the Caldwell tea
nevertheless continued its onslaue
in the final quarter. Garrity intereep
cd a pass and ran so yards before
was tackled from behind "A coup
n,avs brought the ball squarely
from, of the goal posts and van wa
mer tried another kick :, wind !. 81, $40
ned the ball in mida'r and II ien
Weiser's 10 yard line. In the Scram'
Caldwell recovered. A line plum
and a fake resulting in nicely GO 80
ct
cealed end run gave Caiawe'' -, @
toucbdown. Not long AFTER Caldw "
intercepted but holding on the C :, ,
ohbed Berry's team OF