Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-11-22
LOCAL '11'TAKE|:S
sweet REVENGE:
ON MINERAL pr.
Lancaster SIS. Mineral Point z.

In one-sided game on the local
field last Friday Lancaster High
School Foot Ball Team defeated Min
eral Point High School 55 to z.
The Mineral Point team though a
husky lively bunch ct athletics was
so far outclassed by the pride of Lam
caster in team work, individual per-
Torrance and everything else that
goes to make up foot ball team with
the exception of gamness that the
game was not interesting as con-
test. However, those boys WE'RE
GAME and fought to the last even
though they knew the time the game
was five minutes old that they hadn't
a chance in the world to win or even
to hold the score to a respectable
figure.
Lancaster won the toss and chose
to defend the South goal. Mcdonald
kicked off and Mineral Point brought
the ball back Is yards. Mineral Point
hit the line three times and then
punted Lancaster's 20 yard line. From
this point Lancaster started a series
of plays off tackle and around the
ends and in nine downs scored the
first touch down five minutes after the
play started Mineral Point elected to
receive the kick off and again return
ed the ball several yards before being
stopped Gains of two and nine yards
netted them a first down but the next
three plays left them still yards to
go and they punted to Lancaster's 10
yard line. A play through the line
gave Lancaster 2 yards, then McDon-
aid went round right end for a 20
yard gain, Wilkinson followed with
As yards around left and Mcdonald
came back with another run of 20
yards for the second touch down. The
quarter ended a few minutes later
with the ball in Lancaster's posses
sion on the M. P. 40 yard line. Score
Lancaster Is Mineral Point 0.
After this the only question was the
size of the score. Lancaster scored
three more touch downs and added
the three extra points for goal in the
second quarter and the half ended
Lancaster 34-Mineral Point 0.
Second Half.
Mineral Point kicked off to start the
second half and on the first play Nc
Donald passed to Ellis for a gain of
80 yards. Two plays into the line
failed to gain and Mcdonald dropped
back for another pass but fumbled the
ball and then lost his bearings just
long enough to allow the M. P. guard
to scoop up the ball and run for a
touch down. A place kick was sue
cessful and the score stood Lancaster
"a, M. p. z.
A minute later, however, Mcdonald
atoned for this error by taking the
ball on the third play after the kick
off and running 70 yards for touch
down.
The third quarter ended with the
score Lancaster 48, M P. 7, and after
one more touch down had been regis
tered, during the first three minutes
of the fourth quarter. the entire regu-
lar team was pulled out and the sec
ond team sent in. During the re
mainder of the game it was give and
take with neither side having the adj
vantage until the final whistle ended
the game.
Side Lights On The Game.
AS a contest the game was un-inter-
esting, Lancaster so far outclassed
her opponents as to make it more like
a field day than a foot ball game, but
as q demonstration of what good
coaching and faithful attendance at
practice will do for team in a few
short weeks, it was an object lesson
which the boys of Lancaster will do
we'll to remember.
Early in the season cnis same team,
composed Of boys of about the same
age, size and general intelligence
played the Lancaster team game at
Mineral Point which Lancaster was
lucky to win by a to 2 score after
having been out-played the greater
part OF the game.
WY the vast Improvement of one
team over the other? The only
answer is Good coaching and faith
full practice not only by the first team
but by the second team as we'll"
Long runs were so frequent as to
become monotonous but one in the
second quarter by Wilkinson de-
serves especial mention. Getting free
around NJ P's right end on his own
% yard line he found the territory full
Of enemy players and it looked as
though he hadn't a chance but by the
most beautiful exhibition of lodging
and side stepping we have ever seen
he eluded the entire team so complete
~ that not a man even laid a hand on
him and planted the pail behind the
goal line rs yards away for a touch
down in single play.
The Ponderous "Heb"-he of the
line smashing propensity-also bios
somed forth as a speed demon by go
ing through the line in the third quar-
ter. finding himself still on his feet
and running 25 yards for a touch
down.
In the fourth quarter NJ P, set an
unique record by completing three
successive forward passes and finding
herself still seven yards short of
first down and forced to punt.
During the game M. P. attempted