Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-10-31
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Throughout the remainder of the
nrst quarter and all through the sec
ond Lancaster kept the ball in Month
cello territory and was continually
threatening, but something always
happened to prevent a score.
Lancaster started the third quarter
as though intending to protect their
margin OF Ii points and prevent a
score. They tried several forward
passes which mostly failed because OF
the slippery, heavy ball and practiceG
a few trick plays which also failed
Monticello, however, could not gain
when they got possession of the bail
and it appeared that the game was
safe without further scoring Near
the end of this quarter Monticello,
forced well back into her own terri
tory, tried a long forward pass which
the right end took after juggling 1t
for some time on finger tips He
eluded Edwards and had a clear field
for touch down but Ellis went out
after him and brought him down OF
the two yard line The team braced
desperately and threw back three at
lacks with gain of single YARD,
then Lancaster was penaliZed one half
the distance to her goal line because
right-end had lined up outside of the
side line and the ball was on the Is
inch line. Monticello bucked center
desperately and it looked as though
they had been held as Lancaster had
been on the same spot in the firs+
quarter, but when the pile of players
was disentangled the ball was found
resting on the line and a touch down
was allowed The try for goal failed
and the score stood 13 to in Lancas-
ter's favor.
Lancaster still continued to protect
it's margin and to make little real eff
fort to score until the last quarter
was more than half gone when Month
cello picked up a fumbled punt and
ran for touch down and then tied the
score by kicking goal for the extra
point.
Faced with a tie or possible defeat
and with only six minutes to play
Lancaster woke up and gave a pretty
exhibition of how the game should be
played when it is necessary to win
game Taking the kick off they re-
turned the ball 10 yards before being
doWned then, discarding the danger
Gus forward pass and uncertain trick
plays, by a succession of line plunges,
slants off tackle and end runs they
brought the ball rapidly to the oppos-
ing taamSs 10-yard line from which
Heberlein went over for the third
touch down.
During the two minutes left Ian
caster again ripped the opposing team
TO pieces and had the ball on the lloyd
line for a first down when the whistle
blew. The final score was IS to ID.
Notes on the Game.
Monticello appeared to have the ad-
vantage in weight. Most of their men
were of the tall rangy type, which
probably made them appear larger
than they really were. They had no
man as large as Heb" neither had
they as small as BILLY" Edwards,
"Runt" Govier or "Tiny" Blake.
The tumble of a punt which cost Us
a touch down was not tumble OF d
catch but failure by Ellis to get
firm hold on the elusive oval when he
attempted to fall on rolling ball. He
recovered and made a game effort to
redeem himself, finally tackling his
man and bringing him down on the
five yard line, but the runner, falling
free crawled over the goal line for the
score.
The team seems to have found itself
and from now on will no doubt play a
better game. Three hard games re-
main on the schedule, all OF which Will
be played on the home lot. Mt. Horeb
comes with a strong team next Friday
and Richland Center plays a return
game the following Saturday. Fennl-
more comes on Thanksgiving. Rich
land Center and Fennimore have both
defeated Lancaster this year but vic
tories in these two games would atone
with interest for these defeats.
We would like now to enter plea
for more encouragement for the boys
at their three home games. Win or
lose they will play the game to the
end There isn't a gutter on The
squad. They will give you good ex-
hibition every time they appear
thous;h they may not win. This may
not lie our year but its a poor sport
who cannot lose occasionally without
knocking his team.