Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-12-10
THANKSGIVING GAME.
Notes on Play of Last Foot
ball Contest of 1924
Season.

The following interesting observa-
tions on the Thanksgiving game be-
tween Lancaster and Fennimore, re-
sulting in a tie score of to Z, were
omitted last week for lack of space:
Notes ON the Game
Fennimore's field is in itself great
handicap to visiting team. 1t may
seem at first thought that the field
would be no greater handicap to one
team than to the other and this is true
if both were new to the field. However,
when one team has practiced all year
on an unusual field and has played
three or four games on it they have
learned to take advantage of every Pc
culiarity of the ground and to run
their plays accordingly, and so have
a very great advantage.
Groenier and Cook deserve great
credit for the game they put up.
Groenier had been sick in bed all Mon
day and Tuesday and confined to his
room Wednesday while Cook went in
to the game suffering from an acute
attack of tonsilitis. 1t was not origin
ally intended to start Groenier and
only his insistcnce sent him into the
game in the second quarter. Cook was
started but it was not expected that
he could last. We doubt If Fennimore
ever realized that Lancaster's center
and left end were sick men.
Henry at guard and Clementson at
end played the game of their career
and it was due to Henry's alertness
that the tumble was recovered which
gave Lancaster her score.
Sweeney took an awful mauling but
kept in the game and was responsible
for large per cent of Lancaster's
gains.
The line was stone wall to Fenni-
more's backs except in the one in
stance when Emerson got through
tackle for long run and a touch
down Even then Lancaster man was
through and only by hair breadth
missed getting him for loss.
Clementson, Sweeney, Cook, Henry,
Richardson, McKelvey and Austin
played their last game for Lancaster.
They will leave big gap to be filled
next year by Coaches Mudrack and
Miles have a lot of good second team
men to fill the gaps and prospects for
1925 are fully as bright as they wer@
this year.
Apparently no attempt was made TO
police the grounds and the crowd
swarmed all over the field, handicap
ping the players and making it diff
cult to see the play for those not in
the front line. Several times play had
to be held up to allow the officials
to clear space for the players. This
is not as it should be. If the game is
worth playing and if an admission is
charged to see it, sufficient policing
should be maintained to keep the play
ing field clear IF this is done not only
does each team have chance to use
any play it may choose but the spec
tators have an equal chance to see
the game.
This season must be considered a
success. Starting with a new coach
and a green bunch of material Lam
caster succeeded in winning four
games, tieing one and losing three.
Two of the games lost were played
before the team had been together
long enough to develop any team work
or to learn the game and were lost
largely on that account. The third,
lost to Mineral Point on the Lancaster
field, was a close game and was lost
by an unfortunate tumble in the first
five minutes of the game.