Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-10-28
LOCAL BOYS
INJURED IN
CUBA GAME
But Lancaster. Cops Bacon
By Score of Is to T.
Story of Contest.

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Garner Smith, left end, and Billie
| Edwards, quarterback, were knocked ,
out and injured in the football game
| between Lancaster and Cuba City high
schools Friday afternoon but Lancas-
ter brought home the bacon to the
tune of 16 to Z, after gruelling con-
test Both accidents occurred in the
last half. Smith suffered broken COL
lar bone while Edwards was knocked
out and bruised up but suffered no
serious injuries. The story of the game
as told by our staff reporter is as fol-
lows:
Lancaster Is, Cuba City
1t was a case of field guns against
heavy artillery at Cuba City last Fri
day but, contrary to the principles OF
military strategy, the field guns, by
greater mobility and more intelligent
| handling, won by the rather decisive
score of sixteen to seven.
In other words, Lancaster high
school football team journeyed to Gu
ba City, met the high school team OF
that place and though outweighed a
matter of fifteen pounds to the man,
played rings around them and ran up
a score of sixteen points before Cuba
City scored. That the Cuba boys scored
at all was due to the fact that their
heavy men and exceedingly rough tao
tics had disabled both Lancaster's ends
and one lineman and pounded the rest
of the team to state of near ex-
haustion. With the Lancaster team in
this condition in the final quarter
Cuba City opened up with forward
passing attack which Lancaster's
green ends and exhausted backs could
not stop and scored single touch
down. They made the extra point and
the score stood Lancaster 16, Cuba
City at the final gun.
i Score First Down
Lancaster scored its first touch
down and kicked goal for the extra
point a minute before the close of the
first half which ended with the score
z to 0 in favor of Lancaster Near the
end of the third period Lancaster put
over another touch down but failed
to kick the goal In the fourth period,
after being held on the Cuba City four
yard line, Edwards dropped back and
kicked a clean goal from the field. On
two other occasions during the last
half Lancaster had the ball within
few inches of touch down but failed
to put it over.
Cuba City scored on a long pass in
the final quarter after Croft had re-
placed Cliff and Granville had replaced
Smith at the ends for Lancaster.
These green ends were unequal to the
task of breaking up Cuba's passing
game and they finally completed one
for a touch down.
Team Work Wins Game
AS was the case in the Mt. Horeb
game of last week, it was team work
that enabled Lancaster'S comparative
ly light team to win from the heaviest
and probably the toughest team in the
conference. Schloesser's long lodging
runs, Fletcher's line plunging, Chap
mans all around play at his new posi-
ton as half back, and Edwards run
ming of the team deserve notice, but
it must not be forgotten that 1t was
the good work of the line that made
their showing possible.
Football Notes
Garner Smith, son of Oscar Smith
of North Lancaster, and left end on
the H. S. football team, had the mis-
fortune to have his right collar bone
fractured in the now historic game at
Cuba City last Friday. Garner was
valuable man on the team and will be
sorely missed for the balance of the
year. Garner says it is his last foot
ball game and his father says so with
even greater emphasis, but Garner is
a game fellow and a good sport; his
father is a better on and it is safe
bet that when the whistle blows for
the first game next fall he will be
found at his old place fighting for
Lancaster and his father will be found
on the side lines roofing for him to
win. A hurt is soon healed and for
gotten but a fighting spirit never dies.
Fennimore's high school football
team met the team from Dodgeville
high on Fennimore's field last Friday
afternoon and lost holly contested
and fairly even game by single
touch down in the final two minutes.
Dodgeville's score was the result of
a blocked punt which they recovered
on Fennimore's yard line and con-
verted into touch down after four
plays through the line. Fennimore ex-
celled in end running and in runs off
tackle while Dodgeville made most of
their gains through the line and on
forward passes.