Show thanksgiving FOOTBALL FOOT ALL A GREAT SUCCESS monroe high wins win ir 1 to 0 oica ocr richfield lugli elmen eleven N nearly a thousand spectators watched the football game last thursday the initial installation of what promises to be an annual event a thanksgiving lay day gamo game between tho the teams of the monroe and richfield Richtie ld high schools the game was a hard fought battle from tile the beginning to the ell end and the glory of the victors was but slightly greater than the glory of the vanquished in weight and speed the teams were barring captain wells of the monroe team evenly matched and of 0 closely similar ability it was capt wells who ga vo ve the boys from the south the advantage and the advantage v which he gave them is hardly evidenced by the score tall and rangy combining speed with weight lie pulled its his team out of the hole time lime after time by making the necessary yards advancing the ball usually by the old time fake forward pass run around tho the end play for or the needed dl distance stance and downs throughout tile the game his team gave him splendid support and in running mining effective interference they showed shoved more than usual ability the richfield boys lacked conn donee deuce in their offensive attack but in their defensive work they fought like tigers and took their battering from a heavier opponent in true spartan fashion in their ki kicking ching and forwald passing both teams gave evidence of lack of 0 long experience with the game but in every other respect they displayed a sample of tho the real article which would have been a credit to more veteran teams the students of both schools were out en ell masse and in color and they kept tho the air filled with their yells and their songs the north aide of the field was nas brightened by the red and white caps worn by the 1 monroe students and bleachers decked with red and blue streamers gave color to the south side while terrys band added jazz to the fray whenever a dull moment threatened the lineup line up was inas as fo follows lioNs monroe richfield center erickson black right guard robison bean left guard L lautt tuft right tackle tim tuft storrs left tackle winget erickson right end L hansen capt lett left end ranson B hansen right halfback sargent left guard williams ver wilson fullback wells capt johnson quarterback magleby wilson parker substituted for sargent gray substituted for referee williams umpire bell linesman D beal timers magleby and H beal score 13 richfield RIch neld 0 the return game which was sched aled to be played at monroe last saturday was postponed on account of bad weather and was later cancelled because of the tha inability of the representatives senta tives to agree upon a date monroe stood out for wednesday and richfield for friday richfield suggested a flip of the coin to decide tho the deadlock but monroe declined and the gamo game was cancelled |