Show HIGH SCHOOL BOYS DEFEAT isri rab THE I 1 alj hr i LEGION l I 1 at millan jal football gamo game proves prove highly inhere interesting ting to large larco arod of spectators spectator the most interesting if not the most technically perfect football game played on oil the local gridiron was that between the local american legion played on oil thanksgiving day the legion team was somewhat handicapped by lack of experience three members of their team had never before placed in ill a football game and the team had had only four night practices in tile the high school gymnasium as their preparation for the battle nevertheless they surprised both the friends and foes by the quality of football which they were inere able to produce and gave coach knebeler tile the scare of his life during the first halt half in weight the teams were nere almost evenly matched although stanley Ram loses size seemed to give the aleater gi eater burden to the legion team the high school team began tile the game in a somewhat indifferent spirit feeling confident that they would have no difficulty in defeating tile the stalwart but staid Legion aires the abse fice of wilson and beutler in indicated coach Neb ekers confidence of victory and came nearly bringing grief to the school boys throughout the first half the ball seesawed see sawed up and down the field with mth neither team able to get their organization sufficient iclene to make consecutive gains and the half ended with no score for either side the third quarter was the waterloo for the Legion aires between the halves coach had requisitioned tile the service of the much needed wilson and Be beutler atler and captain bean succeeded in getting his men sufficiently unified tor for four consecutive successful plunges and the ball went over for the first touchdown bean failed to kick goal score 60 6 0 shortly after the ball was again put in play the high school boys succeeded in breaking up three plays of their opponents and forced them to kick from their 10 yard line beutler bentler received tile the kick and ran for GO yards through a broken field making what was by all odds the most spectacular play of the day and scoring the second touchdown n contrary to all expectations the legion team came back in the fourth quarter stronger than ever and al though the school boys succeeded in forcing the ball over for a third touchdown the Legion aires alres began to find themselves and were marching steadily down the field when the final whistle blew eight bight members of the legion team had had experience during the dark ages and in some iome cases more recently on high school and college teams the lineup line up for the teams and the institutions for which the legion men had previously played are as follows porter le ie martin I artin hamilton storrs it poulsen kalg Soy ig D beal e S U 0 of f U nelson rg 0 C nelson U of U rt andreason Ram Rani lobe re 14 christian en U A C gray Grayl hb H 11 beal U of U bean alib dark clark 1 caster high erickson fb b casey oregon high ednai edwards Edw aids ds ab carron towanda tov anda high substitutes beutler for gray wilson for stairs rs hood for 11 martin lartin harrington for andreason there is ib a movement on foot among the legion men to make tile the football game an all annual affair with the high school team tor for armistice day they are also planning a service basketball team and a baseball team for decoration day game with the local high school team the legion boys feel that with such finished players as casey C nelson howard and jimmie carron around which to build a team they could with a few weeks practice round into shape a a real football foot football bali team |