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i HE FREEPORT JOURNAL-STANDAKbINfJSHKSTINO F:\Mtni t I r» S S offerer SIVNDAY BY 1,0 CAL FLAYERS.is he swung at the bull. HI* Aids I sion during the fourth quarter. this! qulckiy brought ft hew mallet into period bein£ started by cars number f th» field and soon oar numlvM' 4 man- c and S. 11euvered lt;ie ball to a place near the ftfiftl lift*. After rriueh fighUAw Spra-*ue scorftd another point for th* Reds.Sleffert driving and Knodle. rhftl-let Inan, replaced car 4 when (rouble developed again, soon scoring another point, the third quarter endlrig with a score of 4 to 3 In favor of the ■Reds.”Feints were wade in rapid snoops-Mike Knodle, mftliet mftn. with Siefirert. ’driving scored 3 pdltitA for the Reds th car hvtmbftf i. this hetfijt followed by 2 points made by eftt number 1. Mike tfermsmeior. mallet. mAh ftnd Barney” O'Connell at the wheel. Far number 2 came hack again With the lajlt point of the regulation fourth quarter, the score at this time-being 8 to 5 in favor crt the Reds.”NEDS AND BLUtS HAVE VERY INTERESTING SERIESPiiblle Is Manifesting Much Infer* est In New Fern of Sport ‘HemAlthough the final result, was Somewhat confusing, several thousand'Spectators appe.irerl (o enjoy ft Oontest In ntilo polo at Krape. Park Sunday afternoon, whifth at 44mOs dull and without action, hut during the latter part provided tlirills and excitement for both youth and old age, While fio set regulations were followed to the finish, when the contest was officially completed, the, Flues were leading 11 m 10, hut at thp end of the regulation four quarters the Reds were at the lohg end of an 3 to 5 score. AVhen th° fourth quarter ended he officials and players decided to •ontinuo the amusement, another period tn gratify those who desired mnr© excitement. liming tiro fifth period, which ended in a !i 1o 9 tie. and until Ihe tie was broken in the sixth, there, was reel action and many thrills.The Rlues were represented in ear number I by Gerald Barney” O'Connell, driver and Paul Mike” liermsmcicr, mallet man, while Uon-ald Prune O'Connell was driver of car number 3 with Donald Shank” Kelson, mallet man.For the Rods. .Joseph Sleffert was driver of car number 2, with Merl© Mike Knodle, mallet man. Tn car number 4 Orville Sparkplug” Callan was pilot and Everett Sprague, the mallet man.Promptly at 3 o'clock Referee. Ferny Slim Paul, foreman of the repair department at Freeport Buick garage, tossed th© ball in the field and the contest was on. Barney” O'Connell and Mike HermsmOier defending the south goal and .foe Sleffert and Mike. Knodle defending tlje north end of the field. ' tVherl the cars locked hOrfis In the center of the field after several minutes of play, Mike” Knodle broke a mallet as he took a swing at the ball. Immediately replaced by car number4 With Sparkplug” Callan as pilot, Sprague, the mallet man went tumbling to the ground as he took a terrific wallop at the ball, much to the amusement of the spectators. Plowing 'headllng Into car 'number 1. “Sparkplug” jimmied up ft. radius rod on car number 4 and went to the pits for repairs, to be replaced by Sieffert and Knodle.Blues Score First Driving the ball rapidly to Win'd tli^elr goal, Barney” O'Connell, pilot, and Mike” Hermsmeier, mallet man scored the first point for the Blues, and incidentally the first of the game. The quarter soon ended for a5 minute rest period.Car number 3, with Prune” O'Connell, pilot, and Shank” Nelson. mallet man for the “Blues,” and car number 4, after the head mechanic, AVnyhe Bill Garnmfi, had made repairs on the radius rod, with Sparkplug Callan, driver, and Sprague mallet man for-the “Reds,” opened the second quarter.Driving the hall, first tn one end of the field and then toward the opposite goal, the first point of the quarter waft scored by Nelson, with ■Prune O'Connell piloting.The first half ended with the score 3.to 1 in favor of th© Blues.Cars number 1 and 2 started the third qiiarter. Developing trouble shortly after the start, car number 1, with Barney O'Connell at the, wheel, left the field to be replaced by number 3 with Prune O'Connell driving.The goal was crossed frequently in ihe third quarter, the Reds being first when Mike Knodle drove the ball through the flag poles. Shortly after that Shank Nelson, in ear number 3, with “Prune O'Connell at Ihe wheel, drove the sphere .over the line. Developing trouble again, car number 2 was taken from the field, to Iks replaced by number 4, Sprague soon driving the ball over for the point. Sprague then broke a mallet when he struck tlie car with sufficient force to knock- a wheel off t
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Freeport Journal Standard
Freeport, Illinois, US
Mon, Aug 15, 1927
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