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at that point another intercepted and the firs h was atopped.Garnett Kick Blocked.Latelola March Climaxed With Only Touchdown I Of ContestAfter the Garnett and Ioia highschool elevens had fought, throught • •35 minutes of scoreless football at Riverside park yesterday the Mustangs pulled the game out] of the mire by scoring in the closing mjin-utes. as a crowd ol 3,000 Armistice Day celebrants roared in approval. Earl Finley, Mustang fullback,crashed over from the 1-yard linewith three minutes of play remaining to bring the locals the victory after a hard battle in a sea of mud.Johnny Copening’s kick for theex-I$tra point was wide, the final score being 6 to 0. ;:|Gridiron Muddy.The baseball diamond, which covered the eastern; halt of .the field was ankle deep ip mud as a result of recent rains, making progress over it almost impossible. After a few plays at the start cjf the game, the ball became covered with ooze, and .dandling it. was'difficult thijoiighout the game. The horse show except J. for pne event, the balloon mfelee, : could not be held because! of : the sloppy condition of the race track.; In spite of the slippery ball the ; Mustangs opened up a fine running 1 and passing jattackdn the final periods. after a dull first half, and drew applause from the spectators withseveral beautiful plays* Tlfey. com-rpleted six-forward passes in the last 15 minutes | of plav that1 brought them a net'gain qf 97 yards! •, , Best Team Wins.At the end of the contest there was no doubt in the mijnds of the. onlookers thjat the best ! team had ’won.] The Mustangs outplayed their opponent^ evbn more than the final _ scorcj* indicates, the statistics of the gamt giving them the advantage in nearly every} instance. The Mustang attack i functioned . best when directed off !the tackles! or aroUnd . the ends, TfTie Garnett line was strong and would not*give ground to the: charging! of the Ioia forwards. 7 Garnett madej but one first down,[ that on an .Iqla oehalty, but cam 3 ; Within a yaird or two of making _j Jth.e.' necessary i distance on several* other occasions. •, The. Mustangsmade ten first downs.* - * * » *77 The stars cf; the Ioia offense anddefense were? the ends and backs. At left end Fainvcather played a great defensive game. He I blocked a kipk that started the Mustangs i on their touchdown march, ihter-'• cepted^a passj that almost led to sdorc in the third period and made a large number cf the tackles!. At -the Wight Wing, uckey was on the receiving end jof four passes that thrilled the corwd through his* ex-; cellent handling trf- the ball. :_ Backs Improved.The Mustang backfield of HAFin-; ley, Davis, Little and E. Finley performed in much imporved fashion,^ both oh attack and defense. H.7 Finley directed the team well and tossed passes j. that Raided greatly in the Mustang1 offense. Davis with his Kicking and off-taejde da^hrs. Little with hife end runs and E. Finley with his all round play shone in the Ida .victory. Every man in; the , Mustang'. linp-up fought gamelv throughout, apid Captain Litwin-and —his mates in , the line deserve thbir share of credit. Scott, Weber and Ware stood cl The first half of (the giame was slow and, uninteresting fjropi . thespectators’ standnoint,- the] greatest _ excitement, coming \ when Little 1 brolfe loose If or a j 15-yard * gain around his Jpwn right end in #thefirst-quarter, [with the ball in mid-field, Succeeding plkys failed arid the|Mustangs1!jwere forced to kick.:~ ; Fireworks in Third. * ?. The real fireworks did, not start ..until mid-way ip itlie third period.A that stage jof the game H. Finley attempted a pass irom his own 30-yard'line. Opposing linemen broke -through and charged into him. knocking, the ball from. hts upraised hand. The *yal rolled back to the Ioia 9-yard tine where a Gar-_nett player fell oh it. After four tries at the Ioia line Garnett was still one yard from the Mustang goal line and lost the ball on downs. JPavis, standing back of his own goal line,; kicked the slippery pigskin out Of danger to his 40-yard stripe. i -. •After a; lass of two yards Garnett tried a pass, but it was intercepted by Fairweather, and i on the next -play the rMustang! offense got un-_derway. Finley threw two passes to Luckey that; netted 40 yards, and another .toss to Fjairweather and a Aeries of running plays advanced The; ball to the Garnett 10-yard line.ranitit kicked out of danger, and it looked! as though the Mustang’sone big opportunity would be all, although they continued to click off yardage. But Vith five minutes of play remaining, Fairweather again started the Xolans off by blocking a Garnett punt on the Ida 40-yard line. j .. •rDavis passed to H. Finley for (14 yards, H.; Finley tossed to Luckey for nine and runs by Little, Davis and E. Finley carried the ball down1 to, the 1-yard line. There E. Finley followed the charging line over for the score. •7 The line-iip:Ioia—6 Garnett—dFairweather LE. R. Sutton Holland LT. WebberTaylor ^ LG. G. ScottSutherland C. *- KeistKelley . RQ. WilferetLitwin RT. . WareLuckey HE. HolmesH. Finley QB. EggerLittle LH. v . EvansDavis RH. A. HigginsE. Finley FB. RobeScore by periods:Ida ........... .0 0 0 6-r-6Garnett ------- .0 0 0 0—0 Officials: Referee—Keister, Colorado U. Umpire—Newman, Pittsburg Teachers. Head Linesman—ireWelbom, Baker. SubsItutions: Ida—Copenmg for Luckey, Christy. for Taylor,, Papin for jLittle, Little for Papin, • Taylor fori Christy, Copening for Fairweather, Rich for Taylor, Donaldson for Kelley. Garnett—Cox for Holmes, Tipton for G. Scott, Flim for Tipton, Roseberry for Robe, Higgins for Ware, McCabe for Webber, Roseberry for Holmes, Webber for Tipton, Scott for Ware.Statistics of the Game.Ioia GarnettFirst downs ........10 lYds. gained rushing,90 10Forward passes ....17 6Fwds. completed ... 6 0Yds. gnd., forwards..97 0Fwos. intercepted .. 2 2Number punts ____7. 11Dist. of punts, yds. 1209 25GRun bk. punts, ydsl.21 53Punts blocked J. 2 .0Op. fumbles recov. :. 0 2Penalties ........ .7 6Yds. lost, penalties :A5; 30‘* * ».lNSAS collegeGRID GAMESWinfield, Kas.t Nov. 12. (AP— The Wichita University grid team assured itself of rupnenip position in the Central cbnference race last night by turning .in a 7 to 6 victory over Southwestern., The Wiehitans finished their season’s conference schedule with fivevictories and one defeat, a record which would give! them a co-championship should Washburn fail to down one of Its two remaining rivals in the current campaign. However, in view of the Ichabods’ undefeated record thlfc season, such a possibility appears remote.The kick which gave the Shockers the winning point last night; was made by Quarterback Koch after Thicker made a 14-yard dash for a touchdown ; in the third period. The run was made after a 20-yard pass had been ruled completed because of interference. Southwestern scored in the f|rst period after a 31-yard pass had placed; the ball in position for Fullback Baltzell to carry it over.Ottawa, Kas., Nov. 12. (AP)—The McPherson College Bulldogs defeated Ottawa University, 14 to 6 here yesterday to enter the Kansas conference victory column for the first time this season.; Two long passes preceded Smith’s dash across the Bulldog goal line in the opening period. The Ottawa eleven heldr the Bulldogs in check throughout the first half but in the third period an 11-yard pass from Carpenter to Wiggins and the lat-ter's successful ktry for point put thp visitors ahead. In the next quarter McPherson recovered a fumbled punt on Ottawa’s 9-yard line and Carpenter carried the ball across. Anderson added the extrapoint.Parsons, Ksfc., Nov. 12. lt;AP)—The Parsons' Cardinals, will retain the Kansas Junior College conference football title for another year] their 16 to 6 triumph over Coffeyville having eliminated any chancesxentertained by other contenders in the league.A 35-yard drop kick by Johnny Smith, Parsons fullback, featured the tilt which was played here yesterday.Fort Scott remains on the schedule, but the Redbirds, who have net been defeated since 1929, are given an excellent chance to keep thein record intact, since they downed the Fort Scott eleven in an exhibition ’game earlier in the sea-finn
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Thu, Nov 12, 1931
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