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The baseball diamond, which covered the eastem; half 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 landling it. was' difficult thijodghout 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 ^ttack-in the final per-, iods, after a dull first half, iand drew applause from the spectators with several beautiful plays* Tffey com-tpleted six-forward passes in the last 15 minutes | of plav that1 brought them a netgain yf 97 yams! •, 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 their1 'opponent^ evlen more than the final _ scorq indicates, the statistics of. the gam$ giving them1 the advantage in ~ nearly every} instance. The Mustang attack i functioned . best when directed off jthe tackles! or aroiind the ends, tfhe Garnett line was strong and would not*give ground to the: charging! of the Iola forwards. 7 Garnett madej but one first down,[ that on an. Iola oenalty, but cam 3 ; Within a yald or two of making the • necessar^ i distance on several* other occasions. •, The , Mustangs made ten first downs.• . • i . • •~~The stars cf the Iola offense and defense were? the ends and backs. At left end Fainvcather played a great defensive game. He 5 blocked a kick that started the Mustangs i on their touchdown march, ihter-! cepted^a passj that almost led to scbre in the third period and made j_a large number cf the tackiest At -the Ixight Wing, uckey was on the receiving end jof four passes that thrijled the corwd through his ex-; ; cellent handling the ball. :_ Backs Improved.The Mustang backfield of HAFin-; ley., Davis, Little and E. Finley per-formed in much iiiiporved fashion,both oh attack and defense. H.’. Finley directed the team well and tossed parses,, that ,aided greatly in the. Mustang' offense. Davis withhis xidking and off-tackle rfa^s. Little with hife end runs and E. Finley with his all round play shone in , the Iola victory. Every man in; the j, Mustang *. linp-up fought gamelv tiwoughout, apid Captain Litwin- and i —his mates in, the linb deserve thbir share of credit. Scott, Weber and Ware stood out for Garnett..The first half of |the giame wasi slow and, uninteresting fropi - the _ spectators’. standnoint,- the] greatest excitement, coming! when Little v brolfe loose [for n | 15-yird gain; around his own right end in ,the• first-quarter, |with the ball in mfdt. if field. Succeeding pjbys failed arid the|Mustangs1!jwere forced to kick.:- ; Fireworks tn l Third. ?. The real fireworks did,not start t . until mid-way in \the 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 joyal rolled back ~ to the Iola 9-yard line where a Gar-jnett player fell oh it. After four tries at the Iola line Garnett was still one yard from the Mustang , goal line and lost the ball on downs. J)avis, standing back of his own goal line,; kicked the slippery pig-— skin out Of danger to his 40-yard stripe. i -. •After a;lass of two yards Garnett tried a pass, but it was intercepted by Falrweather, and i on the next -play the/Mustang! offense got un-jierway. *H. Finley threw two pass-es 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.Score by periods:Iola ............Garnett --------0 0 0 6~-6 000 0-0* Officials: Referee—Keister, Colorado U. Umpire—Newman, Pittsburg Teachers. Head Linesman— Welpom, Baker.Substitutions: Iola—Copening for Luckey, Christy. fori Taylor,, Papin for iLittle, Little for Papin, Taylor fori Christy, Copening for Falrweather, 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*Iola GarnettFirst downs ........10 lYds. gained rushing.90 10Forward passes ....17 6Fwds. completed ... 6 0Yds. gnd., forwards.,97 0Fwds. intercepted .. 2 2Number punts ____7. 11Dist. of punts, yds. 1209 256Run bk. punts, ydsl.21 53Punts blocked ____1.2 .0Op. fumbles recov. :. 0 2Penalties ........ .7 6Yds. lost, penalties : A5 ? 30'lNSAS collegeGRID GAMESnWinfield, Kas.t Nov. 12. (AP)— The Wichita University grid team assured itself of rupnerup position in the Central cbnference race last night by turning .in a 7 to 6 victory over Southwestern., The Wjchitans 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 Iehabods’ undefeatedrecord this season, such a possibility appears remote.The kick which gave the Shockers the winning point last night; was made by Quarterback Koch after Tucker 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 first 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 held 1 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 ,try for point put th$ 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, Ksfe., Nov. 12. (AP)—The Parsons' Cardinals, will retain the Kansas Junior College conference football title for another year] their 16 to 6 triumph over Coffeyvilie having eliminated any chances'entertained 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 anexhibition 'cramp enrlior In tha oor, _
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Iola Register
Iola, Kansas, US
Thu, Nov 12, 1931
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