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Indians Beat Manlius 38-6 There FridayPlaying on a rathei soggy field and much of the time in a dn/yUr U»lt; v. oming Indians la t. night,brought the 18 ;jg|me Manli 1 win streak to a close T;6 score that, saw Manlius U nan n hr very little ipp score only ir til of tla Indian first team was replaced when about eight minutes were left in the ball game.The story ol the first quarter v a in large measure one oi fumbh . ■ i-of which gave the Indian: ft * : score. But then fumbles are part lt;»i ,* football gam* and the ab; ity to mm advantage of them is what emails.Wyoming scored its first tnu« hdow? with only eight secono. i h m play inthe first period. Twice- qf n * ni theperiod the Indians had driven dtwp into Manlius ternary only to a the ball on fumbles.But then their turn came, ruhold recovered a Manlius rumble on Hi-south side of the field mi v* of aboul 40 yards into otichctown territory* Meaker plunged for the con mi. andthe Indians led 8*0.About, the middle of the secondod a bad pass from center mi an attempted punt gave the Indians the ball on the Red Devil 17 yard line.The Indians gained a first down on the four. From there Mooter went for two and then O'Neill went the two remaining yards in two tries, O'Neill passed to Rapp on the conversion and the Indians led 18-0.A few plays after the following kick* off Unhold intercepted a Manlius pass and returned the ball to the Manlius20. With 3.19 left to play In the halfO'Neill passed to Rapp for nine yards and another touchdown. A pans on the conversion attempt failed and the Indians led 22-0,The only score of the third period lame when Tuttle broke through center for 50 yards and a touchdown about the middle of the period A pa% on the conversion attempt connected and the [ndians led 30-0.With about three minutes played in he final period Tuttle intercepted a Manlius pass and went about 40 yards :or a touchdown. He also plumed for he conversion.With eight and a half m n the game. Coach Gary Johnson sent ,n the reserves. They made a couple of valiant stands uut then fumbled ‘Me all to Manilas m. the Wyoming 17. rhe Devils gained a first down on Me four. They famed one and then lo t Ive when penalized for takin mo nuoh time. Then Hensel went seven pard for the score. A plunge on tin conversion fell short and the store stood at 38-6, which is the way it was when the final horn soundedThis Friday night Wyoming , te lost to Western, which wot athi#; surprising 12-0 decision over Toulon ast week.MI thought the team did a real good|ob last Friday night”. Coach Gary Johnson said. Our backs ran M ;,e ; with a lot mo^:;|||et^®iBf|ti'»n andiur defense played very well.“We can’t afford any let down this Friday night as Western 1 •oming on much stronger than they were a couple of weeks ago,” he acid-
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Wyoming Post Herald
Wyoming, Illinois, US
Wed, Oct 03, 1973
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