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THE ECHO 2 l by playing the Montpelier Public High School team. Montpelier surprised our boys in the first two minutes of the game by their fierce defensive tactics. On our first attempt at the aerial game one of their halfbacks speared the oval as it floated over the scrimmage line. He fought his way through the entangled mass of struggling players and raced down the field for fifty yards and a touchdown. C. C. H. S. went to Montpelier to give the spectators an exhibition of classical football, so Bushman, Pequignot and Kel- ker set about to accomplish their intentions. Montpelier's touchdown only proved to be an incentive to goad on our fleety trio of backs. Bushman had the opponents tag- ging after him for the remainder of the game. Every now and then he would spurt around the ends like a streak of lightning for forty, fifty, sixty or eighty yards. When he tired, Pequignot would take the ball and would try to imitate his team-mate by going around the ends for long gains. When he tired, he tossed the ball over the line to Bushman, who seemed to be every- where that his opponents were not. Kelker helped both by his splendid interference, passes and line plunges. The Montpelier boys fought constantly and fiercely to stave off the evident defeat. Their splendid fighting and determination throughout the entire contest was the most spectacular feature of the game. NOVEMBER 17 C. C. H. S., Og Indianapolis, 6 f?l. NOVEINTIBER 22 C. C. H. S., 313 Alumni, 6. On our gala day, November 22nd, our football team found itself face to face with the toughest opponents of the season. The stars of former years were in battle array against their successors who wore the C. C. H. S. uniforms. Both teams determined to show their superiority in the sport. The Alumni had the advantage over the undergrads in several points. First, every- one had been playing every season since he left the school, some with the best infle- pentlent teams of the fity. Sefonfl. they outweighed the youngsters at i4'2lSl ten pvunrls to the matt. 'lhird. they had tit- experience of years, and were physifztlly in a harder condition. lint with all the-e advantages in their favor and with their desperate fighting they still were unable to stave off the onslaughts of the well-or- ganized undergrads. 'lhe youngsters proved superior in those fine points of the game which give a victory. The alumni were the first to score. 'lhey intercepted a forward pass and brought the ball to the undergrads' fifteen-yard line from where they fought their way to the two-yard line and were held for three downs. On the fourth down Koehl car- ried the oval over the line for the first touchdown. The next score was made just before the close of the second period when Loney. the undergrads' right half, speared Bush- man's pass and ran fifty yards for a touch- down. The first half of the battle was evenly fought and the prospects of defeating the youngsters looked bright for the alumni. The alumni had their signal system work- ing perfectly and their line was practically impenetrable. At the opening of the second half the undergrads launched an attack of forward passes which brought them to their oppo- nents' thirty-yard line. A pass from Graf to Bushman. who carried the ball over the line. netted them another six points. Logan. quarterback for the alumni. was unsuccessful in getting the ball away quickly enough for a forward pass and he fumbled. Berghoff. recovering the ball. raced forty yards for an additional six points. The Alumni received the kick-off but on the next play a pass was intercepted. The youngsters could not gain their ten yards and were forced to punt. The un- dergrads again intercepted a forward pass of the elders. but this time on a series of sweeping end runs carried the ball to the
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22 THE 25-yard line. Bushman again received a pass from Graf and tallied another touch- down. From this point of the game the under- grads showed their superiority over the Alumni, whose forward wall was begin- ning to weaken. Continually the young- sters' backfield slashed through their line for substantial gains. After another touch- down the undergrads received a kick-off on their own live-yard line. Volz called for a forward pass. Graf after fumbling the ball for a time hurled the pigskin fifty yards into the ever waiting arms of Bush- man, who ran the rest of the way for the final touchdown of the game. LINEUP AND SUMMARY ALUMN1 C. C. H. S. Kinder ......... ....... - LE. ....,............ Berghoff J. Kinstle .............. LT ......... .... F erguson Suelzer .................. LG ........ .... M ulligan McDonald .............. C ..... ....... F lick Vail .......... ........ R G ........ .... M cGrath Hickman ..... ........ R T ....................... Graf B. Kinstle .............. RE .... . ...... McCormick Les Logan ............ QB ....................... Volz Haley ...........,....... .LH ....... ...... P equignot McLaughlin .......... RH ........ .......... L oney N. Koehl ................ FB. ............... Bushman Substitutions: Kramer for Kinstleg Eckhart for Suelzerg Libbing for Fergu- song Lerch for Pequignotg Kelker for Lo- neyg Foohey for Berghoff. Referee, Leo Suelzer. Umpire, Hilgeman. Headlines- man, Hansen. Assistant Headlinesman, Red Bushman. NOVEMBER Z9 C. C. H. S., 12, Van Wert, O. On November 29th, Thanksgiving, the fast Van Wert High School team formed our opposition. It was the final game of the season. Van Wert had established the reputation of having the best football ag- gregation in western Ohio. At the break of day no one could have wished a better day for football. The crisp morning air suggested a real snappy football perform- ance for the afternoon's entertainment. But ECHO as the hours went by, clouds began to darken the sky, soon a mist, and then a drizzling rain put hopes for a dry field into the glimmering. At noon a steady rain began to fall and when the whistle announced play to start it developed into a downpour. The gridiron was a sea of mud when both teams lined up for battle. f'When the mighty Bushman, appearing for the last time in a C. C. H. S. grid uni- form, took the ball over the line in the first quarter, a wail went up from the large crowd that stood shivering in the mud and heavy rain, for it was the first time this season that the Van Wert line had been crossed. Urged on by the loyal, dripping fans. the Van Wert team fought desper- ately. but Doriot's men were too much for them and the ball lingered near their end of the field a large part of the time. The second touchdown was one of the freakiest of the season. Graf had punted over the goal line and the ball was put in play on the twenty-yard line. Twice the Fort Wayne line broke through and the man with the ball was thrown for a loss. On the next play the Van Wert backfield man fumbled on the five-yard line and the ball rolled a couple of feet toward the goal. Out of the scrambling, slippery stack of players shot the big form of Captain Graf. VVith the ball under his arm and lying on his side, he slid about two yards to the goal line and two feet over for good measure. The field was covered with hard packed clay and in the driving rain it took on the appearance of high grade grease. Both teams had fast open field runners, but the condition of the field made it impossible to get away, for an attempt to turn meant a fall. Fumbles were frequent, one side making about as many as the other. Fort Wayne turned most of the fumbles to their advantage, however. Ever on the alert, they recovered most of their own fumbles and a large part of ,Van Wert's,
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