Fort Madison High School - Madisonian Yearbook (Fort Madison, IA)

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THE HIGH SCHGOL TIMES my L 1---.f .Z Lg, M' PAUL SHREVES 16 On September 7 the season started wxth th1rty men out Coach Kempkes bemg pleased wnth the number started ID to harden them up Although we lost some of our stars of last year the Freshmen brought IH valuable materxal After the first week of hard practxcxng under the excellent coachmg of Mr Kempkes sxgns of a good team were shown At the end of the second week a game w1th New London was scheduled to be played on the New London grld :ron The tr1p was made 1n autos leavlng Fort Madxson at 11 30 and a.rr1v1ng at New Lon don at 2 P M The team was then ushered to the dressmg rooms and g1ven the whereabouts of the Held In a few mlnutes they were on the field runmng sxgnal pract1ce then after klCk1Dg a few goals the game was called Fort Madxson won the toss Hueser who recexved the ball was downed on the 40 yard lme Makmg thexr down our boys worked the ball down to the half yard l1ne but fa1led to make the down Thxs gave the ball to New London They ran xt out about 30 yards and lt was agam transferred to Fort Madlson A few downs were called and the first quarter was up Changxng goals the ball was 1n Fort Mad1son s POSSCSSIOD In thns quarter Captam Lyens proved hxs ab1l1ty as a half by makxng the first touchdown The goal was mlssed The ball was brought out and New London recexved A few downs were called and the wh1stle blew for the half In the second half New London recexved and agam worked to the 30 yard lme There the ball was gxven Fort Madxson by a poxnt W1th Fort Madxson defendlng the opposxte goal the ball 1n New London s possessxon was agaxn punted to the Crxmson and the Black Everybody, thelr hearts set on another touchdown worked hard and gamed the su: yard hue. At thxs polnt, 22 , a K f' ' .WM ' Allxl I . I 1, 'Af V rs A lj, -:N . 'nl'-,. Qt' .XX II, va xx Xxlx ibxlll' 1 'xl im, 4 V, .lwllv ' fl-'ff 'V' 1' ' 1-, HX llr ji , l3'f:'-445? ' 1 1 , . . i , . . v D Y . , . ' -. I . , 1 . . - . . . Q 1 . . s . : ' . , . . . . , ' 1 I I . . , . , I I

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THE HIGH SCHOOL FIMES couple are at home to thexr many frlends on the grooms farm near Denmark At the Presbytcrxan manse on September 29 occurred the mar mage of Arthur Mxller and Irxs Schafer Rev W Graham officlatmg The groom 1S one of the best known young men 1n the c1ty where he conducts a clgar and confect1onery store He IS a graduate member of the F M H S Class of 12 At the res1dence of the brxdes parents Oquawka Ill on Tues day September 28 Allen Howard 07 and Margaret Felxege were un1ted1n marrlage by Rev Blout of the Methodlst Church They w1ll make the1r home temporarlly at Oquawka where Mr Howard has been employed for several months past Then' permanent home w1ll prob xnterests Mzss Marle Schaper 10 the daughter of Mr F C Schaper of th1s cxty was one of our October brldes She becan'e the wmfe of Dr Roy C Dav1s a promment pract1c1ng physlcxan of Detroxt Mxch The Tlmes IS your paper Do your best to help lt along for 1ts success depends upon you and your athtude toward xt Thzs year we are runmng the T1mes ln accordance w1th the best busxness prmcxples and next to keepmg up 1ts hmgh llterary standard the paramount purpose IS to make lt pay ' 21 ably be in Florida, near Hamilton, where Mr. Howard has real estate

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THE HIGH SCHOOL TIMES 23 Captaxn Lyens recelvmg a forward pass crossed the l1ne for the second touchdown The game was ended the score was Fort Mad1son 12 New London 0 The first b1g game of the season was played wlth the Burlmgton H1gh School team on Saturday October 2nd Captaln Lyens of the Fort Madlson team won the toss and chose to defend the southwest goal Burlmgtons quarter back klcked oft to to Gordon on hls 10 yard lme from where he returned the ball ten yards In the followlng attempts to buck the opposmg hne one of our men fumbled the ball It bemg recovered by a Burlmgton player From the 30 yard lme Burlmgton hammered her way down to Fort Madlsons five yard lme where by a l1ne smash she made her first touchdown However McFarland fa1led to kxck goal The score was Burhngton 6 Fort Madmson 0 McFarland krcked off to Gordon on the 15 yard lme Gordon returned the ball ezght yards From there xt was worked to the 30 yard 11ne at whlch poxnt a Burlmgton player xntercepted a forward pass The ball was then worked back down the field to the exght yard second touchdown McFarland klcked a goal makxng the score 13 to 0 In the second quarter Burhngton made two more touchdowns But our team pxcked up wonderfully at the begmnmg of the second half there bexng no touchdowns made 1n the thlrd quarter In the fourth quarter however one more touchdown was made by the opposmg team McFarland agaln klcked goal and the final score was Burlmgton 33 Fort Mad1son 0 Of the locals team Shea Gordon full back and Fnnley left end worked hard at all t1mes and certamly deserve credxt for the pep whxch was shown by them Burlmgton brought down a great number of autos and rooters there be1ng thnrteen of thenr cars lxned up on the Held FORT MADISON 12 KEOKUK 0 On Saturday October 16th was fought the real bxg football game of the season We played Keokuk on our home grounds As space does not perm1t a deta1led account of the game I w1ll mentxon only a few of 1ts features Commg xn a specxal car the Keokuk team brought up an zmmense crowd of rooters The xnterest zu th1s contest always runs h1gh and , 2 ' . 9 , . , . . , . I Q . . . ' . , . . ! l 9 - , . ' . : . 1 l ' Y ' Q . . . . line, from where Captain Wolfmeier plunged over the line for the . , . , . I 1 : ' . 9 ' . - 1 . ' 1 Y V 1 I . . . 44 ,, I --. V ' l Y I l