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

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20 THE HIGH SCHOOL TIMES touchdown for Ft. Madison, Capt. Ekins kicking goal after the first touchdown. During the second half Phelan plowed thru Keokuk's line for the last touchdown. The game ended with Evans and Roberts being the greatest ground gainers for the Dam City aggregation. Score Ft Madison 19 Keokuk 0 Line up Phelan and Schaxle end Gilham and Wayland tack les Funk and Smith guards Marsh c Niggemeyer quarter Abel and Kirkhuff halves Capt Ekins fullback On October 28 the fast Milton team clme to town with the rec ord of being undefeated This game was a combination of a tiack meet and a foot ball game w1th Abel Ekins Kirkhuff and Johnson the latter of Milton one of the fastest sprinters in Iona doing the trackwork This game was one of the cleanest and fastest ever played on the local gridiron Capt Ekms set an esample for his team by making the 1n1t1al touchdown and kicking goal Kukhuif lntercepted a pass and raised the score to 13 points The second half started with Ft Madison stronger than eyer bemg reinforced by Abel our star left half who had been kept out of the game on account of inguries He soon became the hero Suddenly a streak was seen dashing down the field towards Milton s goal A hundred volces rose high into the air and as the runner covered with dust and dirt deposited himself underneath the goal posts another great shriek rent the air It vs as Abel who celebrated his entrance 1HtO the game with a spectacular 50 yard run to a touch down In the last half Capt Eklns was imured and was forced to leave the game Woods was sent in to take his place at full and played a great game Hatch made two more touchdowns and the game ended with the score of Ft Madison 33 Milton 0 LINE UP Ft Mad1SOH M1lt0H Marsh Mlller Smith Sexton Funk r Randolph Wayland Price Poepsel r e Be Young Russell N iggemeyer Johnson Kxrkhuff Morgan Phelan Snodgrass Ekms fCaptJ f b Kays Referee Noelke of Burlmgton Umpire-Cook ' : . ' , . .- : . , Z . , - : ', : , : ' , : . 7 g ' . Y - . , . 2 . - 7 L . . 'L i c 7 , l 7 y . . , . . . . . C , . . , . .L , . 0 Cl 9! K Y Y n I . 1 , . , . ' ......... ............ l .g. ...................... . Gilham ...... ..... . .. ...l. t. ..................... ....Muer ..... r.t.... ..... ' 'I .... . .... . .. . ' ...... ..... ...... r . h. ..................... .

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Tl-IE HIGH SCHOOL TIMES 19 tlon of beatmg last year s Southeastern Iona Champlons commenced a steady march tow 11d the1r goal Ekms and K1rkhuff plowed thru the opposmg lme lt ease XNl'lll9 Abel wlth a thlrty yard end run for a touchdown upset all Burlmgton s hopes of holdmg last year s cham pronshx 9 Mmdlson falled to klck goal 'Ihe ball was agam put ln play and C1lh-1m our sturdy left tackle TCCOVQIIHQ a fumble flew twenty yards fo1 our second touchdown He was followed a few mmutes later by Abel crossmg the lme for another In the second qualter the ball was svx ay ed from one s1de of the field to the other w1th nelther team scormg At the end of half the score stood Ft Mdd1SOH 19 Burlmgton 0 Burlmgton came back strong m the next half and secured m makmg a touchdown and a safety Hatch Abel ou1 speedy left half made anothe1 spectacular run for h1s thlrd touchdown Nlgge lmg h1s team llke a veteran The teamwork of Ft Mad1son was al most perfect wlth every pl 13 er playlng h1s best The iinal score stood Ft Mad1son 25 Burl1ngton 8 Pefer ee Umpire Lmesman Kempkes On the followmg Saturday arrlvmg at Falrfield after a long trresome r1de the team went 1mmed1ately to the dressmg room and at three o clock found us on the field ready for the thlrd confllct of the season Ft Mad1son had a hard fight owlng to a crlppled condltxon of the team several of the regulars bemg out of the lmeup After the Hrst five mmutes of play G1lham aga1n showed h1s pohcy of watchful Waltlng for fumbles by racmg across the enemy s goal for our only touchdown Ekms klcked goal from a dlfficult angle not knowmg th n It would save the game Tl-e half ended w1th Ft Madl son holdmg the large end of the 7 to 0 score Durmg the second half was wltnessed one of the hardest fights ever put up by a local team Thru an unfortunate backward pass ln the thrrd quarter Day of Faxrfield fell on the ball back of Ft Madl son s goal for then' end of the score Falrfield mlssed goal Durmg the last quarter Ft Mad1son was forced to use a couple of her crlpples to hold the onrushlng charges of Falrfleld The score stood F M H S 7 Falrfleld 6 The COT1HlCt Wlth Keokuk was our th1rd consecutlve game away from home The game was wltnessed by a large delegatlon of Ft Mad1son followers In the first half Krrkhuff and Nlggemeyer each reglstered a . . , 1 . c ' A , I I 1 Z s l O l K . J' ,- ' 2 A , v ' v' ' v . v . ' 71 . 1 ' ,A .- ' ' '1 . l 1 ' ' ' 4 . ' ' ' ' ' ' 2' . , . ' - , ' ' f , U C x Q bg V Q v Y y vu 7: v ' ' 7 J I 1 , I . - y as 77 , - 9 meyer playing his second game at quartertproved h1s ablhty by hand- , ' ' 2 ' ' ' . . : . , . s ' in . , . . . y i u , . . , V . . l 7 . . . , 7 1 . . . . . , ' e ' . . 1 ' . '- . 7 9 . y - l' , . . . . : . . . . , ' .

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0 GRY. W5 ll II Ill II11111111 1 Q O x , fm' 3-421+ .lllllhll RUBY FINCH 17 A large number of members of the class of 16 are attendlng pronnnent 1nst1tut1ons of learnmg scattered throughout the country as may be seen ln the 11st follovs mg Goldman Iowa C1ty Marlon Hamllton Iowa C1ty Everett Jack Iowa C1ty Orr1n Johnson Iowa Falls Ia Chas Lyen Iowa C1ty Erma Knemeyer Iowa C1ty Vera Newell Cedar Falls Ia S1mon Schlueter Iowa C1ty Cralg Sheaffer Dartmouth N H Robert Casey Tr1n1ty College Hartford Conn John Amborn Champalgn Ill Paul Shreves Iowa C1ty Joseph Thomas Chlcago Unlverslty Blodwm Wllhams Emporla Kansas M1ss Els1e Ernst 11 was m'1rr1ed to Mr Harold Wherry Paul at SIX P M Thursday October 26 Mr Herbert M Dudley 12 and M1ss Emma June Watson were marrled August 10 1n Chlcago At elght oclock Tuesday evenlng Sept 12 1916 at the Flrst Methodlst Eplscopal church of Iowa C1ty Mr Fred Hanchett 14 and M1ss Gladys Thompson of Iowa C1ty were marrled On August the first at e1ght P M MISS Leah Cassldy 16 and Mr George Hoffman were qu1etly marrled at the parsonage of the If 1rst Baptlst church by Rev Cash Ben Goldman 16 who IS attendmg I S U returned home on the twenty second and spent the week end Gardner Carlson 15 was here from Iowa C1ty and attended the foot ball game wxth M1lton VXA I4 WV' H ,il J M, - ' IU WWW ,- ,Nw H471 Q! 1 ' N OI, ,-f--5 0 X --R v S X -7 'v J I ' 0 '- I I ' NY vu, ! , . , . Ed. Doerr, Iowa Cityg Katherine Doerr, S. Pasedena, Cal.g Ben , ' s ' ' , ' 9 , S 1 ' , -3 - 1 3 ' 1 3 1 , -I 1 ' 3 y 1 - -S 9 ! ! ' 3 Y ! -S 1 ' S - , S ! 7 ' . . , . , I c . . . , . , . . , . . 7 ' 7 7 J ' , . . . , ,. . . , . . A , . . , . . . , .