Tomah High School - Hamot Yearbook (Tomah, WI)

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THE TOMAH HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL FOOT- BALL A The following was the schedule of the foot-ball games for the season of 1913. , Sept. 27 Tomah 89 ' New Lisbon 0 Oct. 4 Tomah 7- La Crosse 13 at La X. Oct. 11 Tomah 39 Watertown 0 Oct. 18 Tomah 20 W.D.H.Mil. 12 Oct. 25 Tomah 33 Portage 13 Nov. 1 Tomah 28 Reedsburg 0 Nov. 8 Tomah 0 Sparta 65 TOTAL 216 110 TOMAH 777LA CROSSE 13 tFirst Quarter? Tomah kicked off to La Crosse. They were held for downs. Af- ter a couple of line plunges aforward pass wasmade byWright to Moran, who then made a sensational run of 20 yards, netted Tomah a touch- down. The ball see-sawed back and forth between the teams but no more scoring was done. The quarter ended with Tomah 7, La Crosse 0. tSecond QuartetO During the second quarter there was some sensational foot-ball played on both sides. After the ball exchanged hands several times, La Crosse finally pushed the ball over for a touchdown, but failed to kick goal, and the quarter ended with the score: Tomah 7, La Crosse 6. iThird QuartexO The third quarter was practically the same as the second. La Crosse became more desperate and fought for all that was in them to stave off defeat, while Tomah was scrapping to retain her one point lead. The quarter ended without either side scoring. tFourth Quarter 1 La Crosse came back strong in the fourth quarter and scored a touchdown after a few minutes'play by successfully completing a long forward pass. The game ended with the score: Tomah 7, La Crosse 13. TOMAH 39$WATERTOWN 0 Watertown invaded our city October 6, with their football team, but the Tomah gridiron warriors defeated the city in admirable style, as Watertown was crushed by the score of 39 t0 0. 31

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A GENERAL SURVEY Athletics have, as a whole, been successful this year in the Tomah High School. This being due to the able management, and a very favorable attitude shown by the student body towards athletics. Football, the major sport of sports, is the one in which all the students take an especial interest. Through the able coaching of Mr. Fruth, the team of 1913 presented to the supporters of the game a very good brand of sport. Although defeating the strong teams from Milwaukee, Watertown and Portage, the season ended by being defeated by Sparta, our ancient rival, by a decisive score. However, we are sportsmen-like enough to acknowledge that the best team won, and we have the consolation that another season is coming and with it a bunch of huskies to fill the shoes of those who go out this year through graduation. . We have the hearty satisfaction of having defeated our old rival, Sparta, twice at basketball by decisive scores. The basket ball team defeated about all the teams it met and when the elimination games were played, to see who would be the champions of this district, the boys went through the aspirants for the honor like an express train, eliminating Columbus, Baraboo and Viroqua by decisive scores. They have the distinction of rep- resenting this district at the tournament held at Appleton, an honor that no other team that has ever represented Tomah High School can boast of, and an honor that few schools of this size have had. Coach Fruth and every man on the team deserve the highest praise for their hard and faithful work in order to turn out a team of its caliber. The base ball bug has stung about all those who are not immune to the fever, immunity from the fever being a very bad sign for a healthy, red-blooded American youth to display, and the prospects are bright for a good team this spring. 30

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THE TOMAH HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL The game created a great deal of interest as it was the first time that Tomah had ever played a team from a section so far east. The entertainment for the afternoon was started by a parade with a German band composed of ttFatty Wright, ttFoamt, Lueck, HBertH Hoag, ttCarp Libke and Paul Cavigelli, with HDutchH Yeager as drum major leading it. The band was followed by a goat wearing a blanket on which was the word, ttWATERTOWN. The game started at 2:30 with Watertown kicking off to Tomahts 45 yard line. Tomah carried the ball back 5 yards. Then by a number of successful plays through their line, a forward pass was made to Reinhard, who carried the ball over for a touchdown. Sickles missed the goal. Tomah kicked off to Watertown and by their bad fumbling, Tomah recovered the ball and in a few minutes had another touch- down resulting from a forward pass to Earle. Sickles kicked goal. Watertown kicked off to Tomah who received it on their 40 yard line. After some hard and successful line plunging, the ball was carried near their goal and Sickles went over for the last touchdown of the quarter, which ended With the score 19 to 0 in favor of Tomah. The second Quarter started with Tomah in possession of the ball on Watertownts 30 yard line and by some hard and consistent line plunging by the backs, Verick went over for another touchdown, goal was kicked by Wright. Then Moran thought that he would take a hand in the scoring so he went over for another touchdown. The half ended with Tomah 33, Watertown 0. The second half was opened by Watertown kicking off to Tomah and there was some good hard foot ball played on both sides for awhile. The ball exchanged hands several times during the first part of the third quarter. Capt. Winters then became ambitious to further swell the number of Tomahis points by circling the end for a touch- down. Goal was missed. The quarter ended with the score standing Tomah 39, Watertown 0. The fourth quarter was the hardest fought as no touchdowns were made by either team but Watertown nearly scored as they had the ball on Tomah,s 1 yard line when Tornah braced and took the ball on the fourth down. The game ended shortly afterward. TOMAH ZOeMILWAUKEE 12 One of the games that created a great deal of interest last fall was the game with the West Division High School of Milwaukee. It was one of special note because no team from Milwaukee had ever before ventured this far into the wilds of Wisconsin. The game itself was one that has seldom, if ever, been equaled on the High School campus, as every brand of foot-ball was displayed, plunging, open and lucky. The two first mentioned brands predominated. 32