Allegan High School - Echo Yearbook (Allegan, MI)

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Ne c PL xIN'LL They 0 In the flrst home ame for the l1QSTS, they played O ale wlth a h1 hly splrlted and deterxlned Plalnwell eleven lhe Vane opened Wlth Allegan kick 115 off to Pl lPJGll pl8lDJ9ll' often e looked bre t 1n the flrst three plays, but AlleLan's defense prox d to be too much for the blue and Wb1tG A 'egan had possess on f the ball rest of the tlme lf the pare, giVlHg it up only when nece sary when Plalnwell dld raln posses slon the Ti ers stop,ed them dead lhe hlgh llght of the game came 11 t hlfd uarfer he Allegan ad vanced to the Plalnvell s1A lnch llle, on f to e stopped tvo IICTLS short of a teuc down Although it nelther team scored Allen out played the Plaln well bo and had a much stroreer GefLUSC, thus w1n nlng a moral vlotoly We 6 z ELAND They 'I The Allefan Tigers lost thelr second game of the season to eeeland It was a hard one for the boys to lose, after they had scored 1D the thlrd quarter and held the e land eleven tlll late 1D the forth The flrst half of the game had llttle exciterent, both teams gust taking the ball for three plays then KlCklHg lt out of danger Thls was carrled on all the flrst half by both teams Then the second half opened and the tlgers get under motlon wlth Barrett and Vdgerton taklng the ball several tlmes Finally Edgerton took lt over from th slx lnch l1ne Then the all lmportant extra point was a fallure but nllcgen had galned the lead The TlgCIS held the l ad till late 1D the last quarter eeeland saw that tlelr l ne plays were not palnlng any fHTdWgC so thev took to p8SSlPg and they really d1d a good Job of ltx With about 4 mlnutes to play they shoved two passes cv r our weak side for flrst downs Then th J ren he ball for about three yards Then th r xent bac! to pass1.g and the next one dld the tT1CK The score became tied The try for extra D51ft was good and it won th game for Zee land I leallr was a hard gene to lose wlth Allegan out WC1QhlHg eeeland l5 pgunus to a man and holding them as long as they dld levertheless the Zeeland team had a real bunch of fellows and they earned the game they won. V A -5' 4, ' FT 'W' , 1 1 . U . 8 . O 3' fd ' u - ' Cl. ' D Q Z l ' X rw ,. . - - I J f - . . 9 4' . fl A 5 Ci ,v . . Y S 1,3 S F nr F . . n Q- ' - , a YQ U - I A . ., , . A 0 .L.. 1' F 1 O A N I U 4 - O .A A A L J ll A V ' A S ' 2 ' - . ' r ' A 5 . A I ,A O ' Y V M U O .x 3 1 vj 2 . ,-L . . A - rt t.. ri 1 'H' . 'rl ... A J ' . v Y ' All b w 'I la L T ' h ' . . . Y .i . was an ldeal football dav lt assed 13 vain because . .1 9 , Q I . I A ' 0 ,earl ' L7 . A ' ' 3.13 ' XO. 'fa .Q ' .. . . v 1 A , , 7, : .IL r ' 1 T .J A f7 .. I o . . J ' 4 I ,-w . . , 4.1 G 4 o . . -I ' . 'L E L . . . . . 3 0 -4 . . I I -L . . . - LJ - . . C A . . . . n., Q ' . A . A ' o . A . N1 . H 1.' -i ' ' ' 1 x fr N ' . 9 .1 3 1 .J A . ' . . ., . n . xi N T Ck 5 ' A 4- Q ' A Qxr e D . 4 fx? N ' 1' . YN I I Q vu V .. L A . . , X o ' A ' o ' 1 A 1 C' . n G i J- - . - ' . . , I f A It . ' ' rr ' - x l ' X . . u 4 -