East High School - Quill Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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qi Te game off with a rush. 'Osky won the toss and elected to receive, failed to gain, and punted. East advanced twenty yards on a pretty forward pass, failed on two line plays and then called upon Pete Walters, all-state end of 1917, for a drop-kick. The ball sailed squarely between the posts. The rest of the game was a mud battle with the advantage de- cidedly in favor of East. Osky was unable to gain ground and re- sorted to kicking whenever they got possession of the ball. Se- veral times East was in easy scoring' distance but fumbled or lost the ball on downs. Wallerstedt, Garretson, and Hanclstrom were able to make good gains and several passes were completed for long gains, usually with Pete on the receiving end. .Brookings, Osky's speed merchant in the backneld, did not come up to expectations, as East High's line nailed him before he could get started. A. Muhl, the plunging fullback was easily stopped. Osky tried to play an open game but the slippery field made the footing uncertain and fumbles were frequent. In the third quarter East had a good chance to score but the ball was lost in mud puddle and Osky lficked out of danger. In the fourth quarter the ball was again in easy kicking .distance for a goal but Pete tried a run instead, and the game ended with the ball on Osky's twenty line with the score 13 to OJ. Altogether it was a good game and evens up a tie and a defeat of the past two yeras. The treatment rnccordezl East by Osky's rooters could not be complained of and our boys came back none the worse from the grueling contest and happy and proud of their victory. Eldora vs. East High AST HIGH was scheduled for a football game with the Eldora Training' School eleven on Oct. llth, but put on a track meet instead. The East High grid team found the Eldcra Training school eleven unexpectedly weak, and the Scarlet and Black players had little difficulty in irouncing the visitors, the final score being 66 to 0. The Training School boys fought hard, and played a good, clean game of football. The visitor's First line was unable to stahd the unslaught of the locals, and time after 'time the Scarlet and Black men bioke through, and downed he Training School man in his tracks. Eldora tried to register gains by bucking the East line, skirting' the ends, and forwardpassing, but seldom with suc- cess, owing to the watchfulncss of the Scarlet and Black players. East High got away with many long gains by forward passing and bucking the line, and finally defeated the Eldora players with a score of 66 to O. Page Twenty-seven

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,.. ,.-...f-fn -.. .. ., Q WI .Vim East High vs. Iudianola N SEPT. 27th East High tucked away the first game of the season against Indianola High by a score of 13 to 0. Indianola brought a. strong well balanced team to battle East and put up a stilf game for three quarters. However, the pace set by the East High battlers was too strong and in the final quarter two touchdowns and a free kick spelled defeat for the invaders. K While Indianola came prepared to give the battle of their lives and fully expecting to win, the game was more or less of a prac- tice affair for East to test out the playing qualities of seine twenty- five men for places on the team. For that reason the team work of East was very ragged at times. The vets of former teams, who had returned from Uncle Sanfs service, were full of pep but had hardly enough practice to get back into old time form. HOW- ever, Walters, Hanflstrom, Wallerstedt, Yencer, and Floyd Hibbs showed great promise and will be heard from before the season is over. For three quarters Indianolri held East and at times had the latter on the defensive. East seemed to lack punch on the offen- sive and could not break thru the heavy Indianola line. Graves, quarter, and Nichols, half, for Indianola broke thru several times for good gains but met a stone wall near the goal line. East seemed to be rather Weak on punting and on exchange of punts lost ground. I However, in the final period East seemed to strike its stride and had the ball most of the time. A beautiful forward pass- Johnnie to Bus-resulted in a touchdown after Bus has made a pretty run ot' forty yards. Goal was kicked, and with the score 7 to O East kicked oft to Indianola. The latter :failed to advance the ball and attempted a pass which was intercepted by Wallerstedt who carried the hall to Indianola's iifteen yard line. After a series of OIT-tackle plays and short end runs, Mcllflain went thru tackle for the second and final touchdown. Johnnie failed to kicic goal and the game ended. For Indianola Graves, Nichols, and Hunnicut put up a good game. East really had no particular stars bL1t Tew, Handstrom, 'Walters, Captain Hibbs, and Krueger will make some one step lively to stop them before many more games are played. Oskaloosa vs. East High CT. 4TH. All aboard for Oskaloosa! Twenty strong' East lads left to tackle the State Contenders on their own grounds. A heavy rain on Friday night made the field a sea of mud, but East was equal to the occasion and started the Page Twenty-six

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2 :aeil E it Tia Captain Hibbs put up a great game as .did Handstrom, Walters, and McConkey. McMains and Bollinger, who went in place of the regulars, playefl a good game and promise to make two good men in the backiield. The improvement East showed compared with the way they stacked up against the Oskaloosa and Indianola teaivs proved to the followers of the Scarlet and Black school that the Fast side eleven still has its hat in the state high school football championship race. Coach Moyer's players worked well together, and the first line charged and held the opponents at the right time. St. Joe Central High vs. East High HE Missourians came to Des Moines Friday night expecting on the morrow, October 18, to give East High a good wai- loping. According to the score it was the other way around, for East High found St. Joseph Central High easy picking in a one-sided game. The game was featured by many spectacular plays in which the East High players starred. Our fighting warl- riors worked like a well oiled machine and played a fast, clear game of football. Despite the topheavy nature of the score, the visitors played a i'air game hut the East line held at all times and St. Joe's chances to score were very slim. During the first half, the East High hackiield got away with long gains through holes made by the line. The St. Joe line could not stand the on-- slaught of East's husky warriors, and the hard smashes made by the backiield. At the end of the first half, the East eleven had been across Central's goal line three times and easily kicked goal at each attempt. During the last half, the visiting eleven stiffened somewhat but the East line held, and the only way that St. Joe men could gain was by forward passing, They gained very little ground by this method until Wyatt ot Central caught a forward pass and started towards East's goal line with a clear field in front of him. This netted the visitors a fifty yard gain and would have given them a. touchdown had not Pete Vifalters outsprinted the runner and tackled him from the rear. During' this half East High succeeded in carrying the ball across the goal line for three more touchdowns and also kicked goal each time. The final score was 42 to 0. East High vs. Council Bluffs HE game with Council Bluifs on Oct. 25th. was 'looked for- ward to all season as it meant a nice trip to the river- town. The team left on Friday afternoon. A pep meet- ing was held during the day and the team was given a good send- oif. Since there was no diner on the train, Mr. Warren anticipat- ing the appetites of a football squad made arrangements with Page Twenty-eight