Highland Park College - Piper Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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cult angle and l'ailed. Cornell kicked to the center of the field. Highland now opened up for the first time, and attempted three forward passes, two of which were incompleted, and the third intercepted on Cornell's thirty-yard line. Cornell made first down once, and punts were then exchanged. The visitors then ad- vanced the ball to I-lighland's thirty-yard line, from where a drop kick was at- tempted, which f'ailed. Again punts were exchanged, and a long end run by Steadman put the ball on Cornell's forty-yard line, from where McCauley made a splendid try for a drop kick, which from the side lilies looked like a sure goal. The stands went wild, but their enthusiasm was of short duration, for it was soon found that it had f'ailed by only a f'ew f'eet. Cornell began to look dangerous again toward the end of the game, and pushed the ball to the twenty-yard line, from where another drop kick was tried, which also failed by only a few yards. This was the last chance either side had of' breaking up the tie score, and the game ended with the ball in the middle of the field. McCauley did the best work in the back field, advancing the ball for several long gains. Woodrow's work was a feature in the line, breaking through several times and beating the ends down on punts. H. P. C., 13-l.EANDER-CLARK, 0 Highland waded through the mud on the Toledo field for a I3 to tl victory over Leander-Clark College. A damp, soggy field prevented fast work by either team, and also kept the game f'rom being a walk-away t'or Highland. Highland Park kicked ofl' to Leander-Clark, and the ball was downed on their forty-yard line. Leander failed to make first down and were forced to kick. High- land made first down once and then had to punt. McCauley kicked to l.eander's five-yard line. Leander-Clark kicked on the first down, the punt going out of bounds, with only a five-yard advance, Highland receiving. Highland failed to gain through the line, but a forward pass from McCauley to Sett gave Highland Park the first touchdown. Goal failed. The second quarter was even up. Neither side had any advantage, and the ball was kept in the middle of the field throughout. Leander-Clark opened up in the second half, and by aid of a couple of clev- erly-executed f'orward passes, put the ball on l'lighland's two-yard line. Here they were penalized fif'tcen yards for holding. Five yards were made on straight foot- ball, and then a fo1'ward pass was attempted, which Michel intercepted for a ninety-yard run for a touchdown, McCauley kicking goal. ln the f'ourth quarter Leander-Clark again came back with the f'orward pass, but were unable to make it work consistently enough to get within striking dis- tance of the Purple ami White goal. During the last f'ew minutes of play, High- land took the ball and advanced to Leander-Clark's thirty'-yard line, from where

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Callaham played a wonderful game at center, both otl'ensively and defen- sively, managing to get in the thick of almost every mixup, Woodrow was also strong. Ferrell's line plunging was the feature of the back Iield's work, and Me- Cauley and Michel gained their t'ull share whenever called upon. H. P. C., tlgfCOliNICl,l,, tl ln a bitterly fought contest, Highland battled Cornell to a 0 to 0 lie before the largest crowd of rooters last season. Neither team had much of an ad- vantage and il was anybody's game until the whistle blew. Both teams gained ground only in spurts, and never consistently enough to push over a touchdown. The del'ensive work of each team was a feature. Cornell l'ound the Purple and While line a stone wall, which they were unable to penetrate at any time, while Highland had but little better luck with the heavy Cornell forwards. End runs gained only occasionally, and but four forward passes were completed throughout, and these for only short gains. ' Cornell kicked oll' to Highland Park, who were unable to gain, and had to punt. Highland held Cornell for downs, and took the hall on their own forty-yard line, and were again forced to punt. A long return by Cornell put the ball on Highland's twenty-yard line. Here they were held, and a drop kick was at- tempted, which failed. A penalty for holding of fifteen yards gave Cornell an- other ehance to drop one over, but they again failed, and McCauley puntcd on first down. Several gains through the line, and a long end run put the ball on Highland's fifteen-yard line in Cornell's possession. Highland Park held, how- ever, and puntcd out of danger. The quarter ended with the ball in I-Iighland's possession. The second quarter passed without either team having a decided advantage, and the ball was in the center of the field almost all the time. The half ended with the ball on Cornell's thirty-yard'line. Cornell came back strong in the second half, and by several long end runs around l'lighland's right end, together with a few gains through the line, put the ball on Highland's eight-yard line, with first down for Cornell. A forward pass over the goal line was l'umbled, and Cornell's attempts at line plunging were a failure, Highland taking the ball on their own t'our-yard line, from where Me- Cauley again punted to safety. Highland now assumed the aggressive, and pushed the play until the last few minutes of the half. Several punts were exchanged with no advantage to either side, until one of Cornell's kicks went outside with only a ten-yard gain, giving Highland the ball on Cornell's thirty-yard line. From here l-lighland pushed the ball to the ten-yard line, where with fourth down, and nine yards to go, Metlauley was preparing to dropkick, when the quarter ended. l Hit-ihland now had their best chance to score, with the ball on Cornell's ' - ' ' . , ,' - - ' . I ' . . . . U1 5-llll 11110, and the wind in then tavoi. llowevel, the kick was irom a dilll-

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McCauley attempted a drop kick. The whistle blew just as Callaham was passing the ball, and although Wampie put the ball squarely between the uprights, the game was over and the score did not count. H. P. C.. 19-SIMPSON, 0 Highland Park closed its 1915 football season with a 19 to 0 victory over Simpson. A strong wind t'rom the north made it disagreeable both for players and spectators, and kept the attendance lower than al' any game this year. The game was Highland Park's clear through, Simpson furnishing but poor opposition to the Purple and White team, and l-lighland's goal line was not once in danger. Simpson was unable to advance the ball either through the line or around the ends, the heavy Highland linesmen breaking through and smothering the majority of Simpson's plays before they had fairly started. Simpson was es- pecially poor in the kicking end of the game. McCauley outdistanced White, even when the latter had the wind in his favor. Highland Park kicked into the wind, and the ball was downed on Simpson's forty-yard line. Here they were held for downs, and l'orced to kick. By several long gains and exchange of punts, Highland put the ball on Simpson's ten-yard line. Simpson punted, but the punt was blocked by Sett, who also recovered the ball behind the goal line, for the lirst touchdown, the goal l'ailing. In the second quarter, a long punt with the wind put the ball close to Simp- son's line, from where they were forced to kick. The punt went but a short distance in the face of the wind, and Highland took the ball on the thirty-yard line, l'rom where they carried it over on line plunges. McCauley made the touch- down, but t'ailed to kick goal. A fumbled punt near the end of the period gave Simpson their only chance to score, but a drop kick l'rom the twenty-yard line ai ec . ln the third quarter at twenty-yard run by Steadman, followed by a forward pass for another twenty yards to Hardy, put the ball on the two-yard line, from where Ferrell carried it over on a line plunge. The remainder of the quarter was played without decided advantage to either side, and ended with the ball in the center of the lield. Simpson fought hard in the last period, but were never close to a touch- fl0WlL illthough they prevented l'urther scoring by Highland Park. They held Hltllllllllfl for downs on their ten-yard lille near the close of the game, and kicked to the middle of the lield as the game ended. i-Q I . .-I .1 -1?2i.:,iJ?Ki-gagg--:g1.-1