Iowa State University - Bomb Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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It was Ames ' ball on downs, and on her own three yard line. The danger was not yet over, for in order to punt, Lambert must go back of his own goal line where a poor pass or a blocked kick would mean a safety or a touchdown for Iowa. The signal rang out shrilly, the men took their positions, Lambert carefully plac- ing them so as best to protect his kick. He was just in the act of raising his hands for the pass signal when the referee ' s whistle blew Time up, ending the game and giving to Ames the undisputed title of CHAMPIONS OF IOWA for J907. (This game was played November 23, J907) between the foot- ball tea ' ;ns of the State University at Iowa City and Iowa State College at Ames. Final score J 4 to 20. Ed Note,, C. R. S. fO.

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for holding, but a thirty yard gain by the backs enabled the plucky Irttle Ames quarterback to send a place kick safely over the bar. This feat seemed to surprise the visitors. They rallied, using their greater weight to advantage, making every play a unit in itself, massing their great weight first against one and then against the other side. Fast play and the helping spirit were gaining through the Ames line. Hazard, the big fullback, was sent through for a touchdown, thus gaining for hiTself and for his team the honor of being the only ones to cross the Cyclones ' goal line that season. White, the right end, kicked goal while the rooters gave them yell after yell and encouraged them for bigger gains and more scores. The greater weight of their team was beginning to tell. There were only two points of difference in the score now. Onlv one more score and the game and the State Championship would be theirs! The long coveted was almost within grasp! Just a little more effort and the much— sought-for would be won! Again the ball was in motion, now advancing, now receding, until in a few minutes the little, cool-headed Ames quarterback put another place kick safely home, while cheer after cheer came from the husky-throated rooters. Time was precious now! The team that had beaten Missouri by a big score, the team that had whipped Illinois, and played Wisconsin to a stand-still, felt their prize slipping irresistibly out of reach. Something must be done and that quickly! Only six points to make but the half was nearly up. A touchdown with a safe goal would tie the score and keep their opponents from a clear title! Could they do it? The Ames varsity, too, had seen play before. Had not these same Cyclones played Minnesota and Nebraska off their feet? The men who were playing their last game for their Alma Mater real- ized that the moment of their careers had come! For the last time the ball was put in olay. Iowa gained, then lost but slowly worked toward the goal. The fifteen yard line was reached. The time signal might sound at any moment. Would Kirk try a drop kick? NO! for Iowa wanted at least a tie score. The heavy team gained slowly but surely. The ten yard line was reached and passed, then the five was put behind the attacking team. The excitement on the bleachers was intense, the Cardinals fear- ing lest, after the hard fight, the heavy-Weights would be too much for the team, the Old Golds trembling at the nerve and staying- power of the lighter team. With their feet on their own goal line, the Ames men braced for the final charge. It came. Hard and fast though the game had been, there had been nothing like this last desperate effort, this dying gasp, this awful struggle for the goal, so near and vet so far! One down! — No gain, — Second down! The line held like a stone wall! The last play was play massed against one man, Brugger, the Ames right tackle. If ever the training of coach and trainer told, it told at that moment. Thirty-four minutes of hard and fast play, two awful onslaughts by a heavy and determined team are wearing, but this man clinched his teeth, braced his powerful limbs, and, when the rush came, did not give an inch!

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