Potter School - Shield Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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THE POTTER SHIELD V . . - d a reat k lth h f the lightest men on the team, showe g dleglsgfsgelp aiitlafighfi. Sjxiiimcelfs ajlso played a good, Steady game throughout the SGELSOII. POTTER, 6. TAMALPAIS UN1oN HIGH, 0 The first game of the season was played with T amalpais Union I-Iigh,hon Octp- ber the fifth. The playing on both sides was poor. Potter lost many c ances 3 score through fumbles. The single touchdown was made by Folger in the secon half. Wheeler failed to kick goal. What advantage our opponents had over us in weight was made up for by their lack of -knowledge of American football. Folger and Mailliard starred for Potter. The l1ne-up was: .lVIoody, left end, Drum, left tackle, Summers, left guard, Hayne, center, McAllister, right guard, Atkinson, right tackle, Abbott, right end, Oapt. Folger, quarter, Greenbaum, left half, Wheeler, fullback, and Mailliard, right half. ST. MARY'S, 18. POTTER, 0 On October the eleventh we met the St. Mary's 145-pound team, on their field in Oakland. Our opponents outweighed us about ten pounds to the man. The line-up at the start of the game was: Moody, left end, Atkinson, left tackle, Dohrmann, Bd., left guard, Hayne, center, McAllister, right guard, F. Drum, right tackle, Abbott, right end, Sutton, left half, Wheeler, fullback, Mailliard, right half, and Capt. Folger, quarter. St. Mary's received Wheeler's kick-off on the twenty-yard' line and ran it back to the forty-ive yard line. A long end run brought them to within twenty yards of the goal. Five line bucks through center and tackle gave them their first touchdown after four minutes of play. Potter received and by two line bucks and an off tackle play brought the ball to the thirty yard line. Folger then punted on fourth down. In the second quarter St. Mary's, by two forward passes and an end run, made the second touchdown. Our fellows fought well and had the lead in the third quarter, but the superior strength of our opponents kept us from making a touchdown. In the last quarter St. Mary's made another touchdown. Atkinson, Folger and Mailliard played well for Potter. The whole team had a great deal of fight and deserves much credit for holding the St. Mary's fellows to the score of 18 to 0. In the second half Greenbaum took Sutton's plarfi and in the last few minutes of the game A. Drum was substituted for Mc lister. r POTTER, 14. sr. MARY'S, 7 On October the seventeenth our 125-pound team met St. Mary's third team on our field. This was the Hrst game of the second team and the playing was poor. Our interference was bad, and the backs were slow in getting started. In the first quarter Somers recovered a fumble on the twenty yard line, ran the length of the field and made a touchdown. The other touchdown was made by Folger in the second half. In the second quarter, St. Mary's, by a series of line bucks, suc- ceeded in making a touchdown. ' POTTER, 18. ST. JOSEPI-I'S, 7 Two days later, on October the nineteenth, the 125-pound team went to Berkeley and played St. Joseph's. The team played better in this game than in the previous one. By a series of end runs and forward passes Potter worked the ball up to the ten yard line. Folger then made a forward pass over the line to Blake. Blake caught the pass and dropped to the ground., This touchdown was made seven minutes after the start of the game. The attempt at kicking goal failed The second touchdown was made by Folger in the third quarter on an off tackle lav Folger kicked goal. In the next few minutes St. Joseph's had the best of the bigttlei ' 'r Twenty-six

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