University of Wisconsin Eau Claire - Periscope Yearbook (Eau Claire, WI)

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On October neyed to La Crosse to piny a highly favored Indian eleven for their homecoming. Keeping in mind the 40-0 defeat suffered at tbe hands of I.a Crosse last year, the Olaonmen ran wild, chalking, up four touchdowns in three quarters. The first Score came in the second quarter when a long pass from Simon to Dick Emanuel was completed on the 13. The Blugolds ran two plays to the nine and then Earl Perkins burst through the La Crosse forward wall on the next play and romped 9 yards into the end zone. Bob King and Dave Hanson teamed up on the second TD; King blocked an Indian punt on their own ten and Dave Hnnson picked it up and skirted the sidelines to the five. In two line plays Perkins again drove over for the second counter. Emanuel converted. Touchdown number 3 came on a pass from Simon to Steen. Steen caught the ball on the La Crosse eight and was pushed out of bounds. Eau Claire fumbled on the next play and La X recovered. Finding the Blugold line impenetrable after one play, the Redmen elected to pass only to have Berval Thorson pick the ball out of their aii and scamper into the end zone. The conversion was good but a penalty against both teams called the play over. The second try was wide. EmAnuel took Earl Perkins' lateral on the La Crosse 43 and tight-roped the sideline stripe 67 yards for the final Blugold marker. The Indians almost scored in the third quarter when a kickoff taken by Evans was run back to the Eau Claire 3. It looked as though Evans night score but Fritz Lowry over-ook him and stopped him after he lad galloped 97 yards! Eau Claire rr ’ .a- dho pito'C

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feated, untied way by turning back a highly touted Milwaukee eleven 13-6. The Green Gulls had acoutec the Eau Claire team almost per fectly but Ade Olson’s Blugold: showed thir mettle by running rampant and holding the Milwaukee offense in check. Eau Claire nearly scored in the first quarter on a recovered fumble but a jump pass and a lateral were run out of bounds on the five. The next series of plays resulted ir losses and Milwaukee took over The Gulls ran the ball down to the 31 in five plays but the Blugold line rose up and squelched the march. With only two minutes to go ir the first half the Blugolds took tc the air and in two long passe! covered 5t yards to score. Simor connected to Tom Reidinger on th 27 for the first completion anc again faded and fired to Funk whe stood just inside the end zone or the next play. Emanuel converted Midway in the third quarter th« Blugolds scored again. After at Eau Claire fumble on their own 32 was recovered by Eau Claire, for t ten yard loss, they punted out t the forty. On the first Milwauke play, Ade Washburn burst througl the Gull line and snatched the bal out of the hands of the Milwaukci fullback and headed goalward be fore anyone was aware of what hai transpired. Just as he was about U be overtaken, Ade flipped a latera to Berval Thorson who covered th remaining fifteen yards. Milwaukee scored on a pass in terception. Funk faded to his owi forty and chucked to Washburn bu Lindl, big Milwaukee end snatche the ball out of the air and flippe a lateral to Kranz who sped fort yards to the goal line. The place ment was deflected. Eau Claire IS Milwaukee 6. C ir f