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

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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