Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 249, Decatur, Adams County, 18 October 1924 — Page 6

Yellow Jackets Beat Central; Catholic High Lose!

D.H.S. ELEVEN | VICTORIOUS, 14-6 Yellow Jackets Display Fight And Alertness In Winning Displaying that old-time Yellow Jacket fight and being on the alert for any possible breaks in the game fram start to finish, the Decatur high school Yellow Jackets triumphed . over the Fort Wayne Central team on! Ahr’s Field Friday afternoon in an 1 ' evenly matched contest, before sev-| cral hundred howling fans, by the j score of 14-6. This wa* the first vic- ' tory for the Yellow Jackets this season, they having lost their first four ; games, and the D. H. S. rooters went.' wild with joy after the game. A snake dance was held over the down j' town streets and traffic was lied up. while the pupils celebrated. Although the Central backfield players pierced the Yellow Jacket |* line for frequent and sometimes long 1 gains, the locals kept fighting and ' took advantage of every Central 1 fumble. The locals also intercepted! three passes hurled by the visitors I and ran them back for Kains. Central 1 made nine first downs during the « game while the Yellow Jackets made only four, but the visitors made many costly fumbles. The game was clean 1 throughout and both teams showed A fine sportsmanship. Central kicked off to Decatur’s 20yard line. Decatur punted on third down to center of field. Central made first down on two plays. Central lost 15 yards on fumble and Acker intercepted a pass. Decatur made first v down. Decatur then punted on the'j fourth down. Central’s Hall on own' r 25-yard line. Central punted to De- ( catur’s 35-yard line. Decatur punted t to Central’s 25-yard line. On the next play. Central fumbled and Captain v Breiner, of the Yellow Jackets scoop-, ed up the ball and ran across the goal! line for a touchdown. drop-kicked a goal for the extra point. Score, Decatur, 7; Central, 0. Central kicked off to Decatur' 27-yard line. Central made first down on two plays., Central made another first down on' three plays, placing the ball on De-' catur’s 35-yard line. Acker intercept-' ed another Central pass just as the 1 quarter ended. Score. Decatur, 7; Central, 0. * Decatur made nine yards in three plays at the start of second quarter,’ and punted on fourth down to Cen-I tral's 35-yard line. Central lost 10 1 yards on fumble. Central punted to 1 Decatur's 20-yard line. Decatur pen-! 1 allzed 5 yards. Decatur punted to,' own 35-yard line. Central made 20 yards through the lines for first down. Here the Decatur line held for downs on the 10-yard line. Decatur punted out to own 29-yard line. Central started another march goalward making two first downs and placing the ball on the 3-yard line, from where Raudebush went over for a touchdown. Paulson failed to kick goal. Score, Decatur, 7; Central 6. Central kicked off to Decatur’s 31-yard line. Decatur punted on fourth down to Central's 47-yard line. Central made first down on two plays. Dierkes intercepted a Central pass in center of field. Miller tore through for 10 yards and first down. Half ended with Decatur in possession of ball on Central’s 30-yard line. Score. Decatur, 7; Central. 6. Decatur kicked off to start of sceond half. Central putting the ball in play on their own 40-yard line. Central punted tn center. Decatur punted after 5 yard penalty. ’ Central fumbled on their 40-yard ( line ami Decatur recovered. Decatur j penalized 15 yards for roughness. Decatur punted on fourth down, to , Central’s 30- yard line. Central foul- ( ed on the play and the ball was’i brought back. Central penalized and , Decatur given first down. Decatur , completed short pass. Decatur punted on fourth down to Central's 15- s yard line. Centra! punted on second t down to Decaur's 43-yard line, t Quarer ended here. Score, Decatur, J 7; Central, 6. j Decaur lost ball on downs in cen- ; tral made first down on four plays. r Central then lost ball on downs on Je<aturs 31 yard line. Breiner fumbl- ■ ed on attempted kick but recovered, ( losing io yards. Decatur punted to* f Central’s 49-yard line. Brandberry 1 , substituted for Yahne. Central \ penalized 15 yards for roughness. l ' Central lost 10 yards. Central punted to own 45 yard line. Decatur punted to Central’s 22-yard line. Todd went through for ten yards and first down Lightfoot substituted for Marbaugh. Central fumbled and Decatur recover

led on Central's 35-yard line. Light'foot caught a pass ami made 10 yards jttnd first down. Swearingen attempted a drop-kick, but the kick was low and Central players hit the ball. Bebout, Yellow Jacket left end, was on the alert and picking up the ball, raced lover the goal line for a touchdown. Swearingen kicked goal. Score: Decatur; Central. 6. Decaur kicked off to Central's 35yard line. Briener Intercepted a pass nnd ran 20 yards. Game ended with Decaur in possession of ball on Central's 20 yard line. Lineup anil summary: Decatur Fort Wayne , Bebout * L. E. Hockemeyer Rex L T. M. Popp | Yahne L G. Ramsey I Andrews C. T. Popp Dierkes R. G. , Hertleman Hunsicker R. T. • Warton Marbaugh R. E. Marks Miller L. H. Baker Acker R. H. Roudebush Breiner F. B. Todd Swearingen Q. B. Paulson Substitutions: Fort Wayne—laing for Baker, Byres for Raudebush. Decaur—Brandberry for Yahne, Lightfoot for Marhaugh, Leonard for Swearingen. Myers for Bebout, LeBrun for Hunsicker, Cole for Rex. Touchdowns: Briener, Bebout, Raudebush. Goals from touchdown: Swearingen. 2. Officials: Referee —Reckers, Fort Wayne; empire—Bauerle , Fort Wayne; Headlinesman—Myers, Fort Wayne. ■ o— Hoosier Teams Play Several Out-siders (United Press Service) Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 18—Games with out-siders composed the larger portion of the Hoosier varsity grid menu today. In most of the cases, the Indiana squads were up against their equals from the foreign fields and were not overconfident of victory. The schedule for today: Notre Dame against Army in New York City. Indiana against Chicago in Chicago. Purdue against Northwestern, in Evanston. Earlham against Defiance at Richmond. Wabash against Hanover in Crawfordsville. DePauw against Franklin in Greencastle. Rose Poly aginst Evansville college, in Evansville. The Notre Dame team left Thursday for Rye. N. Y. to prepare for its clash with the Army at the Polo in New York. This is one of the biggest games on the national card and Coach Rochne has been working his men industriously in preparation for it. Irish rooters were a little worried after the game with Wabash last Saturday despite the decisiveness of the Irish victory. Coach Ingram not at all satisfied with the showing of Indiana against Louisiana last week and has been taking the men through scrimmage drills until late every night with the freshmen. He feels that Chicago is a harder team to tackle than the one from the Pelican state. Captain Joe Sloate, of the Crimson squad was expected to make a good showing in place kicking. Fisher, heavy weight wrestler and tackle has recovered from a sprained ankle and is expected to prove valuable in crashing into the Maroons. According to Purdue scouts, the Northwestern aggregaion is the strongest that has been assembled at that school in a decade and more !powerful than the Ohio State eleven ifrom which the Boilermaker squad has been improved. Butler was at home to stem the invasion of “Bo” McMillian's husky squad from Cenenacy. The team has been defeated once in the last two year and is determined not to take very much off the Bull Dogs. Next, to beating Butler, the greatest ambition in the life of the Franklin teAi is to walk over DePauw and the team wag in Greencastle today. DePauw rooters with most of the injured men back on the Tiger team expect victory, on the other hand, by a narrow margin. With "somebody its own size” to “pick on” Rose Poly today . Coach Clark’s men expected to make a good showing at Evansville against Evansville College. Bob Hall, star tackle of the Engineers wa» back and was expected to do good work in raising the team winning average. —— o— Bloomington— Doctors here are now fighting an epidemic of “dustttis.” Improvement of roads would probably' cure the disease, they said. ’ I »

DECATUR DAILY DEMO CRAI, SATURDAY, OCTOBhR IS, 1924.

D.e.H.S. DOWNED BY C.C.H.S.. 15-9 Forward Pass For Touchdown Late In Game Breaks 9-9 Tie Decatur Catholic high school and Central Catholic high of Fort Wayne, who fought to a 6 to 6 tie here a few , weeks ago. resumed their hostilities on the gridiron at the Lincoln Life ball park. Fort Wayne, yesterday afternoon. and fought on even terms again until the shadows were beginning to creep out over the fie'd, laie in the last quarter when suddenly Lassus, substitute halfback on the C. C. H. S. eleven, snagged a forward pass on the Decatur goal line, scoring a touchdown which brought vistory to his team by a score of 15 to 9. Until this score was made, the count was tied at 9 all and it looked! as though the supremacy of the two teams would still be undecided when the final whistle blew. The game was hard-fought and interesting all the way through. The Decatur lads showed a weakness in defense against the forward pass at-! tack and that weakness probably cost them the game, as both touchdowns scored by the winners were the result of forward passes. The 1 C C. H. S. backs were hurled back | by the Decatur line which held like' a stonewall, while the Decatur backs, penetrated the Fort Wayne line on' several occasions for neat gains. “Mongo" Meyers scored all of Decatur's points on a touchdown and a beautifftl drop-kick from the 25-yard line. Neither team could score in the first quarter, although Decatur advanced the ball to the enemy’s 20yard line, where it was lost on downs Central made a first down at the start of the second quarter and Stein bacher grabbed a short pass over the center of the line and ran 35 yards for a touchdown Elliott’s attempt to kick goal failed. Score, C. C. H. S. 6, Decatur 0. Central's line weakened a bit in the second quarter and Decatur ripped through for 25 yards, following this with a successful forward pass that placed the ball on the local 20-yard line. Meyers dropped back and booted the ball over for three points, the first half ending 6 to 3. Central got the jump at the start of the second half. E. Pequignot made 15 yards around left end and Evard made two nice eatches of forward passes for gains of 10 yards each, placing the ball on the Decatur 15-yard line, where Elliott made good on a place kick. Decatur tied the score before the quarter was over. The Central line again weakened. Meyers and Gage finding holes for 20 yards gain. Laurent on a fake kick slipped through for 15 more and Meyers dashed through the center of the line for a 20-yard run and a touchdown. His attempt at goal failed, and the third quarter ended with the score tied. For the first halt of the last quarter the ball see-sawed back and forth near the center of the field, without either side having a chance to score, until Decatur fumbled on her own 40-yard line and Elliott recovered for Central Catholic. A pass to McCormick was good for 10 yards. Steinbacher madveight through the line and made a first down on Decatur's 20-yard line, Lassus pick ' ed off a forward pass on the Decatur goal line, fumbled the hall, then re- ' covered it for a touchdown. Decatur i could not score during the remaindI er of the game, Pequiguot intercepting an attempted forward pass. ■ Decatur Fort Wayne Teeple LE Berghoff i Mylott LT Kennerk > Durkin LG Mulligan i R. VoglewedeC Fitzgerald A. Voglewede RG Libbing Gass RT. Blosser Christen RE McCormick Laurent QB Evard Schulte FB Elliott Gage RH.K. Pequignot Meyers LHE. Pequignot Touchdowns — Steinbacher. Lassus, Meyers. Field goads—Elliott, Meyers. Substitutions —Steinbacher for Evard. Lassus for E. Pequignot. E. McCarthy for Libbing, T. McCarthy for Fitzgerald, Noll for BloSser Referee— Cleary. Umpire—Geller. -... -o ‘Chicago And Indiana Open Big Ten Season (United Press Service) Cicago. Oct. 18,—Coach Alonzo Stagg’s heavy Maroons and “Navy ■Bill” Ingram’s scrappy Hoosiers will

clash on Stagg field here this afterooon. The game will initiate each 'team in the 1924 conference chantI pionship race. |t The Chicago eleven confident after ills defeat of the Brown Bearcats, was a substantial favorite in the betting ■ today. Despite’ Indiana’s beating at the hands of Louisiana, however, the Hoosiers believe they have one of the best grid machines in their history t and are not conceding anything to the Maroons. The Fourth Down By Willie Punt Decatur fought. In this city, the Yellow Jackets displayed that never give tip spirit t , and were continually on the alert. I They didn't show much sensational football, hut they must be commended for their fighting spirit and determination. If they continue to fight as they did yesterday and keep watch-1 ing for any possible breaks, they are destined to make other teams worry before the end of the season. At Fort Wayne, the Blue and White i jClad warriors of Catholic High fought. They invaded the home lair of C. C. , If. S. and fought back at a vicious ! attack made by the home team. They ' Itied the score in the third quarter! , and held on gamely until the last.' |but a clever forward pass In the clos-'. I ing minutes of the game, spelled , defeat.. They lost the game, but' I they won much praise. “ | Central brought a large crowd of { | renters down to Decatur yesterday, and the heme team had a larger band J of followers, but in spite of the closeness of the contest, both bands' of rooters retained splendid sports manship. The game was clean, the : officiating was square and the spirit ' of ’the rooters was unquestionable. A l i fine example of sportsmanship. The mail man brought a letter to'

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Willie Punt this morning from Robert “Nucco" Mills, who filled a big hole at guard on the Yellow Jacket team for two seasons, being graduated last spring. Nucco is working in a radio tube plant In Owensboro, Kentucky, and he is following the coutse of the Yellow Jackets through, the columns of the Daily Democrat.] He expe’ts to enroll in Purdue next, year. Nucco says: "I noticed in Mon-j day’s paper that, although our ‘Yel- ( low Jackets’ were greatly handicapp-, ed by the loss of men. they still the old fighting spirit which. always shows in the making of a good team i I can’t think of those old football] ' days or I want to go and root for them. Tell*any of the team you chance to meet that I’m with them and rooting for them, although they can’t hear me." 'Atta Boy, Nucco., His address Is 400 W. Eighth street, Owensboro, if anyone want to drop him a line. , Were pickin' Portland to beat Bluffton. Marion to beat Muncie. Gary to beat Wabash, South Side to beat Huntington, Indiana to beat Chicago, Purdue to beat Northwestern. Notre Dame to beat Army. Michigan to beat Illinois. — o—’Northwestern Confident Os Defeating Purdue (United Press Service) Evanston. 111., Oct. 18.—The most promising Northwestern varsity since) pre-war days was to line up against. Purdue this afternoon intent on i smashing through to victory in the] first game of the 1924 conference i tampionship race. Sudents, alumni and local fans—besides 2XIOO fathers 'celebrating "Dad's day on the Purple campus—were confident spirits, measured by I t beers, this morning. , o Michigan And Illinois Clash Before Big Crowd (United Press Service) Urbana, 111.. Oct. 18 —After waiting | a whole year, to settle a big argument, | two giants of the western conference' drew up here today for the biggestfoot ball battle of the season. While thousands and thousands 1 poured in to the city on forty special)

trains and in o caravan of automobiles that dogged the rural roads I for miles, the Illinois and Michigan team donned football armor for the game this afternoon that may decide the championship" of the western ■ conference. I Beautiful Indian summer weather beamed down on the Twin Cities here Jhat were riots of color and trimmings. Michigan banners and Illinois j • pennants carried out a ealor scheme I that fitted most artlscially with the 1 natural tint of the brown leaves nnd .the hazy red sky. Those among the gathering legions who had played football said it was too warm for a good game and the fair ones who had come bearing huge blankets and robes seconded the motion and said it was almost too warm' .... ———————i

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