Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 271, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1910 — AUSTIN HIGH TIED THE SCORE AS GAME CLOSED. [ARTICLE]

AUSTIN HIGH TIED THE SCORE AS GAME CLOSED.

By Spectacular Play Wales Intercepted Forward Pass and Made Touchdown With 11 to 11 Result.

Rensselaer played better- football than Austin in all but one particular last Saturday, and that particular was in the head work of the game. They should have won easily but they didn’t and the reason was several very poor displays of judgment due to the ercitement of the game. The final score was 11 to 11, and the rooters agreed that it was one of the best games of recent years. All the youngsters were in good physical trim, they were game fighters and there is a lot of individual talent in the team. The interference for runners was as good as has ever been seen in the high school and notwithstanding the fact that the visiters were able to tie the score we should have won by a substantial balance. Within 6 minutes after the gqme started the red and black had pushed the ball to within 10 yards of the goal and at the rate they were going could have made a touchdown by straight football but a forward pass was undertaken and Robinson received the ball but caught it across the goal line and it did not count, and Austin brought It out to the 25 yard line an& punted it safely away. In this manner 6 points were lost. Rensselaer was playing Austin off its feet and Parks, Porter and Smith were making some good end runs and when forced to punt Hemphill was sending the ball into the enemy’s territory in a fashion that brought back the days of Frank Sayler. It was not until the second quarhowever, that Rensselaer was able to carry the ball across the line and then it was on a third down and the ball scarcely touched the streak of lime between the posts. Porter was the hero and he made the last 6 yards by a desperate crash through the left tackle. Parks kicked goal, and with this 6 point lead Rensselaer seemed sure to win. A little later and Rensselaer had some* good luck. Hemphill undertook to make an onside kick and the ball rolled across the goal line and Smith got it and was credited with a touchdown. The ball was well to the side line and Parks missed a goal and the score was Rensselaer 11; Austin 0.

In the third quarter Austin made a well earned touchdown. It was accomplished by a succession of small gains by forward passes, Snyder making 25 yeards, Scott making 5 and Gormley two gains of 5 yards each. After getting within 7 yards of the goal Rensselaer held for two downs when Cogdall, the fleet and clever little quarter back of the visitors, made 3 yards through right tackle. Gormley was unable to kick goal. The last quarter witnessed a considerable brace on the part of Austin and Rens selaer was forced to punt several times and Hemphill sent the ball well down the field. At about the 55 yard line with the ball in the possession of Austin, McCarthy got it on a fumble and in his excitement started to run toward his own goal, and thus carried the ball about 30 yards in the' wrong direction before he was downed by Porter. A little later Col vert signaled for a forward pass and Parks was to receive the ball but he did not understand the signal and the ball was caught by Wales, who sprinted 40 yards and made a touchdown from, which Gormley kicked goal, closing the game. Wales run was made with in 15 seconds of the end of the game and had Hemphill been called upon to kick the ball he would have saved the game. It was the best game of the season and put the old enthusiasm into the spectators, but the crowd was small and the association went about S3O behind on the game. It will take a good Thanksgiving game to pull them out of the hole.

The line up: Rensselaer Position Austin Robinson re Snyder Hemphill rt Wood Miller rg Carothers Beam c Cutler Moore ig Thomas McCarthy it Carrell Ell is Scott, Stevens Colvert qb Cogdall Parks rfi Gormley Porter fb Wales, Scott Smith ih Shaw, Wales Touchdowns—-Porter, Smith, Cogdall, Wales. Goals—Parks, Gormley.