Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 265, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1912 — MOROCCO BEAT US; SCORE WAS 12 TO 6 [ARTICLE]

MOROCCO BEAT US; SCORE WAS 12 TO 6

Rensselaer Bed and Black Trailed In the Dost For the First Time in a mile. _ „ >' Morocco defeated Rensselaer at football 1 ' Saturday by the score of 12 to 6. There seems to be some just grounds for contesting the last touchdown made by the visitors, as Goddard, who skirted the left end of the line and reached the center of the goal posts, dropped that., ball when tackled and Captain Ernie Moore, of the Rensselaer team, fell on it. But Atkinson, their referee, said that the ball was down in the possession of their man and pronounced the touchdawn good. Whether or not the touchdown was legitimately earned, the score, 12 to 6, just about represents the merits of the two teams and Morocco outplayed uS during most of the game. Goddard was the real star for the visitors. He is small of stature, but built from the ground up and his running and dodging qualities have seldom been equaled among high school visitors. He was ably supported by John Smart, the big fullback, who was somewhat of a ground gainer himself, and who excelled anything we have seen in the accuracy with which he passed the hall in forward pass plays. Smart runs too high to get the very best results, but he plants his liberal feet with great firmness and is a hard one to bring down. The Rensselaer players worked with their customary grit, but they seemed to lack team work and during the last part of the game especially seemed unable to form suitable interference or to successfully hold the line against the attacks of their ppponents. in the beginning Captain Moore won the toss and chose to receive the ball. Morocco chose to defend the west goal. The periods were arranged 10-15-10-15. Morocco kicked off at 2:55. McCarthy received the ball and returned it 8 yards; Miller 1. Chpate 2 and again 5. Miller again made 5 and then Putts made 9 around left end. After a short gain by Choate, Miller skirted the left end for 25 yards and Choate went around the ring end for 30 and planted the ball over the goal. It was at an- angle from the posts, however, and on the punt out Price and Padgitt both fumbled, destroying the chance of kicking goal. It had required only 4% minutes to make the touchdown and the ball had not been in Morocco’s possession. It looked as though Rensselaer would win easily. Rensselaer almost made another touchdown during the first period, but Morocco finally held them. The ball continued to go over and back during all the first half, until just at the end when Smart got around the Rensselaer end, ran about 35 yards, and evened the score by a touchdown, which was also at a bad angle and a punt did not result in. a goal. The score was now 6 to 6 and the Morocco l&ds seemed to be coming the stronger. In the third period Morocco came in for some good luck. Choate failed to catch a punt and Morocco recovered the ball for a gain of 35 yards. They carried the ball by short gains to within about 20 yards of the goal, where Rensselaer braced for three downs and Morocco still had 11 to gain. The referee awarded a* 15-yard penalty against Rensselaer, which would have carried the ball over, but he wae shown that a penalty for the alleged offense could be only 5 yards. That would have left the ball in Morocco’s possession at the fourth down with 6 yards yet to gain. It was the close of the third period and the ball was taken to the other end of the field and the referee gave it to Morocco for a first down. They twice failed to gain and then Goddard got around our right j end for the touchdown. He could' have planted the ball back of the posts without dispute, but he tried tb set it between the posts. It was in doing this that hp was tackled and lost the ball and Captain Moore fell on it. Again their referee ruled in their favor and it is on this decision that the score will be contested before the .Athletic board of the state association. Referee, Atkinson; umpire, Parrett; timers, Illingsworth and Dean; linesman, Morgan, of Butler.