Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 280, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1920 — ST. JOSEPH 7, ST. PROCOPIOUS 7 [ARTICLE]

ST. JOSEPH 7, ST. PROCOPIOUS 7

COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAMS IN GREAT GAME WITH THE SCORE IN A DEADLOCK Crashing together like mighty timbers, piling up wildly from start to finish, the St. Joseph and St. Proeopious teams fbught the hardest battle of the season Saturday afternoon on the local field, ending the exciting contest at 7-7. The game will go down jn the local football history as the most sensational for a number of years, probably the greatest struggle that the purple and red men have ever fought. There was not a dull second during the entire four quarters, the ball being in the middle of the field, exchanging hands with the teams failing on downs and exchanging punts. St. Proeopious earned their touchdown in the first qurater by extremely hard bucking and plunging, but had to wait until the beginning of the second to get the marker when the right end caught a forward pass across the line. 'Hie gritty little quarterback, “Pete” O’Brien, saved the day for St Joe in the third quarter when he sailed far out to the left wing from midfield, leaped up for a pass, and sprinted through, dodging atempts to tackle, making a touchdown. Hopes for victory were shattered in the four quarter when the St. Joe crew lost the oval a few feet from the goal. The fray turned into a deadlock from then en, with both lines building a deathly wall that could not be penetrated. Flynn started the game with a heavy kick into the visitors’ territory. After driving through for steady gains, St. Proeopious finally failed on dojvns. St. Joe began with a rush, and it looked dangerous for the Illinoisans, but St. Joe failed on . downs, shortly after O’Blien had pulled down a fancy forward pass. The tables were turned, and the visitors began their forced march down the field. Their end runs were very effective, and they ended the quarter very near the goal. In the first play of the second quarter, the St. Proeopious rightend slipped across the line, .nailing the pass that netted his team their lone touchdown. They kicked goal successfully. The St. Joseph warriors began to fight ferociously, and were knocking the Proeopious men groggy. Linder and O’Brien shoved down the field by their combination of A plunging and passing, with Flynn and Kirchner taking a helping hand. The opposition grew too strong, however, and theO hall»went over to St. Proeopious not far from the goal. Proeopious could not forge ahead, and had to resort to a punt. At the opening of the third quarter the purple and red eleven began a fierce attack that the visitors almost failed to ward off, but St. Joseph lost the ball before reaching the goal. The Pricopidns suffered the same misfortune, at which the home crew began the stride that was to tie the struggle. Lamour, tiie slippery right-half, did much to land the pigskin ip purple and red territory in this advance. Then “Pete” pulled his pet play by racing off to the left, end while Flynn

hacked up and shot him a pass for which he leaped and carried through the defense to the goal. Flynn tied the score when he drove a goal kick safely across. The visitors were not disheartened by the event, but again started one of their forward pasting and end marches that looked very dangerous. They failed on downs after a few minutes of hard and crumbling plunges, to let St. Joe try her aggressive ability. The locals tore down the. field like madmen, and were a few feet from the goal when the quarter ended. A grand chance to score was wrecked at the start of the final round, when the home crew fumbled the ball within easy reach of the goal. Proeopious drove as far as possible and then kicked the oval out of bounds near the center of the field. St. Joe could not break the stone wall of the Lisle men, and bad to surrender after a few minutes of fierce play. The Procopians were unfortunate to find* the St. Joe wall of similar material, and had to be satiafied with small returns for hard hammering. The deadlock began, and both teams were determined to hold at any cost. When the final whistle was sounded, the warriors were found in the middle, of the field, from which neither was able to carry the ball, grappling in a series of plunges. Not much individual starring can be spoken of in such an even contest. Most of the gains were made by the aerial route, both of the touchdowns being accomplished in this manner. St. Joe had a little edge on St Proeopious in this respect, whilst the visitors were a shade more successful in their end runs and short passes. The head work of O'Brien at quarter-back for St. Joe, and the grit of “Frenchy” Lamour are remarkable. The Procopians lost their star man when fullback Masnev had to leave about the middle or the game. Quarterback Walker matched pretty well with the purple and red hero, “Pete” O’Brien for The one armed center, Hricko, proved to be a novelty both in appearance and ability. The bulk of the purple and red defense was borne by Linder, Weier and Flynn, the latter playing a heavy part in the tackling and interception of passes, in addition to his line plunging and tl;e mighty kick that he possesses. The

’ even match of the two teams was phenomenal, for which the score j offers the best proof that ran be 'f* vei1 * . . . . St. Josvph Lineup St. ProeoMOTM .Weier R. E._—..-Mareiiiek Donnelly-——R- T—£-__Pezdek i Willacker------R. G H^ n ® c Lange C ___Hrieke Klein L .G.— - Rad<m» Greenwell -L. T Jakubowski Linder, Mgr L. E-—,_ Chapman O’Brie^pL -QB.- Walker Kirchner L. H. B Hanses Lamour R. H. B. Votava Flyn -F- B. Masney, Capt 1 Substitutions: St. Joe—Bruns, Linder-Kirchner; Laux-Weier. St. Proeopious: Andre-Masney; Sbon-ka-Hricko. ; Referee: Nowles .* (Rensselaer.) I Umpire: Royster. Head Linesman: Stoflco (S. Chi.) linemen: 1 and Krawes. Timekeepers: Schmtz and Hletko. Touchdowns: St Josleph: O’Brien; St. Proeopious: Marcinek. Goal kick: St. Joe, one 1 (Flynn); St. Proeopious, one. -