Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 14, Number 46, DeMotte, Jasper County, 29 September 1944 — DEMOTTE TAKES MT. AYR 33-18 [ARTICLE]

DEMOTTE TAKES MT. AYR 33-18

Hold that line! Hold that line! That was the cry of the DeMotte Indians Friday, Sept. 22. This was competition in our coach’s own back yard because he was originally from Mt. Ayr. DeKock had the kickoff, and he sure did one of those DeKock specials, for when Mt. Ayr recovered the ball, it was near our goal line. Right off the bat, our team intercepted a Mt. Ayr pass and over the goal-line ran Chappel for our first touchdown. Also Anderson made a pass to Marshall for the extra conversion point. Just a few seconds later our boys again intercepted a pass and Ruisard threw a nice pass to Marshall, who ran a few yards making our second touchdown; but this time fumbling an attempted kick. The exciting event of the game was the 80 yard dash made by Chappell, but didn’t get us any place in the end, for we lost the ball. Some time later Marshall again made a plunge for our third touchdown. This time Anderson displayed a perfect kick over the goal post for two more points. Our good luck turned to bad when a Mt. Ayr boy ran 40 yards for their first score, making the score 21-6, in our favor. Our boys now buckled down and Peterson ran 20 yards making us another first down near our goal line. A quick shift and then Marshall dived again for 6 more points. A few more seconds and the whistle blew, ending the first half with the score 27-6, with DeMotte in the lead. The last half started with Mt. Ayr kicking to DeMotte. We lost the ball to Mt. Ayr. Suddenly Mt. Ayr made three first downs in a row, and running over the line for a goal. Mt. Ayr had another first down on their two yard line and they plunged through for another touchdown. A Mt. Ayr boy injured his leg in an out of bounds tackle. One more touchdown was scored for DeMotte by Don Peterson before the whistle blew ending the game. The number of first downs made by DeMotte were 13, and Mt. Ayr 8. Our next game is with St. Joe Saturday, Sept. 30, which is to be held there.