Lesterville lined up a big, powerful-looking lot of players and it soon
became evident to the visiting contingent that Clearfield would not
find it an easy matter to gain through the line. Her first attempts
ended disastrously and Chester Cottrell punted on third down. A big,
rangy Lesterville back pulled the ball down and came charging back
with it, eluding tacklers until he had raced over four white marks.
Even then it required the combined services of Lanny and Hansard to
stop him. Lesterville started at once on a series of plays on tackle
that proved good for two and three-yard gains. The fullback, standing
two paces behind center, took the ball direct and slammed at Partridge
or Wayland and seemed always to find a hole on one side or the other.
Lesterville marched down into Clearfield territory before the latter
solved that attack, simple as it was. Then Cottrell closed his line and
dropped his ends back and Lesterville found the going harder. Finally,
transferring her attention to the center of the line, she was halted
on the twenty-eight yards and forced to kick. A short punt across the
field was captured by Cottrell, and that youth punted on first down
from his five-yard line, the ball going to midfield. Lesterville got
off a short forward pass that just failed of giving her her distance
and followed it with a fierce attack on the center. A penalty for
off-side set her back and, after another attempt at a forward pass,
which grounded, she punted to Clearfield’s twenty-three. There Hansard
caught and, with good interference, ran back nearly to midfield.
With N. Beaton and Lanny alternating, Clearfield secured first down
on plunges between guards, a fake-kick play fooling the opponent
badly. Lesterville was set back five yards for holding. Cottrell, on
a quarterback run, squirmed outside of tackle for four yards, Beaton
plunged at right guard for two more and Lanny made the distance on
a run outside left tackle. A second attempt at the same wing netted
two, a plunge at center was thrown back and Cottrell passed forward to
Merrick for seven. Beaton gained two through left guard. With the ball
near her thirty yards, Lesterville tightened and after two attempts
which gained but half the distance Clearfield punted across the line.
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