Merrick was off-side on the next scrimmage and Clearfield was set back.
Lesterville worked a double pass and gained six around Merrick’s end.
On the fourth down, with half a yard to go, the Lesterville quarter
fumbled and the ball went to the Purple. Lanny got away around left end
for seven, Beaton made two through right guard and Lanny shot around
right end for four. He was roughly tackled and Clearfield called for
time while he got his breath back. The pigskin was now on Lesterville’s
fourteen yards and the Clearfield partisans were demanding a touchdown.
A forward pass, Beaton to Felker, from kick formation, gained five
yards, Felker being tackled on the side line and thrown out. Time was
again called, the right end having had most of his breath knocked
out of him. From the nine-yard line Lanny dashed around left end for
a scant yard and placed the pigskin in front of goal. Morris Brent
replaced Beaton at fullback. A fake kick, Hansard carrying the ball,
gained two yards off left tackle, and on fourth down, with two to go,
Haley snapped to Morris who lifted the ball over the cross-bar from the
twenty-yard line. Clearfield 3; Lesterville 0. The quarter ended after
the kick-off, the ball down on Clearfield’s eighteen yards.
Dick took Morris Brent out and put Nelson Beaton back. Several of the
Clearfield players showed signs of wear, but there were no serious
injuries. The second period was all Lesterville’s, for Clearfield
lost the ball on a fumble by Hansard soon after the quarter started
and the adversary recovered it on the Purple’s fifteen-yard line.
Lesterville in the stand and around the field shouted delightedly as
the big fullback plunged straight through Haley for half the distance
to goal. A second attempt at the center, however, gained less than a
yard, and the Lesterville left half fell back as if to try a drop-kick.
Clearfield, though, was not to be fooled and the quick plunge by right
half at the left of the line was stopped for no gain. This time, on the
fourth down, the ball really went back to the kicker, but the pass was
low and the ball failed to go over the bar.
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