In the fourth period young Hull went in for Cottrell, Bryan took
Merrick’s place, Felker gave way to Toll and A. Beaton to Kent.
With eight substitutes in the line-up, things looked bright for
Lesterville. But Lesterville, too, had been forced to make some
changes, and the teams which battled through the final fifteen minutes
proved, after all, very evenly matched. The new linemen gave good
accounts of themselves and Perry Hull ran the eleven brilliantly. The
playing, which had slowed down in the third quarter, was speeded up
again and it was soon seen that Clearfield was getting the jump on her
opponent. Hull mixed his plays well and at the end of five minutes
Clearfield was once more knocking at the enemy’s portal. But, although,
she managed to get the pigskin to the eight yards, there was no one
to try a field-goal and Hull’s attempt at a forward pass over the
line failed. Lesterville worked back to midfield, was held there and
tried a forward pass which McCoy captured. Another slow but certain
advance toward the Lesterville goal reached the twenty-yard line.
There a fumble lost the Purple possession of the ball and Lesterville
punted on second down. Hull caught and wormed his way past the enemy
for fifteen yards. A forward pass gained twelve yards and first down.
McCoy battered his way through for eight and Lanny gained the rest. The
ball was back on the opponent’s eighteen yards again and Clearfield
cheered madly and shouted “Touchdown!” at the top of her lungs. But
the Purple was playing against time now and there was but a scant two
minutes left. Lanny struck the left of the line for a slight gain and
got so roughly treated that time was called while he was taken out,
remonstrating, and Tupper put in. Another attempt at the right of the
line by McCoy gained three and then Tupper was given a chance to show
what Morris’s teaching had done for him. But although Brimmer managed
to pass fairly well and the Purple line held like a wall, Tupper’s
drop-kick went two yards wide of the goal and Lesterville fell on it
for a touchback. Then, after one scrimmage, the whistle shrilled and
the game was over, Clearfield the victor by one goal from the field.
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