Highland started in with a will. She used a wide open formation and
on the first play attempted a double pass which, had it succeeded,
would have netted much territory. But, perhaps more by good luck than
good management, Jack Toll nailed the runner near the side line for a
scant two-yard gain. A second attempt, a forward pass straight over the
middle of the line, went better and Highland made her distance easily.
An involved play in which quarter faked a kick and then passed to a
halfback for a run around the short side, only resulted in the ball
being taken in about where it had gone into play. A plunge at tackle on
the left gained three yards and, with six to go on third down, Highland
punted. The ball was well handled and well kicked and Cottrell got it
behind his goal and touched it back. On her twenty yards Clearfield
started her advance once more and carried almost to midfield before she
was again forced to punt.
This time Felker did better, although the ball covered but a scant
twenty-five yards. Highland, failing to gain at center, returned
the kick and the ball was Clearfield’s on her forty-five yards. Rob
Hansard got away around right end for a first down and on the next play
repeated the performance for four more. Lanny made the distance off
left tackle. The Blue-and-Blue was proving weak at her wings and Lanny
wisely continued the assault at those positions. Both he and Hansard
got around without much difficulty until the ball was on the opponent’s
twenty-yard line. Then Lanny was nailed for a five-yard loss, and
Cottrell, faking a forward pass, tossed the ball to Felker and that
youth banged his way straight through the middle of the enemy’s line
for twelve yards. From there, in three plays, Clearfield took the ball
over, Hansard securing the touchdown. Cable missed the try-at-goal.
The first quarter ended after the kick-off, the score 6 to 0.
The second period saw one more score for the home team. Highland
fumbled on her forty yards and Cottrell picked up the ball and tore off
fifteen yards before he was stopped. A fake forward pass with the ball
going to Lanny failed to gain, but Felker smashed through for four and
Hansard barely gained first down by sliding off right tackle. Felker
fumbled but Lanny recovered for a two-yard loss and then skirted the
opponent’s left end for a touchdown in the corner of the field. The
punt-out placed the ball directly in front of goal and just back of
the fifteen-yard line, and this time Bert Cable had no difficulty in
negotiating the extra point. For the rest of the period Clearfield
played on the defensive and kicked frequently, and the half ended with
the ball in Highland Hall’s possession on her own forty-three yards.
Dick watched the game from the grandstand in company with Louise Brent,
who, like most of the High School girls, was an ardent football lover.
Between the halves, however, Louise abandoned the game long enough to
announce the progress of the Fund.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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