Grinnell at Drake

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  Evening times-Republican, Marshalltown, Iowa, October 7, 1901, page 3

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  sentiment against MIR. Lane which cropped out in the early stages of the game. The Drake eleven was frequently penalized and as frequently the Drake rooters raised the hue and cry of unfair treatment. During the last half of the game Drake had the ball on Grlnnell’s eighty-yard line. and at exactly the same Identical spot each time, only los ing It on three downs. After the ball was lost the last time but few moments of play remained. Grinnell. by end runs and tackle smashing BY Collins and Welker. soon carried the ball to the forty-yard line. Just moment before time was called the ball was in posses sion of Evan Evans. Grinnells right half back, who made run to the norm side of the field, near the north bound AIRY. where he was tackled, and called down” According to the information fur nished by eye-witnesses Bacon. the Drake quarter snatched the ball out OF Evans arms and ran for the GrinneH goal, two Drake men serving interference. Up to that time the score was to 5 in favor of Grinnell and the touch down by Bacon would have given Drake the game by a score of 10 to 6. Referred Lane was standing near Evans whe,; the ball was secured by Bacon, and blew his whistle, thus announcing that down had been called. The run by Ba.. con-. therefore. counted naught for Drake. The Game. Des Moires, Oct. 1.-THE Drake-Grinnell football game Saturday night re-. suited in a score of 6 to 5 in favor of Grinnell. The score for both sides was made in the first half. Grinnells score was made by touchdown, while Drake scored on a drop kick by Clark. Drake has herself to blame for the defeat. Dur ing the last half she had the ball on Grinnell’s eighty-yard line three times. and in exactly the same identical spot each time, and in each instance Grim rell held Drake for three downs. AND this was comparatively easy to do as Drake resorted to line smashing exclusively, and forsook either the end runs or tackle plays with which she had been making good gains. Neither side played snappy ball, and the game was somewhat disappointing to the audience in that the individual players could not be ascertained during the progress OF the different plays.

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Drake leads 35–⁠13–⁠2 in 50 meetings, counting the 46 since this game.