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Below is the text from the Iron Ore newspaper article discussing the meeting between the Twin City (Ishpeming/Negaunee) Football team and the Green Bay Packers. The game was played on or around
October 28th 1919.
TWIN CITY MEETS DEFEAT.
Ishpeming-Negaunee Eleven Lost by 33 to 0 Score to Green Bay
The Twin-City football team met its first defeat of the season, Sunday, when the fast Green Bay eleven came to the city and took the
Negaunee-Ishpeming boys into camp to the tune of 33 to 0. Superior generalship and fine teamwork spelled the defeat of the Twin-City aggregation, but the score would have been held down had the
locals put up the article of ball which we know they are capable of playing. The boys did not display the same dash and fighting spirit which was so evident the previous week, when Appleton played here,
and the fans are unable to account for the slump. Fumbles proved very costly for the locals.
The Green Bay team is the fastest that has appeared here in years, and the eleven could hold its own against many of the college elevens.
It has the support of the Chamber of Commerce of Green Bay, being sort of an advertising feature for the town, and it is plain to see that the players have spent considerable time in practice work. Two
teams were brought to Ishpeming, there being a substitute for every position, and a number of spare players were given an opportunity to get into the contest.
Green Bay counted five touchdowns and kicked three of the five goals. The first score was made in the first quarter, after only a few
minutes of play, and the first half ended with the count 14 to 0. The play was in Twin City territory the greater part of the contest, and it was only during the final period that the locals
succeeded in keeping the pigskin at Green Bay’s end of the field. Green Bay had possession of the ball the greater part of the time, and there were few instances of where the Twin-City was able to make
the first down. The failure to make gains were due largely to the fact that the Twin-City line did not hold, and the backs were unable to get away. It is our opinion that the boys were a little too hasty
and did not display the same coolness which marked the other contests this season.
Urquhart was the star for the Twin-City playing a fine game on both offense and defense (a couple words here I can’t make out) player
and it was because of his work at the end position that the score was not larger. Tippet was up to his usual form, and Green was right in the game until an injury caused him to slow up. Johnson,
Thornton and Henrickson were slightly injured and forced to withdraw. Several of the visiting players received injuries and had to take to the sidelines, one of the men being so unfortunate as to have
several ribs fractured.
Lambeau, the Green Bay captain, played a star game. He is a former Notre Dame fullback and displays the result of expert coaching.
Rosenow, a one-armed player who entered the game in the last half, showed cleverness at dodging. He also did the kicking during the time he was in the game.
The Ishpeming-Negaunee boys are not one bit downhearted because of their defeat as they realize that they were up against a fast
aggregation of stars. They are going to be right in the game until the end of the season and hope to come out victors in the game against Lake Linden, Sunday, at Union Park. Ishpeming and Negaunee fans
are not of the variety who go back on a team because of a defeat.
The officials of the contest W.C. Plummer, Ishpeming, referee;
Stewert, Green Bay, Umpire; Henry Waters, Ishpeming, head linesman; Herbert Johns, Ishpeming, and Neff, Green Bay, timekeepers; E. Leininger, Ishpeming, and Wheeler, Green Bay, linesman.
The line-up of the teams was as follows:
Green Bay - Gavin, center; C. Zoll, left guard; Powers, left tackle; Abrams, left end; M. Zoll, right guard; Pelcha, right tackle; Dwyer,
right end; Coffen, quarterback; Gallagher, left halfback; Lambeau, captain, right half; Ladrow, fullback.
Twin-City - Tippett, center; Thornton, left guard; Maki, left tackle; Urquhart, left end; Henrickson, right guard; Peel, right tackle;
Flaa, right end; Pearce, quarterback; Johnson, left half; Pearl, right half; Green, fullback.
Substitutes: Green Bay- Wilson for Pelcha; McLean for Ladrow; Rosenow for Gallagher; Boro for McLean; McLean for Coffen; Sauver for
Wilson; Martin for Abrams.
Twin-City – Chapman for Johnson; Fransen for Thornton; Halso for Henrickson.
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