| (Omitted paragraph on scoring belongs |
|here.) |
| |
| Purdue played a great game at all |
|times Oliphant, right half-back on the |
|Boilermaker eleven, played remarkably |
|well and was the hardest man for the |
|locals to handle. Baugh, Miller, Winston |
|and Capt. Tavey also starred for Coach |
|Hoit's men. | |
| |
| The Lafayette rooters, 1,500 strong, |
|rushed on the field at the close of the |
|struggle and carried their players off |
|the field. |

This is ordinarily followed by a brief running account of the game. It
does not attempt to follow every play or to trace the course of the ball
throughout the entire game, as a complete running account would do. It
is usually made from the detailed running account by a process of
elimination so that nothing but the "high spots" of the game is left.
Such an account may run from 200 to 300 words in length. At the end
tables are usually printed to give the line-up and the tabulated results
of the game, but these may sometimes be omitted. The following is an
extract from a condensed running account:

| Again the cadets fought their way to |
|the 10-yard line, runs by Rose and |
|Patterson helping materially, but again |
|Wayland held. The half ended after |
|Wayland had kicked out of danger. |
| |
| In the second half St. John's outplayed|
|Wayland throughout. The cadets by a |
|succession of line plunges took the ball |
|within striking distance several times, |
|only to be held for downs or lose it on a|
|fumble. |
| |
| Patterson electrified the crowd just |
|before the third quarter ended by twice |
|dodging through for 20-yard runs, placing|
|the ball on the 15-yard line, where the |
|cadets were h