The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-17

then made five, and FinlaysOn dupli-
Gated it, but lost the ball. which rolled
| back towards MinnesOta's goal. No
one saw it but Douglass, and he. had
it and was started we'll for a touch
down, when Winkjer spied him. The
big center made a couple of bounds
and was on the little end at the center
of the field. Douglass had made tWen-
ty yards when brought to earth Gray
then in three tries made fifteen yards
Burd made five, and Norris lost three
A kick gave the ball to Shepley. A
tumble by Minnesota lost them the
ball Norris tried to gain, but Shepley
broke through and carried him back
ten yards. A kick took the ball to the
five-yard line, where Cole got it. Short
gains necessitated a kick Lindsey got
the ball and ran twenty yards, dOdg-
ing both Shepley and Scandrett. Gray
made ten yards, and then Minnesota
took the oval on downs. Evans fun
bled the next play, and Grinneu got
the ball on Minnesota's ten-yard line
A pass forward saved the goal, and
the ball was Minnesota $. Loomis
kicked to Lindsey, who fumbled, In
gals getting the ball. Finlayson lost
five yards trying to gain. Smith made
four, and F'inlayson again lost ground.
A kick took the ball to Lindsey who
dOged Scandrett, but ran into Ingalls,
who had again broken through and
gotten the field Grinnell could not
gain, so pUnted, and, as Cole failed to
get the ball, Grinnell was down to
have it. Burd then punted again to
Cole, who got the ball at the ten-yard
line LoOmis saved the goal by kick
ing, ingalls, getting the ball again on
tumble, but the ball went straight
up, GrinneIl touched it, and Cole drop
ped on it. Evans started well towards
right end, but could not keep his feet.
Scandrett then tore around left end
for thirty-five yards, taking the ball to
Grinnell's twenty-yard line. A tumble
was disastrous, and Grinnell got the
ball. No gains, so a punt took the ball
to Cole at the center of the field. Two
short gains and kick was next Gray
made five yards, but the rest could not
do anything, so Burd kicked Loomis
returned the ball. which rolled into
touch and was brought out to the
twenty y-five-yard line GrinnelI kicked
but man was off-side, so the ball was
taken back and given to Minnesota
Then fair start was made toward
touchdown. but time was called be-
! fore they got there. LOomis hit the
line for eight yards. Nicoulin made
! five, and time was called. with the ball
on Grinnells twelve-yard line Score,
0 to 0.
SECOND HALF.
The second half Minnesota played
better ball, getting the men behind the
line several times, but she fumbled
just as much and could not do any
thing but made one touch down Loon1fs
| kicked off to Norris, who was brought
down by a sharp tackle by Finlayson
No gains could be made so Burd kicked
to LoOmis. Short gains and Grinnell got
! off-side, Minnesota getting ten yards.
! Evans tried a half-bac kick. but made
! miserable failure of it. Grinnell got
the ball, Taft falling on it. Gray tried
to gain but Evans and Shepley took
him back five yards. Burd then kick
ed to LOOmis at the center of the field.
| LOOmiS maGS a tWenty-yard run and
/ Cole was good for half that distance
Short gains took the ball in nearer the
I goal, but every now and then Grinnell
! would get hurt either accidently or in
| tentionally, and it. delayed Minnesota s
! procession for a long time. ingalls,
/ smashed into the line for several gains,
! taking the ball to the eight-yard line
! There Loomis tried his hand and in
/ three short bucks carried the ball over
and later kicked a neat goal. Score
to 0.
The rest of the half is a stale story.
! It is a series of fumbles, no five yards
gained, kicks and poor plays. Mime
sofa did some commendable work in
breaking through and getting the backs
behind the line. but she spoiled all her
work by fumbles at very critical times.
Bagley distinguished himself by max
| ing several very pretty tackles, too
high. but they eventually brought the
men to earth. Finlayson blocked one
kick for a twenty-yard loss. The ball
was about equally in both sides Of the
field and the half ended with it on
GrinnelI's thirty five-yard line. The final
score was to 0.
The two teams lined up as follows: