The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-11-03
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= The foot ball game played on
The home grounds Saturday af>
ternoon between the elevens of.
the Tower and Virginia High
Schools was an attraction which
called out fully one thousand
spectators. The game was the.
second of a series between the
two teams, and a large number
OF interested Towerites were on
hand to witness the contest. the
respective school colors being
worn by the visitors and by our
own people.
The game was hard fought
from start to finish, the score re-.
sulting in we'll earned victory for
the home team.
The game was called at .. m.
with a. kick off by Tower. Stey-
ems got tho ball but was downed
in his tracks by Hickey. The
ball went to Tower on downs,
the Tower team working dou>
BILE pass from Graham to Hickey.
Hickey carried the ball by hur-
rie1 sprint for a touchdown di-
rectly behind the goal. It was a
splendid rnn and elected long
and loud cheering from the spec
ta*ors.
Nicholas failed in his kick for
goal. The oval was then carried
to the center Of the field, where
King of Virginia kicked off.
Hickey got the pigskin, but was
Immediately downed by one of
Stevens clever tackles. The ball
was carried into Virginia's field
and went 70 Virginia on downs.
Griggs got the ball and Instant
ly his bushy head appeared thro'
Towers left end. Griggs made
a phenomenal sprint for 80 yards
where he was tackled by Kitto.
Virginia here lost 5 yards on
foul tackle. The ball was then
advanced by center rushes to
Towers Is yard line whero the
ball was passed to King who ably
assisted by Donnelly's timely in.
reference made a magnificent
run around the left end and made
a touchdown Immediately behind
vs. goa, bringing forth the yells
of the Virginia contingent for
the fine work of King and Don
nelly. The rooters also gave ev.
idence of their presence.
Reid failed to kick a goal. The
ball was again carried to center.
Graham kicked off: Reid got the
ball but fumbled, gaining five
yards. Donnelly carried the ball
to the Tower 5 yard line, when
King was sent into the Tower
line four times for a net gain of
five yards. making a touchdown
just over the line Harbaugh
made a good kick but fell short.
Score, first half, 10 to 5 Virginia's
favor.
In the second half King kicked
off. Hickey got the bali and
would have made a touchdown .
but for Captain Fay's fine tackle. !
Virginia bagged the ball on
downs. Towers double pass
could be worked only once on !
the Virginians. The ball was
then forced straight across the
field, both elevens working hard.
King punted on the last down,
Hickey making a fair catch. A
place kick was then made, driv-
ing the oval out OF bounds. DVir-
glnia captured the ball but it
went to Tower on downs. Tower
again tried their double pass but
lost the ball. Virginia had no
trouble in again making d center
rush, gaming five yards, neither
side scoring in the second half
Both teams lined up when time
was called, as follows:
Tower Virginia
Campaigne Left End Fay
Burgess Left Tackle shipley
Lamphir Left Guard Reid
KittO Center Guard Grotheim ,
Purdie Right Guard c. Stevens
Townsend Right Tackle Harba ugh
Thompson Right End Sweeney
Opel Quarter Back F. Stevens
Hickey Left Half Back Donnelly
Graham Right Half Back Griggs
Nicholas Full Back King
Umpire Prof Ioyeland
Referee, Erwin Lerch