The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-28
FARGO WAS 100 Easy
MINNESOTA SCORED AT WILL, IN
THE SECOND
HALF
SOME BAD FUMBLEs MADE
One of Them Resulted I'm a Forty
Five-Yard Run, and the Da-
kOtRns Almost
Scored.

Minnesota easily defeated the Uni
versity of North Dakota yesterday aft
ernoon on Northrop field by a score OF
81 to 0. On the whole. the contest was
unsatisfactory. In the first place it was
too one-sided, and then Minnesota did
not show the result of the practice of
the past week to as great an extent as
was expected. Deplorable slowness on
the part of the home team was the fea-
ture of the first half, and but for a fuke
North Dakota would have scored The
game was called on account of darkness
Heavy skies, warm weather and a
balmy southerly wind made the day any
thing but perfect for football. The field
was heavy and slippery from the rain,
and the players seemed listless. A COM
paratively small crowd watched the play,
the bleachers not being more than one
quarter filed, and the grand stand not
crowded by any means. Outside the
fence the usual crowd of small boys
rooted on trees, telegraph poles and roof
trees, and they gave every indication of
enjoying the contest more than those
who had paid to see 1t. A rumor that
Phil King, of Wisconsin, was on the
grounds created a little excitement for a
few minutes previous to the kickoff, but
1t proved to be groundless.
Minnesota won the toss and choose the
north goal, and after a few minutes of
play lost the bah on a tumble. F'lana-
gan, the fullback of the Dakota team,
was on 1t in a second and took off down
the field around Turner's end. 1t seemed
as If he could hardly avoid making a
touchdown, but while he was still wei
ahead of Dobie, who finally tackled
him, he stopped and turned around. He
was quite played out, which was. unac-
countable, as he had ran but forty-five
yards. 1t transpired after the game
that Flanagan was Ill and really in no
fit condition to be on the field Had it
not been for this circumstance there can
be no doubt that the visiting team would
have scored, as both tacklers were well
behind Flanagan when he gave up the
race.
After an end play for fifteen yards on
the part of Minnesota, and much punting
on both sides, Van Valkenburg carried
the ball over the line for touchdown.
Knowlton failed to kick goal, and the
score was to O. Then Minnesota COM
menced to forget what was going on. She
lost the -ball on downs, fumbled, showed
much poor interference, and generally
played stupid ball until nearly the end of
the half. Shortly before time was called
for the first half. Flynn scored another
touchdown for the home team, and this
time Knowlton dropped the ball between
tho goal posts. Score, II to O.
In the second half Minnesota pulled her
self together, and made a much better
showing. True, the opposing team was
much winded and weakened, and the
proposition was not as hard as when the
men first came onto the field. But it was
noticeable that the home team played
more as a team and less as individual
stars. Van Valkerburg was placed behind
the line, where he invariably shows to
better advantage than at tackle. LaFars
was put in the game, Schacht took V III
Valkenburg's place at tackle and Turner
was retired In favor of Tige at right
end.
After once getting the ball' Minnesota
did not lose 1t until three touchdowns
had been scored. The team played with
spirit although not apparently eXertlng
itself. and the interference showed mark
ed Improvement. Both team work aud
individual plays displayed good Judg-
mept. 1t was the most speedy ball the
home team has put up this season.
Toward the end of the second half Min
nesota lost the ball three times on fouls.
1t looked from the side line as Of the
ball should, have gone to the other side
more frequently than it did on the same
grounds, and Captain Frazier of the
North Dakotas, had no heSltancy in say
ing so after the game.
I'VE would have made much better
showing if we had been given a fair
sofa was continually holding in the line,
and was only penalized three times. 1
don't mean to say that we would have
won the game, but we certainly could
have made a much better showing had
we been given fair deal. l kicked so