The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-11
SOUTH HIGH VICTOR
Mueller's Eleven Easily Defeats the
East Side, Making Four Touch
downs in Short Game.
Winning Team Plays a Slow Game,
but Has Great Advantage
in Weight.

Coach Mueller's South Side eleven
hardly came up to expectations In Its
game with East high on Northrop field
yesterday although the South Town lads
were victorious by score Of p to 0.
South Side far outweighed their OPP
ponents, and using mass formations they
managed to plow through East Sides line
for good gains, while Myrick, the colored
half-back, enlivened the game by a num-
Der of sensational sprints round the ends.
On the whole, however, South Sides at
tack was painfully slow, and If opposed
by a ast-charging line of fair weight,
Mueller's men would have been swept Off
their feet before the plays were fairly
under way. Constant fumbling marred
South Sides work also, but East Side
erred quite as much in this particular,
fully offsetting South Sides loose work.
South Side is undoubtedly the heaviest
high school team in the twin cities, but
is still far below championship form. Had
East Side used better judgment in one
or two instances the score would have
been cut in half. In the first half East
Side after holding for downs within five
yards Of it's goal line, tried to buck CEN
ter, but was held for three downs. In
stead of kicking East high tried the line
again, and South Side took the ball and
quickly pushed it over. This play came
at the very end Of the half, and a punt
would have saved East high five points.
Goal Left Unguarded.
East Side, moreover, violated one Of the
first principles Of defense by not sending
man back to guard its goal when South
Side had the ball. Consequently when
Myricl1 circled the end in the second half
he had a clear field, and easily raced
| seventy yards for a touchdown.
Considering it's weight, however, East
Side put up a very plucky defense fight.
Her linemen generally charged quickly
and low, mixing up South Sides mass
plays, badly. The backs, too, did good
work in backing up the line. Repeatedly
South Side was held for downs or forced
told In time. South Side tried a number
| of trick plays and double passes, which
gained ground only through the slowness
of the East Side ends. 80
Individually Myrick, Slower, Bang and
| Chestnut were the stars for South Side.
Berg and Jorgens, the beefy guards, were
a great help in the interference. but botn
| fumbled badly when given the ball. and
neither one hit the line with any force.
For East Side, King, Dirymple and Fryk-
man played the best game.
| South Side kicked off and Frykman re-
turned the ball five yards. South Side
held for downs on the tWenty-yard line,
and the ball changed hands several times
| on fumbles, when South Side finally
pushed it over for the first touchdown.
The second score came late in the half,
when East Side was held for downs on
| the five-yard line, and Slower carried the
ball over. Myrick scored the third touch
down in the second half by his sensa-
! tional run of seventy yards. Slower car
ried the ball back past the center Of the
| field on the kickoff, and it was soon
pushed over for the fourth and last touch
down. Myrick made only one goal. The
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