The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-11-11
Defeat Strong Team in Colonel
Jim HamIin's Town.
Veteran Shattucks Put 1t to the
Mankato Normals.
ThisResuIt Expected Summary
of the Games.
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
In hard fought game at Blue Earth
the Mankato high school football team
defeated that of the Blue Earth high
school last Saturday afternoon by the
score of to 5. This was considered by
far the best high school game of the
season in southern Minnesota. The high
school boys of Mankato ran against the
toughest proposition they have yet tack
led, and the outcome of the contest was
in doubt until the game was about to
close.
At the opening of the game, Capt.
Coughlan won the toss and Blue Earth
kicked off to Mankato. Mankato ad-
vanced the ball to within twenty yards
of the Blue Earth goal line and then
lost the ball on downs. Blue Earth
advanced the ball by long end runs to
within thirty yards of the Mankato goal.
Mankato here held Blue Earth for downs
and took the ball back down the field
and was again within striking distance
of the Blue Earth goal, when time was
called for the first half, neither side hav-
ing scored.
In the second half Mankato kicked off
to Blue Earth, who carried the ball down
the field mostly by end runs. When
within forty yards of the Mankato
goal line, the ball was passed to Freer,
Blue Earth's left end, who made an end
run and made for Mankato's goal. Muir
ply, the Mankato left half, was about
to tackle Freer, when he was himself
seized and held by the Blue Earth full
back. This was contrary to football
regulations, yet it enabled Freer to make
touch down, and as the referee had
not noticed the transgression, the Blue
Earth team was not penalized and the
touchdown was allowed. Blue Earth
failed to kick goal.
Blue Earth kicked off to Mankato, who
rushed the ball down to within five
yards of the Blue Earth goal line. Here
Mankato was held for downs. Blue
Earth got the ball and was twice tack
led for loss. The team had a choice be-
tween punting and making safety. The
latter course was chosen and the ball
was passed behind Blue Earth's own
goal line. This made two points for
| Mankato.
Blue Earth now kicked out from
the twenty five yard line. Mankato got
the ball and by severe line plunging car
ried it down to a point within two feet
of Blue Earth's goal. The second down
was called just as the ball was at that
point. Funk, the Mankato quarter
back, passed the ball to Mountain, full
back, and signalled to take the ball
through the left side of the line. Noun
tain now claims that he carried the ball
over the line. Nevertheless, when the
referee, Registrar Pierce of the state uni
versity, blew his whistle for the end of
the down, and the confused mix-up of
human anatomy was untangled, the
ball was still in the field. 1t was in
the hands of Blue Earth man, who
claimed that Mankato had lost the ball
on a tumble. Mankato on the other
hand claimed touchdown alleging
that the ball had been carried over the
goal line and touched down by Man
kato, but had afterwards been forced
back. The referee gave the ball to
Mankato on the third down, with the
goal to make. There was a heated dis
cussion over the situation for about
ten minutes, but both sides at length
agreed to abide by the referees decision.
Mountain of Mankato got the ball for
a plunge through the right side of the
line and carried it for touch down.
Mankato missed goal. Time was now
called and the victory was Mankato's
as she had scored seven points to Blue
EarthS hVe.
Nobody expected that the normal team
would win against the redoubted gridiron
veterans of the Shattuck military AGA
denny at Faribault on Saturday after
noon and the normal boys came home
well satisfied with the showing they had
made. Shattuck won the game by IL
to 6. She had expected to run up a
score 30 or 40 to O. Shattuck has a
strong heavy team, but the normal is
itself by no means light one. In some
respects Mankato's playing was the
better of the two. Shattuck held Man.
kato for downs only once, whereas Man
kato obliged Shattuck to punt four
times. Mankato made many excellent |
line plunges that amazed the Shattuck
men. O'Brien, the Mankato full back,
hit the Shattuck line repeatedly for six
or eight yards. 81