Fergus County Democrat., 1905-10-31
G0PHERS BEAT
THE COYOTES
Interesting Game of Foot Ball Be-
tween Two High School Teams
Thursday Afternoon.


son was payed on the high school
grounds back of the school house by
the Gophers and Coyotes, two high
school teams, Thursday afternoon.
After playing two twenty-minute
halves, in which some unusually good
high school foot ball was played, the
Gophers We're declared the winners
by score of to 0.
Play was begun at o'clock with
Prof. Crane acting as referee, Eddie
Baker, umpire; Paul Caldwell and Ar
thur Baker, time keepers, and Eli
Gill and Gus Grupe, lincsmen.
The team lined UP as follows:
Gophers-Hoffman left end; Daylay,
left tackle; Burnett, left guard;
Skeeks, center; Caldwell, right guard;
end; Briggs quarter back; Grupe, left
half back; Wilson, full back; E. Crow
ley, right half back.
Coyotes-Anderson, left end; HolZe-
mer, left tackle; Eldridge, left guard;
Mcmillan, center; Evoy, right guard;
Smith, right tacke; Baker, right end;
Johnson, quarter back; Neel, left half
back; Tavenner, full back; d. Crow
ley, right half back.
The Coyotes kicked off, Tavenner
sending the ball out of bounds. The
second kick was caught by Belden
who was downed on the 20 yard line
| by Holzemer. The Gophers, by steady
| line bucking and two end runs by
| Hoffman, advanced the ball to the
center of the field where it was lost
on downs. The Coyotes rushed the
| ball back to the 50 yard line by means
of some fierce line bucking by Neel,
| Tavenner and D. Crowley but at this
point the Gophers stopped them and
once more took the ball.
The Gophers repeated their previ-
| GUS performance, again failing to
make the necessary five yards after
! they had reached the center of the
| field. 1t was see-saW affair, both
| teams doing some fierce line bucking
but failing to sustain their efforts un-
| til a goal was crossed, until the end
of this half, the ball having been in
| the Gophers' territory the greater
portion of the time.
| After a rest of fifteen minutes the
teams lined up for the second half
Caldwell for the Coyotes kicking off
this half. Tavenner got the ball and
was downed by Belden on the 30 yard
line. The Coyotes took the oval to
| the so yard line, furious line bucks
by the backs being responsible for the
gains. Here they failed to make theil
gains and surrendered the ball or
| downs.
An exchange of fumbles, two of the
three perpetrated during the game
left the ball in the possession of the
Gophers Oh the 40 yard line. Hoffman
twice carried the ball around righ
end for substantial gains. Belder
went around the other end for fiv'
yards, Grupe bucked through center
for three yards and Briggs carried ,h'
ball to the three yard line by means
of play off left tackle, an instan
later Briggs got the ball on a fumbl
and went across for the first and onl.
touchdown of the game.
The Gophers again kicked off bu
after three or four plays, time wa
called with the ball in Gophers' terri
: tory.
Il Everything considered, the boy
played a remarkably clean game. Ru
I three fumbles We're made and bot
elevens showed some team work. The
did not get in the interference on IN
: end runs but that is fault easil
e remedied. Hoffman, Grupe. CaldWel
t E. Crowley, Belden and EIiges ae
e vanced the ball for the Gophers. Nee
;. and Tavenner did good work for II
Coyotes as did Eldridge. HolZem'
made some good tackles and Shove
p foot ball material. All of the boys dl
r. we'll and showed that the Fers'
It County High school can turn out
% first class foot ball team if necessaf.