The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-30
Mortified Wins From Man
katO, IA to IL.
TAKES THE REMNANT ALSO.
Highs Play Better Foot Ball But Lose
Battle BY Two fiukas; Con-
test in Detail.
From Mondays Daily.

| In fast game of foot ball the North
| field team defeated the Mankato high
| school team by the score of ID to II.
Mankato outplayed their opponents at
| ali stages of the game and it was only
on two flukes that Mortified won
| Mankato was stronger both on offense
and defense, at all times holding North
field, except at the two critical times in
| the game.
For Mankato Mountain and Williams
starred on the offense while Krost
proved to be the strongest man on the
defense. Funk was handicapped by in
juries and was not able to play his us
ual good game but returned punts in
good style. Mankato's ends played a
| good game, while the line held their OPP
Onents to standstill. @
For Mortified Moses, Mac Clark, Bob
Dahl, Seth and Albers played an es
pecially strong game.
Following is the game in detail:
Moses kicks off for Northfield to Funk
on the ten yard line, who advanced the
ball ten yards. On the next play Man
kato fumbled and the bali went to
Mortified on Mankato's twenty yard
line Mortified tries Mankato's left
tackle for a loss of one yard and then
makes five yards around Mankato's
right end. Mortified again tries Man
kato's left tackle but fails to gain and
the ball goes to Mankato on her own
| fifteen yard line. On the next play
Mankato fumbles but RECEIVERS the ball.
Mountain goes five yards through left
tackle and Williams punts thirty yards
| to Dahl who is downed in his tracks
Baily circles Mankato right end for
twelve yards and Moses loses four on
an attempt at Mankato left end. Baily
loses two on. a play around Mankato
| right end. On quarterback North
field gains twenty yards. Baily loses
five yards on an attempt at Mankato
right end and Moses hits Mankato left
tackle for one yard. Moses tries drop
kick but the, ball hits a man on the
| line of scrimmage and bounded to the
thirty five yard line where a Mortified
man fell on it. On the next play Baily
circled Mankato right end for thirty
five yards and a touchdown. Moses fail
ed on the punt-out and Mortified lost
her try at goal. Score: Mortified, 5;
Mankato, 0.
Moses kicked off to Funk who return
ed the ball twenty yards. Williams hits
right tackle for four and Mountain adds
four in the same place, Williams punts
thirty five yards to Dahl who is downed
| in his tracks. Mortified makes five
around Mankato right tackle and loses
one yard on an attempt to circle Man.
kato right end. Moses punts to Funk
who returns the ball six yards. Williams
fails to win. Mountain fails to gain and
Williams punts twenty yards
around Mankato left end. Mortified
loses seven yards on an attempt at
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Mankato right end and then on a fake
circle Mankato left end for twenty
| wards. Mortified loses four on an at
tempt at Mankato right end and loses
one more on Mankato left end. Moses
makes a pretty drop kick from the
twenty yard line, the ball going square
between the goal posts. Score:s North
field, 0; Mankato, 0.
Williams punts out from the twenty
five yard line to Dahl at the center OF
the field. who advances the ball ten
wards. Greaves tries center for two
wards. Moses attempted to punt but
Mountain broke through and blocked it,
Mortified, however, recovering the ball.
Moses punts to Funk On the thirty
ward line, who advanced the ball fifteen
wards. Williams goes three yards of
tackel. Mankato fumbles on the next
play, a Mortified man falling on the
ball. Moses punts out of bounds to
lMankato's thirty yard line. Mountain
goes seven yard off tackle. Williams
makes eight off right tackle and repeats
for six yards. Mountain makes first
down. Williams goes four yards OIL
tackel and Root adds two through CEN
ter. Mountain makes first down. Will
Jams makes two and repeats for three
more. Williams tries a place kick from
the thirty-fve yard line but the pass is
bad and the ball goes wide for touch
back. Moses punts out from the twenty
five ward line to Funk who advances the
ball eight yards. Mountain goes five
yards off left tackle and Williams adds
three off right tackle. Williams goes ter
yards around right end and repeats fol
five in the same place. Mountain makes
-four and Williams makes four, making
lit first down. Mountain makes four ant
Williams makes first down. Mountain
makes seven off left tackle and thei
goes over for touchdown. Williams
A. kicks goal. Score: Mortified, 8; Man
kato, 6.
Moses kicks off to Funk on the tel
S yard line, who advances the ball tel