The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-11-17
P|NGP0NG GAME AND
!" !: PROFESSOR
2 B0LLEY
The Faculty Manager Of Agri.
:" cultural College Team
Was Angry.
IT REALLY WAS TOO BAD
To Spoil His Fun, But the Ele.
ments Got in Their Work
at Wrong Time.
Professor Bolley-"Do you sup
: pose We are playing you fellows
/: game Of ping pong?"
University representative - .
Well, do you suppose we are
!: playing horse with you?"

The above remarks passed over the
dong distance telephone lines yester-
day afternoon between the agricul-
tural college and the state university.
1t was all on account of the snow, the
beautiful snow and the slush. the
er-O slush-that covered the uniyer.
sity football gridiron to a depth of
fourteen inches, and which was con-
tinually getting deeper.
Professor Bolley seemed real mad
over the "impertinence' of the uni
versity board Of control, which asked
TO nave the game called of on account
OF unfavorable weather conditions.
Mr.. Bolley Is said to have been very,
very angry for a time.
Just why Bolley was apparently so
anxious to play the game, despite rain
or snow, does not seem just clear to
university people. but hundred dol
lar forfeit posted some time ago was
probably the reason. This forfeit was
posted so that in case either team
should fail to play, or in other words
get "cdd feet the other team was
to'get the forfeit.
The, forfeit was to cover any ordi.
nary conditions, and Professor Bran
non argued that this was an extraor-
binary circumstance, and one that they
had no control over. That the A.. CTS
in4istent demands for the ., playing
Of: the game were. made for the pur-
pose of "bluffing" is the opinion of
local football enthusiasts.
Bolley has been rather oyerbearing
all through the season, and early in
the fall, 1t took considerable cores
p0nding before dates were finally ar
ranged; Bolley insisted that the; game
should be played on November IL,
while the university already had q
game scheduled for that date. How
ever, the game was changed, and the
Farmers given this date-at the re-
quest of Bolley, who is said to have
declared that his big nine "aggrega-
ton" would not play the university
unless they got that date.
A good deal Of preparation had been
made for the A. C. game. In fact,
every arrangement was completed.
Tho university players and their
coach, DR.. ]. G. Sweetlapd, IT., had
been working diligently every day.
Thursday afternoon an: army of snow
shovelers, assisted by the dray team
of the university, were clearing the
snow of the football field. Bleachers
had been erected and the great game
was anxiously awaited. Then Thurs
day night snow began to fall. 1t COM
hnued to fall Friday to the disr1ay of
all. ~ q.
u At one o'clock there was mass
meeting Of the students. Professor
Pelby and Manager, O'Connor spoke
and espla!ned the football situation.
!; No more this year shall the bleach
xrA s7iaGs with. eAeeM 4Rer a4bit Of fine
play. The snow has come; With It
has come the end Of football for the
season In North Dakota. Probably no
one is responsible for either event
But football is not all. Basketball
will now absorb the attention of all
lovers of athletic sport, and basket
ball will henceforth be a prominent
feature at the University Of North Da-
kota-