Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-10-25
LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL WON
Defeats Aitkin Foot Bail
Team by Score Of
Z to s

Tee local hign sc1o:l fo.t oall team
def ated the Aitkin high sco5 oil team
on the l cal gridiroa Saturday after
noon by score OF to after ve-y
hotiy c infested game.
The lccal high get up a robe band
AID met the Aitkln players on their
way from tho depot and conducted
them to the gridiron. where the game
was started at about 4 lis O'Clock in
tie afternoon. The Aitkin players
averaged in weigh about four or five
pounds to tho man more than the local
play ers, but the teams had MOI settled
down to work long. before it became
evident that our boys were faster and
plaJed better game than tleir
opponents. Aitkin made the 6rst
score of the game about the middle Of
the drst halt, getting the pigskin on
a tumble. making a good run to the
goal and scoring q touch down. 1t
was after this that the locals got
busy, and in q few MINUTES Dunphy
circled around Atkins left. end for q
touch down. making an exec llent rap
and using the stiff arm to all the
would. be tacklels to very good
advantage. The pigskin moved back
and forth considerably during the drst
half but the playing took place mostly
in Aitkin. s territory.
In the seco4d halt both teams started
out with great vigor and this half
promised to be the best. The locals by
this time had found Atkins weak
spot and struck their opponents for
ten, and fifteen, yard gains time and
again. bringing: the pigskin to
Aitlan 8. twenty yard line. The
Aitkin, team then braced up and the
necessary gains became. impossile, and
ASA. consequence the locals lost the
ball, to their opponents. who after a.
couple of;hard clashes in which gains
came very hard, punted the ball IN
an effort to get the pigekin On the
locals ,iterritor7. Hall brought back
these pnnts with great alacrity. how:
ever. and the ball was soon carried
back to Aitkin,,s, twenty five yard; line.
Here the ball was, kicked eft, struck
Kelly ,on the back and rolled to their
apponent's one yard line. One Of the.
Aitkin players got the ball, but was
imme ,diatelyl puehed- over the goal.
thereby scoring safety, This brought
the score q to g in favor Of our boys
with still nine minutes to play. Here
is where tie trouble began, however.
the Aitkin team claiming that the ball
had not been kicked the necessary ten
yards, and when this point was cleared.
the locals proving that it had been
placed over fifteen yards, they brought
up other points. TO-: be contested. The
local players knowing themselves in
the right, and the referee and lines-
man proving them in the right, would
Enot give in. and neither would tie
EAitkin players, so tho game was de-
Eclared forfeited to the locals. Akin g
manager was from the start in favor Of
Econceding the points in question but
tby the time the captain began to favor
1.-THE continuance of the game the
EAitkin players had started for home.
If the Aitkin team had played the
Egame in q truly sportsmanllke way
Ethey would have played the game tt
1.-THE finish even if t ey thought the
fdecision was unfair, which in justice
Ito the referee it must be said, thai
all those who witnessed tina
Iparticular play will vouch for The
fairness of the decision. No enmit!
was aroused in the local ranks by
Atkins refusal to play the game out
and in the evening when the Aitki1
team left for home the rube ban
accompanied them to the depot and
very cordial time was had at the tim
lOf departure,