The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-12-05
YOUNGSTERS WIN
At SIOUX FALLS
BrooMngS Highs Play All Around
Their Opponents
OUTSIDERS TRY TO MAKE TROUBLE
But Goodwill Remains Between
the Teams

Brookings high school foot ball team
defeated the strong Sioux Falls high
school at Sioux Falls on Thursday. the
score being II to 0. Brookings went
into the game handicapped by the alb.
sence of three of its best men. but in
spite OF this the team played a plucky
game and won on its merits. the Sioux
Falls ArguSLeader Notwithstanding.
Had Reeves, Olberg and Heck been i'm
the game Sioux Falls would have sus-
tanned much worse beating. Reeves.
the best ground-gainer on the team
and one of the best high school half
backs in the state, was just recovering
from an operation of appendicitis, Oh
berg, the center was with his parents
on trip to the coast and Heck, the
most aggressive lmeman on the team.
was forced out of the game by lack
of time for practice. When this handi
cap is taken into consideration the
team did remarkably well, and Sioux
Falls was lucky to escape a wors, de-
feat.
Brookings scored once in each half.
failing to kick their first goal. For
their first touchdown Brookings work
ed the ball close to the Sioux Fails
goal, the ball going to Sioux Falls after
an attempt to punt, but the Brookings
linpmnn hrnkn thrn,tub
and Brookings got the ball on the 7.
yard line, from where it was carried
over for touchdown. The second
touchdown was made near tte elise Of
the game. Bookings punted to the
center of the field, and Kremer the
fast Brookings end recovered the ball
and ran through for the final score.
The Sioux Falls Press in it's write
up of the game, devotes about half
column to abusing Chas. Coughlin, ca y
tain Of the college team, who acted as
one Of the officials. The roast would
be laughable were it not for the venum
dis played by the writer, who probably
got his cue from some of the hoodlums
who had a dollar or two bet on the
game. In his write-up of the details
of the game the Press man showed
lack Of knowledge of even the funda-
mental principles of football and it
reads a good deal like six-year old
boys essay on psychology. The Brook
ings team was treated nicely by the
Sioux Falls people and the football
team, and when the Sioux Falls team
comes to BroOkings they will do their
best to reciprocate. 1t is only fair
to state that Mr.. COughin did not
Those were attended to by the referee.
That the scurrlious attack on Cough
lin was not countenanced by the Sioux
Falls team may be judged from the
following, which appeared in Satur-
days Sioux Falls Press:
The Press is in receipt of the fol-
lowing communication:
Sioux Falls, S d., Nov. 49, 1907.
The Sioux Falls high school authori-
ties desire to make the following state
ment to the public:
We regret very much that at the
Thanksgiving day football game with
Brookings, we were unable to keep the
crowd off the field
We are perfectly satisfied with the
fairness of the officials and believe
that the score is correct, according to
the rules of the game
No crowd, such as was present yes
terday, can be properly handled with
out an enclosed field and it remains
for some citizen or citizens to show
us the way by which we can possess
the same.
"A. A, Mcdonald, Supt.
&C. II. Wilkinson, Prin.