The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-12-04
MINERS vs.. METHoDIsTs

They Played, a Redhot Game at
Rapid City OH Thanksgiving Day
/ Preachers Winning.
The Wesleyan University football
team got home Saturday from Rapid
City, where, on Thanksgiving Day
they engaged in their last battle on
the gridiron for this season and they
defeated the miners by a O of
Is to 4. The University lads spoke
very highly of their entertainment
at Rapid City and that the people
out there turned about everything
over to them free of charge. They
visited the mining country and the
mines on Friday and saw a good
deal of that feature of the hills.
From the Rapid City Journal of
Saturday we make the following ex-
tracts from it's extensive report of
the game:
GA perfect day, fine field, clean
game and fast, but too much
"Sheeks"-that was the general YER
dict of the crowd of 1000 rooters
that lined the gridiron and yelled
for the .-.ners to Hold EN-. Sheeks
was the star of the day, and one of
the finest and fastest players that
ever played on a local field. He was
everywhere, and covered the field
like a snowstorm. His tackling was
fierce, ran back punts back for big
gains and was the hardest man on
the team to down. 1t was his nifty
work that scored the first touch
down. Hardy punted forty yards,
and the ball taking an ugly bound,
fell into the arms of the fleet half
Back and a beautiful run Of thirty
/, five yards netted the first score for
the Methodists.
Morris was the mainstay of the
Mitchell team in tearing up the Min
ers' line, and delivered the second
touchdown by a swell series of line
plunges after Sheeks had recovered
a punt. Norris broke through just
before the close of the last half,
blocked the punt, and made the last
touchdown after a ten-yard sprint.
"At three O'Clock sharp Sheeks
kicked off, Betterton catching it on
the five yard line and returned it
eight yards. The Miners were held
and Dickey punted forty yards to
sheeks who returned the ball five
yards. Sheeks made five yards
around the end, Hardy twenty yards,
and came right back with a line
smash for six yards Tumble on the
next play was recovered by Mitchell.
Here the Miners held, and after Led
yard had rammed the line for two
yards, Dickey kicked thirty yards ana
the ball was recovered by the Min
ers. An off side play, a quarterback
kick, another off side play, and the
Miners We're within striking dis
lance of the Mitchell goal. Dickey
plunged for two yards, Ledyard for
one, then Dickey plunked the ball
squarely between the goal posts,
scoring a beautiful goal from the
field.
"Sheeks kicked over the goal line,
and the ball was brought out and
punted forty yards, Hardy returning
it twenty yards. Dobson fumbled,
Hoffman recovering the ball Wallace
ripped OFF five yards or an end run,
being brought down by a swell tackle
by Ledyard. Forward pass, Hardy to
Sheeks, Melted twenty yards. Tod
mem made a yard, Sheeks was thrown
back for a one yard loss, and a
Mitchell forward pass from Sheeks
went into the waiting arms of New
port, who ran it back for fifteen
yards.
"Ledyard bucked the line for two
yards, Dickey for two, then punted
for forty yards, Nolt returning five
yards. Morris ripped the line for three
yards. Hardy fumbled, and the ball
was punted thirty yards, caught by
Ledyard and returned five yards.
Newport made a yard. DicKey hit
the line for three, on a fake punt,
Dickey ran five yards, passed the ball
to Ledyard, who squirmed through
the Mitchell team for twenty yards.
On the first down the Miners fumbl-
ed and lost three yards. Dickey hit
the line for three yards, then punt
ing to Sheeks who was downed in
his tracks. Hardy punted forty yards
and Willard returned it fifteen
yards. Newport was downed for a
four-yard loss, Ledyard made five
yards around the right end, and
Dickey punted thirty-fiveeyards where
Sheeks then caught the ball. and re
turned it four yards. On a forward
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