The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-11-19
o,NeiII Team CHALLENGES Both.

O'Ne1ll, Ned, NOV. l5.-SpOTIlnS
Editor The News: l notice in The
News of Wednesday an item from the
Norfolk high school stating that they
will not play O'Neill this year, on the
grounds that O'Neill did not play a
strictly high school team in the
O'Neill-Norfolk game last Thanksgiv-
ing at Norfolk. l will state that If
the management of the Norfolk team
will take the list of the O'Neill team
published in your paper, and will come
to O'Neill and inspect the high school
records and find that even one man
was not a bona fide high school stud
ent and attended the O'Neill high
school, not only the semester before
the same, but also the entire school
year, / will pay the management's
expenses up here and back. We will
play Norfolk, either at Norfolk or
ONeiii, and will send Coach Hunter
a certified list of the O'Neill high
school team, giving the grades of each
member both this year and last, and,
if necessary, we will send him Bertil-
lion measurements and photographs,
and will have each member of the
team make affidavit that he is bona
fide student and will bring our super
intendent down at our own expense
and have her certify as to the qualifi-
cations of each member of the team.
The only reason that Norfolk will
not play us this year is, the fact
that they know they will meet with
certain defeat. Mr.. Hunter has proven
himself to be a gentleman in this con-
troversy, but he is mistaken as to
the facts as they existed last year
and exist this year.
also notice in The News an I'M
justified assault, not only on the foot
ball team, but on O'Neill citizenship
generally. O'Neill understands that
this slurring attack does not come
from the representative business men
of Neigh, but is from a puny, ciga-
ret+o-nating, perfumed boy from Gates.
.O'NeiII Always Beat Team"
ONeil high school has ever been
Gates superior in athletic sports. AS
far back as 1904 when O'Neill high
school played Gates academy, Gates
was compelled to play Mr.. Barbour,
one of their faculty, and Mr.. Graybill,
their institutions janitor, in the back
| field. Needless to state, O'Neill re-
turned victorious, in spite of the fact
that Gates had the umpire and re-
fierce and all other officials. Really
when we think of Gates football
championship aspirations, 1t is to
! laugh. In the tie game at Neigh
played about a month ago, the menu
ONeill was forced to partake of was
tive-cent salmon sandwich and a
cup of black coffee at the noon hour
On this we played Gates a tie game
What would have happened if we had
had turkey? At the supper hour we
went to the Leonard house and had
the proprietor phone to Gates as tC
where we should have supper. We
were Inundated, but not surprised
when the proprietor of the hotel in
formed us that Gates had requested
him to furnish us with meals at II
cents per man,s which he refused tc
do. The management of the hote
will back us up in this. We were met
at every turn in Neigh with an en-
thusiastic hand clasp and we'll wisf
for victory. At the game with al
attendance of about thirty, most every
one was boosting for O'Neill. These
are some of the little things thai
O'Neill did not intend to mention un
til forced to justify their position by
the high-collared, sleek-headed boy
from Gates. In the game held II
ONeill, weather conditions being the
limit, showing and high wind, VIZ
will admit that the field was none
to good. The condition of the field
however, was satisfactory to Manager
Taylor of the Gates team, before thu
same. The penalties inflicted by the
referee, an O'Neill man, who has re
fereed more games than the entire fac
ulty or membership of Gates has eve
seen, imposing three penalties OIL
O'Neill for a total of thirty yards, t
one penalty inflicted on Gates 70
fifteen yards. This penalty was In
fiicted for the incorrect use OF tn
forward pass, which Gates did no
play correctly, never did play correct