The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-11-02

Ill q SdIuc MldThSu Will UIllilduI
plays and clever team work on the
part of McGill, the Ely football club
lost the first game of the seaso to
the fine crowd of warriors from the
smelter, Sunday afternoon, on the
East Ely grounds, II to 0.
The smelter boys displayed a
knowledge of n game that was
amazing to the spectators, and evil
IDENTIFY, also to the Ely eleven. They
outweighed the latter and in every
feature of the game showed super
iority over the Ely aggregation.
Handicapped by lack of material
and injuries to their men, the Ely
boys played a hard game and fought
bravely, If vainly, until the referees
whistle announced the close of the
first half. Smelter crossed Ely's goal
and in each instance, Graham, the
smelter halfback, sent the ball over
the goal for the two extra points.
The most spectacular play of the
day vas by Graham, when he circled
the end of the Ely line for a 75-yard
run to a touchdown, and, with mag
nificent interference, eluded his pur-
suers and gained five points for his
team. His remarkable end runs also
proved valuable ground gamers for
the Steptoe boys, while long end runs
in quick succession gained for him
a warm spot in the hearts of the foot
ball enthusiasts who witnessed the
play.
The first score for McGill occurred
in the early part of the second half.
McGill had secured the ball in the
center of the field. Curtis was sent
through the line for a series of bucks,
which netted McGill from Z to 10
yards at a time, and brought the ball
near the coveted point. Graham
decreased the distance by a clever
end run, and within three yards of
the goal, Robbins was put over the
line for the first touchdown.
Ely secured kickon and McGill ran
the ball in fifteen yards, losing it
shortly on a tumble. The early part
of the game was marked by several
long gains around the end by Cap
tain McGill of the Ely eleven. He
was finally forced to retire from the
contest with wrenched shoulder, and
through his injury the lineup of Ely
was greatly weakened.
During the first half of the game
McGill tried the forward pass to con-
siderable advantage, and in this par
ticular showed marked superiority
over their opponents.
The ball was fumbled a number
of times by both sides in this half,
and each of the elevens were also
penalized for offside playing. The
ball was in all parts of the field, and
no remarkable playing marked the
close of the first half, the ball being
on Ely's twenty-yard line.
McGill kicked off at the beginning
of the second half. Reeves ran the
ball in about ten yards. Dickinson
gained fifteen yards on a left end
run. 1t was at this period of the
game that McGill secured their first
touchdown, through end runs by
Graham and line plunges by Curtis.
The ball was kicked off by Rey-
and Graham brought the pig
skin in fifteen yards. Graham gain
ed twenty yards around the end, and
was tackled by Dickinson. Curtis
next went through Ely's line for fif-
teen yards.
On the next play the Steptoe team
fumbled and German secured the
ball for Ely. Ely seemed to play
with renewed confidence, Dickinson
and Reynolds being sent around the
ends for runs of Is and 10 yards.
Reynolds was again put through the
line for a gain of 6 yards. A bad
play on the part of Ely resulted in
their losing the ball on their 40 yard
line.
This was the beginning of the end.
On the next play Graham tore around
Ely's left end for a s~eventy-yard run,
which netted the smelter boys an
other six points, Graham kicking the
goal.
Curtis ran the bail in ten yards on
Ely's kickoff. Ely was penalized ten
yards for being offside. Dunkel went
through the Ely line for a small gain.
The next effort on the part of the
Steptoe team resulted in their being
thrown back 10 yards. Realizing that
they would not be able to gain the