The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-11-11
yERlaIuLIo. WINS AeAl.
Outplay State University
Team But. Lose in Last Half
Through Touchdown.

Through Touchdown.
L.
= Statements on Game. !
Prof. H. H. Wood of Sioux I
= Falls, referee: 1t was a game in !
: which the poorest team won. !
: The Mitchell boys outplayed the !
: Vermillion bunch two to one !
= from start to finish.
Coach j. A. Roberts of Yank- I
: ton, head linesman: Mitchell !
: played rings around the state !
university team and although I
: Vermilion won the game Mitchell !
: has the playing to be proud of. I
Coach Jack HOLSTER of Morn I
: ingside college, Sioux City. UNI I
: pire: Mitchell completely out
: played Vermillion. Her defense I
: vas superb and every man in the I
: team played football.
Puggsley. of Amherst, time !
: keeper: ! certainly have to adj !
: nit that Mitchell. had the best .
: OF vermillion throughout the
game.
Coach A. H. Whittemore OF
: Vermillion: 1t is the best game
: I ever saw in South Dakotas YER
million was overconfident and I
: lacked aggressiveness on that ac- Z
: count. The especial feature of
: Mitchell's playing was her de- {
: fensive work.
Completely outplaying her oppon.
ents in every department of the
game Dakota Wesleyan lost to the
State University Monday Afternoon
by tn score of 6 to o, through a re,
turn of a punt for a touchdown b,
a fresh player aided. by perfect in.
reference. The winning play wa.
made in the last ten minutes OF
play after Vermillion had been, un.
able to puncture Mitchell's line OF
go around her ends for gains.
The game was called at 3 o'clock
Vermillion winning the toss and
choosing to defend the east goal.
light wind was blowing from the
southeast during the whole of thi.
half. sheeks kicked of to COTE,
who caught the ball on the 20 yarl
line. Vermillion Immediately re.
turned the punt which Smith advanc
ed 5 yards. Mitchell punted to Thacl
aberry whom Todnem downed in hi.
tracks. Thackaberry was dazed ant
in the first down fumbled the ball
1t being recovered by Mitchell
Thackaberry made a number o
similar errors during the course O
the game which finally n~ecessitatec
his withdrawal in the second half
He has been touted as one Of Whit
temore's stars and featured in the
accounts OF the Nebraska and Den
yer games. His work was far below
that of McCarter. the old U. s. d. stal
and the jolt he got in Mondays game
will probably not add to his reputa,
ton.
Sheeks tried a drop kick which
went too low for q score. Punts were
exchanged and the downstate team
lost the ball on downs. Mitchell drew
II. Brown for an offs.de offense and
Vermillion was penalized s yards
Nolt went around 10 yards on an
end run and Sheeks attempted an.
other drop kick which just went un-
der the bar. Vermillion brought the
ball out and failing to make their
downs punted. Both sides il turn
kicked the ball. Mitchell lost the ball
a tumble and Felber was downed
5 yards behind his own line by G.
Sheeks when attempting a modiflca-
ton of the old criss cross. Vermil-
lion then punted and by straight line
bucks Mitchell carried the ball to the
80 yard line where Sheeks tried the
third drop kick, this time 1t being
blocked. The coyotes then made
their downs by six inches and were
forced next time to punt. Hardy
promptly booted it back and Grace
recovered the bail and carried it for
a 10 yard gain. On the next punt
Thackaberry was downed in his
tracks by Sheeks. Vermillion was
then held for two downs and on the
third they attempted a forward pass
resulting in a penalty for them of Is
The frst. half ended with the
ball near the center Of the field. Dur
ing this time it was only In Mitchell's
territory four times and then through
The second half opened with the