Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-11-12
LOST A HARD GAME.
Local High Defeated by the
Brainerd Foot Ball Squad
by Score Of q to o

The local high was defeated II to y
BY the Brainerd high on the local
gridlron last Saturday afternoon In a
Rotly contested game, in which the
home boys played their best from
start to finish, on the defense block
ing forward passes and all new style
football, but were unable to stop the
linebucks of their huskier opponents
in the old style football which Brain
erd depended on entirely for it's gains.
and on the offense making fine gains
on end runs and plays OFT the tackles.
Alderman, left end, and Nahum,
full back, on the Brainerd squad. were
deadly to the chances of the home
team. and several times when local
man got past all of the other oposing
nlavers one or the other of these
nlayers remained and it was in vain
chat the boys attempted to get past tor
4 touch down. Brooks also proved
unite an obstacle to the locals.
Little Falls broke up all but two Of
The forward passes that were attempted
bv the Brainerd team, but when gains
were Necessary the up-rlver team
reverted to line smashes. The game
had not progressed far when 1t became
necessary to retire Cary, center, and
shift Huff from left guard to center,
and Gillette put in left guard. Later
Clark was put in when Gillette was
hurt, and while he played good he
Hacked beef and was bowled over several
times.
Barron carried the ball on line
buck from the locals fve-yard line
and scored the first touch down, and
towards the close of the first half
Trent scored the second touch down.
Alderman failed both times at kicking
goal, the half ending 10 to 0 in favor
Of Brainerd.
Nahum carried the ball over the
locals goal for each of the other two
touch downs, one in the middle of the
half and the other just before the end
of the game Alderman was success.
full in kicking goal on the first trial OF
the half but failed on the other, CIV
ing the visitors total of II points
for the half and the game ended by a
total score of 81 to 0.
Baker was a good ground gamer
around Bralnerd's left end. Gordon
and Dunphy were very effective IN
blocking forward passes, the latter
intercepting one and carrying the ball
TO the ten-yard line where Alderman
downed him. Griesch attempted a
drop kick, but it was hard angle and
he failed to send the pigskin between
the uprights. He did some good
punting during the game. Brainerd
fumbled the Gall in the middle of the
field, and G.. Longley snatched it up
and carried it to his opponents
twenty-yard line. Richard got the
ball on the kickoff at one time in the
game, and behind fine line of
Interference carried the ball to Brain
erd's twenty-five yard line. where he
was tackled by Alderman, after hav-
ing got past all the other players of
the opposing side. But the locals were
never able to follow up these spurts
OF brilliant playing. and these gains
were therefore of no avail. Roberts
played his usual good game, break
ing through the Brainerd line and
preventing plays were they had been
started.
A large crowd, including large
delegation of rooters from the up
river city, were on hand to witness the
game.
In the evening the two teams were
guests of the Bijou theatre, where
Shey gave few of their pet yells,
after which they quieted down and
enjoyed the show.