The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-11-07
IN THE WORLD OF SPORT
NESBIT'S RUN
SAVED The GAME
FARGO HIGH STILL UNDEFEATED
BY A NORTH DAKOTA HIGH
SCHOOL = MOST SENSATIONAL
FINISH TO A FOOTBALL GAME
EVER SEEN IN FARGO.

There was barely five minutes to
play.
For three full quarters and the
greater part of the fourth the Fargo
high school midgets-they are rightly
named, for Grand Forks high outweighed
them ten pounds to the man-had bat
tied like tigers to hold their heavier
opponent, and they had succeeded.
Time and again when the heavy
Grand Forks team-tney looked like
college players alongside the light
Fargo boys-were within striking dis
lance of the Fargo goal the gritty lit
tie players would hold them like a
stone wall The score was to O.
And then the disaster happened.
Grand Forks had been held for downs
on the Fargo five-yard line. Fargo
got the ball and on the first play Hines
dropped back of his goal line to punt
The ball came to him high and before
he could recover and get it off a Grand
Forks player was through and Hines
was thrown back of his own goal for
a touchback and Grand Forks had
scored.
The score stood: Grand Forks, 2;
Fargo. o.
And there was only a minute or two
70, play. 1t looked as If Fargo was
beaten for the first time in four years
by North Dakota high school and
that the state championship was gone
The ball was put in play on the Fargo
I>25-yard line. Fargo punted and the
ball was put in play by Grand Forks
The latter attempted a forward pass
Hair Raising Play.
1t was right here that Fargo's splen-
did training and their ability to take
advantage of every opportunity flashed
out in brilliant style. A Grand Forks
man fumbled the ball. 1t rolled to one
side of the. scrimmage pile.
Like a flash a little red sweatered
Fargo player shot out Of the mass Of
players. He scooped the ball on the
run and almost before the crowd was
aware of what was happening he was
off down the field toward the Grand
| Forks goal, seventy yards away, run
ming like a scared rabbit.
Behind him Numbered the whole
Grand Forks team, the Fargo players
| and a large part of the spectators who
| swarmed onto the field back of the two
teams and followed at run along the
sidelines.
The midget with the ball was Mes
bit, and with the ball secure under his
arm he ran like he never ran before
and did not stop until he threw himself
i down exhausted but with the ball be-
meath him squarely back of the Grand
Forks goal posts, having made the only
touchdown of the game
Cowd Goes Crazy.
To say that there was a big demon
! stration is putting it mild. The crowd
simply went crazy. They swarmed
| onto the field and Nesbit was picked
up and on the shoulders of dozen
Fargo rooters was carried in triumph
al procession around the field.
| The time of the game was up while
Nesbit was running with the ball, but
| the rules say time cannot be called
while the ball is in play and the
touchdown stood Booth kicked goal
and Fargo had won by a score Of
to 2.
The Game in Detail.
/ When the two teams appeared upon
the field 1t was plainly evident that
the Forkers were much heavier than
the locals. Fargo showed more speed
and vim in their warm-up than the
visitors.
1t was an ideal day for football and
a large crowd had assembled at the
park. A number of Grand Forks fans
accompanied the team, and their
cheers could be heard whenever their
boys made a gain.
/ At o'clock the whistle blew and
Grand Forks kicked to Fargo. Berner
received the bali and carried 1t back
80 yards. Fargo was soon forced to
punt; Grand Forks could not make
their downs and each team punted
frequently, the quarter ending with