The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-11-24
MITCHELL YIELDS ).
). TO ABERDEEN TEAM
Much no THE SURPRISE OF 10.
CAL RIOTERS ..sERDEEN
NORMAL Won FOOTBALL
GAME SATURDAY. AZ

Playing in a ~drlzzling rain and on
a wet heavy held the Aberdeen Nor
malites defeated Dakota Wesleyan by
a score Of so last Saturday after
n IN. To over-conndenoe, il to any
ono particular thing can attributed
the'sddfeat Il the local players. The
men from the northern town came
down q day ahead Of time and had
a good chance to rest before the
game. A good sized. bunch Of back
ers and rooters followed them the
next day. and the side Of the Alb
erdeen crowd was nearly as large as
that OF Mitchell.
he Methodist, players started cut
strong and nearly got the ball over
A~berdeen's goal on one or two occas-
ions in the first half, but at the criti-
cal moment the visitors line held
with surprising rigtdity and the 10
Gals we're. not able to negotiate the
distance necessary for a touchdown.
After the first quarter the greater
part offthe game was played In Nit
territory. Both sides failed
to make their downs on several occas-
Ions, and . great deal Of punting
had to. be done. Mitchell's backs
seemed unable to retain. their hold
on the .punted, balls, fumbling them
on number of occasions. The
weather was biting cold and the ball
was very slippery which accounted
for its eel, like quality insa measure,
but the Aberdeen backs did not seem
to be afflicted with the same trouble!
The ]. AltchelI players worked
their triple forward pass for good
gains on several occasions, but al
ways,at the critical moment the pass
was blocked or the ball was FUN
bled. Aberdeen made her three
scores by means of q drop kick from
the vicinity OF the fortv-five yard
line over the east goal posts. 1t was
as pretty a play and as neatly exc
|cuted as any on the home grounds
this season. ThisFplay vas pulled
of in. the third quarter and it i1nme-
diately caused Aberdeen's stock to
rise on the market. Bets which had
been two to n in favor of Mitchell
before Immediately dropped to par.
It is difficult. to say who played
the star game on either side. For
the Methodists Jim Hardy's tackling
was spectacular but most Of his team
mates did equally consistent work in
this department. Mig Nolt made
some good gains on end runs and
lodged like "the little Demon" as
Coach Douglas additionally charac-
terized him. that, he Is. The line
bucking of Storer, Morse and Todnem
is worthy OF mentiontand Log Smiths
safe and conservative g~eneralship de-
serves praise.
Aberden's whole back field was
powerful at lineYplunging and in the
art Of lodging and escaping tackles
they were past masters. The Whole
up state team played with a vim and
determination that was noticeable
and noteworthy. INLAY and. Ward at
right half and quarter played in stel-
lar form all through the game.
Coach Douglass has been sick in
bed suffering from q severe attack of
pneumonia for the, past week, and
his men have not had the training
and attention that they. should have
had in consequence;
VI The lineup 81 The two teams was
as follows:
Aberdeen Wesleyan
Byrne. ~ .:a.,:L. p. ....... Grace
Brooks ..s!.s,. 4, LII. ..Todnem, c.
Hayes L. G. ..... Walters
Wedono. C. ...... Edwards