Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-10-21
WIN IIMllPO An GAM 1
Nigh School Eleven sfeats.
st. Cloud Normal I BY s1..
Score 5 to O n. I

IN very interesting duu oACAClne
game the local high eleven defeated
tine St. Cloud Normal cohorts on the
Athletic park gridiron Saturday after
,saeen 10y the score of to Q. 1he nome
Bows playing was at all times superior
ito that of the visitors, and at no time
did the Normallres have a chance 10
score on them While the local nigh
forwards were considerably llgnter
than shat of the granite city team,
Hhev were much stronger, and 1t was
.next to impossible tor the st. Ciouo
a1oys to break through for the required
ground gaining. At first they con-
;Tered their attacks on Diedrlch, the
aocai right tackle, then they shifted
yct,gsr attack to the other wing OF the
nigh school formation with little
,g,et5er results The forward pass was
:attempted by them several times out
.xere not very successful. ana IN one
.,ase gave the locals the chance to
.st,ore 3 touch down. The Normalltes
Nhen resorted to booting the ball, but
an this line Griasch for the locals out
:.staone them in every respect, and some
handsome gains were made Dy tne
aocals in this manner. as eacn punt
,xraveled some IS to IS yards ana was so
.wsU followed up by the locals that the
-y7si tors did not turn the ball very 1ar
1s,ofore being downed. Richard was
especially good at this, while Kay at
right guard and later tackle, broke
shrough the Normal line and blocked
nolays before they could be fairly
started. Hall did some lively sprint,
ing, and the granite city boys found
him a hard obstacle to get by. IN
FACT the home boys acquitted them
selves in fine style, and with just a
sittle more head work would certainly
have scored at least one and possible
two moro touch-downs.
50. The game was played in ten minutes
periods, with Coach Lynch OF the Nor
nal team as referee and Supt. II. u.
White as umpire. DR. E. l.. Fortler
was field Judge and Nick Ahles, an ex-
member Of the Normal football team
VINO is teaching in the eastern Morrl-
son county schools, was head Ines
man, and some aver that he was 40
-,ng some coaching from the side lines.
The first and second periods were un-
9ventful from scoring standpoint,
the advantage being with the locals
however. But in the third period,
:Diedrich kicked off to the seven yard
line, and following the play tackled
Capt. Quickstad who received the ball,
after the latter had returned 1t but
Ave wards. 1t was then that the
visitors attempted the forward pass.
winch was intercepted by Longley and
carried some twenty-five. yards
uthrough a ragged field for a touch
s1own, counting points. Diedrlch
failed at kicking goal
The fourth period progressed with
,x,zt any scoring; and the home boys
:faad taken a long step towards the
coveted championship of this part Of
the state.
The aspersion credited to some of
the Normal team, and appearing in st.
Cloud paper, that some of the members
81 TIE iuclM high eleven we're taking
post graduate courses in athletics, is
without foundation, as none of them
have been attending high school four
wears as yet, and but one (Gillete) IS
a 1nemb er OF the senior class and he
has played in the game but two sea-
sons. The others are members of the
other three lower classes, and for sew.
earal of them this is their first season
in the game. We admit having an OK.
,s,ellent team, however.
The teams lined up as follows.