The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-11-03

.hc oeSohu LiiHe only missing by q
few inches. His efforts won him the
praise of the entire sidelines, and he
should have been rewarded with SUI
cess.
Though outclsssed, the Mitchell
team played the game clean and good
lrohl the start. Their tackles were
hard and true, their ends played
clean, and the backfield VIE at all
times c%onsiderate OF the rules. Aside
from questions which arose as to the
new regulations, not once was there
wranglfng or delayed play because
OF enmity between players.
Sioux Falls Scores Early.
The first score Of the locals was
made shortly after the first quarter
opened. Sioux Falls kicked deep in
to Mitchell territory, regaining the
ball by holding the team to downs.
Manary crossed the goal like on a
tackle back formation. The second
score came In the same way, except
hat the visitors failed to make a
pass work on the third down and lost
the ball. After three smashes, in
which Warren, Gilbertson and Bergh
made gaine, Manary went across
again.
Second Quarter.
The second quarter was marked by
the two efforts of the visitors to score
through their drop-kicker Here al,
SO the visitors made their best show
ing, Smith going through left tackle
for a gain of twenty-nine yards.
! his ru-. placed the boys in position
for the first kick. They came with
in striking distance again after Left
End Cook had recovered a short punt.
The quarter closed with Sioux Falls
making a touchdown from the TWEEN
ty-five yard line, carrying the ball the
entire distance In five downs. john
son going over on a tackle-back play.
The second half opened with Nit
chell kicking to Schwartz, who re-
turned the ball for fifteen yards, the
oval then being downed on the To-
calls 22-yard line. The score was
made after a number of line smashes,
putting the ball on the visitors 35-
yard line. A forward pass, Gilbert
son to Schwartz, was one of the pref
test plays OF the game. The locals
again scored OF mach the same kind
OF tactics, another forward pass,
though fumbled. being recovered af-
ter it had been pushed across the goal
line bv a Mitchell player, Bergen re-
ceiving the ball. Previous to this
the locals scored with line buckine.
Manary taking the ball again. The
third quarter ended with the ball
near the center of the field, after A
series of kicks on the part of both
teams, together with a great general
fl BILE, in which had not the Mitchell
right half dropped the ball would
have resulted in a clear field for him.
Last Quarter.
The last quarter was marked by
a brilliant quarter back run. Haas
getting away from the field and was
only downed az he crossed the 10
yard line.
The game ended with the ball we'll
In Mitchell territory the locals hav-
ing made long gains from the extreme
end OF the field, where the ball had
been kicked by the visitors.
Locals Play Ragged.
The play of the locals. after the
end OF the first quarter, was ragged
In many places. Gilbertson was slow
In starting, johnson played far be-
low his usual form, though much of
MS bad -ork was due to his hand.
i was discovered a few days ago that
IN the practice of two weeks ago he
a broken bone in the wrist,
the trouble not being merely a bad
spratn as was first thought.
Twice during the game the visitors
held the locals to downs, but their
stoncwall formation gained them
nothing. as both time the ball was1
recovered within ten yards of the spot
upon which It was lost.
The visitors were not sure of their
ground, and on several occasions lost
the 3all through fumbles, when they
might have made good gains.
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