The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-23
FARGO H. S. Won
ON STRAIGHT BALL
MANY PLAYERS ON THE GRAND
FORKS HIGH SCHOOL TEAM
WATCHED THE LOCALS DEFEAT
GRAFTON HIGH SCHOOL WITH
DROP KICK AND TOUCHDOWN.

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DROP KICK AND TOUCHDOWN.
In a fast, hard fought game, char
acterized by old style football, the
Fargo high school defeated Grafton by
a score Of to 3. Grafton was ex-
ceptionally strong and heavy, proving
TO be by far the strongest men the
locals have met this season. Their
backfield outweighed FarRo's almost
thirty pounds to the man.
Fumbling was frequent. Both teams
held their opponents for downs with
in their ten yard line. A high wind
! sweeping down the field was a big
hinderance to the game. Because of a
iate train. the locals were up nearly
all night before the game and con-
sequently not In the best OF condi-
| ton.
Fargo played straight football. Booth
| kicked on and Grafton returned ten
yards. Grafton then made a first
down, but were forced to punt. Fargo
fumbled on the first play and Grafton
recovered the ball three yards from
goal. holman was thrown for a loss
and Hoover recovered his tumble.
Nesbit punted against the wind from
behind his own goal line. Grafton
tailed to gain and Rinde tried a drop
Kick. The ball went clearly between
the posts for the first score Of the sea
son against Fargo. Score: Grafton 8,
Fargo 0.
holman made short return OF
Booths kckoff. Grafton was forced to
punt. The wind carried the bali al
most the length Of the field. Fargo
made several good gains and then
punted. An attempted place kick
by Grafton went wide. Nesbit punted
out and minute later Fargo's line
blocked drop kick. AS the quarter
ened, it was Fargo's ball on her forty
yard line.
| At the beginning of the second quar-
ter Fargo made their downs three
times on end drives by Nesbit and
Dainard- Booth made drop kick from
the thirty-five yard line and tied the
score. Fargo 3, Grafton 3.
| hoover returned the kick of five
yards. Nesbit punted After several
exchanges Of punts, Fargo carried the
oall to Grafton's two yard line and lost
IL on downs. Rinde punted out OF
danger. The half ended and it was
Fargo's ball near the center of the
held. Score: Fargo 8, Grafton 3.
Fargo seeing that her chances OF
scoring against her heavier opponents
on straight football were small. de-
cided to open up. Booth kicked Off
and Grafton was forced to punt. ON a
trick play, Nesbit circled right end
for forty yards. On the same NAV
Moe made thirty yards around the
other end and was downed on tba
three-yard line. Berner crossed the
goal line on the second down. Fargo
punted out but the high wind pre-
| vented the ball from being caught
ana no attempt for goal could be
made.
Fargo settled back into straight
Iootoan and were satisfied with keep
ing Grafton from scoring. Grafton got
| into ganderous territory on several
occasions, but Fargo's line held when
was needed and Nesbit punted out
OF danger.
For Grafton. Baer and holman made
the best gains They also backed up
the line In fine style. Newgard made
some long returns Of punts. The kick
Ing OF Rinde was also noteworthy.
! Captain Nesbft was the star OF the
game and mate a large part Of Far
COS gains He showed great speed
In getting of his punts. Moe pain
ard and Berner also carried the han
Tor some good gains. Fargo's team
work on several occasions was decid-
eddy poor.
The teams lined up as follows: