The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-10-13

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of the normal.
] st. James kicked off to the nor
NAL and after this touch down both
teams played about even until the
end of the game. During this time
the ball was kept in the middle Of
the field most of the time.
The Second Half.
st. James kicked off to the nor
nal and Shimota for the locals
returned the ball for about fifteen
yards. They carried the ball to
the center of the field where St.
James held them for downs. ST.
James then took the ball and on
double passes on long end runs their
left half back, Oscar Peterson broke
away around the end for st. James
first touch down. They kicked goal
and the score stood eleven to six
in favor of the normals.
Normals Took the Lead.
| st. James again kicked off to
the normal eleven and Walsh re-
turned the ball to the twenty-five
yard line. From then on the nor
NAL took the lead with forward pass
es and end runs combined with for
ward passes from formation. The
forward pass was the play that the
locals had learned best and seemed
to resort to most st. James gained
the biggest ground on long end
runs. One man especially there,
proved too swift for the normal
boys and when he gained his first
touch down drove past the pursuers
with fieetness seen only in short
dash runners.
Line plunges and cross line bucks
| together with the forward passes
were the stronghold plays of the
Mankato boys, while the forward
passes played by the high school
boys failed in most instances so
that these were attempted but a
few times throughout the game.
The Mankato eleven tried the for
ward pass three times to their one.
Short-End Runs Failed.
During the second half the Man.
kato boys had the ball on the five
yard line but several attempts at
short end runs failed. The locals
had but two really good ground
gamers and they were Walsh, Cred
Wig while Car Peterson and Hoertz
for the visitors seemed to be their
| speediest men.
The tackling on both sides was
rather poor. However, this is the
first game of the season and was
mostly played by raw material but
it is the opinion of close observers
| that as the season progresses Man.
kato as we'll as st. James will put
up two first class teams.
| Weakness of Local Team.
The weaknesses in the local team
consisted mainly in the line men
awkwardness, and this is fac
tor that counts great deal not
only in making it more difficult for
the back field men but also in team
work, it is thought advisable that
more than the usual practice should
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The defensive playing of Cred
Wig and Walsh was noticeable at
all times. The weakest part of
the normal back field was the full
back. He hit the line high on line
plunges and failed to get his man
on tackles. This was a fault in all
the tackling of the normal-they
tackled too high, especially in the
second half. and for this very rea-
son they failed to get their men.
Referee Was Satisfactory.
F., AL Salisbury refereed the game
| and gave general satisfaction. Pro-
lessor j. G. Norby of the high school
acted as umpire, while Mr.. Pitman
teacher of the manual training In
the high school acted as field Judge.
Mr.. Chapman of st. James was head
! linesman.
From the start the game was full
of excitement and was good game
to watch from the side lines. AL
though the scrimmages were thick
at times, there was enough open
| Ilolu WOrK so InaC all cOulu see
what was going on. The new rules
! had as much to do with this as
any other one thing.
AS yet no game has been sched-
uled by the normal for next Satur-
| day but it is hoped that before that
time the local boys will have anoth-
er chance to get on the gridiron.
/ This is the first and last game with
st. James this season and although
the latter were defeated they took
their defeat like gentlemen and
after the game voiced their opinion
as receiving as fine treatment from
the normal boys as could be re-
ceived anywhere.
The Lineup of Teams.
! The lineup is as follows: Man
kato normal, B. Hephner center,
Lapic and Frandle, guards; Clark,
right guard part of the game, later
substituted by Pavek; Novak, left
tackle, Pavek, right tackle; Shimota,
right end; Gredvig, left end; Bra
zier, quarterback; G. Hephner, right
half back; Valesh, captain and lef
half back; Farisy full back.
st. James high school, John Phil