The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-10-20

half Matthews was put In Weeds
not because Weed played poorly but
because it gave Matthews a chance
in real game.
Badger passed the ball to AllwOrth
for the fifth touch down, and when
| Williams kicked goal the score was
| 81 to 0. The last additional points
were made by pass on
fake kick formation re-
ceived by Hughes, which was good
for another down, Williams again
kicked goal and the final score stood
33 to in favor of the local highs. In
the last quarter Bowen was substi-
tuted for Badger.
Simpson and Gerth Did Well.
For Fairmont Simpson and Gerth in
the back field did the best work,
although none of it could be called
excellent. They sprang no new tricks
on Mankato, while the locals had a
new cat to let out of the bag every
few minutes. The poor showing of
Fairmont was probably due to the
absence of their captain Owens, who
played quarter back. They did not
have the confidence in the new
quarter back, that they had in Owens.
Hughes, Badger, and Wise were
the best players on the offensive. The
maroon and cream boys showed ex-
cellent form and were most success
full in receiving the forward pass,
Johnson and Allworth being the star
performers on these plays.
With a little more pratice the
high school boys will come as near
to perfection as can be expected
from a high school team. They owe
much to the tactful coaching of DR..
Rosenwald and the work of Professor
Norby and Mr.. ritman. Next Satur-
day they will journey to Madelia to
play. The line up was as follows:
Mankato: Allworth, l. e., Williams
|. t., Tuberg, |. g.; Page, center;
Coughlin, r. 6. Weed and Mathews,
r. t; Johnson, r. e; Badger and
Bowen, q. b; Wise, /. h.; Piper, f. b;
Hughes, r. h.
Fairmont: Obermeyer, 1 e; Stowe,
t; ]. Olson, g; Simon Follett, CEN
ter; Claude Willett, g.. Fred Her
mann, t; Edgar Searles, e;
David Hilger, h; Walter Simpson,
f b; Edwin Gerth, h; Willard
Coult, q. b.; Bart Schwerenzen and
Albert Fillmore, substitutes.
E. l.. Udell of Fairmont, umpire.
DR.. j. P. Rosenwald referee. First
and third quarters, fifteen minutes;
second and fourth quarters, ten min
utes.
Pitted against a bunch of heavy
weights composed of all the slug
gers that could be gathered in the
town, the Mankato Commercial col
lege football team held Mapleton
high school down to tie OF to
5, Saturday afternoon. The local
business lads journeyed to Maple
ton with the idea that they were to
play football with team composed
of high school players but they
were quite surprised when they
came to the pasture-g ridiron and
found bunch of town players
weighing on the average It's
pounds, while the Mankato boys
averaged 145 to $50 pounds.
Put Up Fine Game.
Considering the circumstances the
Commercial boys put up one of the
finest games of football seen in this
neck of the woods. They put up
a most spirited fight and took their
stand like sportsmen in the face of
curses, butting and smuggling. In
speaking of the treatment received,
Coach Allison said: 81 have been
connected with football about four
teen years, have played in towns
of all kinds, received all kinds of
treatment, sometimes to the point
where we had to fear physical in
juries when we beat, but never yet
have l been with team that re-
ceived poorer treatment in every
way, than Saturdays game at Ma
pleton."
The game was played in an old
pasture, with no yard lines, except
some old COW ropes, and without
referee. Their goal posts had no
cross bars, and the conditions unGer
which the boys played would drive
anyone back to the sidelines to give
up.
Trick Formation BY Quarterback.
The trick formation by the quar-
terback and ends proved the best
ground gamers for Mankato, the
gains averaging 80 to IS yards.
Fumbling proved to be the worst
fault of Mankato, but with little
more practice, this is expected to
be remedied. Another week will
put them in the proper shape. Up
until the present great difficulty
has been experienced in keeping
the same men in the same positions
all the time, as so many come and
go, thus making it necessary to
put new man in the play too
often. In this way the commercial
boys were handicapped in the game
with Mapleton, since they were
compelled to put two new men
in the game, but even under