Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1911-10-26
BEEF WINS and
OLD HOOD0 HOLDS
mlN0T TAKES DOWN FAST GAME SATUR-
DAY.-THEY GROW BIG IN MAGIC
CITY WITHOUT IRRIGATION

The Saturday exhibition of foot
ball was one of the best ever pulled
off at the local lot and the Willis
ton team, while resting under the
clouds of defeat, have the satisfac-
tion of knowing that they gave the
husky Magic City crowd some of
the livliest exhibition of foot ball
that the city ever met in it's extern
sive repertoir of games.
The Williston team in point of
weight was one of the Iightest ever
representing the school and from
start to close put up a gamey fight
and from the point of scientific
foot ball outplayed their opponents
at every point and in reality gave:
the Minot crowd some excellent
pointers on how the game should
be played which will doubtless help
that bunch a great deal in their
future games.
The Magic City team averaged
fifteen pounds to the man more
than the locals and according to
battIeship figures threw total of
l65 pounds more of metal to a
broadside than the home boys.
Minot scored first by carrying
the ball the length of the field by
end runs and line smashes, secur-
ing a touch down but failed to kick
goal, leaving the score FIVE to moth
ing in favor of the foreigners.
Minot kicked off to Williston
and the home bunch by an intricate
series of plays, consisting of for
ward passes, delayed passes and
criss cross end runs kept the Mouse
River crowd batting their eyes and
running their beaks in the soil
until WilIiston carried the ball
straight up the field for a touch
down tieing the score, the home
boys failing to kick goal.
In the second half Williston
kicked off to Minot and Minot was
forced to punt out of their own
territory. Murphy pulled off
splendid punt to the left side of
the field that was recovered by
Minot's left end. That recovery
was the turning point in the game
and from that time on the locals
fought an uphill light. Minot by
end bucks and runs and backed by
superior weight, carried the ball
over for touch down, making the
score ten to five.
Hardaway for WilIiston kicked
off and Murphy fumbled the ball
on Minot's three yard line, the
ball rolling back of Mjnot's goal
line where Murphy touched it down
scoring safety for Minot and
giving two points to Williston.
Minot kicked out from the
twenty five yard line and the locals
by a series of rushes carried the
ball back to Minot's twenty-five
yard line, Williston loosing the
ball on downs. Minot rushed it
back to the local twenty-five yard
line loosing it on downs. Willis
ton tried to punt but the kick was
blocked, Minot recovering the ball
and by shear weight overcome the
light Williston defense to Willis
toms one yard line where the locals
gamely held them for downs and
punted the ball out of danger.
Minot recovered the ball on the
Williston thirty yard line and
again started the rushing tactics
over Williston's fast weakening de-
fense and again the Williston
crowd on their nerve held the
Magic City sons of Anak on their
own three yard line. Again
Wi|liston punted to Minot but the
punt went too far to one side and
Minot's quarter back caught 1t
cleanly and run twenty-five yards
through II clear field for the third
anu last touch down of the game