The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-11-01
VIRGINIA COMES BACK
At HIBbInG SATURDAY
Locals Give Opponents BAD Beating
High School. Boys Play Hard
Fought Battle-Large Crowd Wit
nesses Hibbing's Defeat-McCabe
and Denyes Star for Virginia.

In a hard fought range gridiron
battle Virginia Saturday afternoon
scored 10 to victory over ,Hibbing
at Hibbing before large enthusiast
tic crowd which marvelled at the
close exhibition played by the high
school pigskin stars. McCabe and
Denyes were easily the stars of the
local eleven, the formers drop-kick
in the first quarter from the 35-yard
line injecting much confidence into
the Virginia boys, while Denyes' line
plunging gained much ground for the
locals
The first quarter opened with the
Hibbingites kicking to Cussons who
returned the ball Is yards. Denyes,
Stein and McCabe then took the ball
for long gains fairly playing their
opponents off their feet. Virginia
was penalized for being offside and
McCabe was forced to punt, st..
Julien returning the ball for a short
gain. Immediately Hibbing started
the open field play but the first for
ward pass was incomplete. On the
second down Quarterback Johnson
was thrown for loss. Hibbing
fumbled the ball and Denyes re-
covered it. Denyes and McCabe shot
through the line for steady gains but
Cussons failed to gain and the Hib-
bingites took the ball on downs.
! Webster and St. Julien made short
gains for the opponents but ON the
last down the latter punted to Nc
Cabe who returned the ball 10 yards.
Stein and Cussons made short gains
| and after being penalized on the
| third down McCabe signalled for a
| drop-kick and with neat precision
| booted the ball over the Hibbing
goal, scoring 3 points for Virginia.
Virginia kicked off to St. Julien
who returned the ball 80 yards.
! Webster and Kleffman made long
gains for Hibbing but Sullivan inter-
copied a pass and Virginia took the
ball. The quarter ended with the
| ball in Virginia's possession on her
45-yard line.
In the second quarter, following a
punt, Stein was thrown behind Vir-
ginia's line for a safety giving Hib-
| bling it's first two points. In the
third quarter Webster plunged
through Virginia's line for the Sec
ond touchdown of the game. St.
Julien missed goal leaving the score
to in Hibbing's favor at the
close of the third quarter.
| The last quarter opened with the
ball being put in play on Virginia's
| 1O-yard line in the locals possession.
On the first play Stein fumbled the
ball, Johnson recovering it. Web
ster and St. Julien took the ball
down into Virginia's territory on
long line gains and on the last down
the former was tackled hard and
hurt, time being taken out for few
minutes. Sullivan, the Virginia
left-end, was also hurt and Byrnes
| placed in his position. Following
an exchange of punts Virginia took
| the ball into Hibbing's territory on
fast line plays but after McCabe and
Cussons had been thrown for losses
| Hibbing took the ball on downs.
Hibbing also failed to gain and ST..
Julien was forced to attempt a punt,
the ball being blocked by Gustafson
and recovered by Rooney. On the
next play Denyes shot through left
side for touchdown and McCabe
kicked goal, ending the scoring of
the day with Virginia in the lead.
10 to 8.
Following the last touchdown of
the game, Virginia kicked to Hib-
bling, the latter Immediately starting
a kicking duel with Johnson doing
the booting for Hibbing and McCabe
| for the locals, the latter out-kicking
his rival. The game ended with the
ball in Virginia's possession.
NE-SIDELIGHTS.
The crowd filled the grand-stands
and bleachers of the park and made
/ the game a financial success. Supt
G.. Lunn, Biwabik, Supt. Herbert
Blair, HibbiTg, Supt. H. A. Morse,
Bull, Truant Officer w. Fitzgerald
Virginia, and Coach Coy S. Blair,
Virginia, were among the school Of
f1cials at the game
Referee Walter H. Radamacher,
Gilbert, gave general satisfaction
and is conceded to be easily the best
football official in this part of the
state.
The "rah-rah' boys and girls took
advantage of the fine weather to root
for their teams, but after the game
Virginia's noise was easily the loud
est, especially on the Missabe train
bound for this city.
At Wilpen, the locals were joined
by the Eveleth high school football
team which was returning from