The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-11
TEAMS READY
FOR BIG BATTLE
High Schools of Fargo and
Grand Forks Meet To-
morrow Afternoon.

The high school football teams of
Fargo. and Grand Forks will answer
the whistle in what promises to be lie
CT h greatest yell-producing battles
ever fought in this hamlet tomorrow
AFTER oon. The game will be played
On the state university field and will
start promptly at ) o'clock, according
to the men who have the right to give
out such information.
Much interest Is manifested in this
struggle rot only in Grand Forks. but
also IN the small country town up the
RED, where the Commercial club Is
ruled over by a man named Slime an.
the pass word is. Here's how" The
high school football bugs in Fargo are
said to be backing their team to a
mai. or coed and come across with tho
startling Information that the locals
will have to pull something unusual
to keep from being sen home without
la belt.
Much Interest.
In this village. the .rooters are equal
ly as interested in their team and lust
as confident as the fans in the rival
city. The home guards will receive AN
abundance of assistance from the side
lires tomorrow afternoon. One nI.r-
lc:-art. it lis said, has sold two bushels
OF tin horns to a set. of rooters for
this particular melee. This does not
|ind:cate, however, that the men "ao
blow their lungs out will necessarily
have to be tin horn sports. "A mess
for this evening, after school. all AT
this time 1t is proposed to- organize
several armies Of rooters for work on
the edges of the field tomorrow after
moon. II Grand Forks should happen
to let a victory slip into the hands of
the visitors it will not be the fault of
the young men and women who at
tend the Central building for the pur-
pose of learning something new that
they can spring on father at the sup
per table each night. The choice of a
winner Of tomorrow's great high
school game seems to be q toss-up, as
both. Of the teams will end training
tonight with one good victory to their.
credit and a showing of marked i'm
provement since the games Of a week
ago. ..
Wick Wood, the veteran sport writer
Of the Fargo Forum. declares that
Grand Forks will have to look out for
the Midgets' backfield. He predicts a
series of surprises for the boys down
the river-down because this particu-
lar stream flows north. Wood also
tells us hat the Fargo lineup will be
stronger than we now figure. All
right, bring on the battlers, Wicker.
old kid, we have some ammunition in
our own powder house:
Fargo Players.
Fargo depends a heap upon one
Captain Brener. who it is expected,
mate Hines. These youths are not
strangers here and they r known to
be fast backs. However. we have a
couple of tough vertebra in our own
spinal column. Melchoir. who starred
in last Saturdays game between Far
go and Casselton will also be in the
game tomorrow. He's good. We'll adj
quarter job for the visitors and a
classy little quarter he is. too. With
these men in he game. Fargo should
have a good .backfield, just as Broth
or Wood suggests. Among the veter-
ans the gate city will have Eddy. a
star end. The other side of the line
will be topped off by no other man
than MacFadden. whose proves has
already been heralded in. this camp.
Pope and Slingsby will hold down the
tackle Jobs for the visitors and Hughes
and Parsons or Chilson will look aft
er the guard positions. German will
be seen at center and he is said to be
mo SLOUGH.
Forks Men Ready.
Inc local nigh schOOl went
through a very satisfactory workout
last night. The boys were. run
through their signals and one side of
the line was pitted against the other
for a brief period of rapid fireworks.
With the exception of n few colds.
which might he easily dispersed with
a little rock M what goes with 1t,
the men are in fine shape for the
game tomorrow afternoon. The past
week has seen a wonderful develop
is now no question that Fargo will
hard to win against the clever little
Grand Forks eleven.
jacob will occupy h pivot job for
Grand Forks tomorrow. The guards
will be Griffin and Elton. Campbell
will hold down right tackle with
Nordlund In the same spot OF the
other side Of the machine. Duggan
will play left end. Henry will stab
the n AT right end and Wells.
the fast worker. will play quarter.
Captain Ferguson. who played a Won
derful game against Grafton, will look
after the right half department.
Helmky will play left half and Dryden
will occupy the fullback stand. The
best of the subs will be Carter, Child
low and Cheney.
The Fargo team is expected to ar
rive in Grand Forks tonight and will
lie sequestered at one Of the hotels.
The delegation Of rooters will arrive
on the first train from Fargo in the
morning.
officials for the game will be picked
some time this afternoon.