The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-14
GRAND FORKS
WHIPS FARGO
In One of the Prettiest Game
of Football Ever Play
ed Here.
(By. Hank.)

Grand Forks high hung up the
numeral q In the victory column Sat-
urday afternoon by defeating the Far
70 high school football team BY the
Interesting score Of Z to o. The on.
easement took place on the university
Held before u crowd Of some 800 OF
more red-blooded rooters. IT was o
combat that will go down IN the an
malls of high school football history IN
North Dakota as one OF the prettiest
games ever staged in this nook OF the
iand of champion wheat crops and
prosperity.
The locals won the game principal:
" through the courageous playing OF
one bright, black-eyed halfback named
Ferguson. a tongue flashing adminis-
tered by Il slim coach called okee1e
after the first half had neen stageS
and because IL certain elemen OF luck
hobnobbed with the home guards at
certain opportune moments when the
visitors should have been cavortlne
toward the enemies goal line with the
hall securely In their possession.
To say that Grand Forks a away
with Fargo would be falsifying IN the
first degree The boys from the gaze
city put up a tough fight from begin
ming to end. The score shows that the
battle was keenly contested by both
teams.
FORK Opened Weak.
In the first two periods of the game
Grand Forks made: a decidedly pooF
showing. Time and time again n
Fargo ends and linesmen broke up
PLAYS that should have meant gains
for the home team. AT one stage OF
the opening it looked as though the
Grand Forks line. would go to pieces
and the visitors would have an easy
time of it. The Fargo tackles ana
guards smashed up everything Tor
awhile. The crowd was hoping. that
the visitors would not get control OF
the pigskin as it seemed almost Ger
tain that they would walk down the
field If they ever got started. Old man
Luck was kind to the Fork in THIS
time Of dire distress. however, ana
what seemed certain defeat was turn
ed into another chance to make eooo.
Coach .Enraged.
Fargo's chances at winning, the
game were given a severe blow IN n
earliest stages of the conflict. when
Captain Berner received a jolt on his
nasal organ that nearly put him out
Of commission for the remainder OF
the game. You car say what you
please, but this bat at the beginning
placed the gate city leader on o
bly, pins for the rest of the day.
The first half of the game ended
with no score and at the conclusion of
the initial periods the locals were
given as good a tongue spanking as
ever.a football team had to stand tor.
Marching his men to the sideltnes.
Coach O'Keefe went at them tooth n
nail. He called them boobs. Ac-
cold feet and asked them for the love
Of their sisters and their cousins and
their uncles and their aunts. II For no
body else, to get into the game In the
next period and play football with. q
big F.. Doc" ,O'Keefe's lecture was a
classic. Every word was a sarcastic
swat. Each sentence was covered
jective that Mr.. D. Webster ever IN
iective that Mr.. n. Webster ever in
the few minutes that the coach hand
ed out his rebuke he did more to win
the game than. anything else that hap
pened on Saturday. aside from the star
work of Ferguson. and when the
Grand Forks eleven returned to the
different team: an eleven that showed
in every move that it would win the
battle or commit hari kari.
Makes Touchdown.
Captain Ferguson scored the win
ming touchdown in the third period OF
the game, after The coach had told him
to run lower and hit the line harder.
l0y u 6cI1OS VI AoAASo
carriedrthe ball safely across the chalk
mark and the goal, not difficult. was
prettily booted.
Playing like a young demon. Fergu-
son, lodged in and out arnong the OPP
posing warriors, making great gains
every time he was commissioned to
carry the pigskin. In this exciting
stage Of the battle he was ably assist
ed by Helmky and Dryden. but his eff
forts shone above the others brilliant
~. He was the brightest spot on the
home team throughout the entire aft
ernoon Of sport.
Ferguson really earned. another
touchdown and should have been given
q chance to put the ball over. This
was in the last quarter after the clever
little back had made long gains. With
the ball on the visitors vineyard line.
the worst piece Of ~generalship Of h
afternoon came to light. Instead Of
showing Ferguson through for the
touchdown that he had worked so
hard to make possible, a forward pass
and an end u were attempted to no
avail. Playing the way he a Fer
guson would have crossed h line o
another count without question. II he
had been permitted to. but there's
no use crying over split milk.
Fargo Fast.
Fargo was not easy meat at any
stage OF the BdIH0. WIFI u6T UAChS OIL
like rabbits and her men on their
toes all the time, she made a rival not
to be laughed at. Had It not been for
q number Of serious fumbles the wis.,
tors would no doubt have scored. In
the first Of the game Fargo should
have had no less than two touch
downs. taking the loose manner. OF
play that the home guards put up into
consideration. However. costly fum-
bles counted against the gate city bays
when they needed the ball the most.
Toward the last Of the third quarter
Hines. a mighty fast boy. secured pos
session Of the ball. and made the long
est run of the day. He covered fifty
five yards for the visitors like a flash.
easily slipping past three of Grand
Forks formidable men. 1t was these
spurts Of speed on the part Of Fargo,
that placed the locals in more than
one tight place. which they crawled
out Of in more than one case through
sheer luck.
Grand Forks played n different ar
ticle of football. in the third and
fourth quarters than they did in the
first two periods and deserved the VIC
tory that they won. but Just the same,
a letup Of this variety of play at any
stage would have given the visitors
every opportunity in the world to at
least tie the score and perhaps win.
Crowd Well Behaved.
Fargo now comes across with the
piteous cry that the game was won by
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