The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-14
EAST S|OERS WIPE
our OLD DEFEAT
'Crookston Taken into Camp
by Unexpected Score
of 26 to O.

SSSA
of 26 to 0.
by defeating the Crookston high
school team in Pickett park Saturday
afternoon, the East Grand Forks high
school football eleven won its third
straight victory this fall and placed
itself in line with the fastest high
school teams in northern Minnesota.
The score was &c to 0.
This game was a battle royal be-
tween ancient enemies in which the
home team wiped out its defeat of a
year ago when Crookston carried off
the bulk of the scoring with three
points to the good.
Crookston marched onto the field
heralded as an easy winner. As good
a count as the East Siders ran up
against their old rivals was not look
ed either by players OF coaches.
The players Of the East Side eleven
are a long way from being giants. but
what they lack in stature they make
Saturdays game they demonstrated
the fact that Il fast. light eleven, play
ing under the new rules. has every
'chance in the world OF heaping up
the count against a heavier aggrega-
ton. 'Crookston proved no small job,
either, n the score against them
shows that the East siders are as
classy a little bunch as any collec-
ton of gridiron battlers in this sec
ton.
The work of East Grand Forks
of friends to the already big list of
the boys across the river and when
the big game with the high school on
this side comes off the Fast Siders
will not be shy royal hackers.
Crookston Won Toss.
Crookston Won the toss and chose
the goal. Halverson kicked off to
Akers. who juggled. but returned five
yards. Right here Crookston showed
their best work of the day, and threw
a scare into the local fans. On the
fourth down. with three yards to
gain, Shrek. their 21O pound guard.
was pulled back to half n given the
Dali. AS the locals had not vet learn
ed the art OF stopping the emblem of
the G. o. p. he pulled off a 20 yard
gain. But his success IN this line
was destined to be short lived, for
before the close of the. first half, the
locals We're on him before he got
started, and he was seldom called
back.
Pulling themselves together, the
locals soon forced Crookston to punt,
and with the ball in their possession.
East Siders showed that their often
sive play was to be feared. Straight
football was mixed with the newer
game with a precision that swept the
visitors off their feet. until Ludvigson
got away with a perfect forward pass
on the 30 yard line. and carried il
to the seven yard line before being
thrown. Here he was thrown so
heavily that he dropped the ball. but
OLeary who was at his heels grab
bed the bounding pigskin. and almost
before the crowd had recovered from
their cheer of Lud's play. had planted
1T squarely behind the posts for the
first six points. Halverson missed
goal.
Locals Had Edge.
This first eight minutes of play
made it evident that the visitors were
outelassed. in spite. of their greater
weight. But let it be understood that
Crookston has some team. in spite OF
their defeat. They were handicapped
by h loss of two Of their back field
men,, one Of whom has a bad knee
and the other because OF conditions.
They plunged in f%earlessly on the de-
Tense. and fought desperately. but
they were simply up against a better
team, With an attack hard to fathom.
Crookston's heavy line didn't show up
to expectations. Shrek had IS pounds
advantage of Ryan or Fender i'll
standstill in the line. The visitors
back tield played excellent ball. cs-
pecially Akers. Yaple also did VEL,
and several times all hut got away OIL
forward passes.
In each Of the succeeding quarters,
the locals scored Il touchdown. Mayer
CARRYING the ball each time. Halver-
full kick from a difficult anglo,
squarely- between the posts. While
Captain Mayer carried the ball over
the line each time. his teammates did
their part in getting the ball down
the field. Every man on the East
large score against so worthy an adj
versnry shows this to be true. Tho
line held like a stonewall on the Of
Tense. Ryan took scvere punishment
in his age~essiveness. and finally had
to retire near the close of the third
quarter. Bank was another star.
He seemed mixed ND in every inlay.
and when he plunged in he made his
ground or stopped his opponent. He
is light hut fast. He took as much
punishment rs any man on the team.
and was forced to retire at the OPEN
ing Of the last quarter.
Mayer Was Good.
Mayer used his weight to splendid
advantage. and was seldom stopped
without a gain. He was the most
consistent ground gamer for the To-
calls. but he had splendid support.
Halverson worked in fine shape. Kept
u of last weeks game because of
sickness. he seemed to want to make
up for lost time. On the defense, he
seldom failed to get his man. and
some Of his tackles We're hard to
beat. Gies ran the team well. and
mixed up the n'avs so rs to bewilder
the visitors. The forward pass was
used with success repeatedly by the
locals. especially in the last quarter,
when three fine ones made the last
touchdown possible. One open for
nation for Il long pass to Halverson
nettcd 80 yards. and was one Of the
prettiest plays of the game.
The East Side team is out to bring
home the championship of Northwest
ern Minnesota. and their success
seems likely. TIL" Fast Grand Forks
high school has one Of the best teams
in its history. Coach Harlan deserves
great credit for their finished style