The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-09-29
YALE IS GIVEN
A HARD BATTLE
Has Tough Time With Holy
C~ross-Cornell is Held
to Tie by Colgate.

minneapolis, Mimi. Sept. 29.-Thc
defeat of Minnesota at the hands Of
South Dakota in 1912 was averaged on
Northrop field Saturday when the
Gophers took the measure of the Coy
otes by II score Of II to %. All the
ter when the men of DIR. Williams
took the jump and put over two touch
downs n twice kicked goal before
the visitors were fully aware of what
was going m.
From the last part of the first quar-
ter to the finish the teams battled saw
agely with the odds in favor of Min
nesota. but not go decidedly that the
Gophers were able to score again. Aft
er that first quarter 1t seemed to he
felt by the Gopher. rooters that the
game was settled beyond all question.
The tricky young Minnesotans. though.
were satisfied to play carefully and
keep the enemy from violating their
goal.
The Gopher Stars.
The record of the days work shows
that McAlmon and Shaugnessy made
the touchdowns and that Tollefson'
nesota by. negotiating goals after
touchdowns. There were several other
actual scoring but their great offensive
actual scoring but heir great offensive
work and their sturdy il not consist
ent defensive play helped the whole
team w many a rough bump. The
fact that South Dakota made first
down only once speaks more than vol
umes can tell Of the way the invaders
were resisted.
While the attack displayed by Min
nesota did not approximate brilliancy
and there were rough visible
on all sides, their showing sen the
big crowd home with a feeling of hope
over the games to come. Minnesota
seemed uncertain at times when the
other side had the ball. Punts were
missed. fumbled and misjudged. but
those in the grandstand perhaps did
the field made handling fly balls a
somewhat hazardous matter.
In the Minnesota lineup were two
men, Scion and Barron, who were hav-
ing their first taste of intercollegiate
football. Despite their inexperience
they fitted into the scheme Of things
in pleasing style and their work belied
maj in the back field. was author of
the longest Of the day. 1t was
thirty-fve yard dash early in the first
quarter that put the ball within strik-
ing distance Of the enmy's goal and
made the first touchdown a possibility.
Practice in following the ball stood
the Gophers in good stead and was di-
rectly responsible for the second Min
nesota trip across the Coyote goal. Aft
err the second kickoff a twenty-five
yard run by Tollefson and several
smashes It the South Dakota line
brought the ball past midfield and Toll
lefson punted. 1t was fumbled by a
Coyote on his own 10-yard line as Ros-
enthal bore down upon him. Then
the swarthy-skinned linesman dived
for the ball and fell on it a foot from
the South Dakota goal. 1t was simply
a matter of form then sending Nc
Alrnon across.
The Line Work.
One Of the srprises Of the day was
the treatment accorded the South Da-
kota line. In last years game the Wis.,
iting forwards bored through the
Gopher forwards. stopped plays in
their inception, demoralized the back.
field and mussed up Minnesota's plan
Of campaign. Saturday. however.
brought an entirely different story.
Ostrom, Robertson and Rosenthal, the
center trio, played their opponents off
their feet and were in complete charge
Of the show most Of the afternoon.
Sawyer and Barron, and later Snyder,
filled the tackles in splendid style.
Captain Brown, the valiant left tackle
OF Henderson's crew, bald Of head and
bullying of sinewe, for once had his
hands full. The sturdy veteran re-
marked after the battle that he had
had all he desired.