White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-01
Cridiron Battle
Is Won by Ely
UNKNOWN QUANTITY IN LOCAL
FOOTBALL CIRCLES SUCCEEDS
IN ADMINISTERING CRUsHING
DEFEAT TO SMOKE EATERS.

Bill, the goat of the smoke eaters
from McGill. was bleating plaintive-
Ily on the sidelines in Ely last Sun
day afternoon He was very sad
He had no heart for the tumult that
was raging around him. He was the
saddest and most forelorn creature
that ever nibbled blade of grass.
Bill cannot read or he would be-
have with some discretion, and take
to his heels forthwith for Ely Is very
found of goat stew and esteem
themselves the owners of all goats
belonging to McGill as witness the
language of the score board relative
to the gridiron fracas. which reads
Ely. 10; McGill. 6.
The McGill goal had not been
crossed this season. but Ely recross-
ed 1t several times last Sunday to-
make sure that the crossing might
have been overlooked by the au-
thorities. Before the muss started
lp1oVtC 0Ao nOt hCottatC " tOAAkhAt
themselves as to the probable out
come of the pastime. Ely was recog-
nized as an unknown quantity In
football centers, and the enthusiasts
were compelled to wait for thirty
minutes before the crowd from the
capital city could muster up suffi-
cent men to form an eleven. Pre-
dictions We're freely offered that Ely
would be nursing the short end of
30 to 0 score
Even a far sighted printer man
cannot tell what Ely is going to do to
to an opponent, and this secretive
policy of the local delegation has un-
deniably been a great detriment to
speed in the composing rooms of our
great newspapers.
/ Ely Plays McGilI' is a cir
cumstance which was once of ma
terial benefit to men who follow the
typographical calling During the
earlier part of the season asttute
printers kept a portion of the head
lines standing in convenient reach
where they can pop 1t into the paper
at moments notice. For post game
purposes he used to keep few terse
bits of type set up along the lines OF
"McGill Swamps'' or "McGill Smoth-
ers'' leaving plenty of room for Ely
as well as a two figure score. We
say he use to do this. because times
have changed-oh. how they have
changed.
Oh, what a fall, was this, my
conntryman They came to Ely tc
see their undefeated team knock the
very daylights out of the localities
these smelter men did They had
intended teaching the poor lads from
the city by the purling Murry
lesson that would sink in and last
and now you see what happened. Nc
wonder they were sad. and no wond
er Bill was sad.
From the standpoint of the spec
tator. the game and its setting los
none of its thrilling grip. The use
of the forward pass. which had been
tried by McGill two weeks ago will
such telling effect. proved ineffective
in the last mixup, assisted in furn-
ishing Ely with a vehicle of victory
as many of them were fumbled. while
the others failed miserably as ground
gamers
In the opening quarter McGill re
sorted to the forward pass on the
first play. Wetherbee secured
possession of the coveted pigskir
and tore of a gain of twenty-five
yards. Ely's backfi directed its
attack on McGill's right wing. an6
the advantage lay entirely with the
local crowd, who used their weight
and speed for consistent gains
With the goal post ten yards dis
tant. Zebernick assumed responsi
bility for the first touchdown on
line buck and later kicked goal.
Wetherbee kicked of and Duva
ran the Dall In ten yards. TWO linf
plunges by Morgan and Stroup failed
of their cherished purpose. A dis
pute arose at this stage of proceedins
as to the ownership of the ball. Re
free Hill awarded the oval to McGill
although ten minutes we're lost in
crouch fest In which both clubs par
ticipated. Ely got the ball on
tumble. The men behind the lin
advanced the pigskin AZ yards dowr
the field against effective opposition
Ely would have lost the ball onls
Sullivan gained possession of 1t Jus
before the close OF the nrst quarter
4 A plunge between left half guart
CONTINUED on Pass Four.)