The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-12-03
THURSDAY, 3

the fourth quarter a tWenty-yard Tor
ward pass placed the ball near the
Brookings goal again. An end run by
Nelson placed the ball on the one-yard
line. 1t looked like an easy score for
the big men from the west. But four
times they hurled themselves against
the Brookings line; four times the
game little fellows met them like a
stone wall. 1t was the most brilliant
defense seen on the local field this
year. The ball went to Brookings on
the vineyard line, and they kicked it
35 yards up the field, but Pierre was
not to be denied. BY clever open
field running, and better choice of
plays they returned the ball to the
~iye-yard line, where a triple pass
sent them across for their second
touchdown.
Only two minutes remained. Pierre
kicked to Severson who returned the
ball to the 40 yard line. Then the
locals opened up with a number of
open formation forward passes. But
all Of their attempts were blocked, and
the game ended with the ball in
Pierre's possession with the final
score, Pierre 10; Bookings 6.
Although beaten in this their state
championship game, the %Brookings
tn,r, shnuYa1 thapnan'png ,,,,, 10 tl,
end, and took their defeat in a cheer
full way. Coach Dillon says of them
that they are the gamest, hardest
fighters that he has ever seen in a
high school, and he expresses it as his
opinion that If Pierre is a better team
it is by so small a margin that it was
not discernable to most of those who
saw the game here Thursday, Every
man in our team played a brilliant
game, that was "a credit 10 himself
and to Il coach.
Only four Of the whole squad Of
seventeen graduate this year. They
are Delbert Jerde, quarterback, Albert
Thompson, right tackle, Walter Whit
mus, half-back, Ray Atkinson, RICH.
end, and Leonard Fem, guard. SO
the prospects for another champion
ship contender next year are very
bright.
OF the four men who played their
last game for the red and black last
Thursday, Coach Dillon has the follow.
ing to say:
Delbert Jerde, our quarterback for
the last two years, is one of our most
valuable men. At making interior
ence he has no equal on the entire
team. His whole strength goes into
every play. lie is a deadly tackler,
and was for that reason used the en-
tire time as safety man on defense.
His handling of the team was good
throughout the two seasons during
which he has held the position of
field general of the Bookings forces.
Walter Whitmus, our diminutive
right half-back, is the fastest man on
the team. 1t was his brilliant running
back of punts in the Sioux Falls game
that won that contest for us. The in
juries received in this game and again
in the Waterfowl game prevented him
ing the remainder of the season. AS
a defensive man, he was the type
that spectators delight in. Many
times when some. opponent appeared
to be circling our right end for a good
gain, a red-and-black streak would hit
him about two feet high and he would
be thrown for a loss, and when the
dust cleared away we could see that
1t was Walter who had cut him down
In such a whirlwind tanner. His
great speed and dash will be missed in
the Brookings team next year.
Albert Thompson, left tackle, was
our largest man, having the tremen,
dous weight of 100 pounds. He is
one of the bulwarks of the strong
Brookings line, Few linemen have
made so much trouble for the second
airy defense of their opponents as has
Albert, Being an easy man to coach,
he mastered many of the more ad-
vanced duties of a good lineman. He
earned a reputation for great ability
by consistent rather than by brilliant
playing and his services to the team
YER as valuable as those of any
player on the squad. This Is evident
when one knows what his influence
upon the team has been. during the
two years that he has played with the
team. Never have | known a more
wholesome influence of a player upon
his teammates. Albert Thompson is
a strong, thorough, manly boy in foot
ball as well a in everything else he
undertakes.
Seldom does a coach have a harder
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