Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-09-28
(By Benz

(bN Ben.D
The university football team proved
somewhat disappointing Saturday and,
as result, the Minnesota prospects
are not quite so bright.
Doc" Okeefe's high school pro-
teges, touted as easy pckings, flick
cred across the roSeate horizon of the
university camp and spread enough
gloom to fit out a whole crew of
Muggsy McGraw's.
The Okeefe youngsters kicked an
oVer-groWn hole in the highly be-
daubed wall Of Victory Prospects and
let in a herd of glooms that for the
nonce nearly annihilated the varsity
players.
They also gave Andy Gill the cue
Tor one of the neatest. warmest, siz-
zling lectures crew of varsity foot
ball players has ever listened to.
Twas bad day for the university.
Everyone expected them to run up a
top heavy score in the first quarter
and, then, play tag with the highs for
the remainder of the game. But the
manner in which the kids trifled with
the varsity plans was disconcerting to
say the least. and the U. N. D. play
ers were forced to swallow a fly or
two with their victory ointment.
OF course. as Walter Camp re-
married, only simpleton Judges a
football team by it's first couple weeks
work
But nevertheless the fact remains
that the high school gang turned the
cruel rays Of the spot light on the
rough edges of the varsity machine.
AND the OBJECTIONS thusly displayed
were not altogether pleasing.
The game showed several things
viz:
The university forward defense was
woefully weak.
The backfield at times ran inter-
terence like an office-seeker trying to
head off crew of reform-wave suf-
fragettes
Plays were executed too slowly; in
fact' SO slow that the high school men
ut times executed them before thew
had a moments growth
Except in one or two occasions, the
men showed nothing brilliant in tack
ling, line plunging hole excavating
or in quick thinking.
IN snort. all things considered, they
PLAYED a mighty poor game.
The university team won; it
couldn't help but do so. But the older
men should have won bv score twice
as large, and, if thev had rlayed the
rlgnt KIND OF ball, never should have
let the highs score on them.
II the university PLAYERS had shown
football commensurate with their
weight. they would have filtered
through the high school line like a
mouse running through a Ladies Aid
tea party.
The varsity players were unable TO
gam through the high school end, all
OF the ground being Won through
spots.
On the other hand. high school play
ers made good gains around both ends,
ana time and again plowed through
the varsity line for long territorial
ACQUISITIONS With very few excep-
tons, the high school had little diff
hcu!ty making first down.
Ihe third quarter was all high
schooi. Gill sent second string men in,
ana the highs walked through them
A1ter the youngsters scored a touch
down in the first couple of minutes
OF the last quarter. Gill sent the first
team back
After rest between halves and
during the third quarter, the first
string men came back fresher and
were able to do a little .tter and
rushed the ball over for the third
touchdown. ''ii
This will have to be a week of hard
work. if the Flickertails are to msi-s
a showing against Minnesota TIE
forward wall will have to be strengihe :
ened, interference will have to be de-
veloped, plays will have to be ex.
ecuted more rapidly and a more open-
style OF play will have to be perfected
little fellow with the punch verv
frequently is more useful that a be-
hemoth
What about those three pennant.
boasted Of? '''
dough, the Cubs now are nrens r;ns =,
for their annual slaughter Al the
hands of the White Sox.