White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-18
Griidiron Scrap
Won by McGill
ERRATfC FOOTBALL ON PART
OF DELEGATION FROM ELY
RESULTS IN TEAMS HUMILIA-
TION LAST SUNDAY.

Under conditions that we're ideal
for fast. open football, McGill rolled
up score of eighteen points against
Ely last Sunay afternoon without
permitting the visitors to score. Ely
met a tartar in the guise of the smoke
shovelers. who seemed to get strong
er AS the contest progressed. At no
time during the engagement was their
goal threatened. and Ely was forced
to make an uphill fight from the time
the referees whistle sounded the be-
ginning of hostilities until McGill
emerged on top of the heap sixty
minutes later. The victorious aggre-
cation was heavier, fieeter and more
accurate in its plays and their inter
ference was fine.
Ely played erratic football and
even the most loyal friends of the
team were dubious about the out
come of the game. McGill jumped
into the contest with a determination
that knew not the meaning of the
word fail. and won. The game was
bitterly fought and was marked by
its extreme roughness.
McGill uncorked its real caliber
early in the clash. after the toss had
been won. and the smelter adherents
decided to take the offensive. The
first few collisions indicated that il
was not Ely's day Within six min
utes after the game started, McGill
fiercely driving up the gridiron from
midfieid stopping only momentarily
while the signals were being given,
forced the ball across Ely's goal line.
Captain Aris Duval accepted the OPP
portunity TO register the first six
points for McGill.
During the remainder of the en-
gagement Ely's team was not unlike
an automobile which has encounter
ed a stone wall and lies in the gutter.
Whether the doctors of football can
patch it up so that it can make a
creditable showing against the smell
ter gang next Sunday remains TO be
seen.
Things broke wrong for Ely from
the start. The first touchdown took
away all the pepper from the visitors
and after that they went into plays
with utter abandon. Ii was simple
matter for the victors. Just as easy
as taking candy away from a child.
This was evident when Lefty
Stroup, taking the pigslin, broke
through crowded field for the sec
ond blen,ish on Ely's reputation.
The delegation that was attempt.
ing to maintain the prestige OF tn
county seat in the world of football
failed miserably in the closing hours
of the battle, and their playing was
not of the kind to arouse enthusiams.
The humiliation of the visitors
was completed in the fourth quarter,
when Jonnie Walker was authorized
to invade the haunts of the enemy.
He increased his standing in the
smelter community by making the
third touchdown. McGill was unable
to convert the goal
Lowe. center on the McGili eleven,
was compelled to retire from the
game on account of twisted leg.
Peters, who held down one of the
for Ely. was rendered un-
conscious on a mass play in the
second quarter. and was unable to
take his accustomed place during the
of the game. One of the
features of the engagement was Du-
walls accurate passing.
McGill lined up as follows: Walker
and Eberiy. ends; Lowe and Meyers.
centers; Westenrider and Kelly.
guards: Benson. Lowe and Meyers.
tacyles: Barnes. quarter; Stroup and
Jack Morgan. half backs; Duval, full.
Ely's lineup follows:
Peters and Zobernick, ends; Grier.
Ortes and Gardner. guards; Carroll
and Sullivan. tackles. Gilbert. quar-
ter; Wetherbee, full; Cabacchus and
Benson, half backs.