The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-12-02
BR00K|NGS HIGH
STATE CHAMPIONS
so MEMBERS OF STATE ATHLETIC
BOARD SAID AT ABERDEEN
MEETING LAST WEEK
DEFEATED PIERRE ON THANKSGIVING DAY
20 to Ia Victory over Former Champs
Gives Locals Undisputed Claim
Teams Season Wonderful

During the meeting of the state
board of athletic control at Aberdeen
last week the question of the state
championship high school football
team was informally discussed and the
members agreed that no formal action
would be necessary to decide the pen
nant winners, since Brookings high
had an u~ndisputed claim with their de
feat Of Pierre, the former champions,
at Pierre on Thanksgiving Day.
The 20 to IA victory over Pierre was
one of the greatest battles on the state
capitals gridiron and Bookings ac-
complished something which no other
team has done in years, that of de-
feating Pierre on her home grounds.
Although suffering from injuries sus-
tanned in the Huron game five days be-
fore, the local boys fought their oppon-
ents to a "standstill and the result was
never in doubt. One of the largest
crowds that ever witnessed a football
game in Pierre was present and keen
rivalry was displayed during the con
test.
Score in First Quarter
Brookings started the scoring in the
first quarter. Pierre won the toss and
Kennard kicked off to the north goal.
Pierre returned the ball five yards,
were held for downs and punted.
Brookings was also forced to punt and
in turn Pierre again punted. Brookings
began a steady march down the field
with Kennard and Severson carrying
the ball and a forward pass, Simmons
to Gilbert, placed the pigskin on
Pierre's 8-yard line. Simmons skirted
around end for the touchdown but Ken
nard failed to kick goal, leaving the
score 6 to 0 at the end of the first quar-
ter.
In the second quarter the ball see
sawed back and forth across the field
with Brookings plainly having the ad-
vantage until the latter part of the
period. Pierre took the ball in the
center of the field and a neat forward
pass, Laird to Dahl, and a 40-yard run
by the latter gave Pierre a touchdown.
Dahl kicked goal and the score at the
end of the first half stood 7 to 6 in
favor of Pierre.
Bookings Back Strong
Brookings came back strong in the
second half and at the beginning of the
third quarter started down the field for
another touchdown. They were held
for downs on Pierre's 5-yard line, how
ever, and the state capital boys punted
from behind their w goal. The locals
started down the field again and Wex-
Ter went over right guard for the third
touchdown of the game. Kennard kick
ed goal, making the score 13 to 7 in
favor of Brookings.
At the start of the last quarter Ken
nard broke loose and sprinted through
the entire Pierre team for a 60-yard
run and touchdown. He also kicked
goal, making the score 20 to 7.
In the last so seconds of play Pierre
scored another touchdown. Dahl made
a long forward pass to Laird who
crossed the line before downed and
Dahl kicked goal, making the score 20
to ii in favor of Brookings.
For Brookings Kennard played one
of the greatest games of his career and
showed that he was the peer of half
backs in the state. Simmons. Sever
son, Burdette and Gilbert also con-
tributed greatly to the locals victory
while Laird and Dahl did Pierre's stel-
lar work.
Have SquabbIe Over Rule
When Kennard made his touchdown
in the last quarter Referee Riggs of
Pierre claimed that Burdette dove a
Pierre man from behind and that
Bookings should be penalized for un-
sportsmanlike conduct but failed to
sound his whistle. Had he blown his
whistle the play would have been call
ed back and Bookings penalized but,
according to the rules. the ball was not
dead and Burdette was entirely in his
rights so long as it was not. Since the
referee admitted he did not sound his
whistle Umpire Sheehan of State ruled
that no penalty could be given Brook
ings since the ball was in play and the
touchdown was allowed. AS a conse-
Quence a number of Pierre papers pub
lished unwarranted and unsportsman-
like attacks upon Sheehan, one article