Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-10-15
ALEXANDRIA IS SLAUGHTERED
LITTLE FALLS HIGH WINS OVER
! HEAVIER TEAM BY A SCORE ),
OF IS TO 0

Little Falls ran away with the heav-
ier Alexandria high school eleven Sat
urday afternoon at the fair grounds
to the tune of IS to O. Alexandria
presented a heavy bunch of athletes
and it looked as though Little Falls
was to face the battle Of the season.
But the rooters we're sadly disappoint-
ed, for the visitors at once showed they
had very poor coaching. For as many
heavy and fast men as the visitors
had, with good coaching they could be
whipped into a wonderful machine.
When Little Falls had the ball Alexan'
dria presented no secondary defense,
which made it very easy to use the
aerial style Of attack.
The IS for Little Falls was the re-
suit of an attack that took on power
every single minute of the game. One
came in the opening quar-
ter and three in the second till the
final one and then four and nearly
FIVE were thrown in for good measure.
From an apparently impotent machine
in the early minutes Of play those
Navy and Orange striped Jerseys be.
came marching wedge that Alexan'z
dria couldn't hold on single play.
"Shorty' Longley directed the at.
tack and threw into his general good
Judgment some brilliant dashes at the
ends and off tackle. "Bob' Brannen,
who played one of the best games OF
his career at end, marking his play
with the capture of three forward
passes over the goal line. that gave
Little Falls total Of 18. Give to
Captain Belanger great. attributes of
defensive skill and line plunging and
to Walter Bastien the midget half
back, who went into action the second
quarter, healthy pat of praise for
tackle, as if it had been missed would
Of give Alexandria a touchdown. Os-
car Levin was in fine form and made
two sprints for touchdowns while SUIT
lift used stiff arm to advantage and
tore off a twelve yard run for touch
down. Wells Graham hit the line low
er than in the Brainerd game and
picked his openings to good advan-
tage. Norman Elvig at end scintilated
the crowd with some tackles that
brought the heavy Alexandria backs
down with thud. In the center Of
the line Simms at center, "Zip'
Grimes and "Tubby' Gordon at the
guards showed improvement in charg-
ing and breaking through, on two oc-
casions blocking punts.
To the Alexandria eleven give cred
it for a scrap that was in vain and to
Captain Campbell at quarter and Cas-
sci at half, who carried the bulk OF
attack. These two lads with their
weight and speed with proper coach.
ing could be developed into stars s.of
the first stmhg1dtud q : -: ~,
/ s. Alexandria was. early on The. :4elp
in warming up. A big fellow at left
tackle sent some beautiful spirals so
and 60 yards down the field, but 1
strong wind was at his back.
Captain Campbell, the Alexandria
quarter; outlucked Captain Belange1
on the toss and chose the south goal
and the receipt of the first kickoff
| Alexandria took bite at the Little
Falls defense On two plays and then
punted. Longley returned to his own
| forty-fve yard line. A line smash
an end run and a forward pass netted
the local As yards and first down with
the ball on Alexandria 3 ten yard line
Graham hit the line twice and placed
the pigskin on the three yard line.
Longley lost one on the same play and
it was Alexandria 8 ball on their sew.
en- yard line. Alexandria punted out
of danger to the forty-five yard line
Longley returned fifteen to Alexan.
dria's thirty yard line. Sutliff circled
around the visitors right for seven
and Graham hit center for four and
first down. Levin slid off tackle fo1
seven and planted the ball on the
twelve yard line. Sutliff added one
more on linebuck. Longley circled
Alexandria left for eleven yards and
touchdown. Graham missed goal.
Score, Little Falls 6, Alexandria O..
Little Falls kicked to Cassel who re-
turned to his twenty yard line. Two
linebucks and an end run by Campbell
put the ball on their twenty-eight yard
line and the first quarter ended.
Second Quarter
Bastien goes in for Sutliff and John.
son for Felix. On the fourth down
with two to go Alexandra fumbled
and Grimes receoverd the ball on
Alexandria, 9 thirty yard line. A few
pecks at the line which yielded little
and "Shorty' Longley gave up those
tactics and called a forward. It wa.
complete, Longley to Brannen for 6
touchdown. Longley kicked goal
Score, Little Falls Is, Alexandria o.
Little Falls kicked to Alexandra
who returned to the eighteen yart
line. Three tries at the line gav'
Alexandria only six yards and they
were forced to punt, which was block
ed, Simms recovering it on the twenty
yard line. Graham hit center for fou
yard and Levin for three more. Long
ley skirted around right for touch
down. Graham punted out to the cen
ter Of the field. Longley missed goal
Score, Little Falls 10, Alexandra o.
Little Falls kicked to Alexandria
Cassel returned to the fifteen yart
line, Elvig downing him with a seve1
yard return. Campbell slid off tackl