The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-12-07
STATE HAD FINE
FOOTBALL SQUAD
TWENTY-ONE TOWNS REPRE-
SENTED ON TEAM OF TWEEN
TY-SIx MEMBERS
SKINNER STARRED IN EVERY BIG GAME
Personnel Of Team is Set Out In Re-
view of the Seasons
Work

TWenty-one cities and towns are rep
resented by the twenty-siX members
of the state College championship foot
bail squad which just closed II of
the most successful seasons in the his
tory of the school. Waterfowl, Rapid
City and Brookings are the only places
represented by more than one man.
\ study of the personnel of the team
reveals the fact that its splendid show
ing was due to balance rather than to
the work of a few stars. Heavy, shifty
forwards combined with a heady, fast
back field made a formidable team on
both offense and defense.
In Leon Anderson, of Rapid City,
State had a wonderful defensive man.
Biz. powerful, shifty, and a good tackl-
er, Anderson was able from the cen
ter position to break up plays off end
as well as stop line plays.
Nielsen, of Rapid City, and Thomp-
son, of Bookings, made a pair of
shlfty hardhitting guards. Nielsen,
playing his first year, was very aggres-
siye and this, combined with his
superior weight and driving ability,
made him a splendid defensive "A
Thompson, "A second year man, while
light for a guard was heady and us
ually held his own in spite of the
handicap in weight.
Captain Jennings, of Estelline, left
tackle, was a powerful defensive man
and a terror to offensive ends. Heavy,
blocky, and with a good stiff arm, the
gains through him were few and far
between.
Coplan, of Watertown, played the
other tackle and, although he did not
the season, he played an excellent
brand of football. This was Coplan's
first year on the team and, with the ex-
p~erience gained, should be one Of the
mainstays of the 1917 line.
Mccoy, If Miller, and Hansen, of
Merrill, Wisconsin, at the ends, while
light, were consistent players. Han
son excelled in spearing passes and
Mccoy showed up the best in wreck
ing interference.
Dunn, a first year man from Ann Ar
Dor, accurate drop-kicker, excellent for
ward passer, and a good man either in
interference or carrying the ball coupl-
ed with generalship far above the aver
age, were the qualifications which
markell Dunn as a star Of the first mag
nitude. Dunn scored States three
points made against the University of
Wisconsin.
In Hoover as fullback, State College
had the best defensive man in the
state. Hoover is a hard worker, a
very consistent performer and Is al
ways ready to step in and do a little
more. State chose a very superior
leader in Ca%ptain-elect Hoover.
Skinner at left-half played his last
season of football and will be a hard
man to replace. Skinner was not only
fast, but his mastery of the side step
and hip-shift and his dashing, twist
ing, lodging runs made him an I'M
usually hard man to stop. To Skin
ner goes the honor Of scoring a touch
down against Minnesota with a %
yard run coming after two runs of Is
and 20 yards respectively.
Collinge, of Sturgis, while Ineligible
for conference games, made a great
showing against Minnesota and Wis
consin. The fact that he was chosen
as an alI-state half in 1915 speaks well
for this speedy, shifty, hardhitting
backfield man. C~ollinge is an excel
lent broken field runner and will do
much towards filling the vacancy made
by the graduation Of Skinner.
Hawley, of Sioux Falls, playing his
first wear of collegiate foot ball, was
an eAt' ptionally fast and shifty back
field man. He keeps his feet well and
is, above all, a game fighter. With
Hawley, Dunn, Hoover, and Collinge,
States backfeld should be good indeed
in 1917.
Peterson, of Brookings. started the
one of the tackles where he showed
his old form of a year ago. Peterson
is light but is fast and drives hard and
low.
Coughlin. Dalthorp, Holiday, lloyd,
Thomas, and Williamson all showed