The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-10-26
STATE COLLEGE
BEAT YANKTON
RAGGED FOOT BALL DURING
FIRST HALF DUE LARGELY TO
OvER-CONFIDENCE

FIRST HALF DUE LARGELY TO
ovER-coNFIDENcE
YAnKTOn HAD PEP ALL The WAY THROUGH
Last Half of Game Pleased Rioters
and Brought Applause For the
Star Players
Yankton went down to defeat last
Saturday before the strong State Col
lege squad by a score of 81 INT
confidence in the first ha Dep~'~u Iot
of ragged foot ball playing on the part
of State College of which the down
state team took every advantage. Yank-
ton played with plenty of pep, and
rushed the ball into States territory at
every opportunity. They played State
to a standstill during the first half
and succeeded in shaking the conf
dence of their opponents to such an ex
tent that in the last half State got
down to business and played the game
along consistent foot ball tactics.
Dunn, Hoover, Skinner, Jennings,
Hanson, Mccoy and Anderson did
good work for the State and Rogers,
Best and Bowers were the stars on the
visiting team.
The score by quarters is as follows:
Yankton ............. 0 0 O. o
State o IL 1871
The following is the game in detail
Captain Jennings won the toss and chose
to defend the west goal.
Rogers kicked off for Yankton to Dunn,
who received the ball on the twenty yard
line, returning II. Dunn made 3 arouno
right end and Hawley 3 over left tackle.
Holiday made 1 over left tackle and Dunn
punted to Rogers who was downed on his
own As yard line.
Best failed to gain. Rogers made 6
around left end. Best made 9 through the
fIilS anu AZ was HIS best "a "
around left end and 2 over left tackle.
Rogers over center for / yard. Rogers
around end for first down on States 50 yard
line. Thompson made / over right tackle.
Yankton funbled and Hoover recovered on
States 81 yard line.
Dunn around right end made , yards
and Holiday over left tackle made 2 more.
Williamson made l over right tackle and
Dunn punted. Rogers fumbled but recover
ed. Best fumbled and lost 6 yards and
Bowers punted out of bounds and it was
States ball on her 20 yard line.
Williamson made 2 around right end. Haw-
ley, 3 over center and A over right tackle.
Dunn failed to make it first down by a few
inches and the ball went over. Rogers made
5 around left end and 4 over right qua q.
Thompson made it first down. Rogers went
around right end for 2 more and failed to
gain over left guard. Best made ? around
left end and a forward pass by Bowers was
intercepted by Dunn who was downcd on
his own 20 yard line. Williamson failed to
gain over right tackle. a forward pass was
incomplete. Dunn went through left tackle
for ten yards and it was first down. Time
out for Dunn.
IdWley maze y around le1t eHi ana punn
made 8 more over right tackle. Williamson
went over right tackle for : more. Time out
for Green. Green was taken out and Rames
TOOK his place at center. Weyand for Rames
at guard.
Hawley made 4 over light tackle and
Dunn went over right tackle and TIPPED
after making six yards but recoverei and
made a long run to the goal line. The ball
was brought back and put into play on
Yankton's 80 yard line. Hawley made 8
over left tackle. a forward pass, Dunn to
Peterson, failed. Another pass, Dunn u
Mccoy, failed. and the quarter ended with
the ball on Yankton's % yard line. Score:
State 0, Yankton 0.
Second Quarter
Dunn tried a drop kick but failed and It
was Yankton's ball on the twenty yard line.
Bowers punted out of bounds on States 40
yard line. State fumbled but Haw}cy re-
covered. Best intercepted a forward pass
and was downed on his own As yard line.
Rogers failed to gain. Rogers made three
over right tackle. Hanson went in for Peter
son. Yankton fumbled and Jennings re-
covered. A forward pass. Dunn to Mccoy
failed. Dunn made 9 around right end and
ffaWiey MADE I over right tackle, william
son failed to gain and Hawley made 4 over
center. Dunn went over right tackle for 4
yards. Time out for Dunn. Dunn made
four over tackle and it was first down.
Hawley went over left tackle for $ and
Holiday followed with 4 more. Hawley
mads 2 over center. Time out for Yankton.
Hawley hit the line for 2 and Holiday fol-
lowed with 1. Dunn failed TO gain over
right tackle. Skinner went in for William
son. State fumbled. recovered. and the ball
went to Yankton on downs. Yankton punted
and State returned to Yankton's As yard
line.
A pass from Dunn to Skinner was incom-
plete and another to Skinner made 8 yards.
Hanson failed to catch a forward pass and
Dunn punted out of bounds. The ball was
put into play on the twenty yard line and
Bowers punted. State failed to catch the
pun. and Yankton got the ball in the center
of the field.
Rogers lost I but made 3 on the next
play. A Yankton Harvard paas vaa caught