White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-26
Local Meu,s
M'G|LL Wins AGAIN
FROM ELY ELEVEN

The big football game of the sea-
son, thus far, was played Sunday at
McGill between an Ely team COM
posed chiefly of high school boys and
a McGill team composed chiefly of
grade school boys. There was a
limit of 135 pounds placed on each
team, but both teams were slightly
under the limit.
Ely stepped on the field bubhling
over with confidence and could hard
ly endure the delay of about five
minutes to get started. They had
it in their heads to ruffle the feath-
ers of the McGill boys until they
would hardly again get them into
order, but
The game started with Ely kick
ing and Kicks booted the pigskin
over McGill's goal line, end line. and
a fence, to be recovered by a McGill
man, he afterwards being downed be-
iiud lie boais NCithE bht III
fierce. Mr.. Morgan, nor the umpire,
Mr.. Birge, seemed to know what to
do so the touchback was nat consid-
cred and the ball was again kicked
off. McGill made a grand rush and
then were downed. only to begin
their onslaught on Ely's line. MAX
ing first down" three times. The
ball then went over and Ely began
some OF her remarkable plays. non
of which seemed to work. They
couldn't go thru the line, they could
MT get around McGill's speedy ends.
and their aerial route was out of Or
der, so they kicked. This drove
McGill rather close to their danger
line and after trying some passes and
being penalized once when they
shouldn't have been because they
we're off side before the ball was
snapped, Middagh kicked, the ball
striking an Ely player in the face and
almost changing the boundry lines,
and then bounded back owe McGiiis
goal line and was recovered by an
Ely player. this making their only
score and the only one they came
close to getting, However, this net
ted them six points and another after
kicking goal, which sounded good in
Ely's ears 1T the end of the frs
half when McGill had nothing, ever
tho It was made on a "fuke."
In the second half McGill went in
with a determination to do something
and the music started =" Spoon
more took the ball and made a bril-
liant run of fifty yards. lodging
squirming. twisting, bueking. ant
then falling. Thru a tumble the bal
lost its happy home with MeGill ant
went to abide with Ely but not foi
long. They made two end runs
neither of which netted much, and
then they attempted a forward pass
} which was received by "Fleetfoot'
been badly frightened judging from
the way he ran, and he kept on run
ming for about sixty yards until he
arrived at Ely's guarded spot and
there he placed the bag of wind down
and sat on 1t. thus giving McGill sia
points. the first they received Goa
was missed, which still left Ely a
point In the lead. y.
Ely then received, but the ball did
not linger in their camp long and
as soon as McGill got IT they kept
1t until they surrender red 1t to the
referee after 1t had been again "a
ried across Ely's goal. Miller was
the man who did it this time and he
ran so swiftly that Ely was 80 amazed
that they had to stand and watch him
go. II was simply a streak, but the
streak meant six more points for
McGill. This put MeGill ahead and
still they were not satisfied so ito
It" they went. In the last five min
utes Of play,they made another touch
down. this making their third one.