The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-11-12
CLOSEST GAME ]. /.
OF SEASON won
BY !. BEMlDJl B /: }, ! |. : 70;
REGULARSOUT
Grand Rapids Makes the First
Touchdown But Fails to
.sst;1 Kick Goal. s%-...:-, ~. r.
sBEMIDU MAKES TOUCHDOWN -.
IN THIRD i GOAL KICKED
sOpsahl Crosses Visitors Line and
. Phibbs' Trusty Toe Spells
ss:e,.. s.: - Victory. .s-~ ,@sz&~>
BEMIDU MAKES TOUCHDOWN II.
s53 IN THIRD + GOAL KICKED

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Rapids team on the local field, Z
to 6, in hard fought game Satur-
day, the decision being in doubt un-
til the final whistle had blown. The
Bemidji eleven was without the ser
vices of three of the regular play
ers, Tennstrum, Whitney and Knapp,
the former two being backfield men.
Bemidji showed a startling lack Of
their drive and smoothness which
was due, no doubt, to a changed
backfield which was necessity due
to injuries during the week in prac-
tice. ys-.E- -....r. r ....
The game was one of the hardest
fought and at the same time one of
the cleanest games ever played on
the local gridiron. The game was
devoid of arguments and unneces-
sary roughness. Francis Stadsvold
OF Fosston refereed the game and it
was through his efforts that the
game was played without any ar
guments or protests from the play
ers on both teams. Stadsvold, who
played forward on the University of
Minnesota quintet last year, was Sc
lected as all-Western forward and
captain. no.
Grand Rapids Scores First.
Bemidji, kicked to Grand Rapids
and was forced to punt on the
fourth down. The ball see-sawed
back and forth in the center of the
field the first quarter. In the Sec
ond quarter short side play and a
long forward pass brought the ball
to. the Bemidji 5-yards line. With
four downs to- make five yards,
Quarterback olum went through
cent for the touchdo down Their. at
tempt at goal went wide. The. score
at. the end Of the first half was 6
to o.. In favor3of Grand Rapids.
"a Ousahl Makes Touchdown. : : ..sa. tx
" Grand Rapids kicked off to Morse
at the start of the third quarter who
returned the ball to the 25-yard
line. Opsahl smashed through right
tackle for eight yards on the first
play and Morse went through the
same place for seven yards more to
the t4O-yard line for first down. A
forward, pass to Grey netted Is
Yards and the ball was on Grand
Rapids 45-yard line. On the next
n1av Opsahl went through left
tackle for As yards for touch
down. It was the best piece OF
work done by the team, the back
field men each spilling their man.
Then Opsahl,e sidestepping Jurgen-
son and Holum, made touchdown
in the left hand corner of the field
Capt. Grey punted out to Harvey on
the 15-yard line where Phibbs kick
ed a perfect goal for what proved to
spell defeat for the visitors. Score
Bemidii ' :, Grand Rapids 6.
Bemidji kicked off to Holum who
was downed on his 25-yard line by
McDougal. Two plays on Bemidji's
right side of the line were stopped
in their infancy when Grey and Nc
Dougal broke through and spilled
the backs for loss each time. An
other line play failed and then the
visitors punted to Kittleson who was
downed in his tracks by Belts.
The fourth quarter found the Be-
midi team playing together in more
machine-like form. The Bem1dJ1. at
tack gained momentum as the game
progressed, the team seeming to find
ITSELF. With Opsahl ana Grey OPEN
ing up holes, Kittleson, Morse, Dor
an and Gotta kept a steady march
down the field.
+. tumble Loses Ball..
On punt formation, Morse broke
away for ~ yards to the Grand
Rapids .20-yard line. Kittleson
went through tackle for six more and
Doran made it first down on the 12-
ward line. OpsahI fumbled on the
next play and Grand Rapids recov-
cred the ball The game ended a
few minutes later with Grand Rap
ids in possession of the ball on their
own 4O-yard line.
The lineup
BEMIDJI GRAND RAPIDS
Phibbs ...... l.. E....... H1ntley
Opsahl l.. T. ...... .Reitan
Koors =. l.: G..... Rasmussen
Harvey C. ......... Powell
H.