Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-21
ans Are Handicapped By
Muddy Fields And Cold;
IA To 0 Was The Final
Score In Game In Which
The Locals Fought Hard
Ia Overcome Lead In First
Minutes OF Play.

t. Paul. Mimi, Nov. 21.-North
<ota's ~Flickertails jou,neyed to st.
IL for a II to 0 beating on a cold
4 Saturday. Fighting Samely. but
against a team, which many experts
IS as ranking above Minnesota.
fch Davis men did their best and
ut down to defeat by a margin Of
!, touchdowns.
Forward passes. thrown frsnticaliy
the final quarter. failed to turn the
3 of battle, for Flickertail fingers
re numb with cold and Flickertail
It refused to hold on the slippery
,und. AS for Hamline, the Meth
.sts started with a rush and showed
,r a touchdown on North Dakota
the first period before the Flicker
is had got fairly started.
IA pitiful small crowd witnessed
; game, which was surprising in
w of the interest the second visit
North Dakota to the Twin Cities
d occasioned. Since the great fight
t up against Minnesota, the Grand
'rks aggregation was a prime fay
lite and favored in many circles to
feat the locals. Had the game been
aged On a dry field there is no tell
g what the final result would have
len but it may be safely said that
seS better. team won regardless of
Gather conditions.
Teams Evenly Matched.
The teams were evenly matched
18th regard to weight and Captain
souser far outplayed his heavier
val Co NJ =, Ilt~ly- 80 To ;, n,,&
de of Houser at tackle and Harris
prwards we're outplayed, the Ham
ne center trio being especially eff
.ctive.
At two P. NJ, when the game was
.heduled. to start, a light snow was
llling and it was bitterly cold. The
low ceased midway in the first half,
ut the cold increased and near zero
'eather was on tap when the teams
-otted off the field at the close Of the
ame North Dakota had two good
hances to score. One came in the
rst quarter when Kaplan fumbled
ne of Hausers splendid punts. The
Their was the result of an intercepted
ass by Busdicker who broke away
i midf1eld with no player blocking
lis path to, the goal line. He was
ackled from behind by Lidberg. how
yer. and as he crashed to earth. so
rfshed the last real chance for a
North Dakota touchdown.
F1ickertails Hold Upperhand.
For a while at the start of the game
North Dakota. held the upper hand.
Hause1- and his mates were
lighting for this game which meant
he oh ~ ninYNehtn ~ fhn fu-o r$ofnJ
they could not consistently keep
lp their good work and the heavy
backs plunged through for
good gains time after time.
Robertson made a sensational re-
urn of the opening kickoff, running
he ball from his own five yard line
o the forty yard mark where he was
Just as a clear field came into
new. Two tries al the line failed to
gain and Hauser punted. The ball
.ailed fifty yards down the field to
.aplan who made a. ridiculous muff.
Page recovered the ball on Hamline's
.hirty yard line. Tries at the line
JAILED to gain and Robertson attempt
ID a drop kick which rolled along
he ground. Hamline recovered it
md started their march which re-
in a touchdown.
u.-.
HSnuhe 'cores'
On the first play. LidberE shot
around Page for ten yards and Kap-
an. simons and Lddberg began a
parade which steadily advanced the
seventy yards down the field tc
North Dakota ten yard line. a
penalty at this stage set the Met1l-
odists back i've yards. kapIan start
to circle right end. halted fifteen
Yards back OF the scrimmage line and
nurled a pretty pass directly over the
into the waiting arms of Lidbers
who was standing between the up.
1t was the identical play
which had given Hamline victory
over Carleton and the state cham
rna, AS e' 'hap'an ooo'eo
On the HamIine kickoff Robertson
made another splendid return but he
proved to be the only F1ickertail who
could consistently advance the ball
The North Dakota forwards could
not hold of Sundin, Kruse an6
who continually broke
through, hurried Robby's attempts a,
passing and spoiled his end runs.
The remainder Of the first quarter
was largely a punting duel between
dauser and Sprague. Sprague. who
Is considered the best booter in tn,
state conference, had slightly the bet.
Ter OF the argument but the Flicker
tat1 captain got both distance ant
to his boots and played a nj
small part in staving off the local at
tack.
The call Of time at the end of thu
half prevented Hamline from scorin,
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