Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-14
Touchdown Comes
In Last Two Minutes OF
Play and Turns Back a 3
To 0 Victory Earned By
the Successful Negotiation
OF a Field Goal By Burk-
man.
.(Herald Special service,)

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Milwaukee, Nov. 12.-By the grace
OF the Goddess Of Luck. and a North
Dakota tumble with two minutes left
to play, Marquette succeeded in de-
feating the F1ickertails here on Sat-
urday by a score Of z to 3.
The Marquette touchdown. came in
the last two minutes of play. For q.
part of the game North Dakota had
kept the ball in Marquette territory
threatening the Hilltop goal repeated
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Marquette'sF attempts to gain
through the line failed and with five
minutes left to play, Coach Ryan Of
Marquette. sent in an entire new
backAeld With the purpose OF open
Ing an. overhead game. In this the
new backfe1d partly succeeded, for
they worked the ball from their own
twenty yard. line to deep into North
Dakota territory, the first time in the
game. a
Touchdown on tumble.
On the Flickertails'. twenty yard
line further attempts to gain We're
checked and On the fourth down with
ten yards to 80. Dunn of Marquette.
attempted to drap kick. The ball
rolled foolishly toward the North Da-
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line, whore 1t was picked up by Rob-
ertson9 The North Dakota quarter
back had taken but three steps when
he was simultaneously tackled by
three Marquette men. They were.
hard tackles and Robertson permit
ted the ball to trickle from his
hands, Roessler, end Of Marquette,
scooping up the ball and converting
the recovery into a touchdown. Dunn
kicked goal. A few more plays, and
the game was over.
From the very start of the game,
North Dakota kept the ball in Mar
quette territory. On punts Houser
outgained Coleman from ten to thir-,
ty yards on each kick. H.
Scored BY Air Route.
Late in the second quarter, North
Dakota obtained the ball on Mar
kquette's thirty-five yard line and on a
series Of passes pushed the oval t.. the
ten yard line, where further attempts
to gain by an aerial attack or through
the line failed. On the fourth down,
Burkman dropped back and neatly
placed the ball between the goal
pots, giving North Dakota its three
points. 5
Up to the last few minutes. Of play
those three points looked big enough
to- beat any team the way the Flick
ertails were playing. but the last big
break Of the game rs narrated above,
spoiled the cake.
F1ickcrtails Had Edge.
The very heavy conditions of the
field handicapped North Dakota to
some extent, but in spite Of this the
FIckertails had the edge on Mar
quettes throughout the greater part Of
the game. and in the opinion of most
I0f the sport scrtbes here deserved to
win.
Houser, Brodie, Movius and Burk-
man starred for North Dakota.
First Quarter.
The game started with the surface
OF the field four inches deep in mud
and sawdust. The F~lickertails had
the edge throughout the quarter. and
worked the ball close to the Mar
quette goal line, where Robertson. tbs
NORTH Dakota quarterback. tried foI
a drop kick. out failed.
The quarter closed without either
team having scored.
Second Quarter.
North Dakota continued to have MI
the best OF 1t during the first 10 min
pies OF the second quarter Robert.
son tried another drop kick from &hs
Marquette 80 yard line, but the At.
tempt was blocked.
Five Minutes later Burkfnan neso-
tiated q successful field goal. ringing
up three points for the visitors. Thii
kick was also made from the So-yard
Thine. During the last part OF the
quarter, Marquette took q brace, and
~succesded in pushing the bali dowI
the field towards the North Dakota
goal. Score. North Dakota s. Mar
Third ouarter..
Only strenuous EFFORTS o nthe par
J Of Marquette prevented North Dako'
taSfrom scoring again during this pc
lriod. The ball was pushed close 4,
the Marquette goal. and on one oc
casion the local team was forcedSti
punt put OF danger from Its one var,
Nine.
ID Robertson tried another drop kicl
which failed. N Theg9ba waaS1n Mar
quette territory throughout the quar-
ter.
Fonrth Qunrter.
The final period opened with