Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-23
GRAFTON and
FARGO HIGHS
PLAY THURSDAY
Meet AT Fargo For
State Championship
Title

State high school football honors will
be decided at Fargo on Thanksgiving
Day, according to Il I uling Of the high
SCHOOL athletic board, which met in.
Fargo yesterday. II was decided to
play the contest between the Grafton.
and Fargo high. school gridiron teams
al Fargo. Thursday morning, starting
at IL o'clock.
Coach Finnegan, announced last
evening that he would start the same
team that played Williston in the
game Thursday morning, although
there is a. possibility hat Tharalson
may get into the game for a short
while. 1t is expected that the Fargo
lineup will be practically the same ono
as met Grafton several weeks ago at
Grafton.
Both teams are in excellent condi-
ton for the fray, and with the wealth
er moderating by Turkey day a con-
test OF unusual interest may be look
ed for at Fargo Thursday morning.
Fargo Depending on Rudd.
Backers of the Fargo team are de-
pending upon Rudd, the kicking full
back, to aid materially in the scoring
for his team with the toe that booted
the Fargo eleven to a victory last
week over the Moorhead high school.
1t Is maintained that should the Graf
ton team succeed in keeping the Far
60 backs from crossing the goal line
there is an excellent possibility Of
Rudd turning in win with his toe,
provided the Fargo team can also
hold the Grafton backs from crossing
their w goal line.
While Coach Finnegan will probably
depend upon his backs to penetrate
the Fargo line for t%ouchdowns to win
the game he has. during the week,
been grooming Captain Stewart for a
possible p ace kick from the field.
The little quarter is fairly accurate
with his toe, and should the team
be held from striking distance of the
Fargo goal he will probably be called
upon to try a field goal.
.rs' Grafton Line Strong.
The two teams were able to ascer-
ain to some extent the. relative
strength Of each other in the game
at Grafton, and both have been work.
ing preparatory to attacking their OPP
ponents where weakness showed in
that game. Grafton probably has the
superior line of the two teams and a
better straight football attack, while
on the Other hand the Fargo team has
the edge i n weight and some fast
backfield men for sweeping runs and
an aerial attack.
While the Fargo team forced the
Grafton crew to play on its own ter
ritory throughout the greater part of
the game at Grafton, this should not
concede that the same thing may be
done again, as Grafton was out-kick-
ed that day and has since produced
a man who will probably be able to
hold his own in this line. Popowski
did the kicking for Grafton in the
Wiliston game and proved that Coach
Finnegan need not worry about a. kick
er for Thursdays game.
In event of TharaIson being used
In the Grafton backfie'd the team
will be considerably strengthened for
scoring. His play was brilliant in the
early part of the season until he was
put on the sidelines because of in
3uries received in the Devils Lake
game 49,.
Grafton rooters are negotiating for
a. special train to carry them to the
scene of the contest, and it is assured
that the high school team will be
backed by a strong body Of fans at
the am tomorrow.