Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-17
LOCAIS.LOSE
TO GRAFTON
BY l4-0SC0RE
Grand Forks Boys Fought
Hard But. Were Unable (
to.ScoreY

brought his warriors to Grand Forks
Saturday and showed the fans some
real football n incidentally gave the
local. squad drubbing to the tune of
Ito o In a game played on the uni
Versity gridiron. Lee 1t not be under
$1,000 ina the Graftonites had a
walkaway. Far from it. The locals
contested every inch of ground, and
everything considered, the score
should have been I to Z, for the sec
ond touchdown by the F%innegan crew
was made on a fumbled punt when
Mach, the Grafton guard, picked up
the ball and romped to the goal. In
the last quarter the Grand Forks
crew was within 5 yards of the Graf
ton goal. For four successive downs
the locals tried line srnashes, but the
defense was ~impenetrable. Rather
than to try to smash the line at this
time, the better policy would have
been to try short forward passes, and
this more than likely would have
netted Grand Forks a touchdown.
There was nothing spectacular
about the Grafton players, but they
: had learned the value Of team work,
and the interference was 4 splendid.
They bad two plays which they relied
on for gains. One was q fake affair.
The players were all called back by
the quarterback for a consultation.
They rushed back to the line and
without calling signals, the ball was
pushed through the line before the
locals knew what happened. r
The second play that proved a sue
cessful ground gamer and which was
used time and again by the Graf
%tonites, was a tandem play, the
backfeld lining UP one behind the
other, the ball being passed to the last
may nd tho man IN fr1nf or,a~t1~ n
hole for the runner
Grafton Has Football Machine.
Casey Ffnnegan has worked his
string Of players into a literal football
machine, and 1t was this feature that
overcame the fighting Forkers.
There has been considerable shift
ing of men on the Grand Forks line
up this year and this has prevented
the locals from developing the team
work and interference that is so es-
sential to a winning crew. Several
trick criss-cross plays were tried by
Lynch's men. but the line was not
able to hold't the defense long enough
to put them across. The forward
passing of the locals was superior to
~ the visitors. Doyle. tho fullback FOL
Grand Forks, is cool and collected in
the passes and several times sue
ceeded in making long gains by &C.
curately placing the ball In his throws
Smith, right tackle for Grand Forks
proved himself a formidable player
making ONE splendid tackles On sew:
eraL. occasions. - So. 80: .eSssSss-E
Credit Due Both Teams.
Much credit Is .dueAthe }vanquishet
as we'll as the vtctors. Both team,
played their hardest game. Tharal.
son, Newgard, Zoerb, Geston and Pc
powski played brilliantly for the visi.
tors and a great deal of credit Is als<
due the Grafton line. Every man or
the Grand Forks team put all he hai
into the fray and the team, although
defeated, covered itself with glory or
the field in the fight It made asains
the strong Grafton team. Not unit
the final whistle wasthe game really
decided and it was then only that the
locals relaxed from their desperate
efforts to turn in a win.
One of the largest crowds that evel
turned out to see a high school foot
ball game in this city nearly filed the
bleachers at the field in addition tt
the cars that lined both sides Of thu
gridiron.