Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-07
dope IS UPSET
COMPLETELY IN
BITTER BATTLE.
Borchers Plays Wonderful
Game At Halfback For
East Side Aggregation

The East GTanu ro!As $50, ~.'s.LN
foothan team covered itself with
trIorv FRIDAY afternoon by complete y
Hv ,ipsetting the dope and
The fast Thief River Falls crew.
heavier team, by a score OF 80 10 y.
The East Siders got into the game
with 81 Jump getting within 3 YARDS
Of their opponents goal by q series
NJ line smashes and u n a rev mo-
ments after the first whistle, u .
stonewall line stopped the onslaugh
and the locals lost the ball on DOWNS .,
Thief River was o%utplayed in all
stages of the game, never gettlnS
closer than Is yards to scor1nS: =:
Rarzen. the star fullback for Thief
River, who was on the side lines
during the first half ways put IN, IN
the second. but In spite OF the 1act
that he made several good gains no
was unable to break away Tor any
considerable distance.
\ Borcbers a Star.
/ Borchers, as usual. was the tower
of strength for the East Siders. but
after a series of injuries, one or
which knocked him cold, he wasS
taken out OF the game in the last
half, after he received a deep gasn
over one eye. This, however. did not =
seem to weaken the Hayes crew
much, for they continued q strong
game both on the defense and n
the offense. Marks at left and Mar
childon at full were both consistent
ground gamers. Nixon played a Won
derful defensive game at right tackle
and George Sullivan was one of the
stellar men on the defense, worm u
ing through the Thief River line and
nabbing tho runner time and again.
Fluke Score. ~
The first touchdown was the result
Of a fuke, Keene, halfback for Thief
River, fumbling a punt and Borch-.
ers covering the ball on the 10 yard
line. Borchers then carried The ball
to within two yards Of the goal and
M~archildon carried it over in a line
plunge. A place kick made Z points.
for the locals. The second touch
down followed a successful forward
pass, Borchers to Jacobs, for a 20
yard gain. Borchers then tried a
10 yard line plunge through right
the place kick. Three more tallies
were added after Borchers intercept,
ed a forward ass and made a 80
| yard fiain. Borchers chen tried a
| series Of forward passes, but failed
each time. Not to be daunted. he
made a place kick from the 20 yard
line which netted 3 points. The score
at the end Of the first half was IT, to
Barren, on whom the Thief River
ties depended, went in and began,
hitting the line for a series Of s to
10 yard gains, M it looked as II the
locals were weakening. However
they rallied and held the visitors for
downs. Marks then was given the
ball and made a spectacular 20 yard
end run. Marchildon followed with
two wild runs around end. the last
20 yard sprint for, a touchdown. A
! successful place kick. by Borchers
raised the lead to 20.
Riverites Ou~tcIasscd.
Although the visitors put up a
game fight, they blew up in the last
half, their interference weakening
as we'll as the line. Jacobs, the
whirlwind Eastside quarterback, was
largely responsible for the last touch
down. He mad a 80 yard run
around end which enabled sMarchil-
don and Borchers to Set within
reach of the goal with line plunges:
Marks was then given the ball and
he made a dive through right tackle
that brought in the last score, MAX
Ing a total of sc points. Jacobs
missed the place kick.
The victory of East Grand, Forks
Friday is considered a real achieves
ment, in view of the fact that Thief
River Falls last Saturday trimmed
the Grand Forks high school by a
score, of 10 to o.. Thief River also
defeated the Warren crew two weeks
6 by a score Of Sc to 0. The play
. ing Of the locals was marked by con-
sistent support OF, a star player,
: Borchers, and the splendid fighting
spirit that Hayes has instilled IN
his men.
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