Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-08
COLLEGE
OUT FOR FLAG,
SAYS C0ACHWEST
Race to be Keen III New
North Central Intercol-
legiate Conference.

Brookings, S. d., Sept. s.-South
Dakota State college IL: going out to
WIN the football championship Of the
newly organized North Central Inter-
collegiate conference this fall, accord
ing to c. A. West. athletic director at
state. Six conference games are in
Guided in the schedule of the Yellow
and Blue squad.
Hopes Of the fans are based on the
return of six veterans of last wear.
men who were selected by sport writ.
ers as being worthy OF places on
ai-state team n ten other veterans.
Coach West declared that with Ciar.
ence Schultz OF Aberdeen at fIllback5
Frank WEIGH Of Madison at quarter:
BOB Coffey Of Watertown al. halfback
and George Roberts of NillasGroye..
LIZ. at. halfback and captain Of the
cam. STATE has a strong nucleus of
OLD letter men to build her team
around. Schultz. Roserts n WEIGH
were on the 1921 all-state team. The
other State college men on the all
state team were George Thompson Of
Fort Dodge. Ia. who will return to
play n this year; Adolph Backman
OF Lennon. guard. INK Joe Smith of
Sioux Falls, tackle. who of whom will
also return this fall.
other letter men who will return
to the team. this season are wilfred
Sundet Of Brookings, end; Ben Fem
OF Bookings, guard: Frank Coney of
W0ertown center Art johnson,
quarter; Joe Murray, of Parker,
tackle; Red Burdette OF Arlington,
tackle: Roos Owens. a colored boy
from Kansas. halfback; Larry Seaman
OF Sioux City, Ia. halfback, n ir.
win Lee of Volga, guard.
Smith, Backman, Fem, F.. Cofey.
Sundet and Thompson are six line
men upon whom Coach West rallies
strongly. he said. and added that these
men, with Deadly. Burns, Heathcote.
Murray, Mears, Carey, Thune, Nor
on, Ryger, Globes ana Lippert from
last years second string team, will
give the other teams in the new con-
ference a cal battle for the coveted
championship.
Makes Predictions.
Only four teams in the new confer
ence have a chance Of winning the
championship, Coach West believes.
He ranks State college high. the other
three elevens considered in the class
being the University Of South Dakota,
creighton university and the Uni
versity of North Dakota.
The State college schedule. begins
VAIL a 6oAlC WITH 90
lumbus college of Sioux Falls, to be
played at Bookings. The st. Thomas
college squad will be played at Brook
ings on Oct. I. On Oct IA Coach West
will take his team to Madison, Wis,
for a game with the University of
Wisconsin squad, and he believes that
with little break in the luck State
will Win the contest. North Dakota
will be played Oct. 81 at Grand Forks.
One of the big evenvs of the football
season will be the annual game with
the University Of South Dakota. this
years struggle being staged at Brook
ings on Oct. %. which is Hobo Day
at State college, one Of the yevents Of
the year at that institution. Northern
Normal and Industrial school will
meet State at Aberdeen on Nov. 4.
Ar1nistice day, Nov. IT. North Dako.
ia State college will come to Brook
ings for a game. Morningside college
will be played at Sioux City, Ia, on
Nov. IT,. The final game of the season
will be played Nov. 80, THANKSGIVING
day, with Creighton university at
Omaha, Neb.