Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-09
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A GOOD SCRAP:
! SCORE 22T0O
y. N. D. Line Makes Good,
But Backfeld Falls Down
Miserably.
BY c. D. Iocklin.

t BY C. D.. Locklin.
Is Northrup Field, Minn.--The annual
football battle between the UNIVERSE
ties Of Minnesota and North Dakota
T. resulted In a score of 20 to 0 in favor
!: of Minnesota.
Y Between, 5000 and 10000 football
il fans brayed the drizzle and, cold to
a mere and were rewarded by seeing a
poor exhibition <>of the big college
ssport on the part Of both teams.
From the standpoint, Of scoring,
Minnesota won the game s to 0. The
i rest Of the points were presented to
the Gophers by North Dakota. That
slone touchdown came in the first
quarter after about seven minutes of
playing. and before the Flickertails
had got over their usual stage fright. |
After that Minnesota had no business
Ito score.
+ Score Safety.
The first half ended s to o. The |
& additional two points were made !
when Burkman, standing behind his
own line to punt, dropped the pass
z n was tackled:for a safety before he
could pick it up and cross back into
{ the playing field. The pass vas a
Il good one and he should have been
! able to kick into safe territory. This
happened just before the close :of the
second period and after the Flicker
tails had held Minnesota back from
isstheir. goal line since the first touch
$$Sdcwns early in the game.
A. The next scoring done by the
gff Tophers 'came&.asS the result of an
4 other tumble Just before the close of
MStke third quarter. Robertson. at
Az tempting q run. juggled the ball and
" bounded out into open territory and
"a McCreery. star half for Minnesota,
4gMAANnnnAH ~ I'm m fhA MIN a nj rS,ffb on
8fopen field ahead Of him, raced across
the goal line for another touchdown.
A$s Score On Flicks.
Again in the last quarter, Ecklund,
left end for the Gopher's, dropped
#AbsGck to try for a field goal and. on
his attempt currie rushed through
the Minnesota line and attempted to
~ block the kick. He did hit the ball
asSwith his hand and it went wide of
2the posts. dropping back Of h North
Dakota goal line. There the Flicker
tails let it lay until Martineau fell on,
il for a touchdown. Whether or not
the North Dakota men knew that the
ball had been touched or not is a
question, but some Of them must have
The gross error however. donated the
Gophers another six points and the
mtsplay looked very bad.
Mot satisfied with giving away
fourteen points the Flickertails were
offside when Ecklund attempted to
drop kick for the extra: point after a
touchd own. and because they were. the
point went to Minnesota without their
having to attempt to kick.
This made total OF fifteen points.
presented to the Gopher eleven. one,
lone\toIehd0Wn resulting from Sscrims-'
mage and4ohsf Point Nv way o. satdrop
Kick fog .ap tsat.ass point III after ter; a !. mel
s..sssso.+ .-rsp-s Eine. Strong.
Contrary to expectations North
/, It turned back attack after attack d.
Z: rected against it by the Minnesota
SSbacks, either piling up the play with
out a gain or allowing but a yard or
1.-TWO. 1t might safely be said that
5from end to end the defense Of the
sFlickertails was wonderful. Pitted
against the heavy forwards Of the Ma
5roons. the green men displayed a
fighting spirit, seldom seen on a foot
ball field.
o. On the other hand, with a veteran
3backfield, supporters OF the Flicker
tail, team expected great things from
THAT department. It failed badly. on
S5Ahe defense, 1t allowed Minnesota to
complete numerous forward passes,
land in many cases the receiver was
Yalone and unmolested. It ran little or
g-Ao 4A1OhASklOltfS LII IuA1lO1Cu WIFI mo-
Rnotonbus~ regularity. 80
i Thel lapse of the baekfield was un-
fexplaihable The Gophers played a
great defensive game but that cannot
account for all the fumbling. I'm
Gduestionably the cold weather made
fingers stiff, but that was not the
only reason.
North Dakota's ,offense did not ma
terialize. But two forward passes out
,%of a dozen tries were completed. One
*#of, them anne just before the close of
EGhe first halt, which put the ball on
HMtnnesota's 81 yard line. 1t was
NEAobertson's pass to Mckay and result
led in a gain Of Is yards. The other
sscane in the last stages Of the game.
.Burkman to Thorwaldscn, gaining an
@sother is yards. It was a beautiful ex-
i hibition. Thorwaldson capturing. the
5soyal from the midst Of four Gophers
latter drioblinE it on the ends Of his
fingers several times. r.
- Play In Rain.
Rain fell: practically all through the
game, making playing uncertain. Min
...nesota won h toss and chose to de-
} i fend the west goat. Currie kicked off
1&struck far under the oval and it fell
sinto the hands Of Captain Oss directly
Tin front of him.
Y The Gophers began a march down
sthe field. McCreery, Hulkrans and
NMartineau hitting the line for short
gains while the combination of Mar
&tineau to Ecklund completed four
forward passes for the greater part
Mssof the ground. McCreery twisted off
l0ackle for the first touchdown.
@ North Dakota again kicked off and
ssMartineau returned 20 yards to North
SDakota's As yard line before his wa
gdowned. After Martineau had made
&15 Yards around end, McCreery was
%held at center and on they next play
9the Gophers were penali3ed lis yards
t8for holding, Two tries failed to place
Mthe ball within striking distance OF
Rsfirst down and Martineau; punted out
aof bounds on North Dakota's 20 yard
Cline. NJ NE N;
= ~ 3 N. D. starts Well.
II wis North Dakota,s ball for the
first time and on a. kick formation
A13urkman shot through the Gopher
Zine 'foT IL yards. 1t looked as
Enough Minnesota, was at last doomed
ssto fall before the FlickertaiI invader
Hbut the aspect was Immediately
G%Fchanged, when Mckay fumbled and
RECOVERED for loss OF 8 yards and
MsBurkman lost three nor on tho next
Eplay by a tumble. He was forced to
tas.punt And Martineau came back to the
North Dakota's 4 IS yard line
Il On the next play$ McCreery was
hurt and taken from the game, Peder.
Eson taking his place. The Gophera
Ss+had the ball on the Flick ertatl's ~