Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-13
BELIEVE THAT
LOCAL HIGH IS
BEST GRID TEAM
Official. Issue State.
ment Regarding
Ruling. :

~ ~SStHSt
faculty and athletic MANAGEMENT be-
lieve that ,they have tho best football
team in state high school circles, de-
spite the ruling which Put Vt out of
running. Regarding the affair the
Central officials have issued the fol-
lowing statement:
AFargo high school has tho
championship OF the state high SCHOOL
league, but under the circumstance
can hardly claim to have the best
high school team in the state, since
two schools have not been given a
chance to show what they could do.
Both Of these schools. Valley City
and Grand Forks. were charter MEM
beers Of the. league and have always
played under league auspices until
they were ruled out on ftechnicalities
just at the close Of the season this
year.
Grand Forks high, school has a.
qualified under the eligibility rules Of
the league. Had 1t not been for an
oversight on the part of the school
authorities in. the matter of the pay
ment of three dollars dues, the team
would have had a place In the finals.
Its supporters believe it would have
brought home the championship.
+ Ask Consideration.
The local authorities asked Nor a
reconsideration OF the ruling Of, the
heard of, control. basing the request
upon the belief that there had snever;
been q ruling upon an exactly paral-'
lei case, and that the same rule had
been violated in previous years by
teams which did not draw the penalty
OF disqualification. This re94est was
not granted The president Nf the
league stated that the question had
same way, and that the officers, of the
league could not, consistently grant
the request; also that there was a
specific ruling in the bylaws OF the
league concerning the point at issue,
which the officers of the league had
no authority to set aside. This put
| the Grand Forks team out of tho race
for the championship.
, On November 6, the Grand Forks
management sent the following -tele-
kgram to the Fargo management:
Grand Forks high }chool team de-
Bires q game with Fargo on the
eighteenth, provided Fargo wins from
'Bismarck next Saturday and provided
the weather remains favorable"
A telegram in the same spirit was
sent to Bismarck.
The Bismarck management did not
reply.
stating that Grand Forks did not elect
to comply with the. state high school
league conditions this year, and that
Fargo stood firmly for the league and
all the regulations laid, dewn by it,
and that on no other jbasfs~would Far
60 knowingly play any other North
Dakota team. They also stated that
Fargo had beaten Grand Forks de-
cisively on the Grand Forks field. =
From statements made by the
league officials 1t would seem that this
game was in their minds at the time
they made the ruling declaring the
Cavalier team champions Of the
northeastern district. s.
Should Not Have Played
The Grand Forks management
wishes to make this statement regard.
Ing that game: 1t was an. early sea.
request Of Fargo management. Botf
teams we're having trouble in sched'
uling early season games in their dis
tiicts. Both teams were outside theil
district and probably had no bushes:
!. to be playing, an inter-district game
at that time. With. regard to Thu
y game there was a written agreemen
between the Fargo management ant
1.-The Grand Forks management that
no matter how the game resulted, i
!. would not I'M anyway count towart
lthe state championship. This agree
nept was reiterated verbally just be
, fore the game. The Grand Fork
management would not have SEIZED
uled this. game had 1t been posatbl,
toSfll their dates within the north
eastern district, for the reason tina
tho Grand Forks coach was develop
Ing a,new team. only three member
LOT which had ever played in higl
school game before the present sea
son. Trey relied upon the aSFsemen
that the same would not count, in tn
state championship race. Had the,
woA they. would have felt bound b!
Ithat agreement even though they wer
ruled out of the league.
The athletic management OF tn
Grand Forks High School makes thi
statement pfNthe case. az they see Il
because they feel that 1t Is due tn
loyal supporters Of high school ath
"a Eeties. TIL failure to pay dues be
fors October I. which caused thetteaE
5ko be disqualified. was due to- no destr
9 TO evhde payment, or to defy the rule
2 of the league: t5EsSl