The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1922-09-28
|OAKES ATHLETES
BEAT GLENDALE
High School Football Team Adminis-
ters Severe Drubbing to County
Seat Representatives
LINE HOLDS LIKE STONE WALL
Wonderful Form Shown in First Game
Of Season

Wonderful Form Shown in First Game
Nine rahs and big WOW! Oakes.
Means, and pensive sigh. Glendale.
The end Of a perfect day (for Oakes)
last Saturday found Coach Wytten-
bach's gridders on the long end Of a
32-0 score, with Glendale on what
might be called the short end, only
for the fact that Glendale had no end
at all to occupy.
All the dope had pointed to an Oakes
victory, it is true, but few even of the
most optimistic had hoped for as
sweeping a drubbing as was admins
tered by Captain Smith and his war
riors to the ancient enemy from the
county seat. When Oakes had the ball
the old steam roller moved irresistably
toward the Glendale goal. When Ell
lendale had the ball about all that hap
pened was the dull, sickening thud
when they hit that adamant Oakes
line without a gain, or the disappoint-
ed groan when an attempted forward
pass was frustrated.
One Of the real pleasures Of the
game, for the Oakes fans, was the
work Of the Oakes line. In the past,
the failure Of the line to hold has been
responsible for many an Oakes de-
feat. In the game Of Saturday stone
wall would have been 40 pliable -
a rubber band in comparison with tho
way that line held its ground. Not
q single first down did Glendale make
during the whole battle. Fifteen times
Oakes made the required ten yards,
and usually more, in the four trials.
Owing to the heat Of the afternoon,
which was more suitable for base ball
than football, the quarters were cut
to twelve minutes, which saved Ellen
dale from more serious beating. The
game ended with the ball on the 4-yard
line, and had there been time for one
more scrimmage Oakes undoubtedly
would have added one more touch
AS was to be expected in the first
game, team play was not as smooth
as could be wished on either side, and
there was considerable fumbling.
Oakes managed to recover all but
one Of their own fumbles, and prac-
tically all Of Ellendale's, so the net
result Of the fumbling was to put
Oakes to the good.
Glendale decided to kick off to
Oakes at the start of the game. For.
dyce ran the ball back Is yards be-
fore being downed. On the first
scrimmage Ed Hazel plowed through
the Glendale line for yards. Booth
followed with 6 yards more. Ed and
Bert Hazel, Booth and Ankeny alter
mated in advancing the oval, until
Bert decided to end the suspense and
skirted Ellendale's right end for a
15-yard run to the goal for the first
touchdown Of the season.
Ellendale kicked off again and once
more the Oakes backfeld rolled of
gain after gain, until shortly after
the beginning Of the second quarter
Ed Hazel plowed through for the Sec
ond touchdown. This time Glendale
elected to receive and they had the
pleasure of handling the ball long
enough to make four Intellectual
charges against the Oakes stone wall
before giving it back to Captain
Smiths gang. After several good
gains had been ripped off, Ed Hazel
executed perfect forward pass to
Frank Ankeny, who came within
few inches Of crossing the goal be-
fore being downed. On the next play
Bert Hazel squirmed through for the
third counter.
In the third quarter Glendale made
costly tumble of one of Bert Hazels
few punts Of the game. The ball
went over the goal line, and when the
referee had pried IA or is men off,
Frank Ankeny was found at the bot
tom Of the pile with the ball clasped
tight to his bosom. This gave him
sweet revenge for that other touch
down that he was deprived Of by such
close margin Of inches, and added
more points to the Cakes score. On
the one play allowed after touchdown,
Ed Hazel managed to drop-kick the
ball over the goal for another point.
In the last quarter Charles Ankeny,
unwilling to have his brother put any
thing over on him in the line Of scor-
ing honors, plowed the last 10 yards
Of another advance up the field for
the final touchdown. Oakes kicked
another goal, making the score 32-0.
When the final whistle blew the ball
was in Cakes possession on the A.
yard line, as was said above, and one
more scrimmage undoubtedly would
have meant another touchdown.
The Oakes team work, rather than
the playing Of any individual star,
was responsible for the success Of the
game. The new men on the squad,
Roberts, Hill, Sides, the Ankeny boys
and the tiny Brennan, all delivered the
goods and the old players showed inn
proved form.
Nepstad, the smashing fullback, who
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