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

rha East Grand Forks high school,
roothan team covered itself with
rlory Friday afternoon by complete !
r. upsetting the dope and defeating
The fast Thief River Falls crew. z
heavier team, by a score OF Sc to y.
The East siders got into the game
with n lump getting within }. yards
of their opponents goal by a series
Of line smashes and runs q few mo-
.ments after the first whistle, U
stonewall line stopped the
and the locals lost the ball on downs. i
Thief River was outplayed in All
stages Of the game, never gettinS
closer than Is yards to SCORING: =:
Barren, the star fullback Tor iniet
River, who was on the side lines
during the first half ways put In in
the second. but in spite OF the TACT
that he made several good gains he
was unable to break away for any
considerable distance.
\ Borchers a Star.
Borchers, as usual. was the tower
of strength for the East Siders. but
which knocked him cold. he was'
taken out of the game in the last
half, after he received a deep cash
over one eye. This, however, did not
seem to weaken the Hayes crew
much, for they continued a strong
game both on the defense and and
the offense. Marks at left and Mar
childon at full were both consistent
ground gamers. Nixon played a on
derful defensive game at right tackle
and George Sullivan was one Of the,
ing through the Thief River line and
nabbing tho runner time and again.
F1uke Score. ia
The first touchdown was the result
of a fluke, 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
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 q
10 yard line plunge through right
tackle for the balance. He missed
the place kick. Three more TALES
were added after Borchers intercept
ed a forward pass and made a 80
yard fain. Borchers then tried a
series Of forward passes. but failed
SoSIA III w w lis
made a place kick from the 90 yard
line which netted 3 points. The score
at the end OF the first half was II. to
O..
Barren, on whom the Thief River
ties depended, went in and began
hitting the line for a series of 6 to
10 yard gains, and it looked as If the
locals were weakening. However
they rallied and held the visitors for
downs. Marks then was given the
ball n made a spectacular 20 yard
end u Marchildon followed with
two wild runs around end, the last a
30 yard sprint for. a touchdown. A
successful place kick by Borchers
raised the lead to 20.
Riverites O%utclasscd,
Although the visitors put. up a
game fight, they blew up in the last
as well as the line. Jacobs, the
whirlwind Eastside quarterback, was
largely responsible for the last touch
down. He made 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 d total Oh 80 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
g by a score of Sc to 0. The play
Ing of the locals vas marked by con
sistent support of a star player,
Borchers, and the splendid fighting
! spirit that Hayes has instilled in
his men. 1..
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