The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1927-11-11
FOOTBALL
(By William Coombe.)

The Ely team closed the season
with a bang by defeating the Gilbert
squad 1877 last Saturday. The boys
had good season this year, with
three wins, two ties, and two lost.
The team was not defeated on their
home grounds this year.
The game at Gilbert opened with
Ely kicking off to the orange and
black. They were downed on the 40
yard line. Gilbert lost the ball and
Ely made first down by line smashes
and end runs. The end runs didn't
work so good and as result was
forced to punt. Gilbert tried In vain
to make their yards but each time
they were tackled behind the line.
Merhar, fullback for the Ely team
couldn't be stopped. He made almost
five yards every time he carried the
call. Sometimes he would make 10
OF Is yard with three or four men
hanging on to him. On the next play
Blair took the ball on an end play
and made Is yards. With Merhar
carrying the ball they soon had it
within the twenty yard line when
the quarter ended, to O.
Merhar made the first touchdown
of the game at the beginning of the
second quarter by a line plunge.
The try for the extra point was
little wide of the goal.
The Ely squad again kicked to-
Gilbert who lost the ball on downs.
The Ely team started another march
for touchdown. Merhar taking the
ball through the line for big gains.
Ely was still going strong when the
half ended, 6 to O, in Ely's favor.
The third quarter was the same
thing, Merhar\ tearing holes in the
Gilbert line and the end runs by
Blair and Gouze. Ely tried some
passes by Hill, but they wouldn't
work on the Gilbert team. Merhar
got off several good punts in this
period which helped to pave the way
| for another touchdown. Gilbert
couldn't hold the fighting Ely team
which outplayed them every minute
of the game. The ball was well on
it's way towards a touchdown when
the third quarter ended, with the
score to o in Ely's favor.
me Ely team came back the last
quarter determined to get another
touchdown to make the game safer
nd ploughed their way to the five
yard line where Merhar took it over
for his second touchdown of the
game. He also made the extra point
by going through the line. Ely
kicked off to Gilbert who were
downed on the forty yard line. They
began to show more fight and made
first down by some end runs. Gil
bert took time out to plan an easy
way to make a touchdown. On the
| next play the Gilbert halfback took
the ball and said that Ely was hold
ing and began to count off the yards
when he got past the Ely boys, who
were following him he began to run
and crossed the goal line for their
first touchdown in the game. The
extra point was made good by
place kick. Gilbert tried again in
vain to score again by passes. Ely
had them backed up against their
goal line when the gun went off.
The score was 1877 in favor of Ely.
Merhar was the hero of the game.
All of Ely yards were made by him
through the line. Blair played a
good game at end, making several
big gains. They played without R.
Nicholas, who has bad shoulder
and without Toutloff and Gerzin who
are down in their studies. The fol-
lowing boys made the trip to Gil
bert: Banovetz, Anderson, Clough,
Skala, Smrekar, Hill, r. Nicholas, A.
Toutloff, Gouze, Merhar, Blair, Say
ovitz, Indy, Lepisto, Olson, L.
Zgonc, M. Zgonc, Walh, G. Nichols,
Sasek, S. Smrekar. lss... !.
Basketball will start Monday and
it looks as though Ely viii have
good team this year.
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