The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-10-01
Game Proves Mainly Exercise
Romp For Minnesota Play.
ers-Flickertails Score Their
Points in Final Period
Against Third Stringers

Minneapolis, October 3.-Display-
ing powerful offensive, the Min
nesota football team made its 1927
debut by defeating North Dakota
university, 81 to 10, before $4,000
rooters at Memorial stadium Satur-
day afternoon, this being record
attendance for an opening game at
Minnesota. The best previous rec
ord was $4,000 for the initial con-
test with the Flickertails in 1926.
With all of the regulars in the
lineup, the game was merely an ex-
ercise romp for the Gophers who
galloped up and down the field at
will during the first half which end
ed with the score standing As to 0
in favor Of the Maroon and Gold.
Even with the addition Of some Of
the second string reserves in the
third quarter. the Gophers continued
to smear their North Dakota Wis
itors all over the landscape, adding
II more points to their total during
that period. Things did not go so
smoothly in the final period with
many third stringers in the Min
nesota lineup and it was Turing that
session that the Flickertails scored
their 10 points which represent the
largest score ever made by North
Dakota team in II years Of COM
petition with the Gophers.
Powerful Machine Started
The Minnesota team with Captain
Herb Joesting, Harold Barnhart,
Shorty Almquist and Mally Nydahl
in the backfield, and Kenneth Hay
craft, Edgard Ukkelberg, Harold
Hanson, George MacKinnon, George
Gibson, Mike Gary and Bronko
Nagurski in the line with q machine
that flattened the North Dakota ag-
gregation completely. There was no
stopping this formidable array Of
gridders and their performances
caused much favorable comment
among old football stars, close stu
dents Of the game, gathered in the
stands.
Of course, one must not Judge
the Gophers too highly on their
performance Saturday as the North
Dakota team is not to be compared
with the teams that Minnesota will
meet later in the season. Neverthe-
less, the varsity team and the re-
serves displayed enough stuff Sat-
urday to make followers of Mime
sofa feel that DR.. Clarence w.
Spears will shape up . team this
season that will cause much talk in
western, gridiron circles.
The old penalty bugaboo made its
appearance with the Gophers Satur-
day and cost them much yardaee be-
cause Of being offside, holding AMI
backfield in motion. Being offside,
however, was the worst fault that
could be found with the team and it
is fault that Coach Spears will
eradicate with more drilling. As
whole, the Gophers dis ,orted them
selves gloriously and the rooters
were highly pleased with what they
saw.
Veteran Backs Perform Brilliantly
Joesting, Almquist, Nydahl and
Barnhart started RICH. in where
they left off in November last, and
the way this quartet tore up things
was scandalous. Almquist carried
off the scoring honors Of the day
with four touchdowns, the diminu.
tive quarterback racing go yards to
cross the North Dakota's goal line
on one occasion. Joesting regis
tered only one touchdown but the
way he did it treated the rooters
to big thrill as the Minnesota's
All-American fullback carried four
North Dakota players across the
goal line with him from the eight
yard line. That the Owatonna
Thunderbolt has not lost any Of his
drive was demonstrated throughout
the 80 minutes that he played for
he ploughed through the opposing
line at will. In addition 10 his ter
rifle line plunging, Joestinr thrilled
the fans in the first period t~ dash
ing through q broken field for
pretty run Of 81 yards.