The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-02
MIDGET ELEVEN
HAS ADVANTAGE
IN MANY POINTS
Bismarck Will Not Outweigh
Fargo Greatly in Spite of
Reports
PURPLE TEAM SIN ART
Cass County Outfit, Declared
Green, Made Up of Well.
Coached Men

Bismarcks football team viii
meet the test of its strength when
it clashes with the Fargo clever
here Saturday.
Despite the fact that the Fargo
athletic director, Charlie kimball
says Bismarck will outweigh us and
have considerably more experience,
Bismarck will have to play hard and
smart football to whip the Midgets.
For the Midgets have improved
from what appeared TO be weak ma
terial two weeks ago to a great
team under the tutelage of Harvey
Mayo. new Purple and White coach.
Fargo, as is customary. sent out
pessimistic cries of I'VE won't win
q game this year. Oh. that mate
rial is terrible" But. as is customary
also, nobody believed them.
Fargo wasn't impressive in it,
first game against Hankinson, the
score being AZ to 0. But the Mid
gets were a different team last Fri
day when they pounded Cassel-
ton with a vengeance, piling up a
81 to 0 margin before the timer
called a technical knockout.
Several stars have crept into the
Midget fold in the last week or so.
Bud Weible has developed into q
classy fullback, tearing off several
nice gains last week and hitting the
line like a veteran. w. Folendorf,
captain and tackle, is again shining
on the line and using his big bulk
to the best advantage. Enders and
JUNE Wilson are another pair of
stars that are playing great games
in their wing positions.
Fargo has only two lettermen
back this year, but the reserve ma
terial promises to whip into almost
as great shape as the undefeated
Midget eleven of last year.
In the Bismarck game, Fargo
starts its heavy season. Its first
two games proved easy. But, fol-
lowing the Demon game, Fargo
meets in order: Aberdeen, S. Oak. /;
Grand Forks; Moorhead, Mimi;
Sioux Falls, S. OAK; and Valley
City. The Midgets must get into
shape, if they expect to win all OF
their games, because they have the
hardest schedule among the North
Dakota teams.
Though Bismarck has q bigger
team and more lettermen, the De.
mons will not outweigh Fargo
greatly. Kimball states that Fargo
will average over 100 pounds. And
the Midget eleven is always a smart
team. Though nine of the men are
green, they are not new to football.
They play football, under the direc.
ton of coaches, when they are in
junior high school. Fargo is the
only city in the. state that has this
advantage. Then again-the Far.
goans have the advantage Of watch
ing teams from the North Central
conference and the Minnesota college
conference. By these exhibitions,
the Fargo youths learn through ex.
ample just how the game should be
played correctly. And they learn q
lot of tricks besides. They know
how to leave their feet, how to pass,
how to block, how to plug holes in
the line, and-most important of all
how to use their hands. A team
that uses it's hands and arms cor
rectly usually is a winning team,
critics say, and Fargo always has
used hands to advantage.
Fargo will enter the game with
confidence. Kimball makes no con-
cession to Roy McLeod's charges on
paper. A letter from him indicates
that he will not decide the relative
strength of the two teams until they
meet on the field 100 yards long
and so yards wide and play a full
time game.