The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-09-20
Hard Scrimmage Reveals Demon Flaws
High School Mentor Not a,
All Satisfied With Early
Showing

WORKING MS OISm6ECk DemOh
football candidates in scrimmage at
Hughes field last night for the first
time this season in preparation for
the opening game against Linton
here Saturday, Mentor Roy Nc
Leod said that his team shouldn',
be over-rated because he wasn't sat.
isfied with the way they were 60
ing.
The two outfits which he scrin,.
mayed against each other showed
early season form, running high
with the ball, blocking carelessly.
passing in poor form, and tacklinc
slovenly in general, but the team
showed signs of developing with
good hard work.
On his first eleven last night Mac
had Fay Brown at quarter, Johnny
O'Hare at full, with Landers and
Fenstermacher at halves. At ends
he placed Slattery and the elongated
Meinhover. Lee and Church were
stationed at tackles with Paris and
Klipstein doing the guard work.
Hoffman played center. He kept
this team on the offensive during
the scrimmage.
On the defensive team, the coach
used Greene and Dale Brown at
ends, Hartley and Rosen at tackles
Batrous and Whitley at guards, anc
Meyer at center. jacobson, regular
choice for, quarter who is troubled
with bad leg. was stationed at the
signal post, with Spriggs and Ben
ser at halves.
The first eleven gained at will.
tearing off from five to Is yards at
a crack. O'Hare proved to be the
best ball-carrier Of the lot, being
shifty in the field. running in the
best form, and hitting the line hard.
He is big fellow. Mcleod is
using him as passer, but he failed
completely in this department last
night.
Mcleod didn't allow his men tt
punt in practice, and.it is likely that
q good punter will have to be de.
veloped before the season advances
far. Johnny Spriggs. Of the defen-
sive eleven, proved the best defen-
sive man on the second outfit, maxi
ing many hard and sure tackles.
Fenstermacher, though he ran
high, was q good ground gamer and
hard hitter, besids being a good
blocker. Landers ran interference
we'll but carried the ball on few oc-
casions.
Being shifted about almost con-
tinually, the linemen had little
chance to show their stuff individ-
ually. The offensive line on the
whole was weaker than expected.
allowing defensive men to shift
through often.
Wallie Greene showed speed in
his scrimmage session with both the
first and second groups, but he is
having Some difficulty in hanging
on to the ball.
The team on the whole is rangy
and heavy, probably one of the
heaviest teams in the state this
year, but they need great amount
Of tireless work to round themselves
into championship calibrc.
Mcleod shifted his two teams
about literally, giving them all
chance to show their ability. After
the scrimmage session he said that
for starting lineup Saturday,
though it was still uncertain. Ben
Jacobson's leg would be mendei
enough to allow him to start at
quarterback with Fay Brown at end.
He also said that he wasn't certain
that Church and Hoffman would
start in their line positions. y
The Demons were encouraging in
that they were all willing to mix
into the scrimmage freely. With
sufficient snap in practice sessions
and effort in all their games, they
should be hard to beat, though Mac
is anxious that the football ilk Of
the city guard against over-rating
the eleven.
Shortly before scrimmage, the
mentor lined the first squad up for
receiving kickoff and did the kick
ing himself with the second SQUAD
rushing the receivers. The first
eleven showed inability to hang onto .
the pigskin from the kick, Brown
and Fenstermacher making numa
GUS fumbles under their own rdk1
posts. The first squad was
weak in forming an interference
mass, linemen failing to block their
opponents with success.
The coach plans to give his team
light workouts and heavy signal
practice tonight and tomorrow in
preparation for the game with Lin
ton at Hughes field at 8 p. m. Sat-
urday.