The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-08-30
NEW DEVILS LAKE
MENTOR short Il
first S7R|NCERS
Doug Smith to Build Satanic
Eleven With Only Six Vets
as a Nucleus
HAS TOUGH GRID SCHEDULE
Material Is Light and Fast; Ex-
pect Team to Be on Par
With 1929 Eleven
HAS TOUGH GRID SCHEDULE

Devils Lake, N. D., Aug. 3d.
Devils Lakes high school football
squad weakened by the loss OF IL
lettermen faces the toughest gridiron
schedule this fall q Satanic crew has
ever attempted.
With only six lettermen. as a nu-
cleus for this years team, Coach
Doug Smith. new athletic mentor,
| will have to look to the ponies" from
last year and the freshmen for fur.
Their material.
In his list Of veterans he will have
two backfield men. two tackles. q
guard, and q center. Converse and
| Wallace. versatile backs Of former
years. will bolster his ground gain
ing department, but the coach will
have to grab rockies to team with
these men. Peterson is back at
center, while Christianson and Mad
sen are the tackles returning and
Anderson will probably be at his
guard position again.
But there will be plenty Of mate
rial coming up from the second
string squad Of last year, as nine Of
these are back and all have put on
added weight and should be ready to
handle first team positions.
Team to BE Light
The team will be light, but will
make up for this in speed. Coach
| Smith expects his team to be on q
par with last years squad. although
they will be slow to develop on &C
count of 70 much new material and
q new system Of play.
The season will open here Sep
TENDER 2, and Smith expects over IS
men to report, although only IS in
cluded last years regular turnout.
The Lakers will open here Sep
tember n, when Moorhead, Mimi,
will play q Devils Lake team for the
first time On the local field. Follow
Ing the Moorhead game. Hillsboro.
one Of the strong teams in the state,
will face the Satanic crew here Sep
TENDER %.
Grafton will come October S and
Valley City the following week, &C.
tober IL. while the satans viii Jour-
ney to Minot for q game October 10
Grand Forks will play here October
Is and the Satans will wind up their
schedule at Harvey. November l. In
Guided in this schedule are four Sious
Land conference games, Valley City
Grand Forks, Minot and Moorhead.
Has Experience
Douglas F. Smith, who will start
his first year Of coaching at Devils
Lake. Is q graduate Of Lawrence col
lege, Wis.,, and River Falls state
teachers college, and has had nine
years Of coaching experience. HI
coached two years at Bookings, s
D., where In 1915 his team won thu
state football championship and VA
runnerup in 1916. He spent two years
at Wolf Point, Mont. where his bas'
ketball team won the district title IL
his second year and was runner VI
In the district during hts first term
His football team won the count!
championship. which includes tn
northeastern part Of Montana. HI
spent two years on the coaching stat
at Eleva, Wis, and three years n
Green Bay, Wis.,, where he was bias
ketball and track coach and assist
ant football mentor at East high.
Coach Smith will be assisted on tn
athletic staff by william Schlechte
graduate Of Valley City normal and
member Of the teachers college foot
ball team several years ago. schlecht'
halls from Devils Lake and was
former star or the football team her
and was q member Of the 1925 stat
championship basketball team.