The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-09-05
FORTY TURN OUT FOR
FOOTBALL ELEVEN
FOOTBALL PRACTICE BEGUN
LIKELY LOOKING TEAM TO
CARRY ELY BANNER-BASEBAL
CLOSED WITH A WIN AND LOSE
AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS.
(By Charles Gallagher.)


Forty enthusiastic aSpirantS on the
gridiron answered Coach Buckley's in
itial call for football practice Tuesday
night and will represent Ely in their
quest for range laurelS this season.
Out of the 40 candidates Coach
Buckley will have but four regulars
from last years eleven around which
to build his team this season. Krall
and Riikola in the back field and Boil
niger and RoZeman in the line are
the only men of last years squad
Other boys who saw action last season
at different times and who should
come through to help build a good
team are Shorty" Nicholas Tomsich,
Brobin, Tantarri, and several others.
Ely will have light team this year
but one which is fairly fast and should
develop into a dangerous open field
team before the season is fairly under
way The team is the smallest to
represent Ely in several seasons and is
the least promising starter for several
years here. In the backfield Ely will
have Riikola left over for fullback with
Krall shifted from half to quarter and
Nicholas and Tomsich at halves. This
combination, although not in the four
horSemen class, should develop into
Shifty backfield and dangerous one.
Riikola is a second NagurSki at hitting
the line-if he can hang onto the ball,
while Nicholas is exceptionally well
adapted for offtackle and short end
runs and TomSich for the longer Ones
Krall will do the brunt of the open
field running, passing and puntlng and
will probably be assisted in all lines
by Nicholas.
At end will be two newcomers in
Brobin and McCarty, the latter having
been a reserve man two seasons ago
but having been ineligible all last
season. He is credited with being
clever at Spearing passes out OF the air,
a type Of player Ely hasn't had for
long time. At tackle j. Grahek and
Tantarri will fill in, both men are new
on the team this being Graheks first
year in football while Tanttari was a
reserve man last season. Bollinger
and Rozeman both veterans of last
season will again be back to help fill
out the line. Cook, another Wlnton
product, will fill in the pivot position
this season.
Among the numerous reserve men
who will fill dummy opposition and
bench warming positions during the
season to be made into first team men
in another season or two will be Bur-
aglio, Johnson, j. Golobich, Trezona,
L. Golobich, Antoncich, Maxi, Ryan.
Theno, SkradSki, and several others.
Ely will play a seven game schedule
this year opening on the twentieth OF
this month, with four games at home
and three away. All the teams will be
played as per last season with the ex-
ception of Two Harbors. The schedule
for the season follows:
Sept. 20, Biwabik, at Biwabik
Sept. 81, Gilbert, at Ely.
Oct. 4, Eveleth, at Ely.
Oct. II, Virginia, at Virginia.
Oct. 18, Aurora, at Aurora.
Oct 25, International Falls, at Ely.
Nov. l, Tower, at Ely.
The Ely baseball team ended its 1880
season last week when they split a
double header with International Falls,
winning the opening game on Sunday
by Z to count and dropping the
holiday game on Monday by 3 to 2
score. CuSson twirled the opening
game on Sunday with Scoop" Stark
man doing the receiving and had the
Falls nine well in hand throughout the
game.
On Monday Jack Starkman did the
hurting for Ely with Bill Starkman
catching. Jack pitched masterful bah
until the ninth inning when Ely had
a 2 to lead over the Falls boys. In
this inning his arm weakened and he
was touched for several hits, including
a home run. Coupled with an error or
two, the Falls boys pushed across
three runs to win the game. The Ely
lineup was composed of Bill, Jack and
Scoop Starkman, Bert and Jimmy Mad
dern, Grahek, Alfalfa, Cusson and
Urick.