The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-11-10

Locals Snatch Victory in Last
Period; Defeat Visitors by
IL to o Score.
BY "Shammy" Somrock.

rising to several magnificent goal de-
lenses, the Ely high school football
team scored twice il the closing
moments of the final period against
Aurora, here Saturday, through the
medium of two intercepted forward
passes with resulting runs of 81 and
IS yards, respectively, for touchdowns 10
win Il TO 0.
Riikola, fullback, and Grahek, guard,
produced the long runs that scored the
Ely touchdowns, the former turning in
the 81 yard run and the latter going
over the goal on a SIS yard dash.
Ely Outplayed But Show Defense.
The Ely running attack was ineffec-
tive against a heavy Aurora line except
for some small gains by Porthan and
two forward passes which resulted in
two first downs for Ely. Aurora showed
powerful offenSe which clicked off
thirteen first downs, but begged down
when within striking distance of the
Ely goal when the local defense dug
into repulse all scoring threats. The
fine defensive play Of the Ely team
when their goal was threatened COM
pletely nullified all of the Aurora
yardage gained on the visitors marches
into local territory. The locals stopped
Aurora no less than six times inside Of
the Ely 20 yard stripe, twice holding
inside of the 10 yard mark.
Aurora Threatens.
The first part of the game was
Mo Writ Tn q
kicking game and Aurora doing the
ball carrying. A break on kick gave
Aurora the ball on the Ely Is yard
line but Ely held for downs on the 8
yard mark. This break and the wind
against them kept Ely in hole
throughout the first half with the play
being mostly in the local territory.
Opening the second half Aurora re-
turned the kickoff to mid-field and
then reeled off two first downs to the
Ely 20 yard stripe where Ely held
Aurora forced the play into Ely terri
tory just before the third quarter
ended by downing kick on the Ely
one yard line to put Ely in q hole. The
locals kicked their way out but soon
after fumbled punt on their own SO
yard mark by Ely gave Aurora the ball
and break which looked like it would
pay dividends. Aurora advanced to the
10 yard line where Ely held and then
kicked. Aurora came back with an ad-
vance to the 3 yard line where again
Ely held and kicked. The punt was
poor travelling only Is yards and Aurora
took the ball on the Ely Is yard stripe
Riikola- Grahek Score
With a chance to score and about
five minutes of playing time left,
Aurora having had no success on rush.
ing when in scoring position, took to
the air and completed a pass to the
Ely Il yard mark. The next play was
another pass into the flat territory out
side Of left end Riikola, Ely fullback,
came up fast from his defensive
position behind the line, caught the
pass on a dead run on his own yard
line and headed goalward Sensing the
situation and arising to the occasion
the Ely team quickly formed a pro-
tective screen warding off tacklers and
allowing Riikola clear path to the
goal which he crossed without being
touched. Score Ely 6, Aurora o.
Ely kicked off, Aurora returning the
ball TO ulidfield. A complete pass was
good for 10 yards. A short pass was at
tempted just over the line and Grahek,
Ely guard. faded back and pulled the
ball down on his own IS yard line
Grahek started down the left Sideline
while the Ely team again blocked off
| the opposition allowing the runner to
score on a IS yard jaunt Banks
blocking on Grahek's run was a feature
as he blocked out two tacklers and
took one out, a threatening tackler
completely, on the ten yard line to en-
able Grahek to score The game ended
several plays after Ely had kicked of
to Aurora Final score, Ely Il, Aurora,
o.
Jaeger Stars
Captain Jaeger Aurora halfback, was
the outstanding player on the field.
A hard driving back, he carried the ball
on three out Of every four plays for
Aurora and was never stopped without
gain The pass combination of Gina
to Colletti showed for Aurora with good
results as did the Porthan-Banks COM
bine for Ely c. Grahek and Freshmen
played the best defensive game for
Ely with Oresko, Goryance and Rebro-
vich for Aurora.
The lineup:
Ely I'D Aurora (0)
Banks, ........ le -. Kojcancich