The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-09-29
ELY GRIDDERS
Defeat TOWER
Locals Come From Behind to
Win Over Invading Eleven
By II to 6 Score.

Scoring touchdoWnS in the second
and fourth periods after Tower had
taken the lead with score in the
first quarter, the Ely high school foot
ball team registered its second straight
victory of the season here Saturday
with II to count over Tower high
school.
Tower First to Score
The visitors took the lead early in
the first quarter when they scored
their lone touchdown. A bad cross
wind put the locals in hole when
they were forced to kick from behind
their own goal with Tower gaining
the ball on the twenty yard line. Here
Tower attempted pass which was in
complete, but repeated the play with
Hampton sharing the toss from Passi
to cross the goal line. A kick from
placement for extra point failed.
Locals Count in Second Period
Tower kicked off to Ely, the locals
putting the ball in play on their own
35 yard line From here a sustained
drive of 65 yards resulted in touch
down. In making the touchdown Ely
counted five successive first downs in
which the end sweep of Porthan played
a big part with Simonich hitting the
line to count the touchdown. Try for
extra point was wide. Score Ely 6,
Tower 6.
Tower Misses Chance.
Tower missed a fine opportunity to
score early in the third quarter. Re-
covering an Ely tumble on the locals
20 yard line, Tower tried a long pass
over the goal line on first down. The
pass was grounded and Ely was given
the ball out on the 20 yard stripe. Had
Tower tried some other play or even
short pass, their chance for score
would have been brighter inasmuch as
they wouldn't have lost possession of
the ball on one play. Outside of this
one threat on the part of the
visitors, the remainder of the third
quarter was kicking duel with Ely
gaining ground in between times.
Ely Scores Winning Touchdown
After several exchanges of kicks in
the last period, with the locals gaining
on each exchange, Ely started from
near mid-field heading goalward in
march that ended in a touchdown.
With Miklausich. Simonich and Riikola
hitting the line for consistent gains
and Porthan doing fine end running,
Ely counted three first downs to place
the ball on Towers six inch line. A
line smash by Riikola carried the ball
across the goal Preshiren's place kick
was wide. Score Ely II, Tower g. Ely
kicked to Tower and the game ended
several plays later.
Ely Holds Edge in Play
The Ely team outplayed Tower by
a wide margin in ground gained, the
locals counting fifteen first downs to
one for Tower. The visitors one first
down came as result of pass inter
ference by the locals on the first play
of the game. Towers famed pass at
tack clicked only once and that re-
suited in a touchdown. The visitors
attempted seven passes, completed one
and were allowed completion on
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Ely tried two passes missing out on
both. The local line showed up well,
stopping Towers offense cold when the
visitors tried line bucks or end runs.
On offense the locals opened up some
fine holes for the backfields. The Ely
backs did some very effective blocking
to help Porthan reel off several fine
gains around the ends Porthan's hard
running was a big factor in both of
Ely's marches for touchdowns. Brula,
Tower tackle, was the outstanding
player for the visitors.