The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-11-04
ELY SWAMPS
AURORA CLAN
Local High Gridders Complete
Brilliant Season by Blasting
Visitors, 40 to o.

NiSAtOTS, ~ 10 We
Striking early with a powerful ground
attack which resulted in a touchdown
five minutes after the opening kickoff,
the Ely high school football team, kept
the pressure on through the entire
game to cross the goal line six times
while keeping their opponents from
scoring and defeated Aurora high by
a 40 to O count in the last game OF
the season here Saturday afternoon.
The victory gave Ely claim to top
honors among range gridiron elevens
having a seasons record of five VIC
tories, one loss and tie. Although tied
for the top with Virginia, which COM
pleted the season with similar re-
cord, the Ely gridders hold a slight
edge on the Virginia eleven, having de-
feated the Blue Devils. Ely'S scoring
record for the season also tops that of
Virginia with the locals having record
of chalking up 160 points in seven
games while holding opponents to a
total of 35. Virginia scored 139 points
in seven contests and allowed its OPP
ponents 104, or II more points than
allowed by Ely. This is the second con-
secutive year in which the Ely team
has topped range football.
Maybe the defeat by Gilbert the week
previous had something to do with ii
as the Ely team rolled over Aurora, Sat-
urday. Five minutes after the game
started, the locals had chalked up Z
points and in driving 30 yards on a
sustained march for the first touch
down, gave an indication that Aurora
was in for busy afternoon Ely put
the ball in play on its own 20 yard line
after the opening kickoff and from
there marched over the goal on fifteen
plays making four first downs en-
route. Joe Perko and Edward Buckley
alternated in carrying the ball down
field with Perko crashing over the goa.
for the touchdown from the two-yard
line. Perko hit the line for the extra
point. Score to o.
Following the touchdown, Ely took
possession of the ball after an eX.
change of puntS and was seemingly
headed for a second score but lost the
ball on a tumble after marching A
yards to the Aurora 19-yard line. The
locals came back in the second quarter
to score and reeled off IA yards doing
it. Perko carried the ball over the las
stripe on three-yard plunge The try
for extra point failed. Ely's third touch.
down came late in the second perioc
following poor kick by Aurora which
went out of bounds on the visitors 81.
yard line. On the first play, Buckle!
circled left end for score and Perkt
followed with conversion to make tn.
count 20 to O.
Hall scored the fourth touchdown OF
a plunge from the half-foot line aftel
he, Buckley and Perko, had combined
to carry it downfield from the Aurora
40. Perko place-kicked for the extrs
point. During the rest of the thirt
PERIOD play was somewhat even will
Aurora penetrating Ely territory for tn,
| first time in the game. The visitor
advanced to the Ely 48 but on the mex
two plays were thrown back to thei
own A and forced to kick.
| Ely took the ball on their own 35 a
the start of the final frame and adj
vanced to mid-field from where Buck
ley kicked out-of-bounds on the Auror;
Is. At that point, Aurora fumbled ant
Albert Rom, Ely tackle, recovered TO
the locals on the II yard line. Tw,
plunges into the line, the first TO
5 yards and the second from the
yard stripe, by Perko, resulted in /;
touchdown. A pass, Buckley to Perko
converted the extra point and made tn.
score "a to 0.
With numerous substitutes in tn,
lineup, Ely continued to show powe
in the closing moments of the fourth
canto. Perko's interception of an Aur.
ora pass on his own As and returning
| the ball to the Aurora 40 set up the
final touchdown. Prola gained yards
Banks, sub half-back, plunged for II
and followed up with more. Perkt
picked up 2 to place the ball on the 10
On the next play, Buckley circled enc
for the score and made the count A
to O.
Aurora was unable to do anything
against the Ely team the rest of the
game, although the local lineup was
made up completely of substitutes. Ir
the closing moments, Prola, playing
quarterback for Ely, made the incest
kick of the game, when standing or
his own goal line, with the ball on the
10-yard stripe, he kicked to the Aurora
IS, distance of IS yards with the roll
In actual flight the ball travelled st
yards. The kick was made against the
wind
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