The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-10-26


the backfield, and some equally fine
hole-opening and blocking by Ely's
great line.
Besides scoring three times, Ely was
stopped on the 1-yard line and on the
Is, where Duluth took possession of
the ball on downs, and had another
scoring drive nipped in the bud on the
Is as the gun ended the first half.
Duluths touchdown came as the re-
suit of a recovered tumble on the
opening kickoff in the second half.
The pig skin sailed deep into Ely terri
tory where Zaic, who replaced Al Banks
in the backfield early in the first
quarter when he suffered an injury
to his leg, caught it on the 5-yard line.
Zaic raced straight up the field to the
Is where he was hit hard by a couple
of Bluejay tacklers, the ball squirting
out of his arms as he went down.
A long pass from Pavlich, quarter
back, to Briggs, halfback, advanced the
on an off tackle drive, and then R.
Johnson, a substitute back, lugged it
over Briggs, who was the main ground
gamer for the visitors, rushed the ball
over for the extra point.
Duluth never really threatened the
Ely goal line before or after this. Their
one chance to score came suddenly and
they capitalized on it without delay.
All eyes in the conference will be on
| the Virginia. Itasca game at Coleraine,
Friday, for the league title not only for
the two teams but for Ely as well will
be decided one way or another before
the final fun ends the game.
A win for Itasca will give them the
title, with Ely being assured of second
regardless of the outcome of the Eve
leth game.
If Virginia scalps the Coleraine crew,
Ely will take over the conference leader
ship, with the Queen City in second.
Then the Eveleth game will be for
undisputed possession of the crown, for
loss to Eveleth will tie Coach Banks
club and the Greyhound for first place.
! If Itasca fails to harness the potent
Rukavina, Queen City flash, the Coler-
aine crew will stand small chance of
bringing home the bacon.
Elys first touchdown against Duluth
came midway in the initial quarter as
the result of sustained drive of 81
yards, 5 coming by way of penalty
Taking the pig skin on the 18, a Duluth
off side, and cracks at the line by
Novak and Hall, pushed it to the 81.
Novak then turned in the first of four
long sprints, getting away around his
right end for a 26-yard run. Pavich
and Briggs ran him out of bounds on
the Duluth 81. Novak then cracked the
line four times in row, interrupting
the running attack once for an at
tempted pass to Loushin, to advance
the ball to the IA.
| Hall and Novak alternated to bring
it to the l, when the former logged it
over. Co-Captain John Perko place
kicked the extra point, as Ely went in
the lead, TO.
l Coach Banks boys had their running
attack going great in the first half
They executed one punt, and that on
their 80 on a first down. During the
second half they also punted but once
when they were stopped on the Duluth
20. Hall, whose ball carrying also was
nothing to sneeze at, was good for 4
yards and Novak travelled the re-
manning distance to the goal line in
five plays. Perko's toe was again good
for one point, putting Ely ahead, 40
Just before the half ended Ely took
the ball on its 80 and Hall, Novak anc
Loushin had it down to the Duluth IL
when the drive was ended by the gun
Duluth made good on the break Of
fered by Ely's tumble of the kick start
ing the second half, and then gave Ely
a break Immediately afterWard on a
short kick to the Ely 38 that was fol-
lowed by the third marker for the Local
crew.
As scrimmage started, Novak was
good for yards, and Hall followed with
a 11-yard sprint Novak then got loose
for his longest hike of the game, ad-
vancing the ball 40 yards to the Duluth
9, where Bush, a sub back, knocked him
out of bounds.
The Woodworking Novak took four
cracks at the line to travel the re-
naming yardage, stretched to II by a
3-yard less. Perko'S kick was short
This ended the scoring but short
time later, Kapsch, a sub lineman, re-
covered Duluth nisplay that sent the
ball from center clear over the back
field. Kapsch picked up the pig skin
on the visitors Is, but in four plays it
was advanced no farther than the Is
where the Bluejays took it on downs.
The quarter ended minute later with
Duluth in possession of the ball, and
as play was resumed a tumble by
Briggs was recovered on the Duluth %
by Leonard Johnson, end A drive to
the LIZARD line followed where Ely lost