The Sidney herald., 1955-10-13
Red Devils Here Friday;
Stops Lewistown, 1912

The Sidney Eagles, currently
riding a two game win streak,
will try to make it three this
Friday night as they play host to
the league leading Red Devils
from Glendive.
Glendive is tied with Havre
with three wins against no losses
for the Glass A leadership. Sidney
with two wins against n loss
is close on their heels.
Once again these two rivals
meet on the gridiron. Always one
Of the top football classics in
Eastern Montana this one is *
pected to draw a record crowd.
The locals haven't defeated the
Dawson county eleven since
1851 when they won theN old
Eastern Division crown. Last year
Glendive won easily Alb.
According to Coach Don Smad-
ing this may be the Eagles year.
We've been pointing for this
one since the start of the year"
said Shading. ''The boys are keyed
for a victory and don't be sur
prised if they do just that"
One thing the Red Devils lack
this year is a lopsided weight adj
vantage. Coach Forrest Wilson'S
eleven will average close to IT'S
in the line and 155 in the back
field. This slight edge Of 10
pounds in the line and none in
the backfield is comparatively
small as with recent years.
The Red Devils have a couple
Of hard running backs in half
back Larry Johnson and fullback
Stewart Ward. johnson crossed the
goal line three times last week as
his team downed a good Billings
Central eleven 27-21.
Coach Wilson is expected to
start Feisthamel and Schlauch at
ends, Sherron and Erpenbach at
tackles, Allen and Muller at
guards and Richey at center. In
the backfield will be Skillestad
at quarterback, Johnson and Pet
tersen at the halfback spots and
ward at fullback.
Coach Shading, unimpressed by
the Glendive record, will have
Marion and Potts at ends. G..
Sattler and Anderson or J. Sattler
at tackles, Goldsmith and Chris
Jensen at guards and Thomson
at center. In the baczfield will be
Smith at quarterback, Jarvis,
Dotson or Mischief at the halves
and Jensen or FitzGerald at full
back. On defense the Eagles will
use in addition Helten, Tom and
Ron Quilting, Herman or Kris
Hansen.
The Eagles after their uphill
victory over Lewistown last week
have been sharpening their ball
handling in preparation for Fri
day night. Against Lewistown the
locals lost the ball five times
on fumbles. This week Glendive
will have to earn the right to gain
possession of that pigskin.
Two scores in the opening two
minutes of play gave the Lewis
town Eagles an early lead last
week but the hard charging, 'nev-
er say die Sidney squad bounced
back for a 1912 victory.
That game easily could be the
turning point of the year for the
Sidney outfit. They proved to
themselves that no matter how
dark the future may seem, light
is just around the corner for those
willing to fight for it.
Before the first half ended last
Friday Sidney had their seven
point lead. Although there wasn't
any scoring in the hectic third
and fourth periods, it wasn't need
ed. Lewistown was beat and they
knew it.
Sidney kicked off and back jim
Harrington, gathering the ball in
on his own 10 raced 90 yards
down the middle for the first
score.
Just one minute later Lewis
town recovered a Sidney tumble
on our 10 yard line and two plays
later had their second score. Both
extra point attempts failed.
Before the quarter ended Sidney
had narrowed the gap to five
points.