Lincoln High School - Prowler Yearbook (Thief River Falls, MN)

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:Wi X A 1 . ,THEl 'PROWLEAR THIEF RIVER FALLS, 393 WARREN, 0 The inexperienced Warren team of sophomores did not offer much resistance to the Prowlers who were still steaming after their game with Crookston. The first touchdown was scored by James Nesse in a wide run around end. Milt Nesse added two points and the first half ended with the score at 20-0. The fea- ture of the second half was Hill's forty yard run. He was stopped on the goal line but carried it over on the next play. The reserves were then sent in and an excellent showing was made by them. The last touchdown was made by a long pass from Milt to james Nesse. The score at the end of the game was 39-O. THIEF RIVER FALLS, Og BEMI'D-II, 26 The huge lumberjacks came to Thief River casually considering whether they should make fifty or sixty points in the coming contest against the little Prowlers. They went home wondering what they would have done without their passes. For the first part of the game the lumberjacks quickly passed their way to two touchdowns, the backfield being conveniently fooled by tricky man- euvers. The third quarter began with the Prowler line playing like a cement wall. The lumberjacks were at a loss until Art Nelson, Hill, and Jung were removed from the game. Art Nelson's and Jung's crisp contacts, which were really the invisible backbone of the team, were severely missed. From then on Bemidji be- gan their first real march showing some of their highly boasted strength. Most of the credit of the entire game goes to the line. which outweighed twenty pounds to the man, forced the attack to the air. VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD For the first two weeks Coach Lee stressed the fundamentals of good foot- ball. Blocking and tackling, then some more blocking and tackling, that's what wins football games. He then announced that the player who best applied these fundamentals throughout the season would receive a special reward. The articles of the games of the season would not have been complete with- out Gilbert Mickelson's name mentioned in every one. A good defensive game was played by Mickelson. Mickelson stavecl off the attack from his side of the line-so read the newspaper articles. The players and Coach unanimously agreed that he should receive the reward. The award was something to strike envy into every heart, football players or not. It was a new football nicely varnished for the mantle, with the auto- graphs of such football greats as lack Manders, Bronko Nagurski and the res: of the great team, the Chicago Bears. -lg-61-

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THE PROWLER FOOTBALL THIEF RIVER FALLS, 273 RED LAKE FALLS, 0 The opening game of the season predicted a rosy season ahead for the Prowl- ers. They had defeated the confident Red Lake Falls aggregation by the lopsided score of 27-0. The game was played almost entirely in Red Lake Falls territory with Milt Nesse doing most of the scoring. Milt made two touchdowns in the first half by line bucks, another on a pass in the third quarter, and another by line bucks in the fourth. Red Lake Falls threatened once in the fourth quarter when Coach Lee put in the reserves, but the advance was quickly stopped by the reg- ulars. THIEF RIVER FALLS, 0, GRAFTON, 12 Last year Grafton defeated the strong Prowler eleven 30-0. This year the Prowlers traveled to Grafton expecting to be beaten. They left, beaten but in a score alone. Outweighed several pounds to the man, they had played the strong Grafton team on even terms most of the game. The first touchdown was made late in the first quarter when a punt was returned from the forty yard line. In the second quarter, the Prowlers were stopped twice on goalward marches by rot- ten breaks. One was an incomplete pass to Peterson in the open: the other zi fumble on a wide open reverse play. In the last few minutes Grafton, behind splendid blocking, marched across the goal making the score 12-0. THIEF RIVER FALLS, 7, EAST GRAND FORKS, 20 Being their first experience under lights, the Prowlers were not used to the unusual conditions. After a first goalward march by the Prowlers, the Little Green Waves splashed quite regularly on the Prowler goal line, with Kimbllin act- ing as battering-ram-in-chief. He crashed the center, he skirted the end, in fact he dominated the whole game with their heavier East Grand line doing a little first class battering on the side. The half ended with the Prowlers still holding out but East Grand scored on a long pass over the goal making the score 7-0. In the second half the Prowlers line gave way and Kimbllin shoved over two morc counters. The Prowlers made their touchdown when Art Nelson blocked a punt and Hill carried it over. THIEF RIVER FALLS, 13: CROOKSTON, 0 Out for blood, the Prowlers fumbled to victory over the overconfident Pirates to the tune of 13-0. Threatening several times in the first half, the Prowlers fumbled away their chances continually. In the second half, the Prowlers went into their march and banged their way to the one yard line twice with Hill carry- ing it over. Despite the fumbles, the Prowlers played their game of the season with each unit functioning like a well-oiled machine. Crookston punted eleven times to the Prowler's four, and made four first downs to the Prowler's sixteen. Milt Nesse did most of the ground gaining with Hill putting on the finishing touches. --l25l-

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