The Greeley tribune., 1908-11-04
THE VICTORY DUE TO PHENOAG.
ENAL GOOD LUCK.
PLAY EATON ELECTION DAY
Greeley Played Better Ball Than
Morgan. Greeley at Cheyenne
November Z. LOveland on
November IA. Basket
Ball After Thanks
giving.

Fort Morgan High defeated Gree
ley High by score of IL to at
Fort Morgan Saturday afternoon. 1t
is not magnanimous to lessen the
victory of an enemy, but in truth
the better team did not win. 1t was
only that intermittent fate that was
with Napoleon at Austerlitz and
against him at Waterloo that won
Saturdays game. The locals have
always beaten Morgan. and can ot
SO nine times out of ten. but last
Saturday was the fatal ten.
Morgan made their first touchdown
by one of those unaccountable plays.
when johnson broke through on .
line buck with all interference at =
distance. carrying the ball from the
forty yard line to a touchdown. and
kicked goal for the six points. In
the last half they intercepted a for
ward pass and went half the distanA>
through a broken field for another
five points. Greeley kicked from
placement for their four points.
Conner landing pretty Princeton
from the thirty yard line.
ried the leather much farther than
Morgan, and outclassed the latter
on line bucks and short end runs.
Greeley tried the forward pass twice
F. to good advantage, but at other times
the ends failed to get down to re-
a ceiye it. They also tried two other
r. lfieid goals, but. . poor pass from cen
ter spoiled both chances, which were
excellent, with the ball on the
: twenty yard line and straight in
front. In punting Greeley had an ad-
vantage in the distance of kicks, and
, with the one exception when they
e broke through, Morgan could, not
. touch our line or run our ends. Dur
ing the game one OF the Morgan boys
had his jaw displaced and had to be
taken out.
l Tomorrow, election day. the first
team OF the Eaton High school WI!
, pIay the second team of the Greeley
| High on Meeker field. The Normal
High defeated Eaton on their last
+ trip here. and this game will in
measure permit comparison of the
TWO local teams Under the direc-
tion of Coach Lister the Normais
have become Il powerful aggregation.
that will in the near future divide
honors with the Greeley High, Next
Saturday Greeley goes to Cheyenne,
and Judging from the way the Wyom-
ing bows put it over Loveland Satur-
day. a victory will be something to
, boast of.
on November ii Loveland comes
here for the last game of the league
series, and on Saturday, the 2ist. the
locals will meet either the Denver
sacred Heart team or Fort Morgan
on Meeker field. There is nothing
definite for THANKSGIVING, but it IS
certain that the Greeley High will
have a game at home, and probably
with West Denver. This is one OF
the best teams in the metropolis. and
the fact that Fort Morgan is not slow
was demonstrated when that team
held West Denver to score of S
to 0.
Right after Turkey Day. the bas-
ket ball season opens, and there is
some question as to whether or not
the local High school will have a
team. Last year there were so
many teams in the field that it was
almost impossible to get dates, and
from a financial standpoint all found
it losing proposition. The armory
is the only available place for the
sport. and the eXhorbitant rent OF
$40 night and 50 for each after
noon to practice. puts it beyond the
ordinary receipts. A couple of
teams might exist, but dozen can
not.
The Longmont High school de-
feated Loveland Friday by a score
of "a to 6, thus cinching the cham
pionship for northern Colorado.
The Sacred Heart team of Den
,,or will rloy the Fort Collins Az