The daily sentinel., 1909-11-26

eu from one man TO another at arm 5
length. This play sounded the doom
of Delta. The encouragement which
its success gave to the rooters and to
he team itself gave them a confidence
and determination which was irres-
istable. A series of well directed
plays started Grand Junction down
the field. There was no stopping
them and play by play they neared
the goal line of the green and white
and in three minutes and thirty sec
onds of play the pigskin was planted
squarely behind and between the
goal posts on the western end of the
field Goal was missed and the game
was on again. AS the Tigers and
their contingent received courage
and their ambitions for victory were
Sratified. Delta in a corresponding
manner lost their spirits as they
fought yard by yard to check the pro-
Eress of the orange and black But
they played fair. No semblance of
dirty work was permitted to enter
into the contest though they were
being fearfully overrun and defeated
by the team of all teams they would
wish to defeat. 1t seemed remark
able that they could play with such
persistency and stubbornness down
after down through the sixty-five
minutes play, but they did. They
fought the last line plunge Just as
resolutely as ;aey did the first, and
the spectators and officials could
only have admiration for the pluck
and grit with which they lost, when
the whistle ended the battle. the
eleven defeated gladiators gathered
together and before Grand Junction
could organize to give the customary
cheer for their opponents, the voices
of the Delta champions rang out and
the volume of the cheers gave indi-
cation that they were beaten but not
vanQuished and that they bore no
i'll will toward the victors in the
battle of the year
Between halves when the score
stood l6 TO 0 in favor of the Grand
Junction school, several hundred
uver-juyed students paraded in lock-
step around the field. The opportun-
ity was doubly gratifying inasmuch
a6 it was unexpected and the caprlces
of the students knew no bounds The
Delta team was huddled in the center
OF the field and Grand Junction was
gathered in bunch at the western
end listening to the instructions and
tcrmisgion of ten minutes was per-
huUs The happiest ever spent by the
high school OF Grand Junction. And
every minute of the time was devoted
to celebration of the magnificent vic
tory And il took some little effort
for the police to clear the field at the
expiration Of the time allotted for rest
and publication.
The second half was repetition of
the first but was somewhat marred
by the fact that the two bright and
shining stars of the game had to be
removed from the game from injuries
received. Caldwell, who was the best
ground gamer Tor the Tigers and
Herrington, the nlucky little Delta
quarter, were both taken out of The
game in the second half but their
friends viii be glad to hear that their
injuries have not proved serious and
that both will be back in the game
next year. Two more touch downs
were made in the second half and the
game ended with the score &c to 0 in
favor of Grand Junction. the biggest
score in the history of the rivalry of
the two schools
For Grand Junction, Caldwell was
by far the best player and his sensa-
tional open field runs won for him an
enviable name in the annals of high
school football. johnson and Handel
were also stellar characters and Bude-
lier and Merrill were deserving of
much credit. For Delta Jachobs, cap
tain and tackler. and Harrington who
directed the team at quarter, were
picked as the heroes of the game. The
game, however, was not played by
any two or three men and every man
was in the plays all of the time. The
| only discernable weakness in the two
teams was on defensive playing and
in this both were a trifle below par
The weight of the two teams was
about even and Grand Junction won
the game on their merits. 1t was a
memorable day in the lives of the
Grand Junction high school students
Notwithstanding the fact that Grand
Junction loses the championship to
Delta who wins it on comparative re-
suits with the other teams.
The gate receipts will enable Grand
Junction to pay off nearly all of their
ind