Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-10-26
High School 0verwhelmS Old
Point College, 10 to 0.
GARNER IS BRIGHT STAR
Local Halfback Leads Brilliant and
Vigorous Attack, Sweeping Col
leoians OFF Their Feet-iiome Team
Plays Remarkably Strong Game.

| overwhelmed the strong team Oh Ciu
| Point Comfort College Is TO al the
Casino park yesterday afternoon De-
| fore a crowd OF several hundred en-
| thsastic rocters, including a number
CT the young lady pupils and gradu'
ates of the High school. While they
failed TO even up the count by one
point this victory gives the locals
ample revenge for the drubblng they
received from the collegians last
week. for they completely oltpiayed
and outclassed khe visitors at every
stage OF the garfe
| While there was much brill ant In
dividual playing. Garner was easily
the bright star of the battle. Using
the stiff arm 10 great advantage. he
| ran back punts in fine style. never
failing 10 make long gain. His line
plunging also distinguished him, and
again and again he tore through the
college team for gains of from five
! to twenty yards at a clip. His de-
| fensiye work also was clever and it
frequently happened that he brushed
aside the Interference and nailed The
runner without gain.
other stars Of Contest.
Eugene p ayne and John Corbell
proved fine running mates for Gar
ner in the back field and both made
| frequent gains through the Inc
! Payne played a fine defensive game,
invariably getting his man for a loss
OF the local line men Clements, Bal
lentine. Semmes, Whitney and Mich
| Olas dis inguished themselves. Bal
| 1antf,aA b H..
| and blocked kicks and enabled
Semmes to fall on the ball for one OF
the three touchdCwns. Clements, as
usual, played strong defensive game
and intercepted a number of attempt
ed forward passes. He scored the
| first touchdown of the game in the
first quarter by gathering in the ball
! following a fumbled punt and running
twenty-five yards to the goal. He
warded off two tackles. one of whom
grabbed him about the waist The
entire local team played a strong de-
fensive as well as offensive game.
! Charles Allen was easily the star
for the collegians. though he did not
shine as much as he has been doing
with the St. Vincent's eleven this
| season. PAYNE and Garner played
! for him nearly all the time. and ~
was not until near the close OF the
! last quarter that he got in any sub
s'antal gains on end runs and line
| plunges. Dore and Iavalette also
played good ball for the visitors in
| the backfeld, while Foster and Hut
son were strong on the defense.
Score Twice in First Quarter.
The locals scored twice in the first
quarter. After four minutes of play,
the High school booted the ball am.
/ Harry fumbled Clements gathered
in the leather and covered twenty
| five yeards to the goal Hyman Asst,
who ran the High school team in fine
style, kicked a very difficult goal.
Following the kick of. the locals car
ried the ball down the field and
punted On the visitors twenty-five
yard line. The collegians tried TO
kick out, but Ballentine blocked the
ball and Semmes rolled on it behind
the goal line. Asst barely missed a
very hard try at goal, making .ae
| score IL to Q.
In the third quarter the locals
rushed the ball to the visitors 25-
yard line. where Clements attempted
drop kick for goal. The ball went
wide and Semmes recovered the ball.
In three downs Payne dragged uar-
ner over the goal lire for a touch
| down. That ended the scoring.
Though Corbeil barely missed a field
goal in the last quarter. the wind car
ry.bg :he ball wide. Ballentine
saved a touchdown for the visitors
! in the third quarter when he ran
Dore down in midfeld after the lat
Ter had intercepted a forward pass.
Straight Football the Rule.
Though the locals pulled on sew
eraI pretty forward passes. beth
teams stuck TO straight football al
NEST continually and end runs. fake
kicks. fake forward passes AID line
pluRginz were in order.
How the teams lined up:
High School o. p. c. c
o.. Left End
AS. fNicholas) ...-..-. Foster
Left Tackle
| Bright ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Harahana
LEFT Guard
Balleniine OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Green
Center
Phillips (Segei) .--.... O'ToOie
Right Guard
/ Semmcs tMassev) ...-.--.-.-. Kelly
Right Tackle
! Whitney neutrality-suspicious. Tdton
Right End
4 Clements ...----.-------- HutSoh
Quarterback
III Asst ....-......--- ntIlf
Left Halfback
PAYNE ..................... Dore
Right Halfback
Garner .-..----..-.-. $1,000 Avn
Fullhack
Cnruel .-.-----..--.----- i1fdhettt
Touchdowns elements. Semmes and