The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-11-29
DARLINGTON DEFEATS SUMTER
ST. JOHNS II, SUMTER, o, SCORE
AT END OF GAME.
CuttinO Starred for Sumter and Nc
Gill and BristOw for Darlington
Darlington Team Played an AL
most Perfect Game; Hard Fought
Game from Start to Finish.

Inc St. JonnS 1oOt Dall ttam
from Darlington defeated the Sumter
high school foot ball team Friday
afternoon by the score Of IL to 0
and the score marks just about the
average playing OF the two teams.
Tht Darlington boys put up as good
a game Of football as has ever been
seen on the local grounds, while the
put up hard fight, it was impossible
for them to win over their opponents,
who showed up in better form The
game was a fine exhibition Of foot
; ball from start to finish. There were
only two penalties and these were on
technicalities, one being on each side.
There was some kicking at times. but
altogether the game was fast and in
tensely interesting throughout. The
Darlington boys seemed to have the
better Of the game from the start to
the finish. the Sumter boys SEEM
ingly being out Of spirit and failing
to show up that game cock will except
In a flash In the beginning Of the last
quarter.
Bristow and McGill in the back
field for Darlington were the classy
stars Of the game. The fast broken
field running Of these men was some
thing spectacular at times. especial
ly when Bristow on two occasions
ran through almost the entire Sum-
ter team for a gain Of forty yards
each time. McGill was stronger and
he made his gains principally through
the line. His kicking Of openings was
beautiful work and he seldom took
the ball that he did not gain for
good distances. Edwards and Rucker
at ends were almost impregnable and
time and time again they threw the
Sumter backs behind their own line
for losses. McKeithan at quarter ran
his team well and made one beauti-
full run Of thirty-five yards around
right end. Darlington's line was
strong as the walls of Gibraltar and
1t was seldom that the Sumter backs
were able to make any distance
through this line. But the stars were
not all on the Darlington team. Sum-
ter had some few stars in the GAL
axy. Cuttino being he most brilliant
OF the Sumter bunch of stars. His
handling Of Haynsworth's forward
| passes was spectacular and time after
time was Sumter enabled 10 make
these forward passes for big gains
, when END runs and bucking had fail
| ed to make the required distance.
Haynsworth also did good work in
passing the ball to Cuttino and Reaves
| and In punting. DuRant was strong
at full, but he did not appear as
strong as usual. He made a num-
Der Of good gains on end runs and
on bucks, however, whenever he got
the support Of the team and the
proper interference to head Of Oar
lington's fast ends and backs. He
also cid some fine tackling on the de-
fensive. as did Cuttino and Brown.
| brown was the strong point in Sum-
ter's line and ne played a good all
round game. DeLorme ran his team
we'll
The Sumter team which USUALLY
| counted on it's interference went to
| pieces in the game and it was be-
cause the interference was lacking
that the runners did not make the
gains that they We're counted on to
| make. The line also showed weak
under the relentless attacks Of the
| Darlington backs.
The Darlington line on the other
hand showed up strong and DuRant
made gains through it only three or
four times asd then the gains were
not Tor great distances. Both teams
were held for downs several times
and twice the Darlington boys got
within two yards Of the goal and
could not push the ball over SUM-
ter three times got within a few
yards of the goal line, once within
two feet Of 1t. and was unable to
make the required distance for a
touchdown. Sumter tried several
fakes. but lost on all of them. Dar-
lington tried several and lost on
f"out half of them, while making
good gains on the others. Darling
ton tried the forward only three
ufnes ana was unsuccessful each
time. Sumter made six successful
Forward passes and failed more than
half dozen times on thcm