The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-10-21
Game on Gridiron at Ell Reno
Saturday was Rough-tiouse
Affair from Start
to Finish
VICTORY TO LOCALS
BY SCORE OF 36 TO 0
Rowdyism Rampant on the
Lines-Coach Beach Incurs
Displeasure Of Crowd
Escaped with Lives

The Chickaaha high school football
team brought the state championship
one step nearer nome Saturday by
humbllng the NJ Reno high school
squad On the latters gridiron, 90 to o.
IN a game that more strongly resem.
bled The last Two hours Of an animated
Irish wake than it did Legitimate foot
ball From the kickoff to the final
blast OF the referees whistle that put
an end 70 the battle, spectators saw a
game that went through All the stages
Of a rough house, a gentlemanly slug
sling match and knock down and
drag-out affair with the riot call ring.
ing the door bell
Eternal wrangllng featured through.
out freely participated IN by players.
officials ana spectators with the en-
tire gathering keyed up to that nery-
GUS tension whore, # some one had in
adyerienily stepped upon a match and
set i off with a sharp report, Il would
have obtained the same result as
dropping q lishtod coal Into q powder
factory OF policemen there was none,
and boisterous rowdylsm reigned SUI
preme, most ol thc giinperation from
the side lines being directed at Coach
Beach Of chiokaahai who refereed the
first bali Beach was bitterly censur-
ed hnl apparently hla only official act
that was contrary to what another ref
eree's might have been was in not put
ting Whitaker out OF the game when.
upon coming cut OF a scrimmaee, Ne
planted his fist directly and one might
say foreibly, IA the face Of an ~ Reno
man. much, evidently to that gentle
mans discomfort
BE j. known. however that lt was a
matter Of give and take and Whitta-
ker's action was simply IN the open.
As the ltoral battle royal drew 10 a
close. Il was not ah uncommon thing
10 see a rock or other missile 80 SAT-.
ing out from the hand OF some hood
lum on the side lines. toward tho
struggling teams. opa Of Which mis-
slles came III abrupt contact with the
side Of Coach Beaehs head
AS enc BIG automobile bearing the
Chlckasha yielors rolled off lhe battle
field after ihe game. It was roandly
hooted AID some el the rowdy boys
Of The knickefbaeker age sailed rocks
at the departing PLAYERS, one 81 which
struck Captain Gowdy IN the back Of
the head, but fortunately be had not
DOTTED his headgear and the blow dld
him no injury
IN justice to tho n Reno players, be
It said that other than roughhousing
while tic game was In progress they
took no part Ia the rowdy tactics and
Capt Cherry d the FL Reno squad sent
word to the ChIckasha team. housed
in the Southern hotel. he deemed 1T
safer for the purple and gold brigade to
stay within TIE portals Of the South
ern after supper lis a gang not con
nectcd with the high school had plan
ned an informal reception should they
meet the ctiolsasha crowd on the
streets While the tip was appreciat-
ed 10 the fullest the Chickasha dele
cation roamea the streets at win and
spent an altogether pleasant and un.
molested evening
Chickasha scored 20 Of her SO points
in the first half though a Chlckasha
man crossed the opponents goal line
three times ia the second half with
the bah tucked safely under his arm,
and was each time called back for al.
legged oifside plays,
Shannon completed q perfect ior-
ward pass anu showed the field clean
pair Of heels in a 70 yard run for a
touchdown and was called back Coch-
ran cireled right end and ran 30 yards
for a touchdown, was called back and
ChickaHha penalized for an alleged Off
side play Heifner went through the
line for a touchdown. the referee blew
his whistle, declaring the play ended
with the ball over for touchdown
and, according to Hefsners own state
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