Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-04
Athlete Committee Orders Fl Dorado to Contest
 With Pine Bluff.
FORT SMITH Is OUT
.sqciding Game Will Hc Played at Forest Park in ThiS City >ai-
 urday Afternoon.

The withdrawal of Fort Smith s claims to the state football cham piorship in the secondary class and the decision of the State Athletic Committee last night after long session at Little Rock, that El Dora do must play Pine Bluff in this city clarifies the football atmosphere all over the state and Coach Eassett and
 his men will immediately resume training in order to he in condition to defeat the Union county contend CTS which they are confident of and which every football fan is equally confident of.
 The Graphic received a special message from Fort Smith last nl2ht bearing the information that the Fort Smith team had withdrawn all claim and also called off the game with van Buren which was scheduled 1or neNt Saturday, While every 1nemGer o1 the Sebastian county aggregation on Monday voted to accept Pine bluff challenge the action was reconsider ed yesterday and the team will dis band for the season. It is understood that TeXarkana has also withdrawn.
 While the Border City lads contend- ed for the state honors the State Athletic Committee was working to figure out the problem of how to ar range the games to decide the cham 9ionshiD between the five contend CTS, Fort Smith, Van Buren, Pine Bluff, E1 Dorado and TeXarkana. Tn 1elinuuishing their contention Fort Smith also swept Van Buren out ol the ,champ pile and when President X. A. Hill, of the committee, over long distance phone, asked Coach Bassett if the proposition made >hy Pine Blum to Fort Smith would hold good With ElDorado the Pine Bluff coach lmme- diately answered in the affirmative, eager at the opportunity to relax the tension under which the Pine Bluff "Hi'' squad has strained during the past week.
 Later President Hill notified Prof. Allen and Coach Rassett that the committee had issued an official order for the Fl Dorado team to play Pine Bluff on the Forest Park grounds in this city, next Saturday, December 7, the game to begin at 3 o'clock, and will be played under the direction of S~ADO announced the officials who will be: Coach Jennings, of Ouachita. referee; Coach Haygood, of Henderson-BroWn umpire; and Rev. c. F. Wood, Of this city, head linesman.
 The announcement that game is to be played here Saturday will be received with general satisfaction by the football fans here. Never has more interest been taken in football than that eyinced this season. The Pine Bluff teams record is alone re- sponsible for the interest manifested all over the state. Never before has a High School team swept it's way to victory as have the locals. When it considered that Pine Bluff has SCOT ed PIP points to their opponents nothing some idea may be obtained of the timber that composes the local team.
 As an example of the interest in this city within one hour Monday a local fan had obtained pledges from 40 business men that they would make up any deficit of expenses incurred in bringing team to Pine Bluff to contend for championship honors.
 Ell Dorado is touted as strong team and the Pine Bluff boys will not have a walkover as in the Cam den game, but the youngsters in the squad have grown strong with the taste of victory and if the Saturday visitors defeat Bassett's men they can and should howl load and long. But there is little chance for this. The local squad had light practice both Monday and Tuesday and again today and every day this week up to Friday will be put through work that will get them in the best shape for Saturdays game.
 There is little douEt but that the ecord-breaking crowd of the season will see Saturdays game. The state committee will bring crowd of fans from Little Rock; Warren will be we'll represented, few Camden fans are expected to make the trip and of course, the Ell Doradoians will be accompanied by a bunch of rooters