Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-11-24
PINE BLUFF HIGH
 IS GIVEN DECISION After Fierce Gridiron Bat tie Fordyce High Play CT
 Resorted to Foul.
PROTEST A PENALTY
Cosa!f Harrison called Hrn From ticid las>en'> Men pr,
 t'p Gaulc Fight.

With the score 2 to : in favor of his team and nine minutes lc day Coach llarrlson, c; fordyee. refused to allow his men to be r. naked by Referee Jennings of Ouachita. yostor- GaN afternoon al Forest Park. and called them off the field After one minute the referee awarded tte game 10 the piEe Bluff High School hv q score of 1 70 C.
 The contest was fast and turiore from the first whistle, much rough ing being in evidence on boti sides. and when FordFer man Ieared upo. Christopher. after he had puntcd 10 the Fordyce 20 yard line, and bore him 10 the ground the referee awarded the ball to Pine Bluff and started to penalize the visitors fifteen yards. Acting Captain Carter protcst,d d and called Harrison on the field Referee Jennings, who saw the foul, refused to listen to their protests and count cd out the penalty.
 With sweep of his hand Harrison ordered his men off the field and the game ended. The ceach refused to [ make a statement.
 The resl,. of the game has no bear i ing on the state championship con 1 test, as ttree of the fordyee men have been disqualified by the State Athletic Committee. 4-al-,s.t t.4
 No other opponents have come as near matching, in size and strength, the local lads and every inch of ground was fought over by both teams. Pine Bluffs line could not consistently hold the heavy backs of their opponents and most of Fordyce's gains were made through the line. Bassett's men were unable to sue cessfullv make rents in the Fordyce line and in nearly all instances they advanced the ball by end runs.
 The two tonchdowns, one by each { team, were made on the forward pass The visitors were the first to score when by line bucks they had driven the iisskin to within 20 yards of Pine Bluffs goal and few sec onds after the second period started they executed perfect forward pass, Holder to Carter, and the latter SCOT ed On place kick for try at goal the Fordyce man failed to hold i the ball.
 Before the same period had ended l Pine Bluff had rushed the ball to- within striking distance and Allen scored on a forward pass made by Mcintyre. Fletcher kicked goal.
 Pine Bluff kicked but recovered and lost the ball within few minutes. The visitors worked a forward pass for 20 yards which placed them di- rectly in front of the home goal, and Wood sent the pigskin flying between the bars with a drop kick making total of points for the visitors. 1 No scores were made in the third and fourth quarter, though Pine Bluff was forcing the Fordyce lads to give way before line plunges and end runs Fletcher, Christopher and Sor- rells were the most aggressive and advanced the ball to the enemy's line. To even the score the locals attempt- ed a field goal hut Mcintyre failed to get the ball correctly and the enemy was upon him before SOrrells could kick. Another forward pass was made but the visitors frightened up and forced the locals on downs.
 In the fourth quarter Bassett's men continued their plugging tactics and the winning score was looming up when the play occurred that caused (Cnnfiuupd on papp Etvpl