The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-11-13
SUMTER 81; 0RANGEBURG 0.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM
PUTS 1T OVER HEAVIER OP-
PONENTS FROM EDISTO.
Eame Featured by Brilliant Forward
fasses OF Sumter Team-WalkOver
Due to Superior Training of Local
boys-Orangeburg Played Gritty
Ball,

cal gridiron Friday afternoon. for il
was due entirely to their superior
training and knowledge Of the game
that the Sumter High School football
team was able to walk away from
the Orangeburg team, with whom
they were s, opposed to play, carrying
the game alI 6 with them and pull
Ing out scoe of So to o.
Hopelessly outclassed in their
knowledge Of the game the Orange
burg boys, who outweighed the local
players at least ten pounds to the
man., played plucky ball all the w =,
through, not once quitting in the- -
forts to stop the onward mar
their opponents and all the time play
ing the game for all that it was worth.
It is safe to say that with a few more
weeks Of good coaching the result of
the game would have been different,
for the Orangeburg boys have it in
them, but had simply not mastered
the game or been trained to play to-
gether instead Of playing individual
ball. Only once did the team get to-
gether during the latter part Of the
third quarter. Here they made dis
stance once, the only time during the
game, and held back the charges Of
the local boys until outwitted on a
fake, forward pass. Only twice did
the Orangeburg boys have any chance
to score once when a forward pass
was intercepted and once when
forward pass was successfully made
by the visitors. In the game Deer
was the chief star for the Orangeburg
team, being the only man who could
make any consistent gain through the
Sumter line, while Mack at the other
! tackle and Vann at right guard play
| ed good bali. Orangeburg did not
have the ball long enough at any
time for the backfield to show what
they could do with it.
From the beginning the game on
| through, very man on the Sumter
team starred The interference was
good and every man seemed to have
his whole heart in the game. The
line held strong against the heavier
line Of their opponents and the charg-
es of heavy backs. From the first
kickoff the game was Sumter's and
not once did the local boys let up in
their playing. piling up touchdown
after touchdown against their heavier
| opponents until eight times the goal
line had been crossed and four times
Cuttino had kicked the goal, making
a score Of SO to 0. On the kick off
! Of Sumter, the team did not relin-
quish possession of the ball until they
had carried it across their opponents
| goal line in two and a-quarter mir
utes Of play In less than a quarter
OF minute, on the first scrimmage,
after the next kickoff Booth by some
| brilliant broken field running and
the goal line for the second touch
down. In the second quarter three
more touchdowns were added to the
list, one in the third, the only time the
Orangeburg team got together at all,
and two more in the last quarter.
! For Sumter it is hard TO distinguish
between the greater and lesser stellar
! lights. Booth did some brilliant brox-
! en- field running and gained consistent
! ly. Cuttino was like lightning on end
runs and gained from five TO 35 yards
whenever he took the ball. TIE
charging of Hall through the line was
always with the desired results for
Sumter. At ends Alexander receiv ed
the ball on forward passes time after
time for long distances, the forward
passes during the game being fire.
/ qucnt and brilliant. Walsh also re-
ceived one forward pass and made "A
good run, showing up we'll as a brok-
en- field runner. Mckay also gained
on forward passes. simpson at quar-
ter ran his team like n veteran and
showed up well at all stages of the
game. the victory Of the locals being
| in great measure due to his head
work at this stragetic point ON the
defensive Randle was the star. with
capital :. Time after time he
broke through his opponents line and
stopped the runner behind his line.
besides being in every attempted buck
OF his opponents, holding them down
without gains. Alexander and Walsh
at the ends, Cuttino in the back field
and Mckay i'm the line also did some
fine tackling.