Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-11-13
NORMALS LOSE
To CLARENDON
Fiercely Fought Game For.
feited Monday by Score
of IL too

Clarendon. Texas. Nov. l@.-fes-
terday afternoon at College Park the
Clarendon College football team de-
feated the Canyon Normal eleven by
score OF IL 10 o. the game was
played in a high wind which blew
veritiable sea OF sand across the
field, binding the players retarding
many pretty plays, and spelling most
OF them altogether
The game was fiercely fought all
the way through. Clarendon seeming
10 have the best OF II. their team
work going together better than the
pedacogues. and their Interference
work was some OF the best seen on
the local gridiron.
The first quarter was fast aad
Clarendon took the ball in Canyons
territory near the goal n good part
of the time. but the Teachers saved
themselves each time.
The second quarter was very SLOW
because OF some sauabbling over
some good. bad and Indifferent ref
cree work. Brumley for Clarendon
made, 80 yard run through a close
field for a touchdown. but the score
was counted out because OF holding
In the line. Then for several min
utes after the next down, squaDbiinS
WAS very much in order
The third quarter save some hea-
Wv linework and hard playing, with
out much gain. except Canyon work
Ing Clarendon's line somewhat. and
did not give anyone an advantage.
Canyons big beefy center was retir-
ed during this quarter by setting
hurt.
Clarendon began the fourth quar-
ter with rush and kept mp the
rush work with a vim until the end
of the game During this quarter
one or. two more OF Canyons men
We're retired because of injuries and
the new men could not hold the
Methodists teams hard PUSHES, the
local athletes just walking down the
field. through the sand which was
blowing harder than nj ony other
time during the game. and carrying
the Canyon team with them The
heavy Canyon line, went back with
every line buck. until Clarendon took
the ball over for score. The wind
prevented Captin Morris from kick
ing goal. The ball away again
Clarendon rushed down the field
having the ball nearly all ;he time
and went across for the second
touchdown. and the wind again pre-
vented goal being kicked
/, would be- hard To pick the stars
from this game. The high wind
and sand prevented the game bein'
seen very well and also prevented
much good playing but Captain Nor
ris for Clarendon, played his usual
star game. being right in the midst
Of all the hard PUSHES; Brumley and
Graves. and Steed. the tall center for
Clarendon all came In for individual
praise Kennedy. Clarendon's heady !
little quarter, also did some splendid I
work The Canyon team is made up
OF some good material. their best /
man being Campbell who was right I
I'm the middle of all stack-ups and /
and did some splendid T.
tacklinr Their quarter and right
half also did some good work
Barring the disagreeablc weather,
and the sQuabbling. the game can
be called good one. the last two I
quarters being very good, and cs-
pecially the last one being one oil
fierce fighting and old time foot
ball Clarendon's broken field tn
reference and running was Tea
turc Canyons line work during tn
second quarter was good and dur
ms the first part of the game Clar
on1ous work iu running ihrqsgh tho
Teachers line. and in the la'ior part
H. thc game tearing their line and
Niolo team nearly an TO pieces
clarendon plays the New NeN0.
NiIfar, Institute here SATURDAY.
week and win play Canyon 90 re.nr.
emo Thanksgiving either af O.atH.