Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-10-12
HIGH ELEVEN
Wins FIRST GAME
Stuttgart Team Fought
Hard and Put Up a Snap
ply Game.
ON A SOGGY FIELD
Score Was 4G to O.-Spectacular
Plays We're -Resembled
Swimming Match.

A large crowd of loyal fans turned
out yesterday to witness the opening
game between the Pine Bluff High
School and the Stuttgart High School,
The game was played at the old For
est Park field and owing to the re-
cent heavy rains the ground was al
most under water, but the plucky lads
of both teams played as if on dry
ground. At times the spectators
though that swimming class had
been formed instead of football
game. The Rice City boys were a
game set and fought every inch of
ground but they could not stand the
fusilade of line plunges and end runs
which the local huskies pulled off.
The final score was 46 to 0. Repeated
fumbles by both teams made play
slow and draggy and spectacular
play was impossible.
Promptly at $3.50 o'clock Referee
Claud Sparks blew the whistle and
Captain Denman. of the Stuttgart team
sent the ball down the field in Pine
Bluff territory and Mccain, right
end, gathered the ball in and went
fifteen yards. Massey at left end
was laid out, but Sorrells made a bad
pass and a beautiful play was spoil
ed. The ball was brought back and
on fake Sorrells ran forty yards
for the first touchdown. Lyle kicked
goal. From then it was a walkaway
for Pine Bluff. Advancing the ball at
will and only twice was Sorrells fore
ed to kick. Pine Bluff gains were
principally by line plunges, mixed
with end runs. Straight football was
the only kind possible on account of
the slippery condition of the field.
Stuttgart relied principally on line
plunges and forward passes. The
Stuttgart lads never got a chance to
advance the ball, but they did excel
lent work on the defense.
Lyle, the veteran center, was the
star of the defense. Looming up
above everybody, in every play tack
ling fiercely and blocking, he never
letting his man through. His work
was the redeeming feature of the
game. Massey at left end was easily
a star. His defensive work was SUI
1perb, tackling the safety man far
down the field. Brewster and Smith,
the two tackles, did excellent work
both on the offensive and defensive.
opening up big holes on the offensive
and stopping every line play. Chris
TOPPER, left half, was the chief ground
gamer for Pine Bluff, his end runs
were like those of last year being far
and wide, sweeping down the field
every time on his speciality end runs.
Coach Bassett sent all his subs in the
game and all gave good account of
themselves.
The line-ups:
Pine Bluff-Massey, Cordell, ends;
Brewster, Williams, tackles; Collins.
Harper, Williams. guard; Lyle, CEN
ter; Jones, Murphy, Harrell, tackle
Smith, Bays, end; Mccain, Christoph-
err, r. halfback; Sorrells, Bays, full
back; Christopher, Bays, l. halfback;
Sanders, quarter back.
Stuttgart-Rhodes, end; Walker,
tackle; Mays, guard; Underwood, cen
ter; Stewart, guard: Ketchem, tackle;
Stiner, end; Deets, r. halfback; Quar-
termause, fullback; Denman, !. half
back; Sidenswaitz, quarterback.
Touchdowns, Sorrells, 5; Hamlin
g.
Goals from touchdowns, Lyle, 4.
Referee, Claud Sparks, U. of A.
Umpire, Robert Loving, U. of A.
Head linesman, John Toney, U. OF
A.
Timekeeper, jeff Allen, P. B. H. S.