Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-11-30
aSSPP00Re nN|e SEEH00ll 49,.
COMANCHE WINS
ON WET FIELD
DEFEAT AMARILLO HIGHS IN
VICIOUS BATTLE FoR
HANipIONSHir.

The pluckiest. gamest bunch OF
football youngsters that over puntad
O pigskin went down TO defeat az
Monogram Park yesterday afternoon,
after keeping The ball IN the enemy /
territory for three quarters OF the ]
game by the score of Sis 90 nothing |
Ccmancho won the only touchdown |
OF the doy In the third quarter by al
plain. old every day criss-cgoss. puti- !
inr stephens around end Tor o long,
slippery sprint across goal Riggs.
the live. little local quarter, hii step
hens several yards from tho line. bui
hts grip slipped. ana the day was
lost
The battle vas wagcd in sea OF
mud. IN the face of @ Thin, pelting,
drl4llc of rain from the north. val
was a straight fight Of mud-larHs
against wator-dogs, and fight they
ala. with vim and vengeance.
plaetered with mud from head To-
foot the oupoina lines beat against
each other like battering-rams From
every tactical viewpoint, Amarill"
outplayed the visitors Deemed al
disadvantage hy many ON account
of the heavier weight Of tomanch''
thc Highs hit the line with q vicion.
NOS. that made stcaGy gains at eoch
buck,
Time aud again Sowder and Rodg-
ors went through the heavy wall
Lin, hitting seemed the only hope oi
winning Tor either side, and Tine.
hitting followed repeatedly and VIM
dictively
For the first time this year, ne
cording TO statement Boy the coach,
bia John Reese Of Comanche failed
10 ee, by the line for long gains.
nut Rig John struck @ brick wall at
each attempt. aud only the lucky gel
away OF stephens prevented score
less game
The first half was played bitterly,
resulting 30 $50 score for either sioe.
Iu tho tmrd. Amaril', made the natal
mistake az the day when several OF
the players discarded shoes and hos
iery In belief that tLcy would De abb,
10 mako better profrces over tho
t-eacherous field EH their feet
failed TO touch ground There wa'
none. Ouiy Okra Instead sup. slide
slush and @ rali .n their tracks THAI
was the story for each team, r.iiei
ated time and ara,u. After ear
quarter. sometimes c'tcael the hal
would be taken from tho field ans
scrapeG in order TO make oven half
football POI sible.
From tho reviewing stand, 30 Na
practically impossible 10 follow ih
work Of individual plgycr.. so com
plefcN was identity shroudDd hy ,L
thick coating Of Panhandle sou
which smeared faces from chin q
SCALP. and even blurred tho CLINT b
She fighting eyes OF the squadme
The local team as whole plaN'
great BAN and starred AZ l'uo-uu'a
ing. tacklug and holdine Even tH
forw.rd passes were successfully o''
cuted with n thorouehness tHat pr.
missed @ touchdown which never m.
terIalized. s0Wdera work "as %
prc,ally notable. as was that
spider Rodgers. CrJdg.ng' % an
Nor an were In the middle of 'h
wucky business at every inch o. Oh
field and minute of the game Rla
tackled Ike o demon as did on
thp squad snziy collectively.
punches they tackled, close. Dos
nar1 ard effectively
4 Misunderstanding 20 o.
time limit brought The game Co
close before the home team or .
spectators thought The Iiual quartz
had begun In consequence 90
las, few fichung minutes went
without realization on the part of