The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-10-17
(By noscARnl

Outplayed by stronger, faster
team, Showed up" in the forward pass
department, swept off their feet by a
cross fire of rushes and end runs,
Chickasha high school was defeated
yesterday by Norman high on the Uni
yersity park gridiron "a to 0, thereby
experiencing the novel ieelllig of hav-
ing the skids slipped under them in
the championship race, ere half the
distance was covered.
That Norman team is some machine.
They aretrained to the minute, the
handling of a football coming as sec
ond nature with them, apparently.
Their work in intercepting forward
passes is but shade shy of the un-
canny, their line piunges are a fair
Imitation of "a battering ram and their
end runs sweep clean like an Okla
homa twister
At that, the score piled up by the or
ange and black should have been less
by about three touchdowns had Quar-
erback Eskridge showed more judg-
ment in the handling of the Chickasha
attack. He called forward pass after
forward pass when it was all too OBJ
yious that none were going well, he
'efusedato kick many times on fourth
lown with several yards to go, allow
ng the ball to go over on downs and
n one instance with eight inches to
20 on fourth down he called an end
run, losing five yards and the ball,
when Hamilton had been good for
from three to eight yards at clip
through the line. A penalization of
Chickasha within Norman's ten yard
inc was disastrous and probably pre-.
vented the locals from scoring.
Norman Kicks Off.
Chickasha chose to receive at the
west goal, Norman kicking to Chick
lsha's Is yard line, where Pool caught
he ball and return 20 yards Pool
.ost two, Goettng plunged through on
short end runs for three and two at
which point Chickasha was penalzed
live yards for off-side. Goetting was
thrown for a five yard loss and Nor
man was penalized ten for holding,
making it first down. Chickasha fun
bled but recovered and were held for
downs.
Norman tried line plunges and short
end runs, waltzing through for fair
gains, but when inside the Chickasha
X yard line the locals stiffened and
smeared the Norman attack. They at.
tempted kick from placement, but
Riddle broke through the line and
blocked it, Chickasha recovering.
Whitaker made four around the end.
Hamilton plunged the line for like
distance where Norman was again
penalized five yards for off side Pool
gained two, Goetting lost three, for
ward pass failed and Eskridge punted
out of danger.
The kick went far into Norman ter
ritory, where on first down, Norman
fumbled and Hamilton recovered the
ball. Norman was again penalized for
off-side. Pool lost a yard and Chicka
sha pulled their only successful for.
ward pass of the game, Goetting to
Whitaker, netting two yards. Whit
taker went around the end for two
Goetting two, where Norman recover
ed the ball on tumble. The quar-
ter ended with the ball on Chickasha' s
II yard line.
Norman Scores.
Early in the second quarter. Norman
registered. Chickasha was held and
forced to kick w. Abbott gained two
and forward pass, w. Abbott to G
Abbott, registered a touch down Da
Wis kicked goal Norman kicked, the
bar going behind chickasha's goa
line. It was put into play on Chicka
sha's 25 yard line The fighting con
tinued in Chickasha territory, the sec
ond touchdown coming about the mid
die of the second quarter Another for
ward pass. Abbott to Abbott, netted q
yards, the receiver with plenty OF lucl
completing the pass after juggling th'
ball. He was down within a yard o
Chickasha's goal line. On the secon'