The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1915-11-17
ROCKY FoRD'S DOUGHTY WAR
RIORS
Marched Down to Lamar and Then
Marched Home Again-Wiser
But Sadder

Leaving their sweethearts at the
other end of the telephone to be first
to hear the glad tidings, and carrying
Il perfectly good set of plans and
specifications for that already sched-
uled championship game with Las
Animas, the would-be football heroes
Of Rocky Ford journeyed to Lamar
last Saturday to go through the an
noying but necessary formality of
winning the game from the Lamar
boys. They journeyed back between
sunset and sunrise, without telephon-
ing the sweethearts and carrying the
ashes of certain papers which gov
ernment expert might have decipher-
ed as the aforementioned plans and
specifications. They came with the
blare of trumpets and blaze of red
fre-and got theirs, good and plenty.
The Lamar Savages are playing
the game for the first time in several
years, and no one on the team has
ever played a league game previous
to this season and scarcely played the
game at all. They have been inn
proving right along under the ex-
pert training of Coach Koonsman and
today are the class of the league in
spite of Las Animas having the cham
pionship. In the game Saturday they
had to concede weight and experience
to the Rocky Ford team, and won the
game through gamenes and head
work.
In spite of it being the rawest,
meanest weather of the season a large
crowd turned out to Association park
to witness the game, and they were
amply repaid by the fastest and
snappiest game Of the season. 1t was
one thrill from start to finish and as
most of the thrill was Lamar's way
until the last few minutes, it was
highly enjoyable to the spectators. At
the finish there were few minutes of
genuine agony, but time was called
before Rocky Ford could score or
any of the crowd could drop dead.
The game for the first quarter was
a desperate struggle in which the
tide moved back and forth with very
little advantage to either side. Each
team worked hard and gamely, but
without result. The second quarter
began with a kick by Rocky Ford
which sent the ball well into the La
mar territory and into possession of
the Lamar players. They never lost
it again until after a series of heavy
line plunges they carried it over
Rocky Ford's goal line for the only
score of the day. Owing to the diff
fcult angle the goal was not kicked,
and the half ended with a score of 6
to 0 in favor of Lamar. The third
quarter was a repetition Of the first
with neither side able to make much
headway. This continued well through
the last quarter. but in the last five
minutes Rocky Ford staged a come
back that for a few minutes carried
the Lamar boys off their feet. They
rallied, however, and were again hold
ing their opponents safe when the
whistle blew for the close of the
game.
The Lamar boys played by far the
best game Of their season, and each
one is entitled to claims as one of
the stars of the game. Several of
them were pretty badly bruised up but
gamely stayed through to the finish.
The lineup of the Lamar team for
the game was as follows:
Marion Strain, re; Marion Con
well, rt; Clair Smith, Otto Lubers, rg:
Perry johnson, c; Robert Strain, lg;
Wilber Kerr, 1t; Walter Pierson, le:
Ethan Beavers (CaptD, qb; Donald
Church, III; Fred Myers, III; Robert
Ford, fb; Raymond Mcmillan, rh.
Rocky Ford-Nicholson, c; Ste
wart, Ig; C. Bowman, rg; E. st,
John, 1t; Lowe, TT; Farris, lie; L. Tew-
es, re: Black, RIB, captain; Chambers,
fb; Babcock, lib; Cover, qb.
A banquet will be given in honor
of the Lamar football team on Mon
day or Tuesday evenings of next
week by the business men of the
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