The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-13
SUMTER HIGH WINS GAME,
DEFEATS HARTSVILLE BY SCORE
OF 46 TO o EASILY.
One Sided Contest Showed Superiority
in Playing Ability of Locals over
NisitOrs-LiShtcr Team Showed
Grit ThrOughOut-Spann Was Star
of Game. IAN

won an easy victory from the visitors
from Hartsville, the score of 46 to @
indicating in a measure the superiority
of the locals. In fact so easy was the
game for the locals that some of the
players seemed to loaf on the job"
as the saying is, and did not exert
their utmost skill and strength after
the first quarter.
Henry Spann was the individual star
Of the game, running his team we'll
at most times and playing the game
for all that it was worth from start
to finish. He did some splendid open
field running and was about the only
one Of the Sumter men to furnish
first class interference with the run
ner Whit Shaw did some good de-
fensive work in the first quarter when
Hartsville had the ball, but after that
1t was so seldom that the visitors had
the ball that he did not have another
chance. Douglas a new man, showed
up we'll and gives promise of making
a fine player with more experience.
For Hartsville James at half and
Erwin at quarter played a fine defen-
sive game. McF'all was also good and
the whole team played a gritty game
against the Sumter boys, who showed
more experience and were several
pounds heavier per man than the vis-
itors.
The men on both teams seemed ner-
vous at first and seemed unable to
hold the ball during the first quarter.
But this passed off and the men set
tied down to hard play. Sumter kick
ed to Hartsville at the north goal
Hartsville failed to gain and Sumter
carried the ball over in two downs.
DesChamps touchdown. Flowers
kicked goal. Score 7 = 0. Hartsville
kicked to Sumter. There was a dou-
Bile exchange of the ball by fumbles
and Sumter fumbled again and Harts-
vile kicked. First quarter over.
In the second quarter Sumter car
ried the ball fifty yards in four downs,
Flowers making the touchdown. Flow
ers kicked goal, score, Sumter IA,
Hartsville 0. Sumter received and a
beautiful forward pass, Spann to
Flowers, took the ball thirty yards
and Douglas carried it over in a tack
lie over tackle play. Flowers kicked
goal. Score, Sumter 21, Hartsville O.
Sumter was penalized for substitute
failing to report and the half was
over.
Hartsville failed to gain and the
Sumter players took the ball down
the field to striking distance of the
goal, when Allen carried it over. No
goal. Score Sumter q, Hartsville O.
Sumter received the kick off, but Des-
Champs fumbled on the next play and
it was Hartsville's ball. Hartsville
kicked and the quarter ended.
In the last quarter a forward pass
tailed, but the second was successful
and a good gain was made. With a
trick play Spann made a touchdown.
Flowers kicked goal. Score Sumter
"a, Hartsville 0. By a series of end
runs and line plunges the ball was
taken down the field on the next
Kickoff and Flowers carried over for
another touchdown, failing to kick
goal. Score Sumter 40, Hartsville O..
second time Sumter received the
KICK and carried the ball during the
quarter down the field and Spann took
1t across the line. No goal. Score
400.
The score does not indicate the rela-
tive ability of the two teams for Sum-
ter should have made it larger if the
men had been playing as hard as
they could. The visitors only twice
made distance, both times in the first
quarter. Sumter never failed to make
distance in two or three downs. Twice
Spann called the signals for forward
pass, but there was some mistake and
ne was compelled to run with the
ball, making distance both times.
The players were: Hartsville,
Candy, C; Blackman, lg; Williams, F.
rg; Bell, rt; McFall, le; Williams, H..
re; Dick, fb; Rhodes. lib; James, RIB;
Erwin, q.
Sumter, Shaw, C; Shulcr, rg; Caus-
ley, lg; Douglas, rt; Allen, 1t; Brad
nam, re; Smith, lie; Spann, q; Flow
erS, DcSChamDs. hb: DuRant fb.