The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-10-27
SUMTER is, FLORENCE 0.
GAMECOCKs DEFEAT PEE DEE
WARRIORS IN HARD FOUGHT
CONTEST.
Game Was Featured by Forward
Passes md Broken Field Running
OF spann for Sumter Team and by
Brilliant Stand OF Florence Line.

In one OF the best games Of foot
ball ever seen on the local grounds
the Sumter High School football team
Friday afternoon defeated the team
from the Florence High School. The
score OF IS TO tells the result, but
4 does not indicate the ferceness of
the contest which was waged for
nearly two hours at the horse show
grounds with a small crowd Of spec
tators on the sidellnes to cheer for
the home boys.
Sumter's score came in the first and
last quarters. 1t was about the mid
die OF the first quarter. when Spann
made q short forward pass over GEN.
ter to Flowers, who got away from
the whole Florence team for q sixty
yard run and touchdown. In the
last quarter a couple of successful
forward passes and a long end run by
spann took the ball down the field to
striking distance OF the goal and
Douglas took II over the line in a
tackle over tackle play. Twice in the
secc d quarter the Sumter men had
a fine chance to score, but they buck
ed the Flor rN~ce line, which held firm
and four down with eight yards to go
merely carried the ball to within O
foot OF the line. when 1t went to Flor
ence on downA Florence's kick was
blocked and recovered by Haynsworth
on the ten yard line. Again the ball
was carr I'd TO within one foot Of the
goal line. when the half ended as the
ball passed over to Florence again on
downs.
Never was the Sumter goal line Sc
riously threatened, but frequently the
heavy Florence backs ripped holes In
the line of tackle and made gains
OF from two to eight yards. However,
the backs were generally held and
were forced to kick. Sumter also was
forced to kick repeatedly. the ex-
changes always resulting In gains OF
from Ave to fifteen yards In favor of
Flowers. who did good work with his
boot. The game was hard fought
from start to finish and was a pretty
one for the spectators. The fine work
OF the Florence line through which
tho Sumter backs seldom made any
distance and the forward passing of
the Sumter men. spann to Flowers
generally. featured the contest
spann's broken field running was
spectacular and his head work at
quarter places him as the sclntillatine
star OF the game. Flowers pretty
handling of forward passes. despite
an injured hand and finger, was
something fine. Shaw's excellent de-
fensive work showed him a tower OF
strength for his team. Douglas also
played good ball In the line.
For Florence Bass did the best Of
fensive work. while Brunson and the
two Florence tackles did beautiful de-
fensive work. especially In breaking
up forward passes, In which Nc
Clenaghan and Holman aided no lit
tie bit.
During the first and second quar-
ters the ball was kept almost contin-
uously In Florence territory, while In
the third quarter the Florence men
showed up strong and kept the ball
near the center OF the field In
Sumter territory. In the last quarter
the Sumter men again had the advan-
tage and after one touchdown were
again threatening the Florence goal
when the referees whistle blow.
The lineup of the teams was: Flor
ence. c. Inman; re-. Curran; lg, Aver:
RI, Jeffords; 1t. Humbree; re. Nc
Clenaghan; lie. Holman; 10, Brunson:
ab. Hill; hbs. Bass and Blount. Sum-
ter. C, Shaw; lg. Edwards: II, Allen:
le. Smith; re. Causley; rt. Douglas;
re. Haynsworth; q, Spann; In. Des-
Champs; rh. Flowers; fb. DuRant.
Referee, DuRant; umpire, White;
head linesman, Ravenel.