The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-11-25
OAK CLIFF Wins
FOOT BALL CAME
LUCK BRFAEs N THEIR FAVOR
AND THEY TAKE GAME Bf
SCORE OF ~ AND %.
ARE STRONG
Locals PLAYED Hard Game But We're
Doomed to Go Down in Defeat
Before Fast Team
From the Cliff.

The Waxahachie Highs went down
in defeat before Oak Cliff at Jungle
Park Friday afternoon only by the
closest margin in a game in which
the luck breaks we're decidedly in
favor of the visitors. 1t was hard
fought game throughout, but the
PLAYING was brilliant and kept en-
thusiasm TO the highest pitch. The
teams we're so evenly matched that
it was a guess which would win from
the time the referees whistle sound
ed to start the game. Oak CHI
scored the first touch down In a
very short time. but the locals
braced up after this and put fight
into their play which successfully
blocked the CIiffites for the time.
In fact the score by Oak Cliff was
made without losing the ball after
the first kickoff by Waxahachie, but
they were aided by luck. After max
ing first downs twice In rapid sue
cession the Cliffites were forced to
punt and the ball was booted out OF
bounds by a Waxahachie player and
Cliffite fell on it, This gave the
Oak Cliff team the ball on Waxa-
hachie's 2S-yard line and long end
run on third down pushed it over
for score. 1t was Baker, the crack
quarter, who circled the end for the
score and he did it neatly.
BY this victory the Oak Cliff team
climbs another notch higher in their
race for state championship honors.
The visitors did not outplay the To-
Gals in any point of the game with
possible exception of speed and
aggressiveness. Time and again the
Cliff backs tore off good gains by
long end runs and occasionally made
few feet by pushing forward until
the referees declared the ball dead.
The first score by the visitors came
as a result of careless playing on the
part of the locals. Off-side play was
called and the referees whistle
was sounded with the ball in motion
Oak Cliff took the gain instead of
the penalty and with the ball within
a few feet of the goal line it was
pushed over.
The game attracted large and
enthusiastic crowd and all were de-
lighted with the playing. One fea-
ture was that the game was played
without squabble. Not once did the
players question the referees decis-|
ion. In fact it was just such a game
as will encourage a much larger at
tendance. The Oak Cliff team is
classy one and will make a strong
bid for state championship honors,
however, if they meet Sherman il will
be hard tight
How scores were made:
Baker of Oak Cliff scored touch
down by going around the ends in
the first three minutes of play and
King kicked goal In the second
quarter, by series of plunges, Wax
ahachie carried the ball down to Oak
Cliffs 15-yard line and by two addi-
tional plunges advanced it to the To-
yard line. An off-side play gave
Waxahachie the ball on Oak Cliffs
o-yard line. Welcher bueked it over
and failed TO kick goal. He also
kicked 3o-yard field goal in the
second quarter. Oak Cliff came back
near the end of the second quar- |
ter, advanced the ball on end runs
and plunges by Lpscomb. A for
ward pass. Smith to Ploeger. but the
ball on the 10-yard line. and plung-
ing by Smith carried The oval over.
No scoring was done in the last
half and the bali seesawed up ana
down the field. The lineup:
Decentralization, left end: I
McCluney. left tackle, Alexander |
left guard; Owens, center: Bynum.
right guard; Sawyer. right tackle:
Rutherford, right end Forrest. quar-
ter; Vim. left half; Welcher right |
half; Finley, full back.
Oak Ploeger. left end; Lev
isen, left tackle; Addison, left guard
Dycus,center Aprist, right guard /
Duncan. right tackle; King, right |
end; Baker. quarter; Lipscomb, left
half; Martin, right half; Smith, fun |,
back.
officials-Wimmer( Texas), ref
cree; helms tSouthwestern). UNI
pire; Quaite (T1inity), head lines
man.
Quarters. fifteen minutes each.