Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-10-21
Pine BLUFF Wins
FROM LONOkE IN
STIFF GAME, 60
Safety Early in Play and
Long Run by Perdue for
Touchdown Win.

Pine Bluff defeated Lonoke yester-
day, at Lonoke, at football. by the
scores of s to g.
A safety within the first three min
utes Of play gave Pine Bluff its first
score, and Perdue's long run for 4
! touchdown brought the remainder ii
the score for the Zebras. Lonoke's
heavy plunges were the cause Of its
! lone touchdown.
! The boys returned home last night,
happy and enthusiastic over their VIC
| tory. aud moro determined than ever
to maintain their string of wins, 10
| get the seasons state championship
| Much fumbling was done in yester-
days game, this being partly due to
the hard fighting that marked th3
contest. A heavy wind which prevail
ed thruout the game. materially kept
down efforts al forward passing. All
the scoring came as the direct result
OF fumbling. ~
Pine Bluff won the toss and kicked
the Zebra lire holding like stone
wall. Lonoke's punt was blocked a
| LOnoke man falling on the ball on his
Lonoke behind their own goal, for
| LhC 6d1CIJ, VIC EVIL y W v, III
favor of the Zebras.
This appeared to put new fight into
the Lonoke boys, and for the re-
mainder of the period they held Pine
Bluff safe Both teams were about
evenly matched, Lonoke having a
little the better of it over Pine Bluff
On backs, the Zebra's backs appear
ing slow and grog2y. The left side
of Pine Bluffs line could not hold the
fast charging Lonoke backs, and they
repeatedly went in for four and five
yard gains. Despite this. Pine Bluff
played strong defensive game a
all stages. Big Mcintyre, Harper ant
Sorrells stopped them at times fol
rather heavy losses. Just as the frs
| calf came to an end, Pine Bluff was
smashing the line for repeated gains
led by Ferdue.
Both teams started fighting des
rerately when the second half wa'
begun. AS fast as one would get al
apparently safe lead, q back would
fun ble and all went for naught. JUS
as the last part OF the third quarrel
was being played, Albright fumb;od
and Young of Lonoke grabbed tEt
ball on the thirty yard line and fAcet
ever the goal line, for the first touch
down. The kick at goal failed.
Then the Zebras put forth 'Eal'
best effort, while It gave the Loro<t
boys fresh courage. the score belal
6 to 2, in their favor. Pine Bluff heli
Lonoke safe the remainder of the
third quarter. being aided by an oc
casional tumble.
In the final quarter, with only t3re'
minutes to play, and with LonoE'
rushing the ball close to the Plnt
Bluff goal, charging Lonoke baei
was hit by whirlwind Pine Blnt
drive. Perdue scooped cup the ball
and raced 80 yards across the field
for o touchdown. The effort to kief
igoal failed, and the fiaal score IVES
S to 6, in favor of Pine Bluff.
There were sensational plays, anf
bad plays, by the Zebras, AMI by
Lonoke, and Coach Bassett said las
light there we're more Lad plays thar
good plays. He said also some of tho
zebras apparently suffered bit from
swell head" and that perhaps thei
narrow escape from defeat woult
cause them TO Pay more attention tt
the game in future contests. The
boys themselves made 1t plain las