The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1916-11-15
REAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Game Much Harder Fought Than the
Score Would Indicate, and Lamar
Won

team accompanied by nine carloads OF
rooters came down last Saturday, and
brought along much more enthusiasm
and cash than they took back with
them. Incidentally their confidence in
their football team was superb but
not well placed. Their boys were a
husky bunch and played a splendid
game, fighting every inch Of the field
even when they knew it was too late
to hope to overcome the big Lamar
score. They were game to the last
ditch and went away with the respect
and good will of all their opponents.
1t was the worst day of the fall
that far and that alone prevented a
record crowd from attending the game.
Neither team had been scored on this
fall and the only thing to judge by
was the physical condition Of the two
teams and the scores made against
their opponents. On the first item
they seemed about a standoff and
Las Animas had little edge on the
second. Within a few minutes after
the play started it became evil
dent, however, that while in most
respects the two teams were pretty
evenly matched, the Lamar boys had
such superiority in driving power that
it would wear down Las Animas in
the long run.
AS soon as they got possession Of
the ball they battered their way down
the field by old fashioned football un-
til they crossed the line for a touch
down. The referee, however, penaliz-
ed them ten yards for offside play and
gave them the ball with just one down
and six yards to make. Contrary to
all expectations they made the at
tempt straight through the center of
the Las Animas line and drove their
way over the line with the ball. The
angle was such as to make a goal
impossible and the first quarter clos
ed in a few minutes with the score
Lamar 6, Las Animas 0.
The second quarter was fought out
back and forth on the field, both
teams playing desperately but neither
able to make any large gains. Lamar
lost one splendid chance to score
through the dropping Of fine for
ward pass. However the boys hands
were so cold owing to the raw wind
that such slips were excusable. The
half ended with the score still 6 to 0.
This was the hardest fought quarter
Of the game.
When the second half opened the
Lamar boys seemed to gain fresh
wind and as in the first quarter quick
ly forced the Las Animas lire back
until they battered their way across
the lire for another touchdown. This
was followed in a very few minutes
by another Lamar kicked off, rccov-
cred the ball on Las Animas' 20 yard
line and on the second down by a
clever fake plcy easily carried the ball
over for the third touchdown. To-
wards he close of this quarter John
son intercepted a forward pass and
carried it over for the fourth touch
down and Beavers this time kicked
goal. The third quarter ended with
the score Lamar 25, Las Animas 0.
The fourth quarter opened with the
Las Animas boys fighting more de-
perately than ever and after some
Of the most desperate and gruelling
scrimmages ever seen on the football
field in Lamar a Las Animas boy sud-
denly grabbed a forward pass and
with a practically clear field made
splendid fifty yard run for a touch
down, Las Animas' only score. A few
minutes after the ball was put in play
again Capt. Beavers returned the
compliment and captured Las Ami
mas forward pass taking it over for
the last score of the day. The Las
Animas boys worked hard after that
but the superior work of the Lamar
team gradually forced them back and
when the whistle blew for the close
of the second half the ball was in
Lamar's possession and getting dan
gerously near the Las Animas goal
line again. The game closed with the
score Lamar 81, Las Animas 6.
Individually the teams are very eq-
ual and there are a number Of stars