The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-10-07
LOCAL HIGHS PLAYED
SC0RElEsS TIE GAME
BArrLED ron FORTY MINUTES
AGAINST CLEBURNE TEAM
WITHOUT DECISIVE SCORE.
Team l. Heavy and PLAYS stubborn
Defensive Gauc hat Ought To De-
yeiop a Little Speed for Fu-
turc Games.

There were forty minutes of fast
and furious football played at Jun
gle park Friday afternoon in four
. periods OF ten minutes each and
. neither the Waxahachie hiehs nor
the Cleburne highs could score al
though each team was within strik-
ling distance at one time during the
gane. Waxahachie's chance came
in the last minute of play when the
team pulled together and showed
brilliancy exceeded only by college
lteams. the ball was pushed TO with
in two yards Of a goal and the heavy
backs were making good gains when
the referees whistle sounded and
tho first game of the seasons sched-
Tile was over.
, The two teams were pretty even
, ly matched, but il was more OF weight
/, lagainst speed. The locals were
heavier and relied on line plunges, al
Though good gains were made on
,Weleher's passing. Cleburne bad
one fast man who ciroled ends time
land again for long gains, but these
Igains usually came when the team
was playing in their own territory
land before it could be repeated the
ball had gone over.
4 Waxahachie won the toss up and
lchose to receive, while Cleburne
kicked off. The visiting punter boot
led the ball down to the forty-yard
J, lime but it was advanced fifteen
yards. Forrest tried for pass but
fell short Welcher gained two
yards through the line, but Forrest
lcalled for a punt when Finley only
lgained two yards. For Cleburne
fright and left half backs and full
tried for gains but the team was
forced to punt. Getting possession
of the ball on the twenty-nine-yard
lime WaSahachie made downs twice
in succession, but on the third at
tempt were forced to punt. Fin
lley's toe was working we'll and he
booted the bali for distance of for
lty yards. The first quarter ended
with the ball in Waxahachie terri
] tory after Cleburne started on their
Town twenty-two-yard line sending
left halfbaek around the end for a
gain of twenty yards. right half ham
lmered out four yards and fullback
distance The score stood 0 and 0
lat the end of the first quarter.
! In the second quarter Cleburne
i lstarted on the WaWahache thirty-fiye
Iyard line and hammered out distance
on the first four downs, but the ball
went over on a second attempt to
: make downs Waxahachie punted
lfifty-five yards and the ball was re-
turned twenty yards. When Gle
burne attempted a fordward pass
Finley intercepted Weleher passed
la pretty one and gained twenty yards.
Trial for down fell short or the re-
iquired distance and the ball went
over and Cleburne gained ten yards
before the whistle sounded, ending
1.-THE second quarter. The ball was on
the five-yard line at the end OF
1.-THE first half and the honors of the
game were pretty well divided.
Cleburne chose to receive the kick
off on the third quarter and Finley
booted it hard. but it went high i'm
to the air and made only thirty
yards. Signaling fair catch the man
WAS held in his tracks. With only
a Vineyard gain Cleburne fumbled
and Waxahachie players covered the
hall on Cleburne's twenty-nine-yard
lime. Working the ball back for q
distance of nine yards the locals were
held. then Cleburne Dunted out OF
danger For Waxahaehie Forrest
land Welcher gained distance, but a
mass was intercepted on the visitors
ten-yard line and the ball went over
That was the first time either team