The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-11-10
Meeks Stars for Shawnee; Runs Back Punt
for Touchdown and Scores One
on End Run
RIDDLE, CHICKASHA'S
MOST SHINING LIGHT
Hill Put Out With Sprained Ankle; Team
Loses Zip, But Makes Desperate
Effort at Comeback

Failure to kick two goals caused
Chickasha to drop a fiereely fought
game yesterday at University park
allowing Shawnee to squeak through
with IA to u win and go into sec
ond place in the central conference
Beef was a large asset of the Wis
itors In fact they we're there on this
commodity for an average of about
seven pounds to the man over Chick
asha. Also they possessed another
asset in the person OF one Meeks who
has been playing football in Shawnee
since the dark ages, but who is some
classy footballer at that
1t was Meeks who did all the scor-
ing for Shawnee In other words,
this Meeks party and his assistants
won a football game In the early
stages of the game Meeks got away
on kick and ran a thousand yards
or so for a touchdown. Every mem
ber of the Chickasha team tackled
at him, but by good footwork he put
the big stunt over Again in che
Third cdarter, Meeks got away around
the end and circling Chickasha's
right wing went over for a touch
down after a run Of 35 yards.
PIav About Even,
Even though Shawnee got away
with the long end of the score, it does
not mean that Chickasha was out
played. They were not. on the 9th
or hand, they showed the better
fighting spirit and classier football.
Aside from Meeks. Shawnee did not
have man who was a consistent
ground gamer in the pinches. To
ward the middle of the field, the
Shawnee back field could rip big
holes in the Chickasha line for ten
yard gains and better, but when they
were down in the region known as
the shadow of the goal posts, Chick
asha held
The peculiar and particular star OF
the game was diminutive bundle
of nerve playing at left half for
Chickasha, answering to the name
Of P. Riddle. In the second half it
appeared that this Riddle was going
to beat Shawnee single handed for
he was in every play up to his ears.
Team Catches Spirit.
Catching the Riddle spirit, the
Chickasha footballers went after the
visitors and slipped over perfectly
good touchdown The play that land
ed this counter was a forward pass
from P. Riddle to Capt Goetting He
grabbed the ball out Of the midst Of
squad of the opposition and
dragged dozen or SO Of them over
the goal line with him Hill then
punted out to p Riddle directly in
front CT the goal posts. Goetting
failed TO kick goal the ball hitting
the cross bar.
1t was in this quarter that Riddle
opened UP. Following the kick off
Shawnee plowed the line one time
without luck and then attempted
forward pass but Riddle was there.
In fact he was everywhere. He in
tercepted the pass and hied himself
toward the goal line until smothered
by an avalanche of opponents
Riddle to Riddle.
Nothing daunted, on the next play
Riddle stood calmly while gang Of
the Shawnee men charged him, pick
ed out his man and shot true pass
into the waiting arms OF T. Riddle,
for a gain of 25 yards. Riddle then
cut in close on an end run, gaining
six. At that stage Hill, in an off
tackle play. plowed the entire hostile
team 20 yards for a touchdown.
Again Goetting missed goal The re-
mainder Of the half was spent in
fruitless battling near the center Of
the field with Shawnee on the defen
sive.
With the score II to z in Chicka
sha's favor. the local stock was boost
ed and could not have been purchas-
ed anywhere on the ground at par.
But the market was due to take a
slump in the least expected quarter,
which is ths way Of the markets.
Hill is Put Out
Shawnee kicked off and Chickasha
was resuming another drive that look
ed dna fc cnntnre al opposifion