Imperial Valley press., 1917-10-29
CLASE GAME RESULTS IN VIC
TORY FOR LOCAL ELEVEN.
MNAl .... =. .. ............
CENTRAL LOSES CHANCE FOR A
BIG SCORE BY SErBACKS.
lalmaree of HOitville Is Injured, but
Is Able to Watch Game From
the Side Lines.
BY Lewis Young

! ball eleven won its second successive
came Of the Valley by defeating
the speedy Holtville warriors, 10
TO ., in one of the closest contests ever
witnessed in Valley football.
Both teams ranked about equal in
offensive and defensive power, and
IN style Of game, for both teams used
straight football practically the en-
tire game.
Central scored the first touchdown
in the first minute of play, when
Ddin Thaanum, Central right end, in
,rcepted Il Holtville forward pass in
me second play Of the game and
crossed the line. Captain Douglas
Licked the goal from touchdown.
Central had the ball in Holtville
,erritory for the rest OF the quar-
ter.
Both teams battled about even in
the second quarter. Central repeat
tdly smashed out large gains, only
. lose their grounds by repeated
enalties. Failure by the Central
team to run up a larger score is at
l'ibuted to large extent to penal
ties. Practically one in every four
Central plays brought such loss.
Central Leads, 10 to 0.
Central brought up the score three
f.0re points, and led the game, 10 to
., when Quarterback Shaney kicked 4
crfect dropkick between the Holt
lille goal posts. Honors were almost
even aside from the Central drop
Lick.
Holtville opened up faster at the
eginning Of tn ethird quarter, with
l'almaree, Holtvilles star back, and
Gates, Holtville fullback, making large
Gains through the eft side of the Cen
ira line. Palmaree kicked a beauti-
tul drop kick over 40 yards and the
acore stood 10 to in favor of Ell
CentrO. With two minutes of the
third quarter left and Holtville going
strong, Palmaree of HoItvile was
badly injured and was taken from the
field.
The boy showed a plucky spirit as
he was carried from the field, sobbing
because he could not get back into
he game. lie asked 10 be carried to
the field later on and watched .the
game from the side lines, cheering
weakly for his team mates.
HOItviIle Scores Down.
The Holtville boys responded no.
hly with their star back out of the
same, Rogers, Holtville captain and
end, scoring when he grabbed a Cen
ira blocked punt, ran free Of the Cen
tral last defense and over the goal
line.
Holtville failed to score the needed
point to the game by not kicking the
goal.
Central started a fast drive up the
field toward the end of the final quar-
ter, and touchdown appeared certain,
when the whistle blew.
Milton Thompson, substitute right
half for Central, surprised the entire
team by his star playing when he was
sent into the game in Art Garey's
place. He has been showing some
ne work in practice, but his fine work
in the game more than exceeded ex-
pectations. Carey was injured in the
taIeXico game and had no practice for
Saturdays game. He is expected to
be there in the Calexico game.
Douglas Plays Well.
Douglas played a fine game at left
half, rattling out long gains, espe
cially in the last quarter. Nichols
played his usual star game at full
back. Collins payed a good game at
quarter for the first part of the
game, being substituted ater by First
String Quarter Shaney. Shaney
played good game and with work
will soon be putting up a star game.
The line played, and played we'll, and
many times caused big losses to the
Holtville backfield. Buckley and
Sears were substitute ends in differ
ent parts Of the game, but got little
chance to show what they could do.
A large crowd was at the game
Besides almost the entire student
body of the FL Centre and Holtville
high schools, there were many El
Centric people at the game, among