The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-09-29
ENID FORCETS HEX GAME IN
LAST SESSION AND OPENS.
WAY FOR CHICKASHA 2l-O.
Splendid Exhibition Football Which Was MhOdys CHh Until Visiting Quarter
Let Down the Bars and Lei Home Warriors Over With Three Tady
TOuchdOwns and Brilliant Plays by Home Boys

IL Enid high had adhered reiglously
10 straight football. the battle might
have been going on yet as far as scor-
ing was CONCERNED. for the simple rea-
son that there wouldn't have been any:
but Gest. the Enid quarter. overlooked
his hole card. bet another stack on pos
sibIities and pulled couple Of ghast.
ly shift plays that allowed Dutch Hin
to demonstrate certain inborn ability
as broken field runner and gum up
an otherwise perfectly good football
game
f II all happened in the last ten min.
utes OF play and the three Chickasha
touchdowns came in such hurry that
the followers Of Powers had the game
packed away in the old ice box and
were hustling away to the showers be-
fore It was realized that the tie had
been broken incidentally the score
was Chlekasha o. Enid O.
Fiukey Football.
Flukey football and the ability OF
Chickasha TO take advantage Of golden
opportunities. is the answer TO two OF
the touehdowns, as the Enid team was
hammered over their goal line only
once during the skirmish The flukes,
however, we're the settings for spec
tacular plays. Deluxe. which in turn
served to change an otherwise tranquil
afternoon into the like of the bedlam
which emanates from boiler factory.
Smears the interference.
As the fourth quarter dawned and
the battling continued in absolute ac-
cord with the preceding chapters. hope
for touch down fell in the wen and
all hands were trying to console them
selves with tie game Boy page Mr.
Geist! It was the old story of some
body blundering. With the bali back
ed down into Enids territory in the
proximity Of the 25 yard line. this
Geist party cut loose with a weird but
ragged imitation of the Minnesota
shift 1t proved to be more like tam
go party on a moonshiner's lawn AT
ter side-stepping for a brief SPELL Enid
ersayed trample into the earth. a
sturdy right end Of the Chickasha clan,
answering to the name Of Wilson
This party promptly bored in, smeared
the interference and downed his man
with no gain.
First Touchdown
With the same formation. only lit
tie more 50, Enid tried a forward pass
Hill intercepted the pass on Ends 40
yard line. charged, doubled and twist
ed through the intervening distance in
one Of the prettiest pieces OF broken
field running seen around these parts,
and went over for a touchdown Goet-
ting kicked goal From that moment
out, it was curtains for Enid
Second Touchdown.
Enid received the kick and worked
the BAH down into Chickash territory
with the assistance Of a kick. Goet-
ting passed to Hill. who duplicated his
past performance. gaining co yards
with the bali down on Enid's is yard
line. Plunges by Hill and Key Goet-
ting hammered the oval to within a
foot Of Ends goal from which point
Driskn plunged the line for the sec
ond touchdown Goetting again kick
ed goal
cnlokasha Scores 81
A tumble by Enid resulted in the
third and last touchdown The visi.
tors had a good end run that had been
working Wen at times After an ex-
change of punts the ball was in Enid's
possession on their 80 yard line. enid
fumbled and nthe free-for-all that en-.
sued, Chestnut recovered and showed
the bunch clean pair of heels for the
remaining distance Goetting kicked
his third goal
A Worthy Opponent.
Make no mistake This Enid team
is good one and must be seriously
considered by an contenders The I
game was a million miles CLOSER than
the score indicates. As has been sug (
gested. if Enid had been content to
stick to straight football the game [
would doubtless have been tie. desi
pite the fact that Chickasha had the 4
better Of the battling, as mere battling
without score goes. The ball re-.
manned in Enid territory practically
throughout the game. but it was the
habit Of the visitors to stop Chickasha
whenever a touchdown was imminent
This fact. plus a heluva run Of luck
haired the way to score in the initial
session.
Locals Fined so Yards.
Key Goettiug who can pass a foot
BAH farther than a country boy can