The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-10-30
Canon Has Best
Eleven i'm State So
Far This Season
Pueblo chieftain.

ne StToUS showing MADE saturday
by the Central high school football
team against the Canon City eleven
was a surprise TO many people and as,
"A result the stock of the Blue and
White eleven has risen many points
in the public eye. The game Saturday
WAS the .ourth for the Canon team
While it was only the second appear,
ance of Coach Pitts charges ON The
gridiron IN actual battle For the first
time Canon was scored upon and twice
in such rapid succession as Central
scored is bound to have little effect
on the Apple Pickers. The fact that,
Central was able to score on Canon
is enough to encourage the supporters
of the cenrraiiIes and to lead them TO
look for greater advances on the. grid
iron by the local school.
Canon City has one of the best eleN-
ems seen on the local fields this year.
and I, is bound to make quite some
name for itself during the season.
Coach Hickey whipped into shape
bunch of heavy men that now know
how 10 play football. ana they not
only know the game but they use their
knowledge. On the offensive the team
Is a whirlwind and they launch an at
tack that is hard to stop once it gets
under way. The line is not as strong
as the backfield. and with the excep-
tion OF Foote is the weakest part of
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enough to hold sufficiently to give the
backield chance to get started. and
when the backs get under way they
are gone. The line In Saturdays game
was materially weakened by pulling
I.afferty and Lewis from the ends and
playing them in the backfield Good
rich. another regular lineman. was out
of the first part OF the game. and his
loss helped a weaken the line. Piss
at full Is a dangerous man. and when
he once. gets under motion he is !
hard man to stop Wilson is another
good groundFainer. and these two men
are n good portion of the backfield's
strength. Lewis at quarter showed
well RS field general. but Lewis at
quarter isn't rear. the man Lewis at
uH Attla ur-H Afatn
well and saw the holes. but when ths
team was on the defensive then was
when Lewis showed to the best adyan-
tare. He has the uncanny sense of
smelling out a play and disregarding
the ritf-raff be penetrates to the heart
OF the attack and nails his man. Play
after play started by Central was
spoiled by the little tornado. and hil
work in both departments OF the game
rated him as one OF the brightest star
of the game Canon felt the loss of
Capt. Hoover and Rundahl. who are
both stars and strong factors in the
backield that have contributed much
to Canon's success. With both these
man back in the game and Lewis and
I-sfferty back in their regular places
on the wings OF the line, the Canon
eleven win have good chance OF
overthrow the strong team from Colo
RADIO Springs when the two meet in
Canon City next saturday
Where Canon was strong Central.
WAS weak-namely in forming inter
ference for the man with the ball and
IN mailing their man when they go,
to him. On the initial kickoff Central
Hoped down the field at an easy pace
while Canon was given time to form
a Gordon of men around Pigg. and
when Central did reach the play the
interference was too heavy to be pene-
trated Taking the team to pieces and
looking Il over we can see many rea.
sons for their defeat Beaman. who
heid down one end for the Blue and
White. showed well at times. but he
never got into the game all the time
as he should have done. Very few
plays was sent in his direction as
Lewis saw his opportunity at once and
sent his backs around the opposite
end during the first half at will Coch-
eran. who he'd forth on the opposite
end from Beaman. is the one to be
censurcd for the first Canon touch
down as he allowed himself Ia be
drawn In ON the old-as-the e-hilis cross.
cross play and the play went around
him for touchdown The same play
had been used before-nos two min.
utes before on n play that had crossed
the goal line. but had been disal
lowed During the first half good
gains were made by Canon around
Cocheram but in the second period o.
play he pulled up and dumped play
after play that were sent at him. He
played game IN the second half that
nearly made 'up for his weakness in
the first half in place of Beaman. and
II was the little Irishman who carried
the bail over for Centrais first touch
down ON forward pass from Walters.