The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-11-21
CALDWELL COPS
BIG GAME WITH
JUNCTION CITY
Local High School Football
Team Cinches Champion
ship By WaIIoping Nampa
Aggregation By l4-7 Score.

football championship of southwestern
Idaho went glimmering at Nampa last
Saturday afternoon when the fast
Caldwell aggregation handed the
Junction City gridiron artists l4-7
drubbing. Which briefly means that
Caldwell has landed on top Of the
heap for this fall. Only radical up
set in all dope can prevent the pen
nant decorating the local flagstaff un-
til Thanksgiving, 1920.
For a high school football game, it
was a real battle. Straight football,
hard plunging by Simms, Teach and
Payne, fierce tackling and the ability
the pillow through the Nampa line
paved the way for the victory. Prob
ably Caldwell had little wider edge
than the score indicated. Until the
last five minutes of the game, Caldwell
backs made first down about three
times as frequently as could their
opponents and at least three times
Caldwell was easily within scoring
distance only to be baked by the
,Nampt line bolstered by the backfield
men. Twice only inches prevented
an additional touchdown in each in
stance. Nampa must be given credit
for stiffened defense when their goal
was in danger.
Caldwell Scores.
The first quarter was scoreless, the
opposing teams battling up and down
in the center of the field without ap-
parent advantage on either side. Fun
bles were rather frequent and possible
scores by both sides were rendered
void when intercepted passes or cost
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team taking advantage of their OPP
portunity.
After an interchange of punts in the
second quarter, things began to hap
pen. Caldwell received the ball in
the middle Of the field and started a
parade which concluded when Payne
carried the ball over for the first score.
Straight football, particularly off
tackle plays, in which the local team
excells, were used to carry the ball
down the field. Gains were not SEN
sational but were consistent. Teach
and Symms making four and six yards
seemingly almost at will Payne was
given the opportunity to make the final
effort and easily went over. The half,
ended with Caldwell again in posses
sion of the ball and fighting stubborn
iy for another touchdown on the NAM
pa four yard line.
Last Quarted Hummer.
The third quarter was virtually a
REPETITION of the first. Both teams
were struggling hard with Caldwell
generally the aggressor. The quarter
ended with the ball on Nampa's 10
yard line.
Read fireworks began early in the
fourth quarter. Nampa early began
a passing game when Shriber, left
tackle for Caldwell intercepted a pass
and was downed only after he had
80 yards to Nampa's l2-yard line. A
series of bucks and Payne carried the
ball over. Attempt at goal was
successful as it was in the preceding
case, giving Caldwell the IA points
with which she concluded the game.
Then Nampa took a lease on life.
Using fake punt formations, Has
brouck. diminutive left half for the
Junction team, whose work during the
game was of stellar quality on offense,
circled the end for gains of 10, 20
and 80 yards. OF several long forward
passes tried from the same formation,
enough were successful to keep the
Caldwell half backs playing" deep on
defense. Two passes which must
have resulted in touchdowns were
grounded when they seemed to be
safely earned in. The parade took the
ball to Caldwell's 15-yard line and an
other pass, fumbled and recovered
carried the ball over for touchdown
just as the whistle blew. Goal wa:
kicked.
Local Ends Star.
Caldwell fans have wondered evel
since exactly what would happened
had Nampa opened up their dazzling
offense earlier in the game The
crowd was large, fully 1000 people
witnessing the game. The field
while a trifle soft, was in good shape
and the playing fast The work O
Payne and Nichol, ends for Caldwell
was of exceptionally high order, boil
making tackles time and again tina
vert almost spectacular. Both hi
hard and low. Casey and Hasbrouci
were the Nampa luminants
Jack Hays refereed the game will
Ovemeyer of Emmett as umpire H
R. Cleaver presided over the sticks
Baker Cancels Game.
Following the game, Baker cancelled
the game which was to have beer
played there next Saturday. No rea
SON was given for the action bu
Nampa handed the Oregonites an un
merciful drubbing early in the season
and it is assumed that the Bakerite:
did not care to tangle with the loca
wearers of the cleated shoe. Goodine
on Thanksgiving will conclude the
season for the local team. Informa.
ton seems rather difficult to obtain
on the strength of that team because
of the fact that Gooding has two
teams and dispatches do not distinctly
distinguish between them.
Buhl, who has defeated soundIy
every team in the Twin Falls section
has issued challenge to the winner
of the Nampa-C Caldwell game. If ar
ranged, that game will be played af-
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