Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-10-24
PINE BLUFF SQUAD FLOWS IN MUD AND
 TR0UNCES GUESTS
Opportunity for One Man Pre- scented to Win Game; He
 Makes Good
PLAYERS TAKE OFF
 SHOES EARLY IN GAME
Members Both Teams Battle Vic iOusly Until Final Whistle
 Blows, Score 12 to ? Seven

Playing on field surfaced with pools of water and scared from goal to goal with ridges and folds of gummy mud which slipped like quick silver from under the feet of the straining players, the Pine Bluff High school won from Lake Village yesterday afternoon 12 to in the hardest fought and most thrilling game of the local season. Caked from head to foot with mud, some of the Pine Bluff backs barefooted, and struggling at every play for foot hold, the two teams fought savagely until the timekeeper's whistle ended the game with the ball in Pine Bluffs possession on their own one yard line. Two balls were used dur ing the game, one in the play and the other being wiped off on the sideline to be tossed into the game again as soon as it was dry. Players on both teams were covered with mud before the game had advanced far into the first quarter, and the cleats on their shoes were soon so caked with mud that they offered no resis- tance to the slippery field at all.
 Up To One Man
 The opportunity for one man to turn defeat into victory does not come in every football game, but yes- terday the chance for one man to step from the ranks of the ordinary and hold the fate of the game in his hands came to Keith Craig and when the slender Pine Bluff right end rose from his place at the end of the game covered with mud, face smeared be- yond recognition, stumbled toward the sideline, the plaudits of the crowd rang in his ears as the indi- vidual hero of the contest. The op- portunity came and he embraced it.. and measured up to the test.
 With the score z to against his team, this youngster caught three forward passes in succession, taking tho ball from Pine Bluffs thirty yard line to within striking distance of Lake Villages goal. Two line plays netted Pine Bluff but small gains and then Riner, Pine Bluff quarterback tossed the slippery ball over the line to Craig in desperate effort to secure the score. The ball wabbled feebly in the air, struck Craig's hand, and as the sidelines scarcely breathed, slipped away from him, only to be clutched res perately by the little end, and hug ged to his body as he crossed the goal line for the touchdown which spelled defeat for the visitors from Chicot county.
 Others Played Viciously
 Though Craig was the outstanding figure by the opportunity which he made the best of, his team mates played no less viciously than he. The work of Lindsey in backing up the line, and in the second half especial ly his offensive work. was a feature, as was the work of Riner at quarter -baek.
 Pogue at right half played good offensive game. Sorrells, the big left half, playing his first game this sea- son, was the center of every offen- sive and defensive play until remov ed from the game in the second half with an injured neck. He splashed through the mud and slime for long gains, only to be brought down by slipping from his own momentum The Pine Bluff line as whole loom- ed up stronger than the visiting line. The Lake Village backs were unable to gain on line plays, the men car lying the ball being smothered in the fierce charge of the locals for