Gunnison news-champion., 1920-10-15
SECOND FOOTBALL NC
TORY AGAINST ellen

Ths Cunaisoa High School ~.
lc0rneyed T. Canon City and toSk
their crack football team % 4 ~
!acing last Saturday aftssnoo0. ~
NAL count was l7.2. lt NJ n rrol
battle filed with thrills, eoeaiGfine n
long passes md kiclIs, seneaf3onof -
t1rns, beautiful taelling aad exeelIent
Officiating.
Canon City sutweieAsd IL ess-
Soercrs by eight pounds per nan and
80 ne edvantage of sPlendid sehpol
sptrit that held during ths game. n
Sunnison boy. won . deserved victory
because they he'd . surplus lot Of psp,
power and punch. They shoved
smoothness Of attack, 8 versatilitv a.
play and . mental alertness superior
70 that Of Hiekey's fighting w1rriorn.
Trcacherous fuMbles by Canon City
gave the boys from over the hiIls -
opportunity To- fall on the ball in their
territory and in the majority Of
chances they were successful.
In the Wright brothers, Gunnison.
has . pair Of stars that are hard to
beat and they clearly outplayed their
confident opponents.
Captain Hall played hard and furi-
GUS until he was replaced by Grafton.
Lake 10 steadily improving and will b
q strong pivot man before the season
closes.
Only once Canon threatened our
goal during the whole game, but lost
the ball on failure to make the ground.
Captain Pegg Of the Canon team,
played stellar game ut defensive
tackle and was used to an advantage
in Offensive. Robson, at left-half did
some brilliant work on the ofFensiye.
especially during the second half.
Gunnison's green center Of the line
put up one whale Of fight aaninst
the husky Prison City line.
The important events Of the Rsxnes
were on the initial kick-ofR. Captnin
Hall received the ball, but was rel}Gveri
Of the task by G. Wright, who ran Is
yards before being foored. The next
ten minutes was devoted to Offensive
ball by Gunnison. Two attempts n
drop kicking by r. Wright failed but
Canon held the ball only long eno19h
to tumble It and again r. WriRht drvp-
ped back and made superb lick from
the 36 yard line. Score, Gunnison 3.
Canon City, o.
the nest kick-c3 and the quarter cd
ed with the ball IN Canon's poesession.
Canon City made three prct4y ~.
down only to relinquish hold On -.
ball by fumbling. Bennett recovered
the ball. Two runs by the back feId
netted 40 yards. A pass was tried but
fell short and Canon took the ball.
Gunnison held them for downs. On
their last down they endeavored to
punt, but Lake cracked their line and
dashed thru the back field and blocked
the kick. It fell in the same direction
Posey Krcll was coming. 80 he carried
in 46 yards for p touchdown. He also
added goal.
Score, Gunnison 10; Canon City, o.
The first half closed with the bali
ss,tsr e Csno1e y sSty Gity,s possession in the
The second half started with Canon
executine q variety Of plays that
held the vtdtors spell bound. Robi-
son tore thru the line for big gains
ana It appeared rather gloomy for the
siunnisonites: After the ball changed
hands four times. the Canon boys re-
allied the futility Of pounding an inn
pregnable line, 20 tried 8 few trick
plays but without success, The quart
er ended with the ball in Canon City's
hands.
The last quarter was q demonstra-
ton OF q strong comeback, as the
Gunnison maulers marched across the
field in q manner that spells touch
downs. Grafton replaced Capt. Han
at half--back and he surely tore hoIes
in the Canon line. Il was not until -
scored touchdown that there Wns 4
!et.up BY the last year champs. Kroil
kicked goal and the score read: Cun-
nison, H;aCanon City, o.
Canon received the next kick-oR sna
resortcd to = battling aerial perform
ance that carried the ball within 3
yards Of 2 goal: Here they failed t.
score and Gunnisnn tried TO extricala
themselves BY punting. r. Wrig1t
fell back To Kick, Grafton to prot
they ccllided during the execution ard
the ball fell behind the eoaI WITH
Wright covering it for safety.
Score, Gvnnison. II; Canon City. 2.
The final minutes Of the game saw
Gunnison on another rampage toward
their goal. Whistle blew, bring n
the game to close with the ball On
Gunnison's 10 yard line.
Canon City c,r,;... ~